Normally Feb. 28 would be the last official day of winter for us weather and climate folks but hey, we get an extra day this year, so winter will continue into Wednesday.
The weather will certainly feel winterlike as well, with low snow levels and blustery conditions. Gale winds will be blowing at the coast and more heavy snow in the Cascades and snow in our higher elevations. Maybe that groundhog was right, six more weeks of winter?
Temperatures overnight Monday into early Tuesday were forecast to drop below freezing ahead of another chilly weather system from the Gulf of Alaska. This means February will go out about the same way March will arrive, kind of like a lion. Can you hear its roar?
Yes, officially the calendar and the position of our planet say spring is still three weeks away, but we all know the weather never follows the calendar. Look at last summer, it seemed like it took forever to get here and, well, didn’t last all that long. Our cold and wet winter predicted by many took its time getting here. For a while it looked like December would be one of the driest ever. A couple good rain storms took care of that.
