La Nina, the climate pattern that helped fuel the extremely active hurricane seasons and drought in the southwest over the past two and a half years, has ended, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.The intermittent phenomenon which occurs when sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean are below average typically brings drier, warmer conditions to the southern half of the United States and wetter weather to the northern half.
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