Well, here it is Wednesday morning, and another weather system has come and gone without dropping a flake of snow on the Inland Northwest. Don't get me wrong...that is A-OK with me, as there will be plenty of future opportunities for the ground to be whitened. Truth be told, even if it were a few degrees colder last night, and the light rain that fell was in the form of snow, the ground probably would still not be white this morning as the total precipitation recorded wasn't even measurable...just a trace. For today we are now on the sunnier side of the house, with the weather being quiet and cool for the rest of the day. A little more precipitation will be coming back our way later tomorrow into Friday, but that too looks to be just a few sprinkles of rain rather than a bunch of snow.
I ran across the updated seasonal forecast forecast for the winter...December through February...and there is a little bit of a change. The "Long Rangers" are now calling for little departure from normal in terms of temperatures with a pretty good bet for above average precipitation. The change is that the earlier forecast were showing a trend toward below average temperatures, but that is now confined to western Washington and up into British Columbia. What does it all mean to us? We are still in for a lot more snow this year than last, but maybe only near to slightly above average amounts. That would put the seasonal total close to 50 inches, as compared with 15 last winter, and nearly 100 the winter before.
One final note...please keep the noise down...my Aviation Weather is taking their second test of the quarter.
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