UPDATE 1-U.S. forecaster says La Niña could emerge in coming months

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(Adds details from Climate Prediction Center's monthly release)

Sept 9 (Reuters) - La Niña weather conditions could develop in the coming months with a 70% to 80% chance those conditions will persist through the winter of 2021-22, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday.

The La Niña pattern is characterized by unusually low temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, potentially causing drought in the southern United States and heavy rains and flooding in the Pacific Northwest and Canada.

El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions are favored for the remainder of summer, the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center said in its monthly forecast.

ENSO-neutral conditions refer to those periods in which neither El Niño nor La Niña are present, often coinciding with the transition between the two weather patterns, according to the center.

The center said there was a 60% chance for ENSO neutral conditons in the July-September season and a 70% chance that La Niña conditions, which could emerge in the August-October season, will last through January 2022. (Reporting by Nakul Iyer in Bengaluru; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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