Active Weather Expected To Return Next Week

The past couple of weeks have been very quiet weather wise, and recently temperatures have been very pleasant for early February. And that weather is starting to have an impact on conditions across the PNW. Marilyn Lohmann, meteorologist with the National Weather Service says the sunshine has warmed soil temperatures, in areas without snow on the ground, by one to two degrees. But unfortunately, the soil moisture is still lacking.

"We really haven’t had any precipitation across the Pacific Northwest for about four weeks, so we’re just kind of hanging on.  Winter’s not totally over.  It does look like we’ll be heading into a little more active weather, not this week, but maybe starting next week where we do see more systems moving through and maybe we can get back on track.”

Lohmann added many models are predicting a cool, wet spring across the area, thanks to a continued La Niña influence.

“Now, remember, last year was a La Niña as well, and we ended up with that disastrous dry, dry spring.  So we’re watching all of this with quite an edgy eye, and we’ll try to keep an eye on it.”

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