What will La Niña do to Mississippi winter weather? What we know

La Niña is here. What will it do to winter temperatures, rain in Mississippi?

"La Niña continued over the past month, as indicated by the strengthening of below-average sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean," federal forecasters from the Climate Prediction Center said in a Thursday, Nov. 13 statement .

The phenomenon is part of a natural climate cycle officially known as El Niño-Southern Oscillation, what scientists call ENSO .

At times, the cycle can increase the chances for rain, drought , hurricanes and other chaos. The effects can affect different regions of the United States very differently, depending on how strong the factors are and when they take effect.

Will it change winter weather in Mississippi? Here's what we k