Lohmann: Wetter Weather Moving Into Northwest Just Before Christmas

November in the Inland Northwest was one of the driest on record, and that includes records dating back as far as 100 years.  Marilyn Lohmann with the National Weather Service said precipitation totals were almost non-existent for many locations in November including:

• Yakima 0.04”
• Tri-Cities 0.18”
• Pendleton 0.27”
• Walla Walla 0.50”
• Wenatchee 0.11”

Lohmann addeds November 2019 was extremely odd for much of the region.

“Because that’s when we do start to pick up precipitation and of a lot of the area, it’s one of the wetter months, throughout the wintertime where it’s that good rain, the ground isn’t frozen and it soaks in and it does so much good.  So, a very unusual November, instead we had that high pressure and we had that unending fog.”

While the water year has started off very poorly, Lohmann said there is good news coming.

“We have a very strong and very moist weather system, I wouldn’t characterize it as a Pineapple Express, because it’s not quite that warm, but it does have a tropical connection.  It’s going to bring in quite a lot of precipitation starting Wednesday night and continue into Saturday.”

Lohmann said some areas could see between ½” to 2” of rain, with snow north of Moses Lake.  And substantial snow totals are expected for the Washington Cascades.

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