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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
815 AM PST TUE FEB 01 2005
.SYNOPSIS...
VERY DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AS JANUARY 2005 COMPLETED THE 3RD STRAIGHT MONTH WITH
BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. MOST RECORDING STATIONS AROUND THE AREA
HAD RAINFALL LAST MONTH WHICH RANKED JANUARY 2005 IN THE TOP 10
DRIEST MONTHS ON RECORD. EVEN MORE SERIOUS...THE NOVEMBER
2004-JANUARY 2005 RAINFALL TOTALS AT MOST LOCATIONS REPRESENT LESS
THAN HALF THE NORMAL RAINFALL THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED DURING THIS
PERIOD. IN ADDITION...SNOWPACK IN THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH
WASHINGTON CASCADES IS ONLY 19% OF NORMAL AND ONLY COMPARABLE TO THE
MEAGER SNOWPACKS IN THE WINTERS OF 1976-1977 AND 1980-1981.
CITY NOV 2004-JAN 2005 NORMAL RANK DRIEST WINTER
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ASTORIA 19.72 INCHES 30.52 5TH DRIEST 8.85 IN 1976-77
PORTLAND 8.23 INCHES 16.39 4TH DRIEST 3.22 IN 1976-77
SALEM 7.46 INCHES 18.69 3RD DRIEST 3.27 IN 1976-77
EUGENE 7.98 INCHES 24.38 3RD DRIEST 3.68 IN 1976-77
HILLSBORO 8.46 INCHES 17.82 2ND DRIEST 3.43 IN 1976-77
MCMINNVILLE 7.04 INCHES 19.70 2ND DRIEST 2.54 IN 1976-77
TROUTDALE 9.92 INCHES 18.01 2ND DRIEST 3.92 IN 1976-77
VANCOUVER 8.88 INCHES 18.40 4TH DRIEST 4.12 IN 1976-77
Well we all know where those NWestern rains have gone, and it ain't been pretty. Reminds me of a song that might get a little face lift in the lyrics, "Well it never rains in Southern California, ya know I've often heard that kind of talk before."
Yeah, Right.... :rolleyes: ;)