Twenty Degrees of Separation

July 9, 2015
Washington Drought 2015

Hot, dry weather is impacting stream flows. Statewide, temperatures are running 20 degrees above normal and Western Washington has had record low precipitation since April. Almost 70 percent of Washington’s rivers and streams are running at below 10 percent of normal flows.

Somebody needs to do something! I've heard rumors that the Fed can cure all that ails us. Do they have a technology that allows it to produce as many cooling BTUs as it wishes at essentially no cost? Or do they only have a monetary printing press?

New Day, New Quote, Same Topic

July 1, 2015
Snow Drought Saps Washington State’s Economy

But this year, the Olympics recorded virtually no snow in all but the highest peaks. The May 1 reading of zero snowpack in the rugged range northwest of Seattle was the lowest since records there began in 1948, and came as statewide snow accumulations totaled a paltry 16% of normal.

Call me crazy, but I predict that the zero snowpack record low will stand for all eternity, or at the very least until mankind invents an unsnowing machine.

Quote of the Day

July 1, 2015
June doesn’t just break, but destroys several Seattle temperature records

The average high temperature for June was 78.9 degrees. That's a new record -- by a long shot. The old record? 75.8 degrees set in… 1992. Beating an average high temperature record by three degrees is quite the feat.

I'm really, really looking forward to a trend failure.