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5 Sep 08 – Here’s an email from a reader in Washington
State.
Robert,
“I live in the Cascade Mountains
near Seattle, Washington – at a place called Lake Wenatchee to be
precise – at an elevation of 1900’ ASL.
“This past weekend we had noticeably lower temperatures. It was near
40F every morning. With the wind chill it felt like the 30s.
“I heard that in Tumwater Canyon, which is a few miles away, it was in
the 30s – and it is at a lower elevation than the lake!
“This kind of weather is quite out of the ordinary for us. A few years
ago we’d be swimming in the lake and wearing shorts and a T-shirt as
late as 7pm in the evening on these dates.
“This past winter brought more snow than locals have seen in 25 years.
It was as much as 4 feet deep and the lake froze over for the second
year in a row, which is also unusual given its depth and thermal mass.”
Thomas Shafer
Thanks for letting the world know
what’s really going
on, Thomas
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