Summary:
- February was cooler than average1 across northern regions of the west and warmer than average southward.
- February was wetter than average for most of the northern portion of the western US and drier than average in
the southwest and southern Rockies. - Drought conditions improved in northern California into the PNW, remain in southern California and the
southwest. March 1 snow water equivalents across watersheds in the west are below average in California, the
northern Cascades, and especially the southwest and southern Rockies. Above average snowpacks are currently
across northern California, Oregon, and portions of the Great Basin and Rockies, and near average in the central
Rockies. - Seasonal temperatures over the next 10 days with precipitation likely for most, though the highest amounts are
likely in the PNW. Turning cooler mid-month, then wetter for everyone including most of California. - The forecast and historical analogs point to the likelihood of a generally cool and wet month of March in the
west, with the greatest probability of a cool and wet month from the Bay Area into the PNW. - The spring forecast continues to point to a cooler and wetter period from northern California into the PNW and
cool to near average and dry into southern California and the southwest. Breaking it down by months, the
forecast hints at a mostly cool March and April and a warm May. Spring is on the horizon.
