Sunday, November 28, 2021

Why is Washington Getting flooded more and more from Atmospheric Rivers?

Well. The High pressure area over California is driving storms far north to mostly Seattle and points north. So, Portland is getting a lot of rain like it needs but isn't flooding but Washington is sort of washing away in the Atmospheric Rivers because it is getting all of California and Oregon's storms head on in addition to it's normal rainfall.

So the good thing about all this is Portland isn't in drought and is really getting the rain it needs but the bad thing about all this is Washington is completely flooding away and California is having the continuation of it's 20 plus year drought at this point and the warmest November and possibly December too (at least through about the 15th of December) so far. For example, look at these amazing temperatures on the coast in Santa Cruz!

They are about 10 degrees warmer than a normal temperature for the area. But, it was sort of like this last year too!

Clear
55
°F°C
Precipitation: 1%
Humidity: 72%
Wind: 2 mph
Santa Cruz, CA
Sunday 8:00 PM
Clear
Temperature
Precipitation
Wind
555252525465716656535249526471645653535255687265595654525567686155535150526264585351504951606359545149485162666155525150526264605553525053616460555352505362646055525150536264595553525052596056535150485058605652494847495759555250
Sun
Clear
73°
50°
Mon
Sunny
73°
48°
Tue
Sunny
73°
51°
Wed
Sunny
73°
50°
Thu
Sunny
70°
48°
Fri
Sunny
65°
48°
Sat
Partly cloudy
65°
47°
Sun
Partly cloudy
67°
49°

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