When UW meteorologist Cliff Mass ends his post, “Don’t blame me…,” you know the news is probably not good. “Revenge of a Dying La Niña” explains that the good news is that La Niña‘s cooler ocean temperatures are being replaced by warmer ones.
The bad news is: “But none of this will do us any good this spring and the National Weather Service is forecasting colder than normal temperatures over the next month.” On a side note, the NWS mentions this factoid:
CLIMATE NOTE…THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN APRIL IN SEATTLE WITH ZERO DAYS OF HIGHS IN THE 60S INCLUDING THE FEDERAL BUILDING RECORDS WHICH GO BACK TO 1891. THE RECORD FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DAYS WITH HIGHS 60 OR GREATER FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL IS 2 DAYS SET IN 1954 AND 1970.
“This has been one of the worst early springs on record,” confirms Mass, but he also points out that our snowpack, which had flatlined from mid-January to mid-February, has come roaring back. That’s easy enough to see, just look out the window.
