image[6][20]=new Option("Friday Night 7pm","Td21"); image[4][24]=new Option("Saturday Night 7pm","WWA29"); image[0][0]=new Option("Today","MaxT1"); image[15][0]=new Option("Today 7am","RH1"); Of course, our confidence in that scenario is not large. image[6][4]=new Option("Tonight 7pm","Td5"); The same would be true in the Desert Southwest if another snow-lacking winter occurs in the Colorado River Basin. AccuWeather Now is now available on your preferred streaming platform. image[9][31]=new Option("Monday 1pm","Sky43"); La Nia and El Nio forecasts suffer from what's known as a spring predictability barrier a time of year when models struggle with accurate predictions. image[15][17]=new Option("Friday 10am","RH18"); image[6][5]=new Option("Tonight 10pm","Td6"); image[15][30]=new Option("Monday 7am","RH41"); image[13][17]=new Option("Sunday Ending 7pm","WaveHeight18"); Monthly Long Lead 30-& 90-Day Hawaiian. image[7][23]=new Option("Saturday 1pm","WindSpd27"); Soft-red winter wheat should have pretty good conditions, however. (NEXSTAR) La Nia has been with us all year, and its not showing any sign of leaving soon. Still, AccuWeather expects temperatures will run above normal for much of the United States between June and August, intensifying wildfire risks and drought concerns. Get the summer weather for your area by month here. image[5][24]=new Option("Saturday Night 7pm","T29"); image[13][15]=new Option("Saturday Night Ending 7am","WaveHeight16"); Given the strength of the current La Nia, the odds are increasing that it might have staying power into next winter. Composite precipitation anomalies (in inches) from November through April of 24 La Nias, ranging from weak to strong, from 1950 through 2021. Arctic air and blizzard conditions throughout April. including sunrise/sunset and moon phases. Credits. image[0][3]=new Option("Saturday","MaxT4"); Whether that is on the cold side of neutral or the warm side of neutral is up for debate. New York Mercantile Exchange oil futures flipped between modest gains and losses post-inventory trade Wednesday. After mid-August, the worst of the heat should thankfully be behind us. image[6][11]=new Option("Thursday 4pm","Td12"); With nearly 60% of the continental U.S. experiencing minor to exceptional drought conditions, this is the largest drought coverage weve seen in the U.S. since 2013, he said. "The High Plains is going to end up being drier and drier and drier as we go into the first part of the summer season," Pastelok said. image[6][0]=new Option("Today 7am","Td1"); Hurricane season doesnt usually peak until late summer, but meteorologists are already predicting a busier-than-average year for 2022. La Nia isn't weakening as it usually does in spring. image[11][4]=new Option("Thursday Ending 1pm","SnowAmt5"); image[15][23]=new Option("Saturday 1pm","RH27"); image[1][3]=new Option("Saturday Night ","MinT4"); The odds are relatively high on the three-tiered scale, with the CPC forecasting the probability of below normal temperatures between 40 and 50%. The climate pattern is favored to continue through the summer, according to an updated outlook released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. You may be more familiar with La Nia's counterpart El Nio. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. Note: At the DTN Ag Summit in Chicago on Dec. 7, I presented an early look at the weather conditions DTN is forecasting through August. image[9][11]=new Option("Thursday 4pm","Sky12"); image[9][19]=new Option("Friday 4pm","Sky20"); image[9][8]=new Option("Thursday 7am","Sky9"); image[6][14]=new Option("Thursday Night 1am","Td15"); Please correct the following errors and try again: We've detected that you are using an unsupported browser. The forecast has trended toward a more persistent La Nia in recent months. As for how winter will end, Farmers Almanac says the U.S. should expect a lion-like end of March, which if its anything like last April for Portland, we may see a wild start to spring. image[14][5]=new Option("Tonight 10pm","ApparentT6"); An atmospheric river is a narrow band of moisture fed over the ocean that transports high amounts of atmospheric moisture from the mid and lower latitudes. More moisture will also mean increased chances for severe weather from the Atlantic coast through the Great Lakes. image[9][17]=new Option("Friday 10am","Sky18"); image[7][31]=new Option("Monday 1pm","WindSpd43"); Temperature Forecast Normal. image[14][21]=new Option("Friday Night 