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USA WINTER—IT’S NOT OVER UNTIL IT’S
OVER
Just as February
storms out and March comes blowing in, the U.S. was hit with
another dose of winter reality. Meteorologists at the NOAA
National Weather Service see the national picture as a tale
of two coasts. This week the parched Pacific Northwest and
arid Florida will get some precipitation while parts of the
mid-Atlantic and Northeast were battered by a late season
nor'easter. "Rain and snow this week across western portions
of Washington and Oregon is good news for this region, as
it should put a temporary brake on deteriorating drought conditions,"
said Douglas LeComte, drought specialist at the NOAA Climate
Prediction Center. "The bad news is that the precipitation
amounts are forecast to be fairly light east of the Cascade
Mountains, resulting in little change in the drought situation
for the rest of the Pacific Northwest and into Montana."
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