Winter in northwest Washington is a bit hard to define. It is a transition between fall and spring with periodic short spells of very cold weather. Some years such as this year there are no cold spells of note. The chances of a cold spell this late are pretty remote. Late Monday the weather shifted from chilly wet to mild and wet. No more 32 to 40 degree days with a mix of rain and snow in the lowlands.
I headed east of the mountains on Tuesday. Rain on the mountain pass and saw 72 degrees on the dashboard while heading down the Yakima Valley.
Two indicators of Spring on the west side of the mountains are the native skunk cabbage and non native daffodils. Give then a short warm spell in March and they bloom.
Skunk cabbage in swampy ground near Lamb Creek on the Olympic Penisula
Daffodils on the Skagit delta
