Spring in Western Washington could be close to normal in terms of temperature and rainfall, according to the National Weather Service’s long-range forecast issued Thursday.
La Niña, the seasonal pattern that brings cooler, wetter weather to the Northwest, is expected to slip into a neutral phase, according to the forecast for March through May, the months that meteorologists call spring.
That means average daytime highs of 53 degrees in March, 58 degrees in April and 66 degrees in May.
It could be a slow transition, however, because there’s of 60% chance that La Niña will linger into April, according to a Feb. 12 report from the Climate Prediction Center…