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U.S. government weather forecasters said Thursday they expect the La Niña weather phenomenon to take place in the Northern Hemisphere later this year, as El Niño conditions have dissipated.

The forecast means Southern California could experience a drier winter, following a winter that didn’t bring as much rain as expected.

The Climate Prediction Center, an agency of the National Weather Service, said in its monthly forecast La Niña is favored to develop during the summer and pegged the chance of La Niña developing in the fall and winter 2016-17 at 75 percent.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – You still shouldn’t water the lawn too much, but the San Diego region will have enough water supply to meet demand for the next three years even if they’re dry, the County Water Authority reported Thursday.

The agency’s Board of Directors, after hearing the projections from staff, voted unanimously to take a regional approach to the state’s new process for certifying supply sufficiency for the Water Authority’s 24 member agencies, and to establish a long-term drought awareness initiative.

San Diego County, CA — The San Diego County Water Authority and its member agencies that serve the region’s cities and communities have enough water supplies to meet the region’s demands for the next three years — even if the drought continues, the SDCWA announced Thursday.

That is according to initial calculations under a new state formula shared with the Water Authority’s Board of Directors Thursday, according to James Palen, a Water Authority spokesman.

You still shouldn’t water the lawn too much, but the San Diego region will have enough water supply to meet demand for the next three years even if they’re dry, the County Water Authority reported Thursday.

The agency’s board of directors, after hearing the projections from staff, voted unanimously to take a regional approach to the state’s new process for certifying supply sufficiency for the water authority’s 24 member agencies, and to establish a long-term drought awareness initiative.

A comprehensive plan approved this week by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power lays out strategies to continue providing water to this drought-afflicted city for the next 25 years. As KPCC notes, the plan says the area will have enough water–even if the drought continues and population increases by 500,000.