This month’s update from the U.S. government’s Climate Prediction Center suggests we’re drifting back toward La Niña, which would tip the odds toward a dry winter of 2024-25 for New Mexico and the mountain snowpacks on which we depend.
jfleck at inkstain
A few thoughts from John Fleck, a writer of journalism and other things, living in New Mexico
Meanwhile (throw another bear in the canoe):
“…the Arctic polar vortex has completely reversed course and is now spinning ‘backwards’. With winds now blowing easterly, scientists are trying to predict what effect this might have on weather systems in the coming months.” https://www.sciencealert.com/the-polar-vortex-has-shifted-into-reverse-and-is-now-spinning-backwards“