Here we are one week into the new year and our weather is for the most part uneventful, and not much to write home about. The only noteworthy thing is the extreme lack of snow in the mountains. Last week on the East Coast, some communities had more snowfall in 48 hours than we have on the ground at Mount Hood.
That is crazy. Although I see a little snow falling this upcoming week in the higher elevations, the freezing level will be oscillating from the mountain passes to the higher ski areas. The following week there is some hope that we get in a fast progressive pattern with decent storms every other day with good rains here in the lowlands and heavy snow in the mountains.
We’ll just have to wait and see if that pans out, despite experts predicting warmer- and drier-than-normal weather the next two weeks. Sooner or later the weather pattern must change and the East Coast will warm up and the West Coast will cool.
Meanwhile, there will be some rain today and Monday, a brief break Tuesday, then rain off and on the remainder of the week through the weekend. Only a third of an inch of rain has fallen in Vancouver so far this month. That is one inch below average. In December, we tallied 3.14 inches in the gauge, 3.63 inches below average. I’m compiling December rainfall from around the county from your friends and neighbors and will share that with you soon.
For now, take a look at what I wrote 10 years ago today: “On the East coast they are setting high temperature records the past few days.”
