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Afternoon highs in the Tri-Cities have been running above average for the last several days in the Columbia Basin with some places even approaching 70° late last week. These mild conditions are likely to come to […]

My picture pretty much tells what we can expect today.  We had heavy rain most of the night and there was 0.82″ in my gauge.  My county (Shiawassee) is in the advisory area and we are expecting 3-6 inches of s […]

One of the most frequent questions that I get when posting about weather events over on Tri-Cities Weather is some form of “why does the alert stop at ?” The short answer is that it has to do with how the National […]

An active weather pattern is expected to continue into the weekend. The Inland Northwest isn’t likely to see much in the way of precipitation as a ridge of high pressure off the Pacific Northwest puses weather […]

With all the snow that we have, we’ve been putting food out for the deer.  They come about 4-5 times a day to see what’s out there for them.  I enjoy watching them and the birds.  Winter is always such a dead ti […]

Today began with temps below zero but has warmed up a bit this afternoon. We should start seeing our temperatures moderating beginning today, and a significant warm-up by Wednesday.  Unfortunately, there is a […]

On Friday, my brother and I traveled up to Stevens Pass and had an amazing time skiing in the sunshine. Conditions were a little icy to begin, but after 11am or so, the south-facing slopes on the backside of the […]

Yesterday was a calm day but very cold.  Highs were only in the teens, as they are expected to be today.  We had a mix of rain and snow Friday night which left a covering of ice everywhere.  The road is still ic […]

Yesterday was quite warm, sunny, and we lost quite a bit of snow cover.  Current snow measured 5.5″ this morning.  Unfortunately there was ice everywhere from the dropping temps and melting yesterday.  Today is mu […]

In a blow to professional meteorologists, a recent poll of 2,000 Americans showed that 58% of U.S. adults believe that Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow is an accurate indicator of whether there will be winter, […]

Our temperatures have reached the 40 degree mark and how pleasant it is.  We are losing a lot of our snow and the current measurement of snow cover is 6 inches.  We had some running around to do this morning and t […]

It’s been a terrible 2nd half of winter for cold and snow lovers in the Pacific Northwest.  After a strong start to the season, things died down a month ago and there’s no sign of an active pattern picking back […]

TEMPERATURES
January 2022’s area Average Temperatures were barely below Normal, with Average Maximums slightly above Normal, Average Minimums a bit below Normal. The month began quite cold, continuing the […]

I got out this morning and measured our actual snow pack and it is now 7.3 inches.  That’s down 3.2 inches from right after the storm last Wednesday.  I don’t think that there was much melting but more settling t […]

It actually feels balmy out there today.  Even the wind doesn’t seem that cold.  I’m hoping that these Alberta clippers are finished for the year but I’m probably asking too much.  We have mostly clouds but I’m se […]

Clearing snow, even with a snowblower, is a lot of work when you have this much snow.  We have clear skies today, but with temps in the teens, it doesn’t do much to warm it up.  My husband finally got the snow r […]

Yesterday was quite calm and not a bit stormy as originally predicted.  There were a few flurries early in the day and the wind increased a little causing some drifting.  We received about 11 inches here, but t […]

The rain began late yesterday afternoon and continued into the overnight.  I’m not sure when it changed over to snow but there was 3.5 inches already on my deck when I got up shortly after 8AM.    A steady, mod […]

All counties west of us have been upgraded to a winter storm warning, so we know for certain that it’s coming.  The big question is how much snow we can expect.  We seem to be right on the line between the 6-8 i […]

Our temperatures are a bit warmer today, and with the sun, it seems even warmer.  We are looking forward to what maybe a major storm on Wednesday and Thursday, but no real estimates yet on how extensive it will […]