Pretty decent thunderstorm today. Heavy rain for about 5 minutes and only picked up .07 with it but they were big fat drops. Wind kicked up pretty good and had thunder for about a half hour. I watched it on radar head straight up 97 directly towards me then about 15 miles to my south it kind of split into 2. Half went towards Prineville and the other half to my west which is the one that pegged Madras. Temp went from 96 to 76 in 30 minutes.
Very interesting stuff! I'm betting January is largely responsible for that +WPO signal. Dec and Feb have been performing quite well in the NW but January has been horrific. No doubt if we can combine a -WPO / -EPO with the persistent -PNA things could get insane around here.