Chance of Flurries Tuesday

Monday, January 15, 2007



I have seen lots of robins lately and I think they got caught in the cold! Another bout with snow slated for early Tuesday!


NOWCAST - We are enjoying another nice sunny day with highs reaching towards the 40 degree mark. It was very cold early Monday with teens in the calm areas and twenties in the windy areas. Clouds will increase ahead of a weak weather system tonight and there is a chance of light snow by the morning commute time. Temperatures will rise above freezing Tuesday but remain below normal.


FORECAST - Today: Mostly sunny. Highs 35 to 40. East wind 5 to 10 mph...except 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph near the gorge.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows 25 to 30. East wind 5 to 10 mph.. Except 15 to 25 mph near the gorge with gusts to 35 mph in the evening.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with light snow maybe mixed with sleet before sunrise. Accumulations trace to two inches. Highs in the thirties. East wind 10 to 15 mph...becoming west 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers. Possible icy streets early Wednesday. Lows around 30 light wind.

OUTCAST - This has been quite a ride weather wise with cold temperatures lasting a bit longer than last weeks computer models were forecast. But the is usually the case as they always try to warm things up too quickly. The cold dome of air over us is very thick and heavy and it will take a good change in pressure patterns to mix things up. The system coming in Tuesday is weak and most likely will not warm us up too much. Whatever moisture remains when it gets here should be snow but amounts will be light. Perhaps another postcard picture in Vancouver?

This cold air covers the entire western part of the US with record cold in California and the southwest. Records were broken early today that were standing for nearly fifty years!This cold weather has penetrated as far south as Mexico with overnight temperatures in the 30s in Tijuana and Phoenix was in the 20s. Expect to pay higher fruit and vegetable prices as entire crops were wiped out in parts of California. I heard the avocado crop was a total loss, oranges and lemons were damaged and other tender crops like lettuce and such. Funny seeing photos of frost on the grass in Los Angeles.What gets me is all the hype about global warming and you’ll remember last week when they had hot temperatures and Santa Ana winds and wildfires and now the deep freeze. The mercury in downtown Los Angeles hit 37 degrees shortly after sunup Monday, breaking the old record low set in 1932 according to the National Weather Service. Long Beach tied its old record of 33 degrees set in 1963. Los Angeles International Airport reached 35degrees breaking the old record of 36 degrees set in 1963. And how about 27 degrees in Burbank, three degrees in Lancaster and 12 degrees in Palmdale, all record lows. The coldest in nearly 50 years. There were reports from northern Nevada yesterday morning of 28 degrees below zero now that is cold! 
Below zero temperatures were recorded in the Pacific Northwest as well with
Omak, Deer Park, Spokane and Coeur d'Alene hosting that honor. In Oregon, 
Redmond, Meacham, Burns, Baker City, and Rome all were below zero Monday
morning.

I have seen lots of robins during our cold snap and reports from readers of spring
bulbs bursting upwards from the soil and some flowering trees showing their pink
colors already. Well, I think they for the most part got nipped in the bud the past
few days!



-- posted by Pat Timm @ 2:04 AM,

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