The state climatologist says it’s looking like Iowans may be in for a warmer winter ahead, and a season of less snow and more rain.
Justin Glisan says he’s been studying the charts that gauge the water temperature in the eastern Pacific Ocean along the equator, and all the makings are there for a very strong El Nino pattern, which means a warmer, wetter winter.
“We term a strong El Nino event if those sea surface temperatures are two degrees or above the 30-year average,” Glisan says. “So we’re approaching four degrees in the eastern Pacific, so we are in a historically strong event. We would call it a very strong El Nino.”…