Wednesday Top of the Scroll: El Niño is fading — but La Niña may be on way. What it means for California weather
… El Niño’s time in the limelight is coming to an end. The warmer-than-average Pacific waters that define El Niño are cooling off and temperatures are expected to drop below normal in the coming months. The Climate Prediction Center issued a La Niña watch last week, meaning conditions are favorable for La Niña to develop this summer. … From April to June, there’s a 79% chance of El Niño transitioning to “neutral” conditions, with sea surface temperatures closer to normal. The shift, coinciding with the typical end of the wet season, suggests less precipitation in California in the spring. … La Niña is typically associated with drier-than-normal conditions in Central and Southern California.
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