1am","ApparentT23"); image[10][8]=new Option("Friday Ending 1pm","QPF9"); The hurricane season is expected to ramp up in late summer and early fall. image[13][10]=new Option("Friday Night Ending 1am","WaveHeight11"); A lightning bolt streaking over the Grand Canyon during a summer thunderstorm. image[9][3]=new Option("Today 4pm","Sky4"); image[6][25]=new Option("Saturday Night 1am","Td31"); Dynamical and statistical tools support increased probabilities of below-normal temperatures for southeastern Alaska in MAM with Thunderstorms associated with the monsoon could disrupt outdoor plans all across the interior West during what is expected to be the busiest summer travel season since before the coronavirus pandemic. The fire season has already started in the Four Corners area. image[8][2]=new Option("Today 1pm","WindGust3"); (NPS/Grand Canyon National Park). Highs from the mid 60s to around 70 at the beaches to around 80 inland. image[6][3]=new Option("Today 4pm","Td4"); image[14][15]=new Option("Thursday Night 4am","ApparentT16"); image[15][33]=new Option("Monday Night 1am","RH47"); Check out our helpful tips for dealing with droughts: What Vegetables Can Grow In Dry ClimatesDrought Resistant Plants10 Ways To Conserve Water In Your Gardens. (Many localities during that time will be dealing with highs in the 90s and even triple digits.). image[13][14]=new Option("Saturday Night Ending 1am","WaveHeight15"); Colorado State Universitys hurricane outlook calls for 19 named storms, nine of which they expect to be major hurricanes.. The cool and periodically wet start to summer in the Pacific Northwest will not last for long, eventually giving way to the warm and dry conditions expected across the rest of the western. La Nia typically corresponds with amore active Atlantic hurricane seasonbecause the cooler waters of the equatorial Pacific Ocean end up causing less wind shear along with weaker low-level winds in the Caribbean Sea. image[4][8]=new Option("Thursday 7am","WWA9"); image[6][28]=new Option("Sunday Night 7pm","Td37"); And California continued its plunge further into drought conditions: According to this week's U.S. Drought Monitor, 35% of the state is enduring extreme drought, up from just 12% a week ago. image[9][24]=new Option("Saturday Night 7pm","Sky29"); image[9][18]=new Option("Friday 1pm","Sky19"); Fair skies. Copyright TWC Product and Technology LLC 2014, 2023. Bill would get rid of the Democratic Party in Fla. One hurt when truck slides down 30-foot embankment, Town Hall: A State of Pain, Oregons drug crisis, Top 7 concerts coming to Portland throughout March, Eli Lilly caps insulin costs at $35 per month, List: The most food-insecure neighborhoods in Portland, Greater Idaho would nab 3 of Oregons 7 Wonders, This OR beach among best of the best in US: report, Parents, faculty divided on new pronoun policy, Meteorological spring begins today, Portland keeps, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. image[11][8]=new Option("Friday Ending 1pm","SnowAmt9"); In Seattle and Portland, this heat wave could. Check your zones summer forecast for Canada Day here. image[11][5]=new Option("Thursday Ending 7pm","SnowAmt6"); Easter: Why Is It a Different Date Each Year? Drought conditions are persistent from Texas to Montana, with most of the High Plains experiencing severe to extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Watch the AccuWeather Network onDIRECTV,Frontier,Spectrum,fuboTV,Philo, andVerizon Fios. image[9][9]=new Option("Thursday 10am","Sky10"); And with the monsoon season comes increased risk for lightning strikes, which could ignite fires, and a risk of mudslides. image[2][4]=new Option("Friday","PoP125"); High Plains experiencing severe to extreme drought. Band 1 Image/Loop. image[7][17]=new Option("Friday 10am","WindSpd18"); Pleasant weather initially, then turning stormy for WA and OR and points east. image[10][3]=new Option("Tonight Ending 7am","QPF4"); image[5][27]=new Option("Sunday 1pm","T35"); Published Feb. 27, 2022 Updated Feb. 28, 2022 Scattered showers were falling across the Pacific Northwest on Monday as meteorologists expected an "atmospheric river" to bring heavy rain and. image[9][16]=new Option("Friday 7am","Sky17"); The fire season in the Four Corners got underway during the second half of April with multiple blazes breaking out, including the Tunnel Fire near Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Calf Canyon Fire near Santa Fe, New Mexico. image[3][21]=new Option("Friday Night 