La Niña has finally emerged after months of anticipation, but there’s a catch, and it could impact its influence on the weather.

Let’s dig into what this La Niña means for the mid-season snow forecast. An example La Niña ocean temperature anomaly - notice the cooler Pacific waters off the coast of Peru. Credit: NOAA La Niña is ...

Following months of predictions last year, La Niña “has finally arrived!” according to the National Weather Service in a climate outlook for February through April. While present, this La ...

But trends are never guarantees, and there are plenty of other forces at play here other than La Niña. Climate change, for example, is causing widespread decline in the amount of snow over most ...

MOLINE, Ill. — After months of anticipation, La Niña officially made her entrance in the tropical Pacific. December marked the shift, with cooler-than-average ocean temperatures finally ...

So, despite the timing and its weakened state, La Niña’s atmospheric influence has already been apparent this winter. California is the most obvious example. Winter in Northern California is ...

La Niña conditions finally arrived last month, and for us powder hounds, that’s big news. The tropics might be thousands of miles away, but shifts in the Pacific’s sea surface temperatures can ...

(CNN) — La Niña has finally emerged after months of anticipation, but there’s a catch. The climate pattern — which typically has an outsized influence on winter weather in the US — is ...