Proposed gantry sign for westbound traffic at Snoqualmie Pass, Columbia Gorge at Hood River, etc.: Through me is the way to the city of warmth. Through me is the way to eternal rain. Through me is the way to a lost winter. Abandon all hope, ye who enter. (Thanks to one D. Alighieri.)

Do you have to be such a downer?

The reality of it is that we get maybe a "memorable" event every other year on average and usually it is just that one. If you hope for snow and cold, this place is only slightly better than Redding. It really just might be the time to shut this place down. If I get three sun reacts then I'll just do it. I'll drive the forum off a cliff and we can just enjoy life without the angst and agony of interpreting forecast models that we are not qualified to view and apparently not allowed to discuss per Phil.

Looks great for 1500ft+

February/March 2017 was the wettest on record at SLE by a fairly large margin. Maximum 2-Month Total Precipitation for SALEM AP (MCNARY FIELD), OR Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays 1, 21.10, 2017-03-31, 0 2, 19.13, 1983-03-31, 0 3, 19.01, 1961-03-31, 0 4, 18.51, 1904-03-31, 0 5, 17.60, 1940-03-31, 0 6, 16.46, 1999-03-31, 0 7, 16.39, 1916-03-31, 0 8, 16.09, 1996-03-31, 0 9, 16.02, 1938-03-31, 0 10, 15.37, 1949-03-31, 0 Period of record: 1892-12-01 to 2024-12-25