NYT: La Niña, a band of cooler-than-normal water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, is likely to bring some extreme winter weather to parts of the United States, according to the annual winter outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Pacific Northwest can expect conditions that are wetter and colder than average, while the South and Southeast will be warmer and drier, the climate agency predicts. These trends are partly the result of the La Niña phenomenon, in …