March 2023 - General Weather Discussion

[SoonerDave]

Just read a scientific article that mentioned our La Niña event is over and it’s highly probable that we’re going to enter an El Niño pattern in 2023. What effect will that have on our weather this year?

THe former is generally a cooling event, while the latter is generally a warming event. El Nino is also generally associated with a stronger, more southerly jet stream. Stronger jet streams in Oklahoma usually point toward stormier weather in the springtime, but from what I've read, the El Nino pattern is really expected to firm up until mid/late summer into fall.

[jn1780]

THe former is generally a cooling event, while the latter is generally a warming event. El Nino is also generally associated with a stronger, more southerly jet stream. Stronger jet streams in Oklahoma usually point toward stormier weather in the springtime, but from what I've read, the El Nino pattern is really expected to firm up until mid/late summer into fall.

Just being in a neutral state should lead to stormier weather compared to the La Nina state we had been in.