Drought continues for most of Oregon

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) -

8pm Friday, January 28th, 2022

I have an unusually quick post this evening! You know I typically get into lots of detail, but we’re working on some new software so I’m performing a bit of a “test”. The current USDA Drought Monitor for this week. Notice how much of the state is still in severe to exceptional drought.

The far northwest corner of the state was hit by those atmospheric rivers back in November and December, bringing many of us out of drought. Lack of heavy mountain snow this past month means much of the region is back to normal for snowfall this winter.

We’re going to need a lot more snow/rain to get the state out of drought!

The local American Meteorological Society (Oregon Chapter) just had a meeting last night featuring our state climatologist. Most of the presentation was about our ongoing drought across the region. You can see the whole meeting here

Still need to try a social media link, so click here to check out my latest tweet

Strongest east wind of the season roaring out west end of Gorge and east metro right now. It'll continue all day. 89 mph gust at Vista House is highest of winter. I see a 46 mph in West Hills, 52 at Troutdale, & 41 mph in SE Portland. Brrrr! But it's keeping the fog away pic.twitter.com/wR4EdnmjEm
— Mark Nelsen (@MarkNelsenKPTV) January 27, 2022