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Weather Eye: More rain, possibly thunder in the forecast; Cascades to get some snow

By Patrick Timm
Published: March 24, 2015, 12:00am

With the heavy rain over the weekend and a few moderate showers Monday, Vancouver has 4 inches in the rain bucket so far this month, as of 5 p.m. Monday. That is about eight-tenths of an inch above average. Not too shabby for March.

Snow fell at the higher ski areas with 6-12 inches of snow above 5,000 feet. The mountain passes such as Government Camp had some snow cover at times but it melted off between showers, and road cameras Monday afternoon showed just bare ground, although one could see the snow line just above that level.

A vigorous low pressure system was moving through just to our south Monday night and early today, so we will see more rain showers and possibly thunder. Windy conditions were forecast in the southern Willamette Valley and at the coast.

More snow will fall in the Cascades today, with heavier amounts south of Mount Hood. Good news.

Freezing levels, though, will be on the rise as a warmer air mass moves in later in the week with a ridge of high pressure. Then it’s back to some nice spring days. I think we will officially reach 70 degrees Thursday or Friday. At least, that is the plan. The newly fallen snow at higher elevations will begin to melt.

How did you like the thunderstorm activity Sunday? Quite a light show for a while. Some areas had heavy rain. I only recorded about 0.15 of an inch Sunday here in Salmon Creek, but I had many reports of over an inch upwards to 2 inches in the foothills.

Clark County weather watcher Murphy Dennis near Clark County Rifles had this to say Sunday: “I had nearly one-half inch of rain in a 20-minute ‘frog strangler’ this afternoon and right now we have another one going on. Lots of lightning and the angels are having a bowling tourney.”

And so it goes. Spring in the Pacific Northwest.


Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. patricktimm.com

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