Storm

By now most everyone from Grants Pass to north
Seattle are aware of the excessive rain, with heavy
rain in the Eugene-Corvallis area and the Seattle area. 
So far the weather reports have been pretty accurate. 
The next 8 days show 6 of 8 days with rain, so we
 need to be vigilant.  Keep gutters clean, dig ditches
for excessive water;  keep water moving slowly
INTO the soil to replenish the groundwater.

Rain

Looks like the weather warning was a bit
harsher than predicted but a couple more
days to worry.
Looks like Seattle was the center of the heavy
rains, not southern Oregon.
Looks like rain for 6-8 days this next weeks.
Time to be sue the gutters are clean and small
ditches around the house for the next few days.

Weather info: Friday September 27  BE AWARE

 

History in the making for the PNW over the next few days: 

The Deluge of 2013. While specific location details are yet 

to be determined because nature spins its weather cycle.

 Everyone in the region will be impacted by the upcoming

rain/wind event.

 

The Rain: between today and Monday afternoon, esp in 

western Oregon, the amount of rainfall due to arrive will 

be measured in multiples - of inches and impact. Southern 

OR coastal zones 8-12 inches; central/northern coastal zones 

6-9 inches; Willamette Valley anywhere from 2-5 inches.  With

leaves beginning to drop, localized street flooding will be 

elevated even more than usual, as the amount of water will

 seem biblical given the short period of time. Creeks and rivers 

are not super high to start, so this will be a blessing, however, 

the freezing zone will be high, so almost all the precip will

 simply rush downhill. If your location is flood prone, best to 

prepare just in case.

 

The Wind:  Winds will be strong enough to potentially cause

 power outages, limb fall, etc. as foliage will accentuate the

 impact. Rural patrons may want to inventory potable water

 in case power is out for a few hours. Safe not sorry.

 

The Future: OK, everyone asks, when will the onslaught stop? 

Maybe by the middle of next week the daily precip will cease,

 but not for long, as models hint of more rain and breezy 

conditions by the weekend of Oct 5,6. We can only hope

for model error. Some recent solutions hold us in an overall

 wet pattern through the middle of October. Oh my. Update

Monday.

 

Oregon, -Rufus

Hazelnut harvest continues ahead
of the rain this weekend.
Pears nearly done.
Some late apples.
Tomatoes still doing well.
Grass fields sprouting nicely.
Mulch overwintering plants.
Grass slow at recovering.
A lot of maple leaves falling.

Weather

Potential for a major rain event on tap over the 

weekend. This statement is meant to allow some prep time, 

where appropriate, for patrons in flood prone areas to

 assess their needs. Some Nat'l Wx Service scientists 

are projecting upwards of 10 inches along Oregon's

 south coast, 5-6 northern coastal zones, 2-4 inches 

in Willamette Valley between Friday afternoon and

 Monday night. ALL AREAS will be impacted by this 

powerful, tropically fueled, developing storm system.

From Livermore, CA - Rufus

Indian summer

From The Old Farmer's Almanac

In the fall, it seems that almost any warm day is
 referred to by most people as "Indian summer."
And, while their error is certainly not of the world-
shaking variety, they are, for the most part, in error.
Here are criteria for an Indian summer:

As well as being warm, the atmosphere during Indian
 summer is hazy or smoky, there is no wind, the
 barometer is standing high, and the nights are clear
and chilly.

A moving, cool, shallow polar air mass is converting
into a deep, warm, stagnant anticyclone (high pressure)
system, which has the effect of causing the haze and
 large swing in temperature between day and night.

The time of occurrence is important: The warm days
 must follow a spell of cold weather or a good hard frost.

The conditions described above must occur between
 St. Martin's Day (November 11) and November 20.
For over 200 years, The Old Farmer's Almanac has
adhered to the saying, "If All Saints' (November 1)
brings out winter, St. Martin's brings out Indian summer."

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr is right.  On the valley floor
 is was 43 degrees F  this morning at 8:00am, the next week
shows AM temps being in the mid 40's and the high
 just under 70 degrees,  good for cole crops, not
 good for warm season crops.

Rain - looks like fall is here.  We STILL  may
have an Indian summer.  We have one month
until November.

Rain is tough on hazelnut harvest, good for bring
 the nuts down but bad for harvesting but so far
 the rain has been great for cutting down the dust
and in most cases, just slowed harvest a bit.