Spokane

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/26/viva-la-nina-snowstorms-expected-to-blitz-spokane-/

The Spokesman-Review


LOCAL NEWS

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26, 2016, 5:42 P.M.

‘Viva La Nina!’ Snowstorms expected to blitz Spokane region this winter

By Mike Prager

Winter storms will push into the Pacific Northwest with heavy snowfall that’s been missing for the past several years as the region braces for great skiing and hazardous travel.

The preseason outlook predicting snowstorm after snowstorm is due to a La Nina cooling of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. That means the likelihood of more snow and colder temperatures targeting the Pacific Northwest.

One local meteorologist says Spokane should be ready for about 5 1/2 feet of snow this winter.

The shift from a warm El Nino phase the last two winters to a cool La Nina was picked up by tropical sea surface observations last summer by the Climate Prediction Center.

The approach of a heavier winter has created something of a buzz, especially in places where snow is seen as a good thing.

“We are all excited this year,” said Brad McQuarrie, general manager at Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park.

He said word is getting out and customers are already booking lessons and other programs. People are also eager to buy new gear with the expectation that it’ll get used sooner than later, he said.

A potentially good ski season comes after two winters of limited snow, especially the 2014-15 season when Spokane saw just 17.6 inches.

The winter of 2015-16 saw 34.2 inches of snow in Spokane, also well below the 30-year average of 44.9 inches.

Both were not a surprise since they came during El Ninos that are known for mild winters.

Mt. Spokane has already seen its first shot of snow with 3 inches falling on the upper slopes last week. That led to the first snowman at the Vista House on top.

McQuarrie said he hopes snow will regularly fall on valley floors because that traditionally encourages people to drive to the mountains for fun.

Dave Law, a veteran weather forecaster who works as a part-time meteorologist for KHQ-TV, said that while snow may not be welcomed by everyone, it’s a happy event on the slopes.

“In the winter recreation world, ‘Viva La Nina’ is the saying,” he said.

Law, who supervises the weather observers at Spokane International Airport, has closely studied El Nino and La Nina events and said that the setup this season could lead to substantial snow.

When a La Nina winter follows an El Nino as expected this winter, snowfall can be heavy, Law said.

That is why he is predicting 64 inches of snow in Spokane this winter.

Residents don’t have to look back far to recall a pair of record-breaking snow years.

Spokane had 93.5 inches of snow in the winter of 2007-08 followed by 98.1 inches in 2008-09, which stands as the heaviest snow year on record since 1881.

December 2008 set a record for most snow in a single month with 59.7 inches.

The month also saw a dramatic snow dump of 23.6 inches in 34 hours on Dec. 17 and 18, paralyzing the region until plows could clear roadways.

But forecasting winter weather weeks and months in advance can be inexact and tricky.

While La Nina and El Nino provide strong guidance, there are other climate influences that can derail preseason outlooks based on equatorial water temperatures.

Ron Miller, forecaster for the National Weather Service in Spokane, said that a La Nina or an El Nino doesn’t guarantee anything.

“They just tilt the odds,” he said.

The upcoming winter will likely seem snowier and colder, but that’s partly because the past two winters saw lighter snowfall, he said.

“We are looking at at least a normal winter,” he said.

But older gauges for assessing the severity of winter such as the size of the crop of seeds hanging in Norway maple trees are mostly a guess. (There are a lot of them this year, however.)

The Farmers Almanac is giving a different outlook than climate prediction experts. The almanac is calling for a wet and mild winter in the Pacific Northwest.

The winter outlooks arrive just as the region is seeing one of its wettest Octobers on record.

Spokane had more than 4 inches of rain this month through Wednesday morning, making this October the third wettest on record with five days left in the month.

Miller at the weather service said he sees no connection between a wet October and a snowy winter.

The first snow may not be far off if the past nine years are any guidance.

From 2007 through 2015, the first snow of the season came from Nov. 5 to Nov. 28, according to Law.

Spokane street crews are prepared for whatever winter brings. They are switching to two shifts next week for overnight coverage in case it gets icy and they have equipment and supplies at hand.

“We are always ready,” said Marlene Feist, city spokeswoman.










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From 12/8/2003 ( premiere US TV miniseries "Battlestar Galactica" ) To 12/17/2008 is 1836 days

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From 5/8/1994 ( premiere US TV miniseries "Stephen King's The Stand" ) To 12/17/2008 is 5337 days

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[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/01/head-of-class.html ]
[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/10/spokane_28.html ]










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: - posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 08:13 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Monday 05 September 2016 - http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/09/homestead-day-1074.html


Homestead Day 1074



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AZ

COLDPLAY

album: "Viva La Vida" (2008)


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COLDPLAY


"Viva La Vida"

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listened as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is dead long live the king
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
Missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you'd gone there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world


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http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php

The American Presidency Project

Richard Nixon

XXXVII President of the United States: 1969-1974

244 - Address to the Nation Announcing Decision To Resign the Office of President of the United States

August 8, 1974


I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interests of America first.










http://www.e-reading.org.ua/bookreader.php/80261/King_-_The_Stand.html


Stephen King

The Stand - The Complete & Uncut Edition


Chapter 59


and you must go there, and it is there that you will make your stand. You will go, and you will not falter, because you will have the Everlasting Arm of the Lord God of Hosts to lean on. Yes. With God’s help you will stand.”










