About the only day I can find where we could have a dry day is Friday. And even then, no guarantees. Not much has changed since we chatted on Tuesday with a cool, unsettled period before us with snow in the mountains and showers or rain at times here in the lowlands.
Just a few days ago, snow was melting at a pretty good clip in the mountains, but on Tuesday it had turned to snow even at the top of Ski Bowl. Trees are caked with the white stuff.
April is an unpredictable month with a mind of its own. Maybe the pattern will change soon but not for the next seven to nine days. We’ll be tired of the April showers before too long, I’m sure. The rain over the weekend was heavy enough to knock off the pretty pink blossoms from trees lining streets. Oh well, nature reigns.
As long as rain is in our forecast for the foreseeable future, let’s review rainfall from March. OK, rainfall from your friends and neighbors: Claudia Chiasson, Carson, 2.36 inches; Rob Starr, Cougar, 3.24 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lake Shore, 1.5 inches; Phil Delany, above Dole Valley, 3.9 inches; Tyler Mode, Battle Ground, 2.24 inches; Judy Darke, Felida, 1.88 inches; Ellen Smart, Ridgefield, 2 inches; Bob Mode, Minnehaha, 1.49 inches; Jim Knoll, Five Corners, 2.32 inches; Murphy Dennis, Rawson Road near Clark Rifles, 3.23 inches; Irv St. Germain, Prune Hill, 1.84 inches; Larry Lebsack, Barberton, 1.89 inches; Dave Campbell, one mile west of Heisson, 2.24 inches; and Bill Sobolewski, Livingston Mountain, 2.82 inches. Our friend Roland Dersken in Vancouver, B.C., had 1.8 inches. In comparison, the official rainfall for Vancouver USA was 1.61 inches, 1.96 inches below average.
