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Federal forecasters predict a La Niña winter for Florida, which typically brings warmer and drier conditions.

While La Niña can increase Atlantic hurricane activity, it is not expected to impact this year's season, which is nearly over.

The warmer, drier weather associated with La Niña could increase the risk of wildfires in Florida.

Florida is looking at , according to federal forecasters from the .

"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," the prediction center said in a . La Niña conditions are expected to continue through February.

La Niña is a part of a natural climate cycle officially known as . The cycle swings between

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