From 5/4/1974 ( Richard Nixon - Remarks Opening Expo '74, Spokane, Washington ) To 5/8/1994 is 7309 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/6/1985 ( Ronald Reagan - Statement on the Death of Spencer W. Kimball ) is 7309 days



[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-active-subversion-of-us-department.html ]
[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/10/spokane_28.html ]


http://www.tv.com/shows/stephen-kings-the-stand/the-plague-1178981

tv.com


Stephen King's The Stand

Season 1, Episode 1

The Plague

Air Date

Sunday May 8, 1994










http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=38026

The American Presidency Project

Ronald Reagan

XL President of the United States: 1981 - 1989

Statement on the Death of Spencer W. Kimball

November 6, 1985

Spencer W. Kimball spent a long and full life devoted to his church and the service of his fellow man. As a young man, he combined dedication to work with an active role in charitable and community work, exemplifying the Mormon ethic of rugged free enterprise and mutual aid. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a contemporary of Joseph Smith, Spencer Kimball went on to 30 years of service in his church's governing Council of Twelve Apostles, before becoming president in 1973.

Nancy and I note with sorrow the passing of one of the important figures of our generation. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his wife and family.










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From 6/1/1955 ( premiere US film "This Island Earth" ) To 10/28/1994 ( premiere US film "Stargate" ) is 14394 days

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From 9/18/1987 ( premiere US film "Hellraiser" ) To 3/31/2005 is 6404 days

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From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/9/1974 ( Richard Nixon surrenders and abandons his illegal presence in the United States of America federal White House ) is 3202 days



From 9/21/1928 ( Calvin Coolidge - Address at Bennington, Vermont: "Vermont is a State I Love" ) To 3/31/2005 is 27950 days

27950 = 13975 + 13975

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/6/2004 ( my final day working at Microsoft Corporation as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and the deputy director of the United States Marshals Service and the United States Marine Corps brigadier general circa 2004 ) is 13975 days



From 7/21/1979 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan and my sister-in-law Phoebe are lawfully married in the state of Vermont ) To 3/31/2005 is 9385 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/14/1991 ( George Bush - Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony of the Declaration of the Legion of Merit, Degree of Chief Commander, to General Michel Roquejeoffre in Rambouillet, France ) is 9385 days



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[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/06/dear-phoebe.html ]


http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/apr/01/site-cleared-for-riverfront-park-fountain/

The Spokesman-Review


LOCAL NEWS

FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2005

Site cleared for Riverfront Park fountain

By Mike Prager


The roar of a chain saw filled the air at Riverfront Park on Thursday as workers began clearing the path for construction of a new fountain at the park’s entrance along Spokane Falls Boulevard.

The $1.5 million fountain – designed so that people can walk and play among its many water jets – is one of two large-scale improvements being undertaken on the south side of the park this year.










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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Miniseries [ Monday 08 December 2003 USA ]


Leoben: And when that happens, (he collapses to the ground with a groan) I think I'll tell the others exactly where you are










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: - posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 8:00 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 06 October 2016 - http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/10/those-who-did-that-are-last-flowering.html


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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)


LAFORGE: And, Porter, check out the environmental controls while I'm gone. It's getting a little warm in here.













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NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION


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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: - posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 07:56 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 13 October 2016 - http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/10/seattle.html


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The Weather Channel


Special Weather Statement for Seattle and Vicinity, WA

From 9:39pm PDT, Wed Oct 12 until 8:00am PDT, Thu Oct 13

Issuing Office: Seattle/Tacoma

Source: The National Weather Service

9:39pm PDT, Wed Oct 12

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 8AM PDT THU

... VERY STORMY WEATHER TO UNLEASH MULTIPLE IMPACTS ON WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

AN IMPRESSIVELY STORMY PERIOD IS COMING UP FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE FROM FLOOD-PRODUCING RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALONG THE COAST... GIANT WAVES AND COASTAL FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND.

THE FIRST BIG INCREASE IN SOUTHERLY WIND WILL HAPPEN ON THE COAST ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON... SPREADING INLAND ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL OCCUR FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A DEEP LOW CENTER THROUGH THE REGION. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR DETAILS ON THE THURSDAY NIGHT STORM. HEFTY RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE: 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS... 2 TO 5 INCHES ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS... AND 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL CAUSE RISES ON AREA RIVERS... WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE ON A FEW. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD BULLETINS FOR DETAILS.

FRIDAY WILL BE RAINY AND WINDY... BUT IT WILL SERVE AS A RELATIVE LULL BEFORE A MORE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING STORM ON SATURDAY.


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- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 11:18 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Friday 28 October 2016