Water is cooling more in the Pacific near the equator and this means Jacksonville could have a milder winter but with just one catch.
The latest analysis by the Climate Prediction Center shows La Nina is strengthening to moderate. This means water temperatures are cooling long enough and cold enough to where weather patterns all over the world will be behaving differently from what is expected. So for the First Coast the winter could be even dryer and milder than a normal season. The catch is, despite plants thriving in milder temperatures, a greater risk exists for sudden freeze outbreaks. Now does it sound like I am contradicting myself? Let me try and clarify.
This graphic shows a typical set up of the Jet Stream during La Nina.
Notice the unusual placement over the northern United States which is more typical during summertime. This configuration bottles the cold up in Canada, the northern plains and western states, while the south enjoys above normal temperatures.
That is until the Jet Stream breaks out of this pattern and dives southward unleashing the cold
that has been locked up. These sporadic arctic blasts dive into Florida killing crops.
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