Monday Top of the Scroll: Does La Niña mean a drier, shorter winter for Southern California?
It’s been a couple of years since satellites and buoys detected the mass of cold water forming along the equator. National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Tardy said when you average out the effect of La Ninas over the last few decades, they tend to indicate we’re in for less precipitation than what we’d get in an average winter. But, La Ninas can also bring surprises.