Karl's Weather Discussions

Good morning!  I wasn’t planning to write much more on weather for a few weeks.  I’ve had plans to write about the pandemic, the economy, and greater social and political implications for the future.  But first, I thought it pertinent to follow up on last week’s drought discussion with a few quick points.   In the meantime, fellow WeatherTogether blogger Charlie Phillips, has written an extensive column covering the ‘coronarecession’ with a strong background in energy, Wall Street, and the Federal…

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Over the past week, the weather in the Pacific Northwest has taken a dramatic turn.  Back in late March and early April, we were under a continuous two-week stretch of clouds, rain, cool temperatures and fairly low snow levels.  In fact, it was the coolest March at PDX since 2012!   But now we’re enjoying tons of sunshine and mild temps instead.  Last week we had a glorious 3-day stretch in the 70s.  Lots of dry 60s too.  And the…

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I hope all of you are safe and at some semblance of peace.  This has been a very tough 3 weeks for all of us, and we still have at least 6-8 weeks of isolation ahead.  The weather has been cooperating with our social distancing regime for the past 10 days: it’s been consistently cool, cloudy and damp in the Pacific Northwest. The month of March ended up nearly 2 degrees colder than the 1981-2010 average.  It was the coolest…

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