La Niña — The Sequel

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Published: July 18, 2011

The La Nińa weather anomaly blamed for one of the worst droughts in the southern United States could revive this autumn, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center forecast July 7. The CPC said wind circulation consistent with La Nińa was persisting in the central Pacific Ocean where the anomaly is usually born. “Combined with the … lingering La Nińa state of the atmosphere, the possibility of a return to La Nińa during the Northern Hemisphere fall (of) 2011 has increased over the past month,” the CPC stated. – Reuters

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