November On The Way Out!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007NOWCAST - Despite recent rains and the forecast of rain Wednesday and showers Thursday, November may end up just like the other ten months of the year have: below normal rainfall. We'll see how much punch the next storm carries. So, rain Wednesday, heavy mountain snows and showers and clearing periods Thursday lingering into Friday with snow levels down to 500 feet. Cold high pressure dominates Friday and Saturday before more moisture rides in. We could see a wintry mix on Sunday so stay tuned!
OUTCAST - I'm thinking that December may be a much wetter month than we have experienced this year so far, in fact I may venture out and predict our precipitation will be at least average or slightly above. And we may get a bout or two of snow. We may get freezing rain, sleet, or brief snow on December 2 to kick things off. After that warmer rains are predicted by medium range models and next week will feel quite balmy from this week. Wet, mild, and wild.
I did see the first low elevation snowflakes Monday afternoon as the cold front moved into Clark County. Big wet flakes were falling shortly after dark for about five minutes. Snow did fall up in the gorge and in the lower foothills of the Cascades. We had six days of sub freezing temperatures with overnight lows well into the 20's. My lowest was 21 degrees the day after Thanksgiving.
From Grace W of Vancouver: "We live adjacent to Joe's Place farms in Cascade Park so moles are always around, but I started noticing a lot more activity within the last 2 or 3 weeks...and the tunnels seem deeper than in the past. Is this an indication of a more severe winter perhaps? Also, I predicted an early, cold winter in October when I saw a very large & furry caterpillar with an extremely wide black stripe." Time will time for sure. Makes sense to me.
I can only chuckle to myself when I think of the White House meeting of the Nobel Prize winners who met with President Bush. I would give almost anything to know what Al Gore and George Bush were thinking while they stood next to each other. Boy, one could certainly write a caption with those photos. Global warming anyone?
Last weekend's edition of the La Grande Observer mentioned that during the wind storm a couple of weeks ago on November 12, wind gusts to 122 mph were recorded in the Wallowa Mountains in eastern Oregon. There were many trees toppled over in the
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 6:59 PM,
