All set on a frog Halloween costume this year?

Whether or not those inflatable costumes are water-resistant ( they’re generally NOT ), frogs, unicorns, Pikachu’s, and chickens will likely see a wet Trick-or-Treat night as National Weather Service climate forecasters are expecting a wetter than normal end to October.

The climate prediction center puts out several products each month giving a glimpse into both precipitation and temperature “outlooks” as far in advance as a month. There are also seasonal forecasts, but for our purposes, the 2-week outlook posted on Oct. 16 gave a fairly certain chance of wetter than average weather in most of the Pacific Northwest through Oct. 30.

Precipitation outlook map through Oct. 30. Climate Prediction Center

Temperatures were expected to be av

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