September 12: Rick Thoman’s Climate Highlight for Western Alaska - KNOM Radio Mission

September 12: Rick Thoman’s Climate Highlight for Western Alaska - KNOM Radio Mission

https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/KNOM_Sep12_LaNina.mp3 The latest word from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is that there's about a 70% chance that La Niña will develop in the equatorial Pacific this fall, and that's likely to persist through the late winter. During La Niña, waters near the equator south and southeast of Hawaii tend to be cooler than average, and that confines those giant tropical thunderstorms to the Weste…