La Niña conditions are favored to persist through winter in the Northern Hemisphere, according to an update released last week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center.

But what does that mean for us?

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There's a lot of detail mentioned in the report , so here's the high level, slightly less scientific, summary, along with what it means for New England's winter forecast.

These episodes develop when sea surface temperatures are cooler in the Pacific Ocean at the equator.

Albeit on the weaker end of the spectrum, La Niña winters typically have a more amplified jet stream (tracks for storms) across the eastern Pacific. The end result downstream tends to bring increased st

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