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COFFEE BREAK 8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 Weary wife is ready to leave loveless unfulfilling marriage Early season snow lagging across much of Oregon OREGON WEATHER DEAR ABBY: I have been married for torture for me because I have begun hav- 24 years and have two daughters, 18 and ing romantic feelings for her. I don’t know if 14. I’m in a business with my husband it would be fair to tell her how I feel about and work six days a week. We don’t take her because of the geographical distance. I vacations, go on date nights or spend time know she won’t move to be with me because together outside of work. she helps to take care of her father, who lives I have had my own bedroom for 15 years with her. because he needs his sleep (he is 15 years I wouldn’t have an issue with moving older). Our sex life ended two years ago be- there, but I don’t want to make that decision cause he says I’m too heavy. unless I know her feelings are (I should lose 40 pounds and similar. I also don’t want to DEAR so could he.) I do my best to risk losing a friend. I’m not ABBY take care of dentist and doc- sure if I should just bury these tor appointments for the kids, feelings and say nothing, or let cook healthy meals, prepare her know. for the holidays, drive school carpool, etc. — CONFLICTED IN TENNESSEE I feel unappreciated, taken for granted and DEAR CONFLICTED: The fi rst thing you trapped. He complains that I’m not giving should tell your friend is that you are not him attention, but then he’ll comment on my comfortable sorting through her messages. appearance or criticize me for small tasks When she asks you why, explain that after that I didn’t do “his” way. these many years of best friendship, you I don’t claim to be perfect — I’m patient have begun to develop romantic feelings for and easygoing to a fault. But he has had two her. affairs and blames me for them. I have been How she reacts will help you to determine here for the business and the kids, but what what — if anything — to do next. Right about me? I have been going to night school now, you are in limbo. She may or may not to take up nursing as a new career to support reciprocate your feelings. But if she doesn’t, myself as a backup plan. you will be emotionally free to fi nd love I know what I need to do, but I guess I’m elsewhere. looking for validation. There’s got to be more to life than what I’m living. DEAR ABBY: After my father died, I found — FED UP IN MICHIGAN a box of letters my late brother sent to the DEAR FED UP: I agree. That you think family when he was in the U.S. Air Force. He you will be happier apart from a spouse who would have been in his 20s at the time. deprives you of companionship and affec- The letters mention girlfriends, the woman tion, cheats, blames you for it and criticizes he did marry and the time spent in jail as a you regularly is understandable. Under result of a botched robbery. He had a dishon- these circumstances, your feelings are valid. orable discharge. After all that, he started a However, before making any announce- new life and became an ideal father until his ments, schedule an appointment with an 40s when he decided to divorce his wife of attorney who can guide you in what steps to many years. take to protect yourself. The letters reveal a lot about him. I thought his children might like this insight DEAR ABBY: “Cheryl” has been one of to their father, but my younger brother thinks my best friends for a very long time. She has it would be a bad idea. If this was my father, helped me through many issues and even I would like to have these personal letters. some depression over the years, as I have What do you think? done for her. We live several states apart and — UNKNOWN IN THE MIDWEST talk on a daily basis. Neither of us is dating DEAR UNKNOWN: I’m glad you asked. now, although we both use dating apps and Your brother’s children are all adults now. websites. Tell them you found the letters and ask