If you’ve been reading this blog regularly, you know that we are in a La Niña watch for this winter. Signs of La Niña are already present in the eastern Pacific Ocean, but it generally takes a few months for an official declaration since they don’t want to jump the gun based on short-term variability. Here is a brief article describing how El Niño and La Niña affect the jet streams that move storms around the US. You can read it at https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/el-nino-la-nina-affect-winter-jet-stream-u-s-climate/.
