The Brief

LOS ANGELES - La Niña weather conditions are making a comeback in California soon.

This comes as a La Niña Watch was issued by the NOAA on Thursday. The alert will run through the emergence of a La Niña or until water temperatures start to warm in the Central and Eastern Pacific.

What is La Niña?

What we know:

La Niña is the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. During this time, there are cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures in the Central and Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Each cycle typically lasts between 9 months and a year, but there isn't a set schedule for when the world enters either La Niña or El Niño state.

What is the difference between La Niña and El Niño?

What they're saying:

La Niña is the cool phase which is the opposite of

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