The Climate Prediction Center has released the 2024-2025 Winter Outlook. Snow lovers… you might not want to hear this. Forecasters are calling for temperatures to be above normal and precipitation to be below normal in the south. This is due to a 60% chance of a La Nina developing. Typically, La Nina events occur every 3 to 5 years or so, but can occur several years in a row. NOAA is predicting wetter than average conditions for the entire northern tier of the U.S., particularly in the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes region. “In September, we announced a $100 million investment into NOAA’s high-performance computer system to advance research on weather, climate and ocean predictions because understanding our climate system is essential for making longer-term predictions like the Winter Seasonal Outlook, which provides vital information for many of our partners and the public,” said Michael Morgan, Ph.D., NOAA’s assistant secretary of commerce for observation and prediction.