La Niña Watch dropped; be ready for anything this winter

(Climate.gov)Since the demise of the big 2015-16 El Niño in April, the tropical Pacific has been loitering around in neutral… and now forecasters think it’s likely to stay that way through the winter. For now, we’re taking down the La Niña Watch, since it no longer looks favorable for La Niña conditions to develop within the next six months.
What does this mean for us?
A La Niña pattern is often associated with warm, dry winters across Texas, in El