90-day outlook calls for warm and dry conditions in Colorado

After a few cold spells in mid-winter, temperatures across most of the state were well above average between mid-February and mid-March.
By Summit Voice
SUMMIT COUNTY — This year’s La Niña has — for the most part — behaved as predicted by weather experts, who called for a bullseye of snow in the northwestern part of the state, with dry conditions elsewhere, especially across the Front Range. In some good news for the Four Corners region, the prevailing northwesterly flow yielded to a few juicy storms out of the southwest that delivered near average moisture to the San Juans — but drought lurks just to the south and east, much of New Mexico experiencing severely dry conditions.
So, what’s next, as winter turns to spring?
In a three-month outlook covering April through June, National Weather Service forecasters say the weakening La Niña (cooler than average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Equatorial Pacific) will continue to influence Colorado’s weather, but to a continually lessening degree. Off the coast of Central America and northern South America, sea surface temperatures have actually climbed above average. (more…)
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