La Niña Has Yet To Emerge and Odds Are Decreasing

The talk of Winter '24/'25, amongst skiers anyways, has been the impending La Niña weather phenomenon.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) first predicted that La Niña would occur earlier this calendar year, but it has yet to happen.NOAA updated their monthly El Niño/Southern Oscillation Diagnostic Discussion today, December 12, 2024. The agency clarified that near-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were observed across the central and eastern equ