A warmer-than-average start to spring is favored for the central and eastern United States while a drier-than-average March is likely across the southern tier of the contiguous U.S.
Global temperatures in March 2020 were the second warmest on record, helping to start spring off just as abnormally warm as winter ended.
It's the start of meteorological spring, and warmer-than-average temperatures are favored for the central/eastern United States, while the precipitation outlook is more variable.
You're not the only one wondering if we will see El Niño grow or continue into this coming winter 2015. How useful are March winds and subsurface temperatures across the tropical Pacific Ocean in predicting winter El Niño or La Niña states?