Meteorologists are reporting that La Niña has ended. While La Niña makes for a drier winter, experts say there is no way to determine if the current drought conditions will continue through the summer.

“Typically, La Niña doesn’t have as much influence on summer weather patterns here in the South as it does on the winter,” said Roger McNeil, hydrologist with the National Weather Service. “Right now, we expect this summer to be abnormally warmer, but there is no tilt in the odds as far as if it will be an excessively dry summer.”