NOAA meteorologist Tom Di Liberto recently reexamined snowfall trends during La Niña winters and found they tend to be “banner years” for snow in the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rocky Mountains. The Great Lakes region and parts of New England also tend to see above-average snow when a La Niña pattern is in place, Di Liberto said.

After one of the hottest summers on record in the D.C. area, get ready for a milder than usual winter, with only enough snow to maybe make a pint-size snowman.

BUT, a weaker La Niña, must might result in less of an amplified La Niña pattern, pushing the "garden hose of snow" or storm track a little more north, into Minnesota, at least more frequently than in a stronger La Niña season.

A La Niña winter is still in the cards for the U.S., the Climate Prediction Center said in an updated forecast Thursday. The Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

NOAA meteorologist Tom Di Liberto recently reexamined snowfall trends during La Niña winters and found they tend to be “banner years” for snow in the Pacific Northwest and th