But if the pattern remains weak as expected, there could be fewer kinks in the jet stream, meaning more regional patterns would dominate local weather, with an occasional nudge toward La Niña ...

NOAA expects neutral ENSO conditions to continue in the Pacific through late 2025, with only a brief, weak La Niña possible ...

The latest forecast indicates La Niña conditions could return just in time for winter despite El Niño-Southern Oscillation-neutral conditions well past the end of summer, according to the National ...

Spring and summer 2025 have been marked by a noticeable pattern of weather whiplash. The weather has consistently swung from ...

Early signs of a possible La Niña fall and winter are emerging in some climate models, federal forecasters announced Thursday July 10.

Still, the latest ENSO Outlook clearly favors either an ENSO Neutral pattern leading into next winter, or a second La Niña in a row. The lowest odds, ~20%, for a flip toward an El Niño pattern ...

“Without an El Niño or La Niña signal present, other, less predictable, climatic factors will govern fall, winter and spring weather conditions,” climatologist Bill Patzert of with the Jet ...

La Niña conditions, characterized by warmer than normal surface waters of the Equatorial Pacific tend to contribute to a higher likelihood of drier than normal conditions for Southern California.

The latest information from the CPC shows we are now officially in La Niña, as sea surface temperatures across the equatorial Pacific Ocean have now cooled more than 0.5° Celsius below normal.