After a long wait, La Nina was finally declared this week as the ocean temperatures in the Eastern Pacific Ocean finally dropped below the official threshold for a La Nina. As we discussed earlier, it is expected to be a weak one and may only last for a few months before we go back to neutral conditions. You can read more at https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml. If we go back to neutral conditions by February or March, that could mean an increased chance of a late frost, which might be a problem for fruit farmers if February is really warm and the fruit trees break dormancy. Too early to say but we will be watching it carefully. Neutral conditions during the hurricane season are also conducive to another active season, although we don’t know where the storms will go.
