The Pacific Ocean remains officially locked in a La Niña phase, but the mechanisms keeping it there are beginning to sputter. On Thursday, the Climate Prediction Center left a La Niña advisory in place, confirming that cool sea surface temperatures continue in the equatorial Pacific. But it won’t last much longer. The agency expects the La Niña phase to fade by February. … After February, the agency expects a neutral phase, where neither El Niño phase or La Niña conditions exist. But mounting evidence suggests that the neutral phase won’t last long and the Pacific could snap back to an El Niño phase as early as next summer. 

Other La Niña news:

• Bloomberg: Fifth La Niña in six years to disrupt crops and supply chains​