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If you need to work out in the orchard, or if you have livestock to watch, the past month has been nice weather wise. A lot of sunshine during the daytime with temperatures slightly above normal. However, that beautiful weather has returned the region to dry, and in some cases very dry conditions ...

The past couple of weeks have been very quiet weather wise, and recently temperatures have been very pleasant for early February. And that weather is starting to have an impact on conditions across the PNW. Marilyn Lohmann, meteorologist with the National Weather Service says the sunshine has warmed soil temperatures, in areas without snow on the ground, by one to two degrees ...

Much of the region has seen very still conditions over the past week-plus. And while windy conditions this time of year can trigger wind chill concerns, no wind means air stagnation, foggy conditions, and for some locations freezing fog. Not only does the fog limit visibility and create dangerous driving conditions, it limits the kind of weather the PNW sees ...

The first week of winter has felt very winter like, thanks to a strong northerly flow out of Canada which had dropped some temperatures into the single digits, and even below zero overnight. “It’s been cold, a lot colder in northern Washington, and then it kind of moderates as it moves across Oregon and down in to California," said Marilyn Lohmann, meteorologist with the National Weather Serv

Multi-year La Nina weather patterns are not unprecedented.  "In the 21st century, this is the third time we've seen what as known as a "double dip" La Nina.  Meaning that you see two consecutive winters with La Nina conditions across the equatorial pacific basin." That was ...

The summer was one for the record book here in the Pacific Northwest. But despite unprecedented heat and drought, one industry that fared very well was sugar beets. Brad Griff, Executive Director of the Idaho Sugar Beet Growers Association, says he was pleasantly surprised how well the beets weathered everything 2021 threw their way ...

It’s still too early to know if you’ll enjoy a White Christmas this year, but it looks like Mother Nature is setting the table for an active Christmas at the very least. Marilyn Lohmann with the National Weather Service says over the next couple of weeks, she expected systems to roll across the Pacific Northwest every 24-36 hours. “At thi ...

"With all this warmth and dryness from November and early December, we actually reached a record low continental U.S. snow cover by December 3rd.  By that date we had just 6% of the continental United States covered by snow," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey recently. He ...

This mild weather has made traveling through area passes very easy for early December, but unfortunately it’s done a real number on the snowpack for this time of year. Meteorologist Marilyn Lohmann, with the National Weather Service, said that could start to change Wednesday. She ...

The prayers of many farmers across the Pacific Northwest were answered this week as several strong systems brought rain to locations west and east of the Cascades. And as meteorologist Marilyn Lohman pointed out, Tuesday’s storm dumped up to a foot of snow in locations above 6,000’. She noted ...