Halfway through the month, we are still running below average with the rainfall. The well-advertised heavy band of rain stalled to our north and west Saturday. Rainfall for the month, as of 5 p.m. Saturday, was 1.65 inches, about 0.90 of an inch below normal.
Clark County, being south of this cold, wet boundary, basked in 60-degree weather Saturday. It was breezy, with little precipitation, so not too bad a day. Not so, north of us. Between 4 and 12 inches of rain had fallen in places on the extreme northern Oregon Coast and the entire Washington Coast over to the Puget Sound region.
The front was finally expected to move eastward and bring Clark County a few hours of moderate to heavy rain. Colder air would then move inland and bring snow, briefly, to local peaks.
Another weather system was to follow on the heels of this one, with more rain Monday and Tuesday. Beyond that, we may be looking at a weather pattern change that may bring us cooler weather and low snow levels. Definitely colder, and perhaps a precursor to winter weather?
