Warm weather and no foreseeable precipitation has forced Arizona Snowbowl to indefinitely delay its opening day. According to Linde, Snowbowl plans to run its snowmakers in the midnight hours to take advantage of the mountain’s low temperatures. But recent warm, dry weather is most directly related to La Niña climate conditions. Part of a climate pattern known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation cycle, La Niña winters bring warmer, drier weather to the American Southwest. “We had a La Niña last year,” Saffel said.

Source: Daily Sun November 18, 2021 14:21 UTC