COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, MARCH 19, 2022
Jealousy leads to cracks in trio’s relationships
like I’m not spending enough
time with her.
I know the conventional
advice is to dump one or the
other, but I care about them both
too much to lose either one, and
I need to find a balance instead.
How do I go about having a best
friend and a relationship at the
same time? — PULLED IN
TWO DIRECTIONS
DEAR PULLED: Start by
telling Kara that if you wanted a
romance with Leia, it would have
already happened, and that your
friendship with Leia is important
to you. Then tell Kara you care
about her and feel there could
be a future with her, but only
if she’s able to control her jeal-
DEAR ABBY: My best friend
of a few years, “Leia,” and I
are very close. We were basi-
cally a unit, spending every day
together. But now I have a girl-
friend, “Kara.” She’s a mutual
friend of both of us.
Kara and I have been together
for only a few months, but I
already care about her very
much. I don’t want things to
change. The problem is, she’s
jealous of the connection I have
with Leia, and Leia feels ditched,
ousy and insecurity where Leia
is concerned.
After that, explain to Leia that
you care about your friendship
very much and don’t want her to
feel neglected, but now that you
have a girlfriend, you have less
time to spend with her than you
did in the past. Then cross your
fingers.
DEAR ABBY: From the
time I was a child, I’ve always
wanted to be helpful. If people
asked me for favors, no matter
how small or out of the way
they were, I was always happy
to help. Recently, though, I have
been noticing that when I ask for
help in return, there are very few
people I can actually rely on.
and trying to figure out how to
politely ask the groom’s mother
to help with the finances. When
is the best time, or should I ask
the groom to do it? We don’t
think he wants to ask her. —
QUESTIONING IN NEW
JERSEY
DEAR QUESTIONING:
Have a “truth session” with
your daughter and her fiance. If
the wedding they’re planning
is too rich for your budget, it is
important to make it plain now.
As to who should ask his mother
to contribute, that question
should come from your daugh-
ter’s fiance, after which a con-
versation may or may not begin
with your soon-to-be in-law.
I know a lot of people con-
sider me naive and gullible
because of my willingness to
help, but I have reached the point
where I don’t want to do any-
thing for anyone unless they’re
sincere about their friendship.
How do I politely show them I’m
not as clueless and naive as they
think I am? — FRUSTRATED
AND ANNOYED
DEAR FRUSTRATED:
You don’t have to be confronta-
tional or unpleasant. Accomplish
that goal by being less helpful
— far less helpful — to those
who don’t return the favors you
bestow.
DEAR ABBY: We are plan-
ning our daughter’s wedding
Hot spring forecast: Drought deepens in West
largest drought cov-
erage since 2013, said
Jon Gottschalck, oper-
ational prediction chief
at NOAA’s Climate Pre-
diction Center. He said
the conditions are likely
to get worse in many of
those areas and could set
the stage for more heat
waves.
La Nina, a natural peri-
odic cooling of the cen-
tral Pacific that affects cli-
mate worldwide, is a huge
factor in the spring out-
look, Gottschalck said.
In California, espe-
cially the Central Valley,
three-year rain and snow
levels will soon reach the
lowest on record since
1922, said Brett Whitin,
a hydrologist at NOAA’s
California Nevada River
Forecast Center. Cal-
ifornia has 1.5 mil-
lion acre feet less water
available than it did this
time last year, and he
said the only hope is for
heavy December snow to
make up for some of the
shortfall.
“It does make for some
very difficult (crop) pro-
ducer decisions as what
to continue to grow and
what to keep alive,” said
Brad Rippey, a U.S.
Department of Agricul-
ture meteorologist, in a
press briefing.
The more than 20-year
megadrought gripping
the West is the worst in
1,200 years and is stoked
by human-caused climate
change from the burning
of coal, oil and natural
gas, studies have found.
Worsening drought also
sets the stage for more
dangerous wildfires in
summer, said Brad Pugh,
a drought meteorologist
By SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
There’s no relief in
sight for the West’s
record-shattering mega-
drought, which will likely
only deepen this spring,
the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Adminis-
tration said in its sea-
sonal outlook Thursday,
March 17. But central and
eastern states should be
mostly spared from sig-
nificant flooding.
Spring is likely to
be hotter than normal
in most states and drier
as well for much of the
West, NOAA meteorolo-
gists said. They said the
high heat and