El Nino Might Not Save Us From Another Miserable Winter
- Snow theory suggests winter may be cooler than forecast
- Not all meteorologists think Siberian snow can beat El Nino
People walk during a snow storm in New York.
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The snow in Siberia has piled up again, and according to one theory this means cold and ice are on the way for New York and other parts of the eastern U.S. That is, if the snow can wrestle El Nino into submission.
Before the match starts with El Nino, here’s a recap of how the whole winter outlook thing works: It all starts when a large expanse of Eurasia is covered by snow by the end of October, said Judah Cohen, the theory’s author and director of seasonal forecasting at Atmospheric and Environmental Research in Lexington, Massachusetts.