The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued its Spring forecast for 2023, and the unseasonable weather pattern may continue.

The analysis concludes that drought conditions in the Western United States are expected to improve. When it comes to drought, the region pounded with rain for much of the winter will receive some relief.

“Climate change is driving both wet and dry extremes, as seen by observations and data from NOAA that inform this seasonal outlook,” stated NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. In response to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act and in support of the Biden Administration’s top priority to fight the climate crisis, NOAA will spend a lot of money to build a Climate-Ready Nation that gives communities customized information about changing conditions to protect residents and economies.

As snowpacks accumulated during the winter gradually melt, the drought situation in California is projected to improve even further. Spring precipitation is also anticipated to help the middle Plains and Florida conditions.

Meanwhile, a swath of Southern and East Coast regions will have above-average heat and high temperatures. Also, Alaska and Hawaii are expected to have above-average temperatures from April to June.

Flooding could have a substantial impact on the majority of states east of the Mississippi, according to NOAA.

Ed Clark, who is in charge of NOAA’s National Water Center, says that flooding could happen in about 44% of the United States this spring. The combination of California’s snowpack and spring rain increases the likelihood of spring flooding.