The Mason County Amateur Radio Club will meet Saturday, January 11th, 2014 at 8:30 am at the Alpine Way Retirement Apartments in Shelton, Washington. (Coffee provided) Need directions? Y’all come join us for the first meeting of 2014!
000 NOUS46 KSEW 062259 PNSSEW PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 300 PM PST MON JAN 6 2014 ...FOR SNOW - JANUARY IS NUMBER ONE... IF THE SEATTLE AREA IS GOING TO HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND SOMETIME DURING THE YEAR...JANUARY IS THE MONTH. SINCE 1948...JANUARY HAS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND. LOOKING AT SPECIFIC DATES...THE 2ND...8TH...10TH...18TH AND 23RD HAVE HAD SNOW ON THE GROUND SEVEN TIMES. TWELVE OTHER JANUARY DATES HAVE HAD SNOW SIX TIMES. JANUARY ALSO TENDS TO BE OUR COLDEST MONTH OF THE YEAR. SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT JANUARY WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND AS WELL. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SNOWY JANUARYS. FOR INSTANCE JANUARY 1950 WAS ONE OF THE COLDEST AND SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH WAS ONLY 24.6 DEGREES...OVER 16 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE...AND 57.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL THAT MONTH. THE ALL-TIME RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE IN SEATTLE STILL STANDS TODAY - ZERO SET ON JANUARY 31ST 1950. ANOTHER SNOWY JANUARY WAS IN 1969 WITH 45.4 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL DURING THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT JANUARY WAS 33.1 DEGREES. THERE ARE OTHER JANUARYS WITH HEALTHY SNOWFALL. 1954 HAD 20.0 INCHES...1972 HAD 14.0 INCHES...1980 HAD 8.8 INCHES WHILE 2012 HAD 9.6 INCHES INCLUDING SOME FREEZING RAIN AS WELL. THE LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON HAVE ALREADY HAD A TASTE OF COLD WEATHER THIS WINTER AND A BIT OF SNOW IN DECEMBER. IS THERE ANY SNOW IN STORE LATER THIS MONTH OR WINTER? RAIN IS BACK IN THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK BUT NO SNOW. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE REST OF THIS MONTH AND FEBRUARY HAS EVEN ODDS ON ABOVE OR BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION. THE MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK IS WELL BEHIND AVERAGE AT THIS POINT THOUGH SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. YET THERE IS A LOT OF WINTER TO COME. SO KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER FORECAST AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE/ AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW WHETHER IN THE MOUNTAINS OR IN THE LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. $$ BUEHNER
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