We've been through a couple of quiet weeks here, weather wise. Fog is burning off slowly in our area until today, when an east wind arrived and cleared us out. That means downslope winds at the beach, and a site near Tillamook was at 70° in the past hour. Yet we are straddling the 50° number after a high of 51. It's pretty though for mid-February, and buds are tinting the sticks on rose bushes and hydrangea plants. The skunk cabbage has been up for about two weeks - although 'up' means they are visible not that they are carpeting the creek bed by any means.
A shower or two are expected for Valentines Day, then several more dry days are likely. A pattern shift should hit by the last week of the month, but it's going to be a dry one. We've had less than an inch in a month that typically has about six! So it appears that our snowiest month of the year is taking 2022 off.
The dry weather has helped me clean up the December storm debris though. I still need to hack down the main body of the tree that rested on our truck, but the higher branches have been removed to the large debris pile. The maple branch has also been pared down to a mighty stick. I need to replace the chain on our saw to complete those tasks, as the original has slipped away several times this season.