What a strange winter. Southern California looks more like Oregon than Oregon does right now. Yesterday it was reported that LAX has had 750% of normal rainfall for the first ten days of January. Portland International (PDX) is sitting at 44% of normal.
Right now the edge of a cold artic air mass is sitting just North of us. Yesterday, when checked the thermometer on the back porch the temperature was almost up to freezing. The temperature hovered around freezing all day.
The jet stream is coming out of Alaska and is diving south along the west coast. It turns inland over Southern California, where it is picking up all the moisture coming up from the Southwest. Normally the jet stream goes over Canada and we get all the rain and snow here in Oregon.
I would prefer the rain to the snow. The webfeet of most Oregonians don’t work well in snow and ice. We like the feel of moisture between our toes.
Hopefully the weather pattern will change soon and Southern California and Oregon will be able to return to normal weather patterns.
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