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LA's weird July weather: Is El Niño the culprit?

Saturday rain in Atwater Village on Saturday, July 18, 2015.
Saturday rain in Atwater Village on Saturday, July 18, 2015.
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LA's weird July weather: Is El Niño the culprit?

Southern California is experiencing an unusually wet July. Remnants of Hurricane Dolores moved through the area not too long ago, and monsoon-like conditions are arriving Wednesday.

Is El Niño behind the whacky weather? And does it make a difference to the drought?

Mike Halpert, deputy director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center, joined the show with the answers.