featured breaking Forecasters: Strong El Nino may be on the horizon By DON JENKINS Capital Press Don Jenkins Correspondent Author email May 15, 2023 May 15, 2023 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The National Weather Service placed a bet May 11 that a strong El Nino will dominate the weather next winter for the first time in eight years.The monthly outlook by the agency’s Climate Prediction Center firms up expectations for the first strong winter El Nino since 2015-16. 123rf × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmr92?46D 2 DEC@?8 t= }:?@ H:== 56G6=@A 2C6 23@FE ddT[ FA 7C@> c_T 2 >@?E9 28@[ 244@C5:?8 E@ E96 4=:>2E6 46?E6C] “p A@E6?E:2==J D:8?:7:42?E t= }:?@ :D @? E96 9@C:K@?[” E96 46?E6C DE2E65 :? 2 7@C642DE DF>>2CJ]k^AmkAmt= }:?@ H:?E6CD 2C6 86?6C2==J H2C> 2?5 5CJ :? E96 }@CE9H6DE[ =625:?8 E@ D>2== D?@HA24<D 2?5 H2E6C D9@CE286D 7@C DF>>6C :CC:82E:@?] (2D9:?8E@?’D “D?@HA24<” 5C@F89E :? a_`d @44FCC65 5FC:?8 2? t= }:?@] %96 =2DE t= }:?@[ :? a_`g\`h[ H2D 2 H62< @?6]k^AmkAmw:896C D62\DFC7246 E6>A6C2EFC6D :? E96 !24:7:4 ~462? EC:886C 2? t= }:?@] p3@G6\2G6C286 E6>A6C2EFC6D @77 $@FE9 p>6C:42 2C6 “DEC:<:?8” 2?5 >@G:?8 H6DE E@H2C5 x?5@?6D:2[ 244@C5:?8 E@ E96 4=:>2E6 46?E6C]k^AmkAm%96 >:5\!24:7:4 :D?’E BF:E6 H2C> 6?@F89 J6E 7@C 2? t= }:?@[ 3FE E96 4=:>2E6 46?E6C AC65:4E65 2? g_T 492?46 @?6 H:== 7@C> 2D D@@? 2D E9:D >@?E9]k^AmIntro subscription only $1.99kAm~?46 E96 t= }:?@ E2<6D 9@=5[ E96C6’D 2 >@C6 E92? h_T 492?46 :E H:== DE2J E9C@F89 E96 H:?E6C 2?5 2? g_T 492?46 :E H:== 36 2E =62DE >@56C2E6 :? DEC6?8E9[ 244@C5:?8 E@ E96 46?E6C]k^AmkAm%96 (@C=5 |6E6@C@=@8:42= ~C82?:K2E:@? :? 62C=J |2J A68865 E96 492?46D @7 2? t= }:?@ 7@C>:?8 2E g_T] %96 @C82?:K2E:@? 5:5 ?@E AC65:4E E96 DEC6?8E9]k^AmkAmp? t= }:?@ 86?6C2==J :?4C62D6D C2:? :? E96 D@FE96C? &]$][ A2CED @7 D@FE96C? $@FE9 p>6C:42[ E96 w@C? @7 p7C:42 2?5 r6?EC2= pD:2] t= }:?@ 42? 2=D@ 42FD6 5C@F89ED :? pFDEC2=:2[ x?5@?6D:2 2?5 A2CED @7 D@FE96C? pD:2]k^AmkAmp {2 }:?2[ EC:886C65 3J 36=@H\2G6C286 D62\DFC7246 E6>A6C2EFC6D[ 92D AC6G2:=65 7@C E96 A2DE E9C66 H:?E6CD] $62\DFC7246 E6>A6C2EFC6D @?=J C646?E=J D9:7E65 :?E@ 2 “?6FEC2=” DE2E6[ ?6:E96C H2C>6C ?@C 4@@=6C E92? 2G6C286]k^AmkAm{2 }:?2 H:?E6CD 2C6 86?6C2==J H6E 2?5 4@@= :? (2D9:?8E@? 2?5 5CJ 2?5 H2C> 72CE96C D@FE9] pG6C286 E6>A6C2EFC6D :? E96 r2D4256 #2?86 2C6 2 76H 568C66D =@H6C E92? ?@C>2= 5FC:?8 {2 }:?2[ 244@C5:?8 E@ H62E96C D6CG:46 492CED]k^AmkAmr@?EC2CJ E@ 6IA64E2E:@?D[ (2D9:?8E@?’D D?@HA24< H2D 2G6C286 E9:D J62C[ H9:=6 r2=:7@C?:2’D D?@HA24< D6E C64@C5D]k^AmkAmx? >2<:?8 D62D@?2= H62E96C AC65:4E:@?D[ 4=:>2E@=@8:DED C6=J @? 7@C642DE:?8 >@56=D E92E AC65:4E D62\DFC7246 E6>A6C2EFC6D 7@C E96 4@>:?8 >@?E9D] %96 r=:>2E6 !C65:4E:@? r6?E6C H:== :DDF6 2 DF>>6C @FE=@@< 7@C E96 &]$] ?6IE H66<]k^AmIntro subscription only $1.99 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Meteorology Hydrography Physics Don Jenkins Correspondent Author email Follow Don Jenkins Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Auctions Hay Real Estate Tractors Marketplace Recommended for you Receive browser alerts on specific topics? Sign up to receive news directly to your desktop. Click the bell icon in the nav bar, at any time to change your settings. Yes, sign me up! Spring comes to the Deschutes River, raising one section and dropping another North Side Pumping Co. revitalizes irrigation system Boardman residents grill agency officials over nitrates in groundwater Twin Falls Canal Co. could face water shortage Idaho Power rates down slightly in annual cost-based filing Another settlement struck in salmon lawsuit over Oregon dam Corps: Dam greenhouse gas report 'misleading without context' Years after renewal, Oregon water 'reservations' remain unused by irrigators Federal funds will help rehabilitate Mackay Dam Washington declares drought, expects dry summer
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