Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
I want to offer my annual Thanksgiving poem:
"I look up at the sky and give thanks for the rain, hail, and snows; to fulfill our needs as only our creator knows. We complain about the heat, the cold, and the rain; but we're given a variety to keep us sane. The dark clouds may come, but a rainbow will appear, to comfort and tell us our creator is near. We're given the seasons- summer, fall, winter, and spring; each with their own weather they do bring. Symbolizing a beginning, growth, and death. But the wind keeps on blowing and never runs out of breath. We have acquired the knowledge of the sky, and will keep on learning, that's no lie. As a shower that moves through and off to the east, this I would like to say at least: "Have a great Thanksgiving and a wonderful feast".
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 10:05 AM,
November is about Out the Door!
Monday, November 24, 2008
The Second annual weather get together was fun last Saturday (click on photo above for large version) and in case you missed Channel 12's presentation Sunday here is a link to the spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioNVshkQ0_g
Rather benign weather the last few days of the month with clouds, fog, east winds, light rain and sunshine all makes an appearance. High pressure builds in strongly this weekend and lasts well into December before the snow flies later on in the month. This weekend will be a great time to put up the Christmas lights outside, go shopping or head outdoors to the beach or take a hike.
Staff at The Weather Channel are getting the chill lately with massive cuts in the program by parent company NBC. Read the entire story here
Like a kid in a candy store these progs will make your mouth drool for sure. Check this out! 
But before you stop your anti-depression meds, a ridge will probably win out. However the fish in Lake Sammamish aren't giving up. But that's another story; see my weather column on Tuesday at The Columbian web site for that prediction.
If you have a Facebook page and would like to be friends, invite me! One cannot be without too many friends you know!
Chilly morning Monday around the state with widespread frost from the coast to the foothills that is unless east winds and fog were present. Olympia takes honors at 26 degrees; I had 28 here in Salmon Creek. Vancouver finally officially, dipped below freezing at 31 degrees.
Look familiar? Hopefully we'll get another shot like this coming up in the near future. Just had to get my snow fix and throw this in here.
Charlie Ferris, retired BPA meteorologist and I having a lively discussion at the weather get together on Saturday at Stark Street Pizza Co. BTW- GREAT PIZZA. Love their crust!
He was telling me there is only ONE way to fix this government.
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 7:31 PM,
Don't Miss This!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Oregon Chapter of the AMS will be holding its November meeting on Thursday, November 20th. Dave Elson from the Portland National Weather Service Office and Steve Pierce, a local storm chaser, will present about the rare Vancouver Tornado of January 2008. Here are the specifics:
Date: Thursday, November 20th
Time: 7:00pm
Where: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) Celilo (basement) Room
To Bring: Dessert to share! This will be a dessert meeting, so bring your favorite treat.
Event Flyer: http://www.ametsoc.org/
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-- posted by Pat Timm @ 7:31 PM,
And The Rains Came
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Record rainfall in some areas in Western Washington and flooding Thursdays through Saturday as heavy rains fell. But very little in Clark County in comparison.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1228 AM PST SAT NOV 08 2008
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT QUILLAYUTE WA AIRPORT
YESTERDAY...
A RECORD RAINFALL OF 4.07 INCHES WAS SET AT QUILLAYUTE WA AIRPORT
ON NOV 7TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 3.46 SET IN 1995.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1230 AM PST FRI NOV 07 2008
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT SEATTLE WA WFO YESTERDAY...
A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.15 INCHES WAS SET AT SEATTLE WA WFO ON NOV
6TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.13 SET IN 2006.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1017 PM PST FRI NOV 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1013 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 WSW QUINAULT 47.46N 123.86W
11/07/2008 M5.08 INCH GRAYS HARBOR WA TRAINED SPOTTER
AT LAKE QUINAULT. 24 HR AMOUNT 5.08. 48 HOUR AMOUNT
11.28.
And the list goes on and on . . . .
Well now that November is off and running (and raining), let's review some rainfall reports from your friends and neighbors around the region for last month. I recorded 1.65 inches here in north Salmon Creek; Pearson Field, Vancouver, 1.80 inches (1.48 inches below average); Claudia Chiasson, Carson, 4.03 inches; Tyler Mode, Minnehaha, 1.69 inches; Bud Maddux, Home Valley, 3.39 inches; Pete Conrad, Tukes Mountain, Battle Ground, 1.65 inches; Jim Knoll, Orchards, 2.65 inches; Bob Starr, Cougar, 5.49 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lakeshore, 1.89 inches; Phil Delany, above Dole Valley, 5.40 inches; Irv St. Germain, SW Prune Hill, 2.29 inches; Ellen Smart, Ridgefield, 2.10 inches; Larry Lebsack, NE Hazel Dell, 1.55 inches; Nancy Ellifrit, Mt. Vista, 2.38 inches; Merle Moore, two miles west of Yacolt 4.24 inches; Phil Harris, Washougal, 3.45 inches; Charles Bryan, NE 152 St & NE 19th Ave, 2.05 inches; Judy Darke, Felida, 2.13 inches; and Dan Hein, Camas, 2.40 inches.
WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
500 PM PST FRI NOV 7 2008
...WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...
RAINFALL IN WASHINGTON DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WAS BELOW NORMAL
TO NORMAL. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS
OF WASHINGTON AS THE WATER YEAR GOT STARTED.
FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION
RANGED FROM 59 FOR THE CASCADES TO 74 FOR THE PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS.
THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT CLIMATE STATIONS FOR
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...COASTS...AND INTERIOR LOWLANDS WAS 9.47
INCHES AT HOH RANGER STATION...9.16 INCHES AT CLEARWATER...AND 6.27
INCHES NEAR MATLOCK RESPECTIVELY.
FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION
RANGED FROM 60 FOR THE CENTRAL BASIN TO 98 FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
CASCADES. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT CLIMATE
STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND THE LOWLANDS WAS 2.18
INCHES AT MT. ADAMS AND 2.37 INCHES AT NEWPORT RESPECTIVELY.
THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER AND BEYOND...THE OUTLOOK FOR ALL OF NOVEMBER
IS FOR GREATER CHANCES OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE OUTLOOK
FOR NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY IS FOR A EQUAL CHANCES OF
ABOVE...NORMAL...OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR ALL EXCEPT THE
EASTERN EDGE OF THE STATE WHERE THERE IS GREATER CHANCES OF ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
THE TABLE BELOW GIVES PRECIPITATION FIGURES AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL
FOR REGIONS OF WASHINGTON. THE CURRENT WATER YEAR BEGAN 1 OCTOBER
2008 AND ENDS 30 SEPTEMBER 2009.
OCT WATER YEAR PAST 3 PAST 12
2008 TO DATE MONTHS MONTHS
WESTERN WASHINGTON
COAST 73 73 86 80
OLYMPICS 68 68 83 82
NORTHWEST INTERIOR 66 66 87 88
PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS 74 74 91 89
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR 60 60 70 86
WEST FOOTHILLS CASCADES 65 65 85 88
CASCADES 59 59 81 90
EASTERN WASHINGTON
EAST SLOPES CASCADES 98 98 78 84
OKANOGAN 88 88 82 70
CENTRAL BASIN 60 60 56 72
NORTHEAST 91 91 96 90
PALOUSE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS 25 25 50 90
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.
OCT 2008 WATER YEAR TO DATE PAST 12 MONTHS
INCHES PCT INCHES PCT INCHES PCT
QUILLAYUTE 8.28 84 8.28 84 84.26 83
HOQUIAM 3.49 57 3.49 57 54.47 79
BELLINGHAM 2.38 80 2.38 80 29.06 83
SEATTLE 2.17 68 2.17 68 33.62 91
OLYMPIA 3.36 80 3.36 80 41.41 82
LONGVIEW 2.17 58 2.17 58 44.02 89
CONCRETE 4.04 65 4.04 65 59.63 84
SNOQUALMIE FALLS 3.04 58 3.04 58 57.15 93
RANDLE 2.84 57 2.84 57 50.38 83
DIABLO DAM 4.60 62 4.60 62 69.11 88
STAMPEDE PASS 3.71 58 3.71 58 80.50 96
PARADISE* 5.02 59 5.02 59 103.88 87
WINTHROP 1.24 133 1.24 133 12.42 83
STEHEKIN* 2.88 98 2.88 98 30.63 85
LEAVENWORTH* 1.71 98 1.71 98 19.62 78
MOUNT ADAMS 2.18 68 2.18 68 37.64 87
WENATCHEE 0.21 43 0.21 43 5.84 64
YAKIMA 0.44 83 0.44 83 5.97 72
COULEE DAM 0.45 75 0.45 75 6.68 60
LIND* 0.46 60 0.46 60 7.01 70
REPUBLIC 0.89 102 0.89 102 16.79 100
SPOKANE 0.30 28 0.30 28 15.38 92
PULLMAN 0.29 20 0.29 20 19.97 95
DAYTON 0.50 33 0.50 33 16.35 84
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 4:26 PM,