1am","Wx23"); For a detailed zone-by-zone forecast, visit our Long-Range Weather page. image[6][26]=new Option("Sunday 7am","Td33"); "Unfortunately when the monsoon season starts, you can get development of more fires triggered by lightning strikes, and then you have to deal with the mudslides afterward in the burn area. image[9][22]=new Option("Saturday 7am","Sky25"); Our extended forecast points to sizzling summer especially across Central and Western Canada in the middle and latter part of July. (Normal summers see 27 days at or above 80 degrees with about 10 days at 85 degrees or warmer.) image[14][7]=new Option("Tonight 4am","ApparentT8"); image[2][7]=new Option("Saturday Night ","PoP128"); Northern Lights Dance Over National Park In Alaska, New York City Sees First Inch-Plus Snowfall Of The Season, Cold Or Flu? Avg High Temps 0 to 15 . The March-April-May (MAM) 2023 temperature outlook favors below-normal. Therefore, at DTN we use a different approach. (MORE: 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook). As for temperatures over the next three months, more than half of the U.S. should see above-average temperatures this spring, andthe greatest chances will be in the southern Rockies and southern Plains, NOAA said. In the Polar Wildlife Report 2022, published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) on International Polar Bear Day, zoologist Dr. Susan Crockford explains that ice-dependent species in the Arctic and Antarctic show no sign of impending population crashes due to lack of sea ice.. Crockford's report reveals that there were no reports in 2022 that would suggest that polar wildlife is . During mid-September, a tropical cyclone seems possible somewhere near the Maritimes and as October gets underway another threat seems possible for Newfoundland. As a member of the DTNPF online community you can contribute to discussions, save your settings, get exclusive email alerts and access to special online sections, and read e-newsletters. And April's anomaly 1.1 degrees cooler than average tied a record cool anomaly with 1950, according to NOAA. That could disrupt some summer activities. Boston typically counts 14 90-degree days throughout the year, but last year reported 24. Meanwhile, residents of the northern Plains might still be wondering if winter has ended yet with multiple rounds of Arctic air and blizzard conditions throughout April. image[6][21]=new Option("Friday Night 1am","Td23"); Hopefully there are multiple years in our database that look similar enough to blend them together to make a good forecast. image[8][6]=new Option("Tonight 1am","WindGust7"); But this spring, it's gaining a bit of strength. Did climate change play a role in the deadly weekend tornadoes? image[2][10]=new Option("Monday","PoP1211"); The 2021 growing season was influenced in the beginning by its presence in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and while it faded in the spring and summer, it returned in the fall. If the water level continues to drop, it could threaten the hydroelectric power generators at the reservoir. 24th - 27th. image[15][24]=new Option("Saturday Night 7pm","RH29"); image[9][4]=new Option("Tonight 7pm","Sky5"); "You're still going to get a hot day here and there, and I do think it's going to be a decent but not a great beach summer," Pastelok said. image[9][14]=new Option("Thursday Night 1am","Sky15"); So, recapping some of the major points in the long-range forecast as an early look to the 2022 growing season, the Southern Plains look to be the area with the highest concern. The cool and periodically wet start to summer in the Pacific Northwest will not last for long, eventually giving way to the warm and dry conditions expected across the rest of the western U.S. Snow Amount Ice Accumulation Wave Height Apparent Temperature Relative Humidity. image[1][0]=new Option("Tonight","MinT1"); Drought conditions are widespread from Texas through Montana with most of the High Plains experiencing severe to extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. He added that for people heading to a beach in the mid-Atlantic or the Carolinas this summer for a seven-day vacation, there will likely be rain on two or three of those seven days. The coldest periods will be in mid-November and early and late December. