Thanks to Al for continuing to let us in on the local weather stats! We love his work!
Greetings inhabitants of earth!
Here’s the November rainfall/precipitation report from your friendly www.cocorahs.org station WA-JF-1 located slightly off Center, 5.1 miles south of the bustling metropolis of Chimacum.
Yup, you’re right, November was dry! Only 1.17″ found in the rain gauge with 5.1″ being the average at this place.
With only 2 months accumulation in the new water year (started Oct 1) the total is 3.26″ with 7.9″ being the average.
November is often our wettest month – not this year!
In fact, it’s the driest November recorded here since 1981- the next driest was 2013 with 1.32″. That was followed by a very dry December and much wetter Feb & Mar. We’ll see what happens this winter.
A bit disconcerting to be going into December with the ditches dry and the pond at it’s lowest level.
The coho will be having a hard time getting into the upper watershed of Chimacum Creek with these low water levels.
The NOAA climate prediction center is guessing that Dec-Feb will be warmer and slightly wetter than “normal” – but forecasts out more than 10 days are more art than science – not that art is bad of course!
That’s it for this edition of Weather – or not! Al
“Imagine a Thanksgiving dinner of your great grandchildren a hundred years from now.
In the center of the table is a bright silver salmon locally caught and cooked in the practiced way of long enjoyment and reverence.
At the end of the feast will be a simple ceremony – a long walk to the creek with neighboring families, each with a wooden bowl of salmon bones,
to return the remains to the waters of their creation in gratitude and respect.
Perhaps there will be mention of the ancestors, if that is who we decide to be – the old ones who stayed put, who gave the salmon shelter in their hearts
and found their own way home”.
(excerpt from “Homecoming” by our chum Tom Jay – one who stayed put.)
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