Soil Temperatures

April has been a unique moth, weather wise, for the PNW. After a winter that was primarily warm and dry, April turned out to be cooler than normal and very wet. Marilyn Lohmann, meteorologist with the National Weather Service said the showers were welcomed news after months of dry conditions ...

Now that the Pacific Northwest is officially in spring, what can we expect, will we see those April showers, will we see warmer temperatures? National Weather Service meteorologist Marilyn Lohman said Spring is very volatile in the PNW, so change can and will happen very quickly ...

If you need to work out in the orchard, or if you have livestock to watch, the past month has been nice weather wise. A lot of sunshine during the daytime with temperatures slightly above normal. However, that beautiful weather has returned the region to dry, and in some cases very dry conditions ...

While the extreme hot weather the Northwest saw last week has moved out of the area, temperatures remain very warm for this time of year. Marilyn Lohman, meteorologist with the National Weather Service said the extreme temperatures over the past ten days really did a number on soils across the Northwest ...

The theme of spring 2021 is dry. Area soil moistures are low, area forest and timber lands are dry, and its only early May. Marilyn Lohmann, meteorologist for the National Weather Service says this dry pattern, which started back in March is not due to El Niño, La Niña, or even a dominate ridge of high pressure parked off the coast of the Northwest. “The syst ...

Many across the region were spoiled with temperatures dropping considerably Sunday and early this week. But hopes for an early fall will quickly fade this week as we’ll see temperatures anywhere from 5-10 degrees above normal. Marilyn Lohmann meteorologist with the National Weather Service said the Northwest will see a strong high pressure systems settle in, preventing rain makers from moving in

After weeks of stagnate, and some would say boring weather, Mother Nature has made things very interesting to wrap up the month of May. Last week, several strong bands of showers rolled across the region, dumping anywhere from ¼” of rain on the Columbia Basin, to over 2” of rain in eastern Washington and North Idaho. Marilyn Lohmann ...

April was a dry month for most of the Inland Northwest, as evidence by USDA’s recent drought monitor readings. Marilyn Lohmann, meteorologist with the National Weather Service says as we get into the heart of May, temperatures will be at or above normal, with precipitation below average. She ...

While the area has enjoyed several sunny days, temperatures across the Inland Northwest have been below average for the past week or so. The reason, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Marilyn Lohmann, the cold overnight temperatures, with many locations still dropping into the 30’s and some places recording lows in the 20’s. Despite t ...

March 2020 was a typical, and not just because of the COVID-19 pandemic. March is typically one of the wettest months for the Northwest, but as Marilyn Lohmann with the National Weather Service pointed out, this March didn’t turn out that way. She ...