El Niño's climate-churning counterpart, La Niña, could signal a return to dryness for California, particularly in Southern California, with associated cooler, drier conditions.
NOAA predicts a 65% chance La Niña will develop between July and September, persisting into the Northern Hemisphere's winter, with an 85% chance of presence between November and January.
Bill Patzert highlights that 19 out of 25 La Niña years since 1950 in Southern California have been drier than normal, loading the dice for a drier-than-average winter.
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