“Lake Recession” – Lake Tahoe, Nevada; May 17, 2015.  Photo by Calvin Abe.

With El Niño now gone, Californians now move onto the strong possibility of a La Niña – “the positive phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation and is associated with cooler than average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean” – a weather system which will likely exacerbate drought conditions as temperatures climb and humidity drops across the state. Let us hope the Sierra Nevada snowpack can hold out as long as possible…

Lake Tahoe. Photo by Calvin Abe.

Lake Tahoe. Photo by Calvin Abe.