Let’s catch up by reviewing last month’s rainfall from around the area from your friends and neighbors: Bob Starr, Cougar, 26.26 inches; Jim Knoll, Five Corners, 7.15 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lake Shore, 6.92 inches; Tyler Mode, Battle Ground, 8.33 inches; Bob Mode, Minnehaha, 5.67 inches; Chuck Houghten, Hockinson Heights, 8.86 inches; Irv St. Germain, Prune Hill, 8.55 inches; Ellen Smart, Ridgefield, 8.75 inches; Dick Lenahan, Meadow Glade area, 8.80 inches; and Barry Fitzthum, Amboy, 10.62 inches. The official rainfall for Vancouver was 6.50 inches, .43 of an inch above average.
Quite a contrast between this month and last month as our unusually dry weather continues. The low clouds and fog remained with us, along with temperatures stuck in the 30s. That weak weather system that moved through on Thursday brought some light drizzle and between a trace and .02 of an inch or so of rain around Clark County.
This may be hard to believe, but we should finally have some sunny skies, perhaps later today but for sure Sunday and beyond. Our current thinking remains with expected highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s for most of us. It depends on how much cold air we get as the arctic air mass slides southward, mainly east of the Rockies. Some upper teens in the coldest spots in the county are still possible. We’ll see. Best bet is for lows in the 20s.
Of course, computer models want to break down the high pressure by next Friday with some rain and mountain snow. It is possible snow levels could be low when any precipitation falls, so it could get interesting, but that is a week away. We do need to get the storm track back down over the Northwest, as we need more snow in the mountains for our water supplies. Some locations are now slipping below average with the normal snowpack.
