Weather Eye: The weather balances itself, nears normal
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The Ides of March are almost upon us and although it was once not a good day for Julius Caesar, I foresee no great perils for us on Monday — just partly sunny skies and mild temperatures.
Our average mean temperature for March is nearing normal as the atmosphere cools off and snow lands in the foothills. Rainfall has moved toward normal as well — good news, as the higher Cascades received a good shot of snow. If we could get another round or three this month, we would be shining.
We will enjoy another hour of daylight this evening and I think we may sneak by without heavy downpours on St. Paddy’s Day. Ah, the luck of the Irish it is.
They’re just memories now, but Thursday and Friday were certainly storm-watching days at the coast, with winds near 90 mph on the southern Oregon coast and 75 mph on the north Oregon coast. Winds on the Washington beaches were a lighter with 40-50 mph gusts reported. Heavy swells to 22 feet meant high surf advisories as the energy from the past few weather systems reached land.
My friend Roland Derksen from the other Vancouver noted his warmest February yet. In a letter describing the drama and excitement of the Winter Games, he remarks, “Who would have thought back in November and December, with such good snow conditions then, that there would be so much work involved in keeping the ski runs on Cypress functional?”
Weather! Always one extreme or another.
Pat Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Reach him at weathersystems.com.
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