Jan 2017 CLIMAS SW Climate Podcast - La Niña’s Best Impression of an El Niño

In this episode of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido talk about the last few months of weather in the Southwest, and how it doesn't quite look like we might have expected given borderline La Niña conditions. They also discuss the recent run of storms, and what this might mean for drought, as well as the decay of La Niña and what this might mean for the rest of the winter in the Southwest.  They share their mix of optimism given the weak/decaying La Niña, and pessimism given how dry the Southwest can be even under normal conditions.  They also dive into a discussion of other models that inform our perspective on regional weather and climate (PDO, MJO).