Spring has Some Sizzle, Sometimes

Well, someone told Miss Spring she's not hot... and that just pissed her off. Yesterday was gorgeous with temps in the 70s. Today and tomorrow however, are going to roast us to toast, just like July. Forecasts are pointing to a possibility of reaching not just 80 degrees but even 90 degrees on Thursday. I am not so certain about hitting ninety, but it will be warm for sure. I don't think you need a cue from me at this point but... Soak it up my friends, soak it up.

Rain, rain, rain, and some sun too...

Oh spring you feisty little one... Temps on a yo-yo with wet and wild episodes and outbursts.

Fickle Spring Continues to be Erratic

Ah, springtime and a tickle of fickle. The last couple of days were cool and showery with a few heavy showers thrown in just to reminds us that we are west of the Cascades in the great Pacific Northwest. Today however El Sol will make an appearance and we should be much warmer and drier heading into Easter weekend.

I am not buying today's forecast since the sun is already bustin' through the cloud cover. But Easter Sunday should prove to be a gentle spring day. Soak it up my friends; soak it up.

Sensational Spring Weather Continues

It just keeps coming... more and more spring sunshine. I took a drive out to Yacolt today under mostly sunny skies and temps in the mid 60s. The East Fork of the Lewis River is flowing quite nicely. I pulled off the road and scampered down along the river bank to get this sloppy hand held waterfall shot.

The gang over at the National weather Service is suggesting we should see more sunshine and even warmer temperatures before the showers of Miss Spring return in the middle of the week. So you know what to do; soak it up my friends, soak it up.

Glorious Sunshine!

What a great day we had today and more of the same for the next few days :) 'nuff said.

All Quiet on the Weather Front

There really isn't much to write about on the weather side of life. We are having a fairly typical and bland early spring with rain and showers, modest temps and peek-a-boo sunshine.

There is a silver lining in those dark clouds and the NWS seems to think it will shine upon us tomorrow with mid-seventies and beaming rays of glorious sunshine. Yeah, I will be soaking that up my friends... Soak it up.

March is Gone, Hello April

The Merry Month of March is in the books and the only real madness we had was the kind we like... in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. This March can be summed up in a word; "wet".

The rain bucket soaked up seven and a half inches of wild and wet precipitation. There were thunderstorms and some hail but nary a flake of snow down here in the city. The wettest day was the 5th with a whooping 1.14 inches coming down. There were 12 days with more than a quarter inch of rain and 20 days with measurable precipitation.

Temps for last month were pretty typical for March. Average lows at 39.13 which is a touch warm and daily highs averaging 56.06 two degree above average. The chilliest low was a nippy 29.1 on March 22nd and the warmest mark a sunshiny 71.4 which occurred on the 24th. That was the first 70 mark since October 22nd, and it felt GREAT. The first day of March managed a high of only 42.6 and that was the chilliest high temp of the month. On the 9th the mercury stayed above 50 with a low temp of 50.5 that was the warmest low of the month. The entire month only yielded 4 days with a subfreezing mark and 8 days with the high temperature reaching at least 60 degrees.

Other than the soggy otter effect of 7.47 inches of rain, March was pretty nice. April is allot like March just a tad warmer as we move away from the clutches of winter and into the fickle spring.

Soak it up my friends, soak it up.