Fall Weather Pattern Continues

Thursday, October 04, 2007

While the higher mountains got several inches of snow, the lower elevations had a light dusting mixing winter into the fall scene.

NOWCAST - A break Friday and perhaps part of Saturday for most of us then more rain showers come back to give us another round of wetness. Not as heavy as last week though. Snow levels will go up next week as we get more of a southwest flow. Computer models hint at a chance of a storm coming in perhaps Tuesday with very strong winds so stay tuned for that episode if it develops.

OUTCAST -

Here are some rainfall reports from your friends and neighbors around the region for September. I recorded 1.88 inches here in north Salmon Creek; Claudia Chiasson, Carson, 1.77 inches; Judy Darke, Felida, 2.36 inches; Pete Conrad, Tukes Mountain near Battle Ground, 2.13 inches; Tyler Mode, Minnehaha, 1.80 inches; Bud Maddux, Home Valley, .98 inches; Amboy Middle School, 2.42 inches; Nancy Ellifrit, Mt. Vista, 2.72 inches; Tom Brown, Battle Ground, 2.09 inches; Jim Knoll, Orchards, 2.52 inches; Will Hayden, Five Corners, 3.25 inches; Bob Starr, Cougar, 4.05 inches; Chuck Houghten, Hockinson Heights, 2.58 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lakeshore, 1.89 inches; Phil Delany, above Dole Valley, 3.40 inches; Irv St. Germain, SW Prune Hill, 3.03 inches; Phil Harris, Washougal, 4.81 inches; Keith Andersen, Meadow Glade, 3.00 inches; Murphy Dennis, Rawson Road next to Clark Rifles, 3.64 inches; Larry Lebsack, NE Hazel Dell, 3.33 inches; and Ellen Smart, Ridgefield, 4.35 inches. The amounts really varied due to some heavy showers the last couple days of the month.

Remember all the reports of hail last Friday and even a few this week accompanied by thunder? Yes this photo is ice pellets (hail) not snow. Sure looks like winter is giving us a tease!

After last Friday's cold front, numerous heavy showers some with hail, drenched the Clark County area with over an inch of rain in some locations. Weather observer Chuck Houghton of Hockinson Heights experienced quite an ice pellet storm. The following is his Friday afternoon report: "We just had a great hail storm here, hail larger than the normal pea size stuff that we often get and was up 1/2" in size for the larger hailstones but mostly between 1/4 and 1/2 inch. It came down very hard with gusty winds along with a lightning bolt or two for probably a good ten minutes which piled up deep in spots and the ground was totally covered." He notified me Saturday morning that there were still piles of hail scattered about the yard.


Funnel Cloud sighted in Clark County Thursday afternoon - A large cell of showers were sighted on radar around 5:30 in eastern Clark County accompanied by thunder, lightning, and hail, and the funnel cloud shown here.







SNOW REPORT: MT HOOD MEADOWS PICKED UP 6 INCHES AT THE TOP OF THE
MT HOOD EXPRESS LIFT AND 4 INCHES NEW AT THE BASE. TIMERLINE MT
SHOP HAD 2 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ON TOP OF THE 4 TO 5 INCHES
ALREADY ON THE GROUND. GOVERNMENT CAMP HIGHWAY DEPT REPORTED
1 INCH OF NEW SNOW. THE HIGHWAY DEPT ALSO REPORTED 4 INCHES OF
NEW SNOW ON HWY 20 TOMBSTONE SUMMIT.


-- posted by Pat Timm @ 7:34 PM,

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