And The Beat Goes On
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
I mentioned in Monday's posting that snow fell all the way down to Texas. Here are some bluebonnets with snow on it in Temple, Texas. Got to love it.NOWCAST - Tuesday turned out to be not too bad of a day weatherwise with partly sunny skies and only a few widely scattered showers, mainly over the mountains and foothills. Highs were very close to normal, upper 50's to 60 degrees. The wind did have a little bite to it, chilly. Wednesday will be a repeat but with an increased chance of rain and then the same for Thursday and Friday before more rain moves in on the weekend. Seasonal temperatures and chilly at night tonight with lows dipping into the 30's.
OUTCAST - A tip of the hat to Vancouver resident and local weather geek Steve Pierce for digging up these images of the December 14, 2006 wind storm. Thanks Steve!
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/nwstorms-200612-loop-small.gif
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/extratrop-pacus-20061215-g11ir.jpg
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/extratrop-pacus-20061214-n17rgb.jpg
I especially like the last one showing the visible satellite photo. Awesome power!
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Over Five Feet of Snow in Five Days in Michigan! What an Easter Weekend to remember!
PAINESDALE, MI: 64.5"*
PHOENIX FARMS, MI: 57.0"
MARQUETTE, MI: 48.5 "
ROCKLAND, MI: 43.7"*
MUNISING, MI: 39.5"
ATLANTIC MINE, MI: 38.0"
GRAND MARAIS, MI: 37.5"
MOHAWK, MI: 36.6"
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
...WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH...
MARCH PRECIPITATION WAS NORMAL TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE WEST SIDE
AND MUCH BELOW NORMAL FOR THE EAST SIDE OF WASHINGTON. FOR WESTERN
WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 102
FOR THE OLYMPICS TO 178 FOR THE COAST. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND
MOUNTAINS...COASTS...AND INTERIOR LOWLANDS WAS 22.36 INCHES AT
FORKS...25.37 INCHES AT CLEARWATER...AND 11.27 INCHES AT ELMA
RESPECTIVELY.
FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION RANGED
FROM 28 FOR THE OKANOGAN REGION TO 88 FOR THE PALOUSE AND BLUE
MOUNTAIN REGION. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT
CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND LOWLANDS WAS 1.86 INCHES AT
PLAIN AND 2.13 INCHES AT WHITMAN MISSION IN THE CENTRAL BASIN
RESPECTIVELY.
THE OUTLOOK FOR APRIL AND BEYOND...THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL SEE SHOWERS
OVER THE STATE RESULTING IN ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE OUTLOOK
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL IS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW...ABOVE...OR
NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE PERIOD APRIL THROUGH JUNE
IS ALSO FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW...ABOVE...OR NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
THE TABLE BELOW GIVES PRECIPITATION FIGURES AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR
REGIONS OF WASHINGTON. THE CURRENT WATER YEAR BEGAN 1 OCTOBER 2006
AND ENDS 30 SEPTEMBER 2007.
MAR WATER YEAR PAST 3 PAST 12
2007 TO DATE MONTHS MONTHS
WESTERN WASHINGTON
COAST 178 131 115 107
OLYMPICS 102 123 86 100
NORTHWEST INTERIOR 159 136 127 112
PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS 118 136 94 113
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR 123 137 107 115
WEST FOOTHILLS CASCADES 162 133 114 112
CASCADES 173 134 116 113
EASTERN WASHINGTON
EAST SLOPES CASCADES 63 133 73 119
OKANOGAN 28 77 39 85
CENTRAL BASIN 78 107 73 110
NORTHEAST 73 108 69 100
PALOUSE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS 88 114 95 102
THE TABLE BELOW EXPRESSES PRECIPITATION IN INCHES AND AS A PERCENT OF
NORMAL FOR A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE. OCCASIONALLY
MISSING DATA AT A SITE ARE ESTIMATED USING OBSERVED DATA FROM
SURROUNDING STATIONS.
MAR 2007 WATER YEAR TO DATE PAST 12 MONTHS
INCHES PCT INCHES PCT INCHES PCT
QUILLAYUTE 23.23 212 92.44 121 109.05 107
HOQUIAM 12.87 178 63.32 121 72.29 105
BELLINGHAM 5.56 185 32.47 139 41.68 120
SEATTLE 4.42 118 38.50 139 46.07 124
OLYMPIA 7.06 133 49.71 127 56.57 111
LONGVIEW 5.71 123 45.22 126 57.29 116
CONCRETE 9.75 141 56.94 107 70.33 99
SNOQUALMIE FALLS 10.03 162 53.92 122 70.69 115
GLENOMA* 9.29 164 57.29 127 68.22 112
DIABLO DAM 15.32 215 76.51 124 87.57 111
STAMPEDE PASS 10.98 149 79.60 129 94.38 112
PARADISE* 22.23 173 116.50 126 138.56 116
WINTHROP 0.36 34 12.03 119 18.12 120
STEHEKIN* 1.80 63 36.06 120 40.43 112
LEAVENWORTH 1.45 69 26.70 130 33.23 133
MOUNT ADAMS* 2.92 63 40.61 114 48.05 111
WENATCHEE 0.15 23 8.34 132 11.05 121
YAKIMA 0.12 17 5.23 93 7.94 96
COULEE DAM 0.47 48 4.91 77 10.10 91
LIND* 0.81 78 6.57 103 10.94 110
REPUBLIC 0.64 48 9.96 118 16.45 98
SPOKANE 1.00 65 11.16 107 17.63 106
PULLMAN 1.55 77 13.31 97 19.74 94
DAYTON* 1.78 88 13.96 108 20.02 103
* ESTIMATED
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 6:27 PM,
