Weather Eye: County saw plenty of rainfall in April
This umbrella holder outside a downtown Vancouver hotel hasn't been getting much use over the past couple of days, but reports by weather spotters show just how wet the month of April has been in Clark County. There's a chance of rainfall tonight and Wednesday, but dry and warmer weather is expected to return through the weekend.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
OK before we go too far let’s review some rainfall from April from your friends and neighbors: I had 4.06 inches here in Salmon Creek; Murphy Dennis, near Clark County Rifles, 8.71 inches; Claudia Chiasson, Carson, 6.13 inches; Tyler Mode, Battle Ground, 5.13 inches; Judy Darke, Felida, 3.23 inches; Irv St. Germain, Prune Hill, 5.60 inches; Bob Starr, Cougar, 12.53 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lake Shore, 3.31 inches; Bud Maddux, Home Valley, 3.76 inches; Pete Conrad near Tukes Mountain, 4.72 inches; Nancy Ellifrit, Mount Vista, 5.78 inches; Merle Moore, two miles west of Yacolt, 8.62 inches; Dave Campbell, one mile west of Heisson, 5.97 inches; Tyler Mode from his Minnehaha station, 3.65 inches; Barry Fitzthum, Amboy, 7.76 inches; Gary Collins, Brush Prairie, 5.45 inches; Bill Sobolewski, Livingston Mountain, 8.07 inches; Phil Delany, above Dole Valley, 10.9 inches; Dan Hein, Camas, 6.24 inches; Larry Lebsack, Northeast Hazel Dell, 4.46 inches; and Ellen Smart, Ridgefield, 4.0 inches.
Some comments from weather observers included Murphy Dennis, “Lots of hail, dark clouds, thunder, wind, and 3 nasturtiums finally poked through the ground. Yippee!” Merle Moore remarked, “Every day brings us closer to warmer weather, and I like that a lot!”
Dave Campbell chuckled, “Not quite as wet last month. Didn’t drown the frogs that are really croaking up a storm (pun intended) whenever the sun comes out.” Judy Darke, referring to last month’s changeable weather, “Wow, if you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute!”
Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Reach him at http://weathersystems.com.
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