The overall trend of cooler and wetter than normal weather looks like it will continue for the next few months, with some periods of hot and dry mixed in.

Brian Fuchs, a climatologist at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, moderated the monthly regional climate outlook session.

He says the rest of July looks to be on the warm side…

 

Fuchs says the trend from late summer into fall looks to be more of what we have seen most of the year…

 

Fuchs says with a very strong El Nino developing in the Pacific Ocean, the winter outlook is trending toward less snow and cold for most of the northern parts of the country…

 

Fuchs says the El Nino is now trending up, and could be one of the strongest ever recorded.