Lately, Cheryl has been asking me to help them if they would like you to share them. her sort through her messages. It has become I’m betting the answer will be yes. weather By George Plaven Capital Press SALEM — A dry start to the fall season is rais- ing some concerns among state water managers about the possibility of drought returning to Oregon, especially in the Rogue and Umpqua river basins. Overall precipitation is measuring well below nor- mal for the water year that began Sept. 30, according to the latest water conditions report from the Oregon Water Resources Depart- ment. The defi cit ranges from nearly an inch below normal east of the Cascades, to more than 5 inches below normal in parts of south- west Oregon. While no part of the state is currently in drought, the agency’s report states that could change in the com- ing weeks unless there is a marked change in weather patterns. Statewide, average precip- itation at sites measured by the USDA Natural Resourc- es Conservation Service is just 45% of normal across the state. The highest totals as of Nov. 18 were in northeast Oregon, including 71% in the Umatilla, Walla Walla and Willow basins and 67% in the Grande Ronde, Powder, Burnt and Imnaha basins. The lowest totals are in southwest and south-central Oregon, at 26% of normal in the Rogue and Umpqua basins; 24% in the Klamath Basin; and 21% in the Goose Lake and Lake County area. The Willamette Basin — Ben Lonergan/EO Media Group Trucks sit gathering snow outside of the Oregon Trail Store and Deli in Meacham last month. Overall precipi- tation in Oregon is measuring well below normal for the water year that began Sept. 30. home of the state’s lead- ing agricultural counties by value of products — is trending right in the middle at 45% of normal. Stream fl ows are still averaging slightly above normal across Oregon, thanks to drought-busting record snowfall in February and heavy rains in April that bolstered supplies over the summer. However, the report cautions that more is needed to maintain that positive momentum. “In response to recent dry weather, fl ows in many streams in Western Oregon have declined signifi cantly over the past two weeks,” the report states. “In some areas of southwestern Or- egon, stream fl ows are less than 10% of normal.” The highest stream fl ows were in the Sandy, North Coast, Mid Coast and Umatilla basins at more than 130% of normal for the month of October, dropping AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 39/53 Kennewick 35/51 St. Helens 34/50 33/53 29/50 35/51 32/49 Condon SAT SUN MON TUE Partly cloudy and cold Mainly cloudy A touch of morning rain Mostly cloudy Cloudy and chilly 49 25 40 18 36 19 Eugene 4 3 1 32/50 48 32 41 24 37 19 2 3 1 La Grande 24 51 35 Comfort Index™ Enterprise 6 5 7 23 49 33 Comfort Index™ 5 38 21 34 17 2 2 2 7 ALMANAC NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High: 88° Low: 11° Wettest: 2.29” 47° 30° 45° 32° 48° 31° PRECIPITATION (inches) 0.00 0.12 0.59 7.26 8.84 0.00 0.25 1.35 13.35 14.18 0.01 0.23 2.00 26.08 19.55 HAY INFORMATION SATURDAY Lowest relative humidity Afternoon wind Hours of sunshine Evapotranspiration 35% SSE at 4 to 8 mph 7.4 0.04 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Thursday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir 22% of capacity 33% of capacity 64% of capacity 20% of capacity 30% of capacity 45% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Wednesday) Grande Ronde at Troy Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder Burnt River near Unity Umatilla River near Gibbon Minam River at Minam Powder River near Richland OREGON Brookings Madras Lakeview 879 cfs 2 cfs 13 cfs 66 cfs 101 cfs 29 cfs From John Winthrop’s Journal, Nov. 22, 1641, at Boston: “A great tempest of wind and rain from Southeast all night, as fi erce as a hurricane....” SUN & MOON FRI. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset 7:00 a.m. 4:17 p.m. 1:55 a.m. 2:35 p.m. SAT. 7:01 a.m. 4:16 p.m. 3:11 a.m. 3:02 p.m. MOON PHASES New Nov 26 First Dec 3 Full Dec 11 Last Dec 18 nee R d E O M u, k o d u S , s g n Show Listi , Crosswords rts o p S , h c r a e Word S re...? o M & s e z z i Qu Burns Jordan Valley 23/49 Paisley 21/53 Frenchglen 25/52 City Astoria Bend Boise Brookings Burns Coos Bay Corvallis Council Elgin Eugene Hermiston Hood River Imnaha John Day Joseph Kennewick Klamath Falls Lakeview Hi/Lo/W 53/45/c 56/35/pc 48/30/c 60/45/pc 52/19/pc 55/41/pc 51/37/pc 46/29/c 50/35/c 50/37/pc 49/39/pc 53/43/pc 53/39/c 52/37/c 49/33/c 47/38/pc 52/23/pc 52/20/pc Hi/Lo/W 53/41/r 52/28/c 50/29/c 60/44/pc 51/21/c 54/41/r 54/37/c 45/28/r 47/33/r 53/37/r 57/39/pc 54/40/c 50/34/r 49/31/r 45/27/r 57/38/pc 54/23/pc 53/21/pc Diamond Grand View Arock 24/50 22/49 20/51 24/53 Klamath Falls 18/52 Lakeview 15/52 McDermitt Shown is Saturday’s weather. Temperatures are Friday night’s lows and Saturday’s highs. SUN. Boise 25/48 Fields 28/55 SAT. 22/50 Silver Lake 21/51 Medford Brookings Juntura 12/52 37/62 42/60 Ontario 21/49 21/54 23/50 RECREATION FORECAST SATURDAY REGIONAL CITIES WEATHER HISTORY AGRICULTURAL INFO. 32/52 Grants Pass Falfurrias, Texas Bodie State Park, Calif. Phoenix, Ariz. High: 63° Low: 23° Wettest: 0.03” Beaver Marsh Chiloquin High Wednesday Low Wednesday Wednesday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 37/62 24/51 20/51 Roseburg Powers Brothers 35/57 Coos Bay Huntington 24/51 27/56 Oakridge 22/46 23/49 Seneca Bend Elkton Council 19/50 28/52 25/57 Florence WED. EXTREMES TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin 23/49 John Day 22/55 Sisters 37/55 Comfort Index takes into account how the weather will feel based on a combination of factors. A rating of 10 feels very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable. 23/48 Baker City Redmond 38/53 39/54 Halfway Granite 30/51 Newport 34/53 45 29 27/53 32/58 30/51 Corvallis Enterprise 23/49 24/51 Monument 27/53 Idanha Salem TONIGHT 7 Elgin 24/50 La Grande 28/52 Maupin Comfort Index™ 29/46 Pendleton The Dalles Portland Newberg Lewiston 29/46 Hood River 29/51 TIllamook 19 50 27 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Walla Walla 28/47 Vancouver 34/50 35/54 Baker City down to about 53% of nor- mal on the South Coast. As irrigators start eyeing relief, short- and long-term weather forecasts offer a mixed bag. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion’s Climate Prediction Center predicts below- average precipitation over the next two weeks, and an equal chance for above- or below-normal precipitation across most of the state over the next three months. The lone exception, once again, is southwest Oregon, which is looking at a greater chance of continued dry conditions. At this time last year, the entire state of Oregon was listed in some stage of drought — including extreme drought across por- tions of southern and central Oregon. Then came the Feb- ruary snow and April rain, proving just how quickly conditions can change. SAT. City Lewiston Longview Meacham Medford Newport Olympia Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Powers Redmond Roseburg Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla SUN. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 46/37/c 50/36/r 51/42/c 52/40/c 49/34/c 46/30/r 55/34/pc 55/35/c 53/45/pc 54/42/c 51/42/c 52/36/c 49/26/c 50/30/c 47/37/pc 55/36/pc 51/41/c 53/37/pc 51/41/pc 54/41/c 62/41/pc 56/42/c 55/31/pc 51/26/c 52/37/pc 53/41/c 51/39/pc 53/39/c 42/34/pc 45/30/c 50/38/pc 54/39/c 51/34/c 46/29/c 46/39/pc 50/37/r Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice Check out our new TV Magazine ANTHONY LAKES PHILLIPS LAKE Mostly cloudy Rather cloudy 34 21 49 29 MT. EMILY REC. BROWNLEE RES. Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy 43 33 50 32 EAGLE CAP WILD. EMIGRANT ST. PARK Mostly cloudy Rather cloudy 39 24 48 31 WALLOWA LAKE MCKAY RESERVOIR Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy 49 33 54 42 THIEF VALLEY RES. RED BRIDGE ST. PARK Mostly cloudy Mainly cloudy 50 27 51 35 Y R E EV Y A D I FR BL E LOGO REVERS R - COLO B
