Of all the systems created by civilizations to organize time, perhaps none is more relevant to SPU than the water year. Each October 1st, we creatures of the hydrologic cycle affix our service-providing gazes upon the vast Pacific Ocean for signs of rain, then snow, then warmth, and then rain all over again… […]

    A strong ridge of high pressure is expected to keep storminess away from us for as far as the models can see. The weak edges of a few frontal systems may brush by and produce light, scattered showers on Friday and again next week, but otherwise we’ll remain warmer and drier than normal, […]