[Vision2020] El Nino Dry Northwest Winter Predictions Holding True

[Dan Carscallen]

Two things to comment on Swami Ted's post:

 

1. While the lack of snowpack is a detriment to our water issues and could
create a more hazardous fire season, I personally relish the though of an
"open" winter after the last two, and historically that's how it's been (we
seem to run on almost 20 year cycles - see the 114 years of snowfall data at
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMONtsnf.pl?id6152), because that means
we'll either have more money for projects in the summer or 'banked' for the
tough years (we haven't really created that account yet - I'm wearing my
city council hat now)

 

2. Winter isn't over yet.

 

DC

 

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Ted Moffett
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 10:29 AM
To: Moscow Vision 2020
Subject: [Vision2020] El Nino Dry Northwest Winter Predictions Holding True

 

According to Weather.com, Moscow Idaho's average and 2009 actual
precipitation amounts for Nov. and Dec. are:

 

Nov. average 3.54 in.: Actual 1 in.

Dec. average 3.14 in. Actual .81 in.

 

Nov./Dec. 2009 only had 27% of average precipitation in Moscow.

Vision2020 post about El Nino arrival from summer 2009, with predictions for
a drier less snowy winter 2009-10 in the Northwest:

 

http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2009-July/064999.html

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