La Niña brings cooler than normal and wetter than normal winter weather for the Pacific Northwest...usually.

The U.N. weather agency is predicting that the phenomenon known as La Nina is poised to last through the end of this year, a mysterious "triple dip."

La Nina — which often means a busier Atlantic hurricane season, a drier Southwest and perhaps a more fire-prone California — has popped up in the Pacific Ocean. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday that a La Nina,...

SEATTLE -- The El Niño/La Niña cycle, otherwise known as ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation), gets a lot of attention each year as a possible predictor of what kind of fall and winter awaits. But new research suggests it may...

SEATTLE -- It wasn't the strongest of El Niño's we've seen, but such as it was, it's about to be done, if latest temperature trends hold. NOAA says El Niño is still here, but "hanging on by its fingernails" and...