Northwest Iowa — This is the last week of summer and forecasters at the National Climate Center are raising the odds of an El Nino weather pattern impacting our region soon.
Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub, says we may see a shift within a few months.
Forecasting models indicate a weak El Nino is most likely, Todey says, but that’s just at the moment.
Todey says it’s a safer bet the impacts of the weather pattern will be felt more next year than this fall.
Forecasts for the last three months of the year show near-normal temperatures and precipitation are likely for the region.
