Cooler Weather Expected As We Close In On Weekend

The calendar says November, but step outside it doesn’t feel like November.  Most of the Inland Northwest is enjoying temperatures well above average for this time of year.  Dennis Hull with the National Weather Service says those mild temperatures have come thanks to cloudy, rainy skies.  He says thanks to several storms for the past four weeks, the water year is off to a good start.

"Soil moisture, especially the top soil moisture’s really good.  Over 70% and in some cases of Washington 90% is adequate.  We did get another ¼” to a ½” of rain on many of the farms in the Columbia Basin just this past week.”

Hull said the area where moisture is lacking is the snowpack, which is virtually non exisitent. While temperatures are expected to cool in the coming days, Hull says we’ll see temperatures return to more seasonable highs and lows.  While could translate into mild stress for any calves born in the next week,

“But on the other hand, the winter wheat should continue to grow, pastures will continue to develop even as we get into the middle to later part of November.”

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