ARTICLES BY RANDY MANN

Less snow expected for 2018-2019

Every year in mid-autumn, Cliff Harris and I issue our annual city-by-city snowfall predictions for North Idaho and surrounding areas of the Inland Empire.

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A 'tale of three winters'

As predicted many weeks ago, snow returned to Coeur d’Alene and surrounding regions on Valentine’s Day. Cliff Harris measured 6 inches at his station last Wednesday. It wasn’t a record, but it was close. The snowiest Valentine’s Day occurred in 1949 when 7 inches of snow fell.

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See how you'd like this cold-weather cure

I got to sit down Thursday with the managing editor of the Coeur d’Alene Press, Mike Patrick, to do our first “live” Facebook telecast. We wanted to thank the many people who watched us talk about the weather.

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New weather satellites to enhance weather forecasting

Last week was one of the coldest we’ve seen in years. High temperatures only managed to make it into the teens from Wednesday through Saturday.

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Prepare for spurts of rain and snow

December is here and we’ve finally seen some snow after a relatively mild November. Cliff tells me that our snowless November in Coeur d’Alene has happened only seven times since 1895. However, Spokane International Airport picked up 3.3 inches of snow last month. It’s extremely unusual to see our neighbors …

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Many 500-year or 1,000-year floods reported this year

It’s almost hard to believe, but areas that are currently reporting major drought conditions experienced massive flooding earlier this year. Normally, we see these huge 500-year or 1,000-year flood events less than once per year. For 2016, there have been nearly a dozen events, which indicates that our cycle of …

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Weak La Nina expected to bring more snow than normal

Sea-surface temperatures are very different today than they were a year ago. Scientists say that we have a weak cooler than normal sea-surface temperature event, La Nina, in the south-central Pacific Ocean.

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White Christmas more than likely in North Idaho

We’re into the full moon cycle this week and temperatures are expected to get colder across the Inland Empire. There is still the chance for some snow showers in the lower elevations during this full moon cycle that began today and ends on Nov. 20, thanks to the invasion of …

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October will be another month of extremes

It’s Halloween Monday and the last day of what I would call a very “extreme” month weatherwise across much of the country and the world. On one western side of the country, we’ve had record rains in places while severe drought plagues the southeastern portion of the U.S.

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City-by-city outlooks feature snowy winter ahead

At this time of year, Cliff and I issue our annual city-by-city winter snowfall predictions for Coeur d’Alene and other areas across the Inland Northwest.

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A very wet and windy October in our region

We had a big change in the weather pattern late last week. Potent storms have brought moderate to heavy rainfall and strong winds. The storm that came in on Thursday and into Friday brought 1.19 inches of rain to Coeur d’Alene with a wind gust of 48 miles per hour …

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Full moon makes North Idaho weather interesting

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Many parts of the country, and world, continue to see wild weather extremes

Much of North Idaho and surrounding regions enjoyed a nice summer season. It was a bit drier than normal overall and temperatures were close to normal. Despite a few showery periods, the early fall season has been pretty good as well.

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A phenomenon known as 'thundersnow'

Last Sunday night, Sept. 18, a thunderstorm of a relatively small size, but rather intense, moved across the Coeur d’Alene area. There were numerous flashes of lightning, loud thunder and pockets of heavy rainfall. The heaviest precipitation was seen across Lake Fernan as .27 inches of rain fell in about …

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It may be more of a 'La Nada' than a 'La Nina' this fall season

Last week, I talked about the chances for freezes in the Coeur d’Alene area. Temperatures last Monday and Tuesday dropped into the 30s around the Lake City, but frosts and freezes were reported from Rathdrum and Athol northward. Athol dipped to 31 degrees on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Spirit Lake dropped …

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