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The University of California-Riverside is studying ways to help plants deal with rising temperatures.  While not immune to changing climate, plants respond to the rising mercury in different ways.  Temperature affects the distribution of plants around the planet.  It also affects t...

It's a weather pattern that's become familiar across the Northwest.  Several days of above normal temperatures for much of the region, broken up by a few days of showers, typically falling on Wednesday and Thursday.  National Weather Service meteorologist Marilyn Lohmann said the entire Northwest has been under a split flow pattern for several weeks.   ...

We have 37 days until the first day of summer, but you wouldn’t know it with the very warm weather we’ve seen across the Inland Northwest over the past couple of days.  Marilyn Lohmann, meteorologist with the National Weather Service said temperatures about been 15-plus degree above average over much of the past week.   “We had...

After a cool, wet start to the month of April, the final week, for the most part, is shaping up very nicely.  Marilyn Lohmann with the National Weather Service said the Northwest saw a simple pattern change.   “One with high pressure that lasted longer than mainly a day, where over the last few weeks we’ve had a few ups and downs, but we finally go a little bit of consistency.  And along with the

It looks like this recent band of rain showers will be moving out of the Inland Northwest fairly quickly.  Dennis Hull with the National Weather Service told the Washington Ag Network he expects dryer, and warmer conditions as we wrap up the week.  He...

This first week of spring was very similar to the last week of winter across the Inland Northwest, but the encouraging news was we saw a few additional days of sunshine and warmer temperatures.  And as we prepare to move into April, it looks like we’ll see warmer and dryer weather.  Dennis H...

Grower and producers across the Inland Northwest should prepare for colder weather to wrap up the work week. National Weather Service meteorologist Dennis Hull said the skies will clear out over the next 72 hours, providing sunny skies but clear cold nights.  He...