La Nina Dryness Forecast for Spring
OMAHA (DTN) — Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the USDA Midwest Climate Hub have drought in focus for much of the central region of the United States through the spring season. The NOAA Climate Prediction Center seasonal drought outlook, which runs through the end of May, calls for drought to remain in western Iowa, and to either remain or develop over all but the southeastern portion of the Plains. Some portions of the central region have heavy snow cover. “Lincoln, Nebraska, has more snow than Fort Collins, Colorado, which is unusual,” sai...