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The Midwest and Northern United States are likely to get a warmer winter this year, while the Southeast can expect just the opposite: cooler and wetter conditions.
In Thursday’s winter outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that an El Nino weather event -- warming in parts of the Pacific that affects weather worldwide -- would be a major player in America’s winter temperatures. Some places, such as the Northeast and California, could go any which way on temperatures.
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