Weather reports on whatever I decide to report on.
For the first time since November 2019, the Tri-Cities is no longer listed as having drought or abnormally dry conditions according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, which maintains the U.S. Drought Monitor. The scale this center uses starts with abnormally dry (D0) then proceeds from moderate drought (D1) to exceptional drought (D4). At the […]
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 an end with a strong upper level trough diving south out of Canada and into the Pacific Northwest. While […]
The drought gripping the Western United States continues to worsen in Eastern Washington. In this week’s update of the U.S. Drought Monitor, exceptional drought (level 4/4) was noted as stretching from the northern end of Rattlesnake Mountain to Sprague Lake, which lies between Ritzville and Spokane. A small sliver of exceptional drought conditions also reaches […]