Were you banking on El Niño rescuing California from the drought? Well there is some bad news: the chances of that happening just went down. From The LA Times:
The latest long-term forecast shows the chances of a wet El Niño weather pattern bringing drought relief to California starting this fall has decreased to about 65%, and if it does arrive it will probably be weaker than originally expected.
Weather forecasters had previously put the chance of an El Niño occurring at 80% and while 65% is still a pretty good chance, it is still going to be a while before it happens:
If an El Niño does develop, it should emerge by October and peak during late fall and early winter, according to the Climate Prediction Center and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society.
Best case scenario: El Niño does its thing and makes it rain before drought snitches put us all in jail.
