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Bering Sea Storms for Alaska; Multi-Day Heavy Rain Event for the Southern Plains and Southwest

A series of Bering Sea storms will impact western Alaska this week, with elevated water levels, isolated coastal flooding, high surf, erosion, and strong winds. Heavy rain and snow are also expected for the West Coast into Interior Alaska. A multi-day flash flooding threat is forecast across parts of the southern High Plains and Southwest through the weekend. Surf remains high for Florida. Read More >

La Nina Winters Tend to have the colder temperatures and more significant snowfall toward the second half of the winter.

 


The chart above is based on all La Nina winters from 1949 to the present, there were 21 winters,  1949-50, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1963-64, 1966-67, 1969-70, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1994-95, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2012-13 and 2016-17.