The rain of the past few days is just a taste of what is available to us this week.
And by the end of the next few days, annual rainfall in many Northwest locations will actually be above normal, even after the dry summer and early fall.
Tonight, another wet system is approaching (see latest radar image below)
The latest view of infrared satellite imagery shows that system after system is lined up to move into our region (see below).
Central Europe’s latest forecast for cumulative rainfall over the next 10 days is surprisingly wet, with more than 10 inches on the western slopes of some of our regional terrain (see below).
Wildfires will be historic – that’s pretty much guaranteed – and currents will launch upwards, which is great for fish migrations up rivers. Reservoirs and dams will begin to accumulate water.
You can turn off your sprinkler system.
UW’s forecast system shows a similar picture, with total rainfall over the next 7 days reaching up to 10 inches in some exposed terrain, particularly in BC.
I haven’t talked about snow in a long time. It’s time to do so.
This is the UW model’s total snow forecast for the coming week. OH. Several feet in the Cascades and more in the south BC.
The media and others can now go on from non-stop stories of smoke, wildfires and droughts, to themes of floods and atmospheric rivers.
