La Niña ‘to emerge shortly,’ NOAA says. Here’s what it means for winter
The Northern Hemisphere looks ready to transition into a La Niña winter in the next month, according to the latest outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center, KTLA sister station WUTR reported. … Southern California, the southwestern states, Texas, and the Gulf Coast states through to Florida … are plagued by drought, and a La Niña year could make that worse. The opposite is actually true for Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, where La Nina winters tend to bring more precipitation, not less.
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