With a weak La Niña returning in the equatorial Pacific, our weather across the Great Lakes could turn more active for the remainder of winter.

Significant snow totals will likely be from the Cascades of the Pacific Northwest, Western BC, and the northern Rockies.

The Texas Panhandle has started the year drought-free due to the recent snowfall in the past month. According to officials, January is the driest month in the Texas Panhandle. However, this year, precipitation has helped the area avoid drought conditions.

La Niña is usually associated with drier conditions across the southern part of the U.S. and wetter conditions to the north. This reflects how La Niña is associated with a more poleward-shifted jet stream that deflects the storm tracks to the north (both Emily and Tom have written some nice explainers).

We are halfway through winter and after an exceptionally warm start, North America’s winter is transitioning toward more predictable patterns with La Niña.

La Niña has arrived and is likely to be impacting the winter season, including how much snow and rain New England might see before the start of spring.

La Niña has finally materialized. Here’s what that means for South Carolina weather and snow during the rest of the winter.

“If the strongest cold anomaly during La Niña is in the EP region, the North Atlantic and western European region tends to weaker storms or low-pressure systems and more blocking highs which often leads to drier and sometimes colder conditions,” he says.

CPC and BoM monitor La Niña conditions, with ONI values indicating potential emergence, while ENSO remains neutral.

After months of waiting, La Niña conditions finally emerged in the tropical Pacific last month, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center.

We are halfway through the meteorological winter season. See how La Niña and colder air has influenced our winter so far.

Minot residents have been experiencing temperature whiplash with relatively warm temperatures dropping precipitously below zero in stretches at the beginning of the year. Megan Jones, a meteorologist and Climate Services lead with the National Weather Services in Bismarck,