Weather Forecast: La Nina Is Here, May Last Through Winter

LOS ANGELES (AP) — La Nina has arrived and could hang around through winter, government weather forecasters said Thursday.
La Nina, the flip side of El Nino, is the periodic cooling of the central Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns around the globe. Predictions called for fleeting La Nina conditions that could last through February.
It’s “anticipated to be a weak, short-lived event,” said Mike Halpert of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s