Did you get showered upon Monday? It was certainly hit and miss as the trough of low pressure offshore finally moved inland. Rainfall was mostly very light with just a few hundredths of an inch where the raindrops fell. Otherwise, back to a similar weather pattern as last week, with pleasant afternoon temperatures in the 70s and even some easterly wind thrown in for good measure, especially in the east county.
Weather watcher Chuck Houghten of Hockinson Heights e-mailed me his September rainfall and added his annual commentary about our winter weather. He says, “I’ve heard and read of all kinds of predictions for fall and winter weather, seems to be extremes on both sides from very wet to very dry, and very cold to very warm. So with all these extreme predictions, I’ll conclude a widely average fall and year-end into winter, with some extreme variations — a good cold storm or two and one or two ‘hot spells.’ I’m hoping and thinking that we might get an extra nice fall season into early or mid-November before any serious winterlike weather arrives. Maybe to make up for the “where did summer go” season we just had; and thus probably not an early ski season.”
This leads me into a reminder for you, the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society will hold its 16th annual “What Will Our Winter Weather Be Like” at OMSI on Saturday, Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to noon. It is open to the public. More than 300 people attended last year.
A review of last winter will be presented by KPTV meteorologist Mark Nelsen and winter forecasts for this year will be presented by Tyree Wilde, National Weather Service, Portland; George Taylor, consulting climatologist; Pete Parsons, Oregon Department of Forestry; and Kyle Dittmer, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
