We survived the mini-windstorm Saturday but not without scattered power outages and downed trees. Lots of leaves, fir boughs and needles to clean up. Hopefully, most of that was gone by Monday evening, as another weather system promised more rain.
Winds were forecast to be in the 30-60 mph range and were generally between 35 and 45 mph with a few higher gusts. In Salmon Creek, I only had 33 mph. The winds were funny. They came like a wall of wind and then went dead calm. Then, a short while later it would repeat. Usually, you see a wind event with sustained winds and higher gusts. Of course, the exposed areas may have had a different scenario.
Remnants of Typhoon Ana will merge with another low and move through British Columbia with the trailing front over us. We will be in the warm sector, so what snow fell in the mountains will wash away. Timberline picked up 10 inches of snow, and Meadows around 8 inches. Too bad it won’t last. But as time goes on, the storms will progressively get colder.
Trick or treaters may get wet this Halloween, but we hope for a short interlude of dry weather for the spooks and goblins out and about.
