Winter 2014-15 May Be Mild

The Inland Northwest should have a warmer- and drier-than-normal winter, the Climate Prediction Center said this week. If the prediction is correct, it will be the first time in five years that tropical waters have warmed in a weak El Niño and caused the Inland Northwest to get an easy winter. The last El Niño, in 2009-10, gave the Inland Northwest one of its least snowy winters on record with 14.4 inches recorded at Spokane International Airport. The record for the least winter snowfall is 9.5 inches in 1933 and 1934, when measurements were taken at Felts Field. “The confidence is fairly high there could be a weak El Niño,” said Ron Miller, science officer for the National Weather Service bureau in Spokane/ Mike Prager , SR. More here .

Question: Are you ready for a mild winter?