NOAA: Weak El Nino Developing....Valley Rain and Mnt. Snow

It'd Official, NOAA released its monthly discussion on the SST's and found eveidence of a weak El Nino. Im not too concearned over this development, for one, it takes about 4-6 months to have a full effect after developing, so the beginning of winter shouldn't be too bad. I am worried about the second half of winter though, we may have a dry and mild second half, which should be paid close attention. For now, we are getting a sneak peak of mid October with cool temps (11 degrees below average earlier) and early mountain snow, which resulted in national media coverage of Mt. Hood yesterday on the Weather Channel. Timberline Lodge picked up 6" by the way. For the most part, we are done with summer and that was obvious awhile back. Expect maybe two-three more 80 degree days before the weather completely goes the other direction. Could get surprised though and end up with one last heat wave, which is unlikely at this time. UPDATE: McMinnville Weather.com's weather station in West McMinnville is back up. Sorry for the delay.

The Transition to Fall Begins....

As the days see less daylight, it's that time of the year where temperatures start heading downhill too. With the official start of school today and the unofficial end to summer, temps are expected to creep closer to more seasonal. I don't belive we will see another big heat wave in the 90's for the rest of this year. Still though, no rain in sight. The Canadian Model continues to show the Arctic air mass at the N. Pole continue to expand, as well as the general "cold" grey line. It won't be long until mother nature throws a hard punch at as, the first big rainfall. Which again, is no where in sight yet but no need to worry. UPDATE: Weather Station will be back online tomorrow. The Annual What Will Winter Be Like meeting at OMSI will be held on October 20th. I will get more info for all who's interested. Take Care!

Weather Station Down, and some Corrections...

My weather station will be offline today do to some moving around. It will be a hot day though, so make sure you drink plenty of water. Now, some corrections to the last post, the Cold and above average snowfall part was not from George Taylor but from the Old Farmers Almanac. George is predicting a dull winter according to KGW.com. To me, looking at these mnumbers and past analog years...I see reasons to be excited for the coming winter and I don't believe that the snowfall will stay just in Portland. Sorry George, not this year. Out of any year, this would of been the best to go all out on snow. Now, if the water in the tropics continue to warm, then we will have to reconsider the snow possabilities. Take care!