Early winter weather predictions released by NOAA

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2026 El Nino forecast explained

2026 El Nino forecast explained

(NEXSTAR) – Warmer and dry or about-normal and wet – that’s the way late fall and early winter are expected to be divided in the U.S., according to the latest outlook.

As it did in September, the latest seasonal forecast from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows a country divided.

The forecast, released Thursday, shows the kind of broad weather patterns each state can expect through the last two months of 2026 and the first of 2027, falling roughly in line with what is expected from the “historic” El Niño we’re facing.

States in the northern half of the country – from the Pacific Northwest, along the Canadian border, through the Midwest, into the Ohio Valley eastward, and north to........

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