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If the summer of 2015 was known for heat, drought and wildfires, the summer of 2016 will be known for 鈥� normalcy.

That鈥檚 because the Northwest is experiencing an in-between period 鈥� El Nino has ended, and La Nina is right around the corner. For the time being, Seattle can expect a colder and wetter July. After that, things should be 鈥渢ypical鈥� according to Jay Albrecht, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Seattle.

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鈥淛uly is normally our driest month with only about three-fourths inch of rain for the entire month in Seattle,鈥� Albrecht said. 鈥淚t looks like we will be seeing periods of light rain from late Thursday afternoon through to next week with temperatures failing to hit 70 degrees — which is several degrees below normal for this time of year.鈥�

鈥淭he first half of summer, typically, here in the Northwest, we see a lot of cloud cover and temperatures during the day getting up into the lower to mid-70s,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd getting down into the 50s at night. (There are) lots of clouds during the morning and breaks of sun during the afternoon. That鈥檚 typical until you get up into the second week of July.鈥�

Instead, the Northwest will get more rain, and temperatures will be cooler as things settle out ahead of the coming La Nina.

鈥淭he temperatures in the tropical Pacific are cooling rapidly,鈥� he said. 鈥淩ight now, the forecast is for a weak to moderate La Nina to begin in the fall and through the upcoming winter.鈥�

What that means is not exactly known just yet. The effects of La Nina, and El Nino, generally strike during the colder parts of the year. And as with El Nino, it could mean a drier than normal or a wetter than normal season.

This all comes after the Northwest experienced an unusually warm spring, which luckily didn’t affect the decent levels of snow pack in the mountains.

鈥淔rom about the second week of June to about now, it鈥檚 been fairly typical for this time of year,鈥� Albrecht said. 鈥淏ut before that 鈥� April through the first week in June 鈥� was abnormally warm here in the Northwest.鈥�

One source of the change to mild weather is found far out in the Pacific Ocean where other anomalies are being watched.

鈥淥ne thing that affected us last summer that gave us some abnormal heat and humidity was the warm blob of water 鈥� the blob 鈥� off the West Coast of the United States where water temperatures were quite a bit above normal,鈥� Albrecht said. 鈥淭hat blob is gone now, so we are moving into what looks like a more normal period of weather. That means in a couple of weeks we should start seeing less cloud cover, temperatures peaking during mid-July and mid-August.鈥