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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE PORTLAND OR 
1200 PM PDT TUE APR 27 2004
 
...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THE SPRING...

...SYNOPSIS...

WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS DURING APRIL 2004 ARE CREATING ONE OF THE 
DRIEST SPRING SEASONS ON RECORD IN NW OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON

...DISCUSSION...

THE ABNORMAL WARMTH AND LACK OF RAINFALL EXPERIENCED IN THE MONTH OF 
MARCH 2004 HAS CONTINUED INTO THIS MONTH OF APRIL. THESE DRY 
CONDITIONS WILL MAKE THIS 2 MONTH PERIOD OF MARCH AND APRIL THE 
DRIEST MARCH AND APRIL ON RECORD SINCE 1941. THE ONLY RAINFALL 
POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING...HOWEVER 
AMOUNTS WILL BE VERY LIGHT...IF ANY ACCUMULATION OCCURS AT ALL. 

THIS WILL LEAVE THE MARCH AND APRIL COMBINED RAINFALL FOR 2004 AT/OR 
VERY NEAR 2.54 INCHES...WHICH WILL EASILY ECLIPSE THE OLD RECORD SET 
IN 1965 OF 3.30 INCHES. THE ALL-TIME PORTLAND CITY RECORD IS 1.60 
INCHES IN MARCH/APRIL 1926. 

THE DRIEST SPRING SEASON RECORD...MARCH/APRIL/MAY...SINCE 1941 
OCCURRED IN 1994 WITH ONLY 4.31 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN THOSE 3 
MONTHS.

APRIL 2004 WILL ALSO MOST LIKELY BECOME THE SECOND WARMEST APRIL ON 
RECORD SINCE 1941. ONLY APRIL 1989 WILL HAVE AVERAGED WARMER.
  
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