{"id":10026,"date":"2017-02-10T00:03:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T05:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=10026"},"modified":"2017-02-10T00:03:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T05:03:10","slug":"so-long-la-nina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2017\/02\/so-long-la-nina\/","title":{"rendered":"So long La Ni\u00f1a!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA&#8217;s Climate Prediction Center announced today that La Ni\u00f1a is now officially over. \u00a0This is just as expected based on the predictions of a weak event from late last year. \u00a0The sea surface temperature map below shows that while the central Pacific is still colder than normal, the eastern Pacific is now above normal in temperatures, which means the end of the La Ni\u00f1a event. \u00a0Now we are back in neutral conditions with not a lot of certainty about what will come next.<\/p>\n<p>The neutral conditions are expected to last through at least spring, but what comes after is hard to predict due to the spring prediction barrier I&#8217;ve discussed previously in this blog. \u00a0Jeff Masters discusses this in his <em>WunderBlog<\/em> entry for today at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/blog\/JeffMasters\/so-long-la-nia-arctic-temperatures-soar-63f-in-24-hours\">https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/blog\/JeffMasters\/so-long-la-nia-arctic-temperatures-soar-63f-in-24-hours<\/a>. \u00a0Emily Becker of <em>Climate.gov<\/em> also discusses the demise of La Ni\u00f1a in their blog entry today at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climate.gov\/news-features\/blogs\/enso\/february-2017-enso-update-bye-bye-la-ni%C3%B1a\">https:\/\/www.climate.gov\/news-features\/blogs\/enso\/february-2017-enso-update-bye-bye-la-ni%C3%B1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One thing we do know is that in the Southeast we are more likely to experience late frosts in neutral springs. \u00a0This is particularly worrisome because the warm winter this year has accelerated the growth of plants, including flowering plants. \u00a0If fruit trees come into bloom early this year and then we get a late frost, it could be devastating to farmers around the region. \u00a0Fortunately, if you look at the long-term models so far, we don&#8217;t see any signs of an impending cold outbreak, but we are still in early February so we are not out of the woods yet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/02\/sst-2-2017.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10027\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/02\/sst-2-2017-300x220.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/02\/sst-2-2017-300x220.gif 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/02\/sst-2-2017-188x138.gif 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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