If they had a clue what they were saying, I would believe it. As it is they have trouble predicting weather for the week around here and we have the most boring/stable climate in the country.

The man made kind of course!

The idea of La-Nina, is based on ocean surface temps. The phenomenon is filled with holes and is really just a theory. The pretense is based on surface temp readings over the last three decades. Sometimes its hotter by a few degrees and sometimes its cooler. Those parts are real. The problem is actually related to upper atmospheric issues that effect ocean surface temps. Gasses that hold reflected sunlight in and particulate matter that blocks sunlight like dust from entering. Science believes it has found a trend, but the trend is a farce.n On this coast, our weather is determined by where the jet stream is at any given moment. The jet stream moves depending on the surface temps and blockers like hurricanes and high pressure systems on the east coast. It is the deciding factor that mandates when AZ will get rain, when Seattle will become dry and if CA will have record snow packs. La Nina is never over, ever. Its just at a different extreme. As I predicted more than a year ago, and so far I am 100% right. this year will be full of rain because of the Greenland volcanic eruptions that spewed so much sun blocking dust into he air that this last winter, this summer and next winter, is gonna suck! Its all about understanding patterns.

Wow. These comments are further proof that KIRO listeners are COMPLETE nut jobs.

LOL

How anytime a story on weather or global warming comes up, everyone is suddenly an expert meteorologist, as if they spent years in college studying weather patterns. Leave it to the experts, predicting weather is a science, trust in that fact. If its not exactly 100% accurate, its close enough.

The term "expert Meteorologist" is an oxymoron. It's not even close to accurate... if you've lived in Washington any amount of time you should know that... Basically the weathermen around here predict rain 70% of the time and that makes them fairly accurate... but i can step outside look at the clouds and come to the same conclusion... there's no science to this... the only thing they do that your average person can't... is look on a radar at clouds coming in from the ocean and decide when it is going to make it here based on it's speed... HOLY CRAP THAT'S INCREDIBLE SCIENCE... you're an idiot MainEvent if you really put stock in local Meteorologists.

In my 55 years I have learned to expect rain and be happy when it doesn't. That's the only forecast I need.

You are so on the money. We have the best climate - no hurricanes, little snow, no extreme heat - perfect for the trails. A true northwestern hiker dresses for the day, but carries for weather changes. Its our unpredictable climate that makes the northwest beauty. Its time for the snivellers and the whiners to pack up and go - we don't need you.

This is the best Climate in the country... Our climate is always catching flack from idiots across the country... Especially Californians.. every time i hear one complain about the weather i want to slap them across the face and say... WELL WHY DID YOU COME HERE!!!!!???? WE DIDN'T WANT YOU HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE GO BACK TO LOS SMOGLAND!!! ... Unfortunately, like salmon returning to the rivers to spawn... there appears to be some astronomical calling to these cali idiots that brings them here... Seriously, this state is beautiful... i love it... but i hate how many people have moved here over the past 20 years... wish they could make a law to make everyone that moved here in the past 20 years GO THE !@#$ BACK!!!! i'd support it.

Trouble is there is just way too much rain for me when it should be dry and warm and I have lived here all my life.

Like a mellow, moist climate? Live west of the Cascades. Like a drier and more sunny climate with actual change in seasons? Live east of the Cascades. And yes, La Nina (and her big brother El Nino) have little effect on our overall seasonal climates in WA when compared to other weather affecting issues as already mentioned here. Feliz Cinco de Mayo!