Drought expected to persist in California and expand in the Southeast
Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued the U.S. Winter Outlook today, saying that La Nina is expected to influence winter conditions this year. The Climate Prediction Center issued a La Nina watch this month, predicting the climate phenomenon is likely to develop in late fall or early winter. La Nina favors drier, warmer winters in the southern U.S and wetter, cooler conditions in the northern U.S. If La Nina conditions materialize, forecasters say it should be weak and potentially short-lived.
![A snowstorm on Washington's National Mall in March 2015. NOAA issued its 2016 Winter Outlook today. (Image credit: Courtesy of Eric Druxman) A snowstorm on Washington's National Mall in March 2015. NOAA issued its 2016 Winter Outlook today.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO-March%20Snowstorm%20National%20Mall-photo%20courtesy%20of%20Eric%20Druxman-032015-1125x535-Landscape.jpg?itok=k0H9T2Y_)
A snowstorm on Washington's National Mall in March 2015. NOAA issued its 2016 Winter Outlook today. (Image credit: Courtesy of Eric Druxman)