(NEXSTAR) – A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

A new long-range forecast, released Thursday, shows broad weather predictions for February, March and April nationwide. For about half of the country, it appears spring-like weather is set to arrive early.

A broad swath of the U.S., from Arizona all the way up to Maine, is favored to see above-average temperatures over the next three........

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