A New Month And A New Weather Pattern
Monday, March 31, 2008
This photo tells it all! Taken at 4pm Monday from the web cam at Johnston Ridge looking towards Mt. St. Helens. Don't worry, the mountain is still there somewhere.NOWCAST- Low clouds and fog will linger Tuesday before a mostly sunny day on Wednesday with temperatures getting back to seasonal normals. Still a risk of a shower tonight and somewhat cool Tuesday. The dry spell should last all week and an increased chance of showers over the weekend but it may stay dry as well.
OUTCAST - I will be compiling rainfall reports from around the region this week and will post them soon. It looks like we will be out of this very cold airmass and back to much more seasonal weather. Just in time for Washington spring break. There still were some showers and lots of clouds today however. Looking head, we my see yet another cold pool of air transition from Siberia out into the Gulf of Alaska for another bout of winter weather in 10-14 days or so. La Nina reigns.
Last week's weather was indeed crazy with sticking snow reported from the Ocean beaches three times or better. Enough to cover the ground and measure in inches! Inland Valley locations struggled to get a dusting so what gives?
March 2008 was Portland's second coldest March in 30 years.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
455 PM PDT MON MAR 31 2008
...RECORD COLD FOR THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH AT SEATTLE AND
OLYMPIA...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH AT SEATTLE
AND OLYMPIA WERE THE COLDEST ON RECORD.
AT SEATTLE TACOMA AIRPORT THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE LAST
SEVEN DAYS WAS 46.0 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE COLDEST
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH WAS 47.1
DEGREES SET IN 1967. THE RECORDS AT SEATTLE TACOMA AIRPORT BEGAN IN
1945.
INCLUDING THE RECORDS FROM THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE...WHICH GO BACK TO 1891...THIS IS THE THIRD COLDEST LAST
WEEK OF MARCH FOR THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE. THE TWO COLDER YEARS
WERE 1936 WITH AN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 43.6 AND 1917 WITH AN
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 45.9 DEGREES.
THE NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH AT
SEATTLE TACOMA AIRPORT IS 54.9 DEGREES.
AT THE OLYMPIA AIRPORT THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE LAST
SEVEN DAYS WAS 45.4 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE COLDEST
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH WAS 48.0
DEGREES SET IN 1999. THE RECORDS AT THE OLYMPIA AIRPORT GO BACK TO
1948.
THE NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH AT
THE OLYMPIA AIRPORT IS 54.9 DEGREES.
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 4:01 PM,
