Seattle – March has been off to a very wet start.  We have already surpassed the normal monthly rainfall total by an inch with more on the way next week.  The atmospheric river event we were tracking wrapped up yesterday and our area rivers have crested and continue to recede.  The rain also triggered a landslide on I-5 near Bellingham.  Fortunately, the risk of additional landslides is also decreasing.  

It’s been a wet start to the month with more than 5″ of rain already recorded so far. 

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We’ve enjoyed a pleasant, dry first weekend of Spring.   Much of Sunday is also expected to be dry.  A weak system is forecast to brush by which may bring a few sprinkles with it to a few spots.  A few stray flurries are also possible in the mountains. 

The much-needed break in rain will continue. Only a stray shower is possible on Sunday.

The cold front which swept through yesterday, ending the days-long rain, also brought some cooler air with it.  Afternoon highs will remain slightly  below normal on Sunday. 

Highs near normal on Sunday with some afternoon sunbreaks. 

While Sunday and Monday remain mostly dry, a more significant weather system is expected to move into the region on Tuesday, bringing widespread rain to the lowlands and snow to the mountain passes along with breezy winds. 

Increasing clouds Monday with rain returning by Tuesday. Snow in the mountains. 

PEORIA, Ariz. – Seattle Mariners camp has been a flurry of activity since the return of the last group of players from the World Baseball Classic. There have been innings and at-bats to be found, schedules and lineups scrambled, whatever it takes to get in the work they need for what in just a few short days will be the 26-man roster.

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Somewhere amongst that flurry of activity, a long-awaited conversation was had, according to Randy Arozarena.

About about two hours before the Mariners’ Cactus League game against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night, Arozarena put out a statement via the team that addressed the WBC incident between him and teammate Cal Raleigh.

“I understand that with Opening Day a few days away, I don’t want it to be a distraction,” Arozarena said. “Cal and I have talked and I apologized for what I said after the game. Nothing in the WBC takes away from the fact that we are brothers and teammates. He’s family, and we are both focused on helping the Mariners win the World Series.”

The statement echoes much of the sentiment of Raleigh’s comments to members of the Seattle media the morning after he refused Arozarena’s handshake in the March 9 WBC game between the United States and Mexico, which prompted postgame comments from Arozarena that spurred unwanted attention on the Mariners.

“I love Randy,” Raleigh said back on March 10. “I have all the respect for him and Team Mexico. I already reached out to him personally to talk with him. And obviously, when we’re back in Seattle, we’re family, we’re brothers, and I’ll do anything for him. I’ll do anything for our team to win.”

Neither player would want anything within their control to put achieving the Mariners’ lofty goals they have set this season in jeopardy. It is likely those words alone from Arozarena would have helped close the door on the incident. The fact he said he apologized to Raleigh for his comments at the WBC in Houston hopefully helps lock that door and put the focus back on what happens on the field, as has been the case with the players in Peoria all along.

An unpleasant sidenote to the WBC should not be a season-changing episode for a team that has put itself in the position the Mariners have.

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