Will El Niño bring a wet or dry winter? For much of the US West, it's a coin flip
While parts of the Northwest have already weathered their first winter storm this past week, that multi-foot blast of snow was not necessarily a sign of what’s to come this season. With an El Niño climate pattern already firmly in place, the northern portion of the U.S. will likely be basking in warmer-than-average temperatures this…