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
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2
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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.
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Nov 26
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Dec 11
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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
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ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
Mostly cloudy
Rather cloudy
34
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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
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51
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