Winter is still on the way but it’s expected to be milder than normal.
That’s according to Environment Canada Senior Climatologist David Phillips, who says a record-breaking El Nino, a natural climate pattern marked by unusually warm ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, is expected to peak in late November or Early December.
Phillips says that means we will see above-normal temperatures with less snow and faster melting when snow does fall.
He tells the Vista Radio Newsroom that the forecast is based on what’s been seen in the past.
“I think we’ve had four strong El Nino’s in the last 80 years and every one of those winters has been warmer than normal including some of the top ones.”
Phillips adds that we will still see days of freezing rain and sudden heavy snowstorms.
