El Niño Fades, La Niña Looms - What it Means for US Weather and Hurricanes

• El Niño is fading in the Pacific Ocean and is forecast to end by April • Cooling sea surface temperatures indicate a transition to a La Niña pattern is likely by summer • La Niña typically brings drier weather to the southern U.S. and wetter, cooler weather to the Pacific Northwest • Ending El Niño raises chances of an active 2023 Atlantic hurricane season • La Niña patterns tend to enhance Atlantic hurricane seasons, combined with record warm Atlantic Ocean temps