The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center released its outlook for spring Thursday, and for most of Texas, the outlook is not optimistic for significant rain and quite bullish for warmer than-normal temperatures.
CPC’s precipitation outlook for the Hill Country and Central Texas regions leans toward below normal rainfall (35 to 40 percent) and persisting drought conditions.
CPC’s temperature outlook calls for temperatures to average above normal across Texas (50 to 60 percent).
Forecasters behind the outlook indicated La Niña is weakening quickly and should fade away in April. However, La Nina’s typical winter pattern of below-normal rainfall across the southwestern U.S. is expected to hang on through much of spring. While several storm systems will likely move across the area into June, the most favorable area for rain is predicted to occur mainly from East Texas through the Deep South.
Thursday’s spring outlook coincides with one of the driest months of March on record. Monthly totals have generally only averaged about a quarter inch or less across the Hill Country, Central Texas, and coast regions.
Bob
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