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Above-Normal temperatures for Pacific Northwest expected to continue...
Fresh long range forecast: The heat is on... like through next winter? By Scott Sistek ~ March 19, 2015
http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/Fresh-long-range-forecast-The-heat-is-on-like-through-next-winter-296913621.html
There's "relentless"... and then there's the current weather pattern that has had the Pacific Northwest running a meteorological version of months-long fever that still shows no signs of breaking anytime soon.
It's the third Thursday of the month and with it comes the updated 30- and 90-day climate forecast maps for North America from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. And while seeing the big orange blob signifying warmer-than-normal weather has become routine for the West Coast, now it seems we're doubling down on the warmth. I had just written a blog showing that the last time we had such a warm stretch, it started to give way by the following autumn.
But the new maps just issued Thursday seem to think autumn might be too optimistic.
http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/Fresh-long-range-forecast-The-heat-is-on-like-through-next-winter-296913621.html
There's "relentless"... and then there's the current weather pattern that has had the Pacific Northwest running a meteorological version of months-long fever that still shows no signs of breaking anytime soon.
It's the third Thursday of the month and with it comes the updated 30- and 90-day climate forecast maps for North America from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. And while seeing the big orange blob signifying warmer-than-normal weather has become routine for the West Coast, now it seems we're doubling down on the warmth. I had just written a blog showing that the last time we had such a warm stretch, it started to give way by the following autumn.
But the new maps just issued Thursday seem to think autumn might be too optimistic.
