Where's winter? An unusually mild weather pattern is swallowing most of the Lower 48 states.
Most of the western and central U.S. is set to experience temperatures about 10 to 15 degrees above normal for the next week, at least.
The calendar is about to flip to December, but the atmosphere feels more like mid-October as a dome of anomalous warmth envelops large parts of the Lower 48. Most of the western and central regions of the United States are set to experience temperatures about 10 to 15 degrees above normal for an extended period.
Some of the mild air may sneak into the eastern United States at times, especially toward the second week of December.
November ordinarily features a parade of storminess across the continental United States, but this year’s conga line of season-shifting storms appears delayed as toasty high pressure expands and languishes. Most of the storminess is just skirting very northern areas, such as northwest Washington state, the Great Lakes and, occasionally, the Northeast.
To the south and southwest, it’s unusually mild, and the pattern shows little sign of changing.
Into the second week of December, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center is calling for virtually the entire country, save for Alaska, to remain near or above average with respect to temperatures, a prominent red shading engulfing the national map.
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