November Outlook Favors a Warm Month Ahead

[A small snow-covered island off the rocky shoreline of Lake Superior in Minnesota. From istock] On Thursday, along with the Winter Outlook, the Climate Prediction Center issued their 30 day forecast for November. Mild weather is likely ahead, as warmer than average temperatures are favored across most of the nation. Below normal precipitation is forecast for the Southeast, which will worsen the drought conditions in the area. Wetter than average weather is on the way from the Front Range to the High Plains. https://twitter.com/NWSCPC/status/1184811174698766336 The November outlook was largely based on dynamical models and statistical tool guidance, and to a lesser degree, current global conditions. Overall trends and model forecasts support warmth across much of the nation and drier conditions in the Southeast.