By Rod Hill on 2010-12-09
As a forecaster, much of the coming ten days look wet! The pattern continues to support above normal rainfall, but no "big" storms. Meaning, the threat of flooding or high winds looks minimal, with the exception of this coming Saturday night. Heavy rain amounts of an inch or more Saturday, coupled with high snow levels and already high river levels may push streams to flood stage. The best chance of flooding will likely be rivers draining from the Coast Range. It is interesting to note, that so far this La Nina season has not developed what I would call extreme weather. The headline is simply above normal rainfall for the valley and good mountain snows over the Cascades.
Rain projections for the metro indicate:
1" + Saturday - Saturday, night
.30" Monday
.50" + Tuesday
.25" Wednesday
.15" Thursday
1" + Friday - Saturday
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Some rain looks likely each day all the way to Dec. 25th, Christmas Day. Right now, Christmas looks cloudy with rain showers and highs in the 40s. If the forecast holds true, snow levels the next two weeks will remain above 2,000 feet with most days near and above 3,000 feet.
By the way, I do not post advance rain totals very often, despite requests. The reason is that the data is not reliable past 5 days and holds no consistency.
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