Temperatures in some parts of the Southland reached higher than 80 degrees this week, and spring is officially here Sunday.

Federal forecasters have nary a drop of rain in their seven-day forecast for Los Angeles, and the two-week outlook by the federal Climate Prediction Center pegs Southern California for a 60 percent chance of above-normal temperatures through the end of the month and a 50 percent probability of lower-than-normal rainfall during that time.That could put us in April without more precipitation. This after February gave us the hottest month for high temperatures ever recorded.