Southern Drought to Continue This Winter (Thank La Niña)

Andrea Thompson, OurAmazingPlanet Managing Editor

Date: 20 October 2011 Time: 12:45 PM ET

Expected precipitation patterns for the winter of 2011-2012.
CREDIT: NOAA

There's little relief in sight for the drought-plagued states of the Southwest and the southern Plains, which will continue to see drier and warmer-than-normal conditions this winter, government scientists said today (Oct. 20) as they issued their annual winter weather outlook for the country.

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