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Here's why it is so warm on the East Coast

There may not be a white Christmas in New York City this year, and no, it's probably not because of El Nino.

The temperature in New York City was around 61 degrees on Thursday. Chicago temperatures were around 57 degrees. Boston was about 55 degrees.

Warmer weather in the Northeast is sometimes seen with a strong El Nino pattern, such as the one that's happening now. But at least one meteorologist said something else is more likely the reason the coats and gloves are gathering moths right now.

The warmth seen in the Northeast and such normally cold cities as Chicago is "really associated with the strengthened polar vortex," said Mike Halpert, deputy director of the Climate Prediction Center at the National Weather Service.

"I would not associate the lack of snow in Buffalo with El Nino," Halpert said on a call with reporters on Thurdsay. "It is much more likely the Arctic Oscillation."

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/10/heres-why-it-is-so-warm-on-the-east-coast.html