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik). The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to ramp up in late summer and early autumn in a similar fashion to the 2021 season. image[3][32]=new Option("Monday Night 7pm","Wx45"); The first taste of summer arrived months ahead of schedule in Southern California when widespread temperatures in the 80s and 90s F were reported during the first half of February. image[15][28]=new Option("Sunday Night 7pm","RH37"); image[6][29]=new Option("Sunday Night 1am","Td39"); For precipitation during the spring, with the waning influence of La Nina expected, more sub-seasonal weather factors are likely to have a strong influence over the weather. Looking to the west, British Columbia will be unusually dry. Band 4 . Although the first day of winter is officially Dec. 21, the Farmers Almanac says it will start feeling like winter earlier this year than last year for many across the U.S. As for how much snow we could see this season, the Farmers Almanac says the Pacific Northwest will see about-normal winter precipitation.. Well, the summer heat wont be stopped at the border. The Midwest faces the highest risk of severe weather this summer, particularly in June and July, but damaging storms and tornadoes will also be possible across the Northeast throughout the summer, including the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor. It typically weakens storms originating in the. La Nia typically brings drier conditions to the southern half of the country and more precipitation to pockets of the northern half. Will this season bring any relief to the drought-stricken West? Either way, those sub-seasonal factors will have a great influence on our weather patterns throughout North America. That small sample size didn't provide any useful insight into 2022. image[7][33]=new Option("Monday Night 1am","WindSpd47"); image[14][3]=new Option("Today 4pm","ApparentT4"); image[3][13]=new Option("Thursday Night 10pm","Wx14"); March 2023 Long Range Weather Forecast for Pacific Southwest; Dates Weather Conditions; Mar 1-5: Rainy periods, chilly: Mar 6-13: Sunny . About200 to275 tornadoes are forecast to spin up in April, significantly more than what unfolded last April, when only 73 tornadoes were recorded, and well above the average of 155, AccuWeather said. But there is not enough space in this blog to talk about all conditions across all areas throughout the entire year. image[15][9]=new Option("Thursday 10am","RH10"); image[13][12]=new Option("Saturday Ending 1pm","WaveHeight13"); While not every La Nia is the same, and it's only one driver of the atmospheric pattern, La Nia usually has an influence on precipitation from fall through early spring in the U.S. As the composite map below shows, the Pacific Northwest is typically wet in fall and winter during La Nia, while much of the South, from Southern California to the Southeast coast, tends to be dry. image[9][20]=new Option("Friday Night 7pm","Sky21"); image[15][25]=new Option("Saturday Night 1am","RH31"); The three-month outlook shows warm weather for all states except the Great Lakes region. You're still going to get a hot day here and there, and I do think it's going to be a decent but not a great beach summer," Pastelok said. image[4][0]=new Option("Today 7am","WWA1"); (NOAA via AP). image[14][32]=new Option("Monday Night 7pm","ApparentT45"); image[14][13]=new Option("Thursday Night 10pm","ApparentT14"); Got mice? The start of this summer will be much different than last year for part of the West Coast, but the overall theme of the season will be the same, according to AccuWeather long-range forecasters. Then regional drought may start to show up in the summer that could put some of the crop areas in trouble going through reproduction and grain-fill. image[6][18]=new Option("Friday 1pm","Td19"); image[8][9]=new Option("Thursday 10am","WindGust10"); Updated Apr 29, 2022 11:21 AM EST. image[4][11]=new Option("Thursday 4pm","WWA12"); Summer. image[3][7]=new Option("Tonight 4am","Wx8"); image[14][20]=new Option("Friday Night 7pm","ApparentT21"); image[7][34]=new Option("Tuesday 7am","WindSpd49"); Last June featured all-time record heat across the Pacific Northwest and into Canada, melting away long-standing temperature records in dozens of cities. Southwest winds around 15 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight. The Central and Northern Plains are unlikely to see drought going away during spring, though drought is not as bad there now as it was a year ago outside of Montana. Here are a few ideas to make the most of your time at home. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar). image[2][1]=new Option("Wednesday Night ","PoP122"); image[8][1]=new Option("Today 10am","WindGust2"); Only the Southwest and a sliver of the Pacific. In early July, Canada Day could be marred by severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail and tornadoes for western Ontario. image[14][33]=new Option("Monday Night 1am","ApparentT47"); A derecho is essentially an inland hurricane with destructive winds at least 58 mph that spans at least 240 miles. image[7][2]=new Option("Today 1pm","WindSpd3"); image[14][24]=new Option("Saturday Night 7pm","ApparentT29"); And the Southeast may be in the best shape overall. We can take a look at ocean temperatures and their trends across a wide area of the globe and pick out years where we see similar conditions to where we are currently. But rain showers may dampen New Brunswick Day and Natal Day in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. image[5][14]=new Option("Thursday Night 1am","T15"); image[9][29]=new Option("Sunday Night 1am","Sky39"); image[3][31]=new Option("Monday 1pm","Wx43"); Iowa and Minnesota seem to be on the drier side of those conditions. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. image[15][16]=new Option("Friday 7am","RH17"); Precipitation will be below normal, on average, over Quebec and the Maritimes. Pastelok said that water restrictions and limited hydroelectric power is anticipated across the region following the dry winter months and the limited snowpack across the region's mountains. image[5][6]=new Option("Tonight 1am","T7"); image[12][6]=new Option("Thursday Night Ending 1am","IceAccum7"); Click here for a complete breakdown of AccuWeather's 2022 Atlantic hurricane season forecast. We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. SEATTLE While summer is still more than a month out, and it has yet to feel much like spring around Western Washington, it's never too early to think about the warmer months ahead, and seasonal predictions continue to roll in. Another dry rainy season would put them into a deeper water deficit next year. (c) Copyright 2022 DTN, LLC. image[7][4]=new Option("Tonight 7pm","WindSpd5"); image[8][17]=new Option("Friday 10am","WindGust18"); The Pacific Northwest is still in drought, which is worse than last year at this time, but recent and forecast precipitation should bring soil moisture into a reasonably favorable spot for spring as winter wheat awakens from dormancy and spring wheat is planted. image[5][3]=new Option("Today 4pm","T4"); image[13][13]=new Option("Saturday Ending 7pm","WaveHeight14"); As of May 4, the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean water was 1.2 degrees Celsius cooler than average, the coolest in May in 22 years, according to tropical scientist Dr. Phil Klotzbach. View detailed forecast, WeatherTAB 2023. image[14][6]=new Option("Tonight 1am","ApparentT7"); image[15][27]=new Option("Sunday 1pm","RH35"); Throughout the Pacific Northwest, temperatures are forecast to be the highest of the summer and aren't predicted to drop until the weekend. Summer (Summer Solstice) officially starts on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at 5:14 a.m. Most recently, it happened from late summer 1998 through early spring 2001. Good rains in the Eastern Corn Belt during the spring may have to carry crops through their reproductive stages in the summer with more limited opportunities. And a similar pattern looks to be in the cards through March, April, and potentially May as La Nina lingers, slowly dissipating toward an expected neutral state. 16th - 19th. image[4][23]=new Option("Saturday 1pm","WWA27"); The traditional peak of the hurricane season occurs on September 10. image[6][23]=new Option("Saturday 1pm","Td27"); image[7][18]=new Option("Friday 1pm","WindSpd19"); image[6][32]=new Option("Monday Night 7pm","Td45"); We expect a potential hurricane threat along the Atlantic Seaboard in mid-September. Avg High Temps 40 to 50 . image[6][19]=new Option("Friday 4pm","Td20"); image[5][17]=new Option("Friday 10am","T18"); Wet weather will predominate Ontario and the Great Lakes. image[9][25]=new Option("Saturday Night 1am","Sky31"); Thunder, followed by clearing skieshopefully in time for Civic holiday on the 6thare expected in Newfoundland and Labrador. Below-average temperatures are most likely in the Pacific Northwest. As thunderstorms frequent the East Coast and Midwest and tropical troubles brew near the Southeast, rain could be hard to come by across the nation's heartland. for(var i=0;i