Is La Niña Still in Charge? Yes, but a Change Is Coming

For skiers across the Western U.S., the 2024-25 season has been a tale of feast or famine.
In one corner, the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies have rejoiced with fairly frequent storms and healthy snowfall. In the other, the Southwest has been left high and dry, watching storm clouds bypass overhead. One culprit behind this powder disparity is La Niña—a climate pattern known to tip the snow scales—which arrived fashionably late this winter and dealt very uneven hands to