Weather Eye: Storm predictions continue to be all wet as rainfall remains slight
By Patrick Timm
Published: October 20, 2015, 5:56am
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Another storm that fizzled with drizzle. Monday’s weather system weakened to the extent that Clark County only had some sprinkles or drizzle as it passed through Monday afternoon.
For many of us, the weather system that came through over the weekend produced light amounts of moisture, except for a deformation band that set up in the northern parts of the county and dumped upward of one inch of rain. However, the band of rain was narrow and hardly any reached south of the Columbia River.
Another weather system moves inland Wednesday and, again, hardly any moisture will make it inland and most of it will be far to our north. High pressure will then build inland, with fair and mild weather the reminder of the week, maybe into Saturday.
It is not looking good for a big blast of the rainy season any time soon. October may end up way below average unless nature provides a trick-or-treat stunt by month’s end. The Vancouver rainfall total through 5 p.m. Monday was only .54 inch, about 1.25 inches below average.
The winter outlook from the government has changed. The warm part remains but precipitation that had been predicted to be below average now is forecast to have equal chances of being “normal.” Of course, that could translate into average, above average and below average — a picture painted with a broad brush. Let’s hope the moisture is abundant and a healthy snowpack ensues.
Pressure patterns this week are rather relaxed, so not much in the way of wind. That will likely produce some foggy areas overnight this week.
My resident frog outside my window is still hanging around but he has been on the quiet side lately He sits on the edge of the fountain but has nothing to croak about concerning the rainfall. He appreciates my light sprinkling in the shady area I’m sure.
We’ll chat again on Thursday as the sun keeps shining down upon us.
Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Reach him at http://patricktimm.com.
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