SUNDAY,OCT. 22, 2017 Inside: $1.50 See photos from the weekend Halloween Howwwl softball tournament. — Page 1B Vol. 89 ◆ No. 176 SERVING CLOVIS, PORTALES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES EasternNewMexicoNews.com Meteorologists predict mild winter ❏ Temperatures are trends expected across the country. On a larger scale, La Nina condi- “Temperatures are favored to be “Temperatures are favored to be above normal and tions may exert a greater single expected to be above above normal and precipitation precipitation below normal for eastern New Mexico and all of influence on national climactic below normal for eastern New trends than any other event, and the normal, says forecaster. Mexico and all of the state,” the state.” weather pattern is more than likely Albuquerque National Weather to set in before winter, according to By David Grieder Service Senior Meteorologist — Meteorologist Chuck Jones, Albuquerque National Weather Service the 2017 U.S. Winter Outlook STAFF WRITER Chuck Jones said Friday. “But that released Thursday from the
[email protected] doesn’t mean we can’t see some guard down.” “The jet stream, or the type of National Oceanic and Atmospheric cold outbreaks or colder than nor- Locally, a lower expected fre- pattern that we’re expecting in the Administration’s Climate CLOVIS — National weather mal temperatures for a brief period quency of jet stream patterns reach- winter will stay to New Mexico’s Prediction Center. forecasters anticipate a warmer and of time and it doesn’t mean we ing into the state means “fewer north and maybe only occasionally drier winter than normal for the can’t pick up a decent storm or two, storms and fewer chances to get dip down to our neck of the woods, region this year, in keeping with including snow.