Posted: 3:34 PM Mar 15, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press

Federal weather forecasters say for the first time in four years
they're not worried about major spring flooding.

But don't expect much of a break from unseasonal warmth.

The National Weather Service's outlook for spring, which arrived
early with 577 warm temperature records broken Wednesday, predicts
mostly warmer and drier than normal weather, except in the
northwest.

Forecasters say only a small fraction of the country is at major
flood risk, which is a benefit of a winter with the third least
amount of snow in recent records. It's quite a change from last
year when record flooding struck major rivers.

Meteorologists say drought should continue in the west and
south, but shouldn't be as extreme as last fall. The southeast
should brace for some restriction on water use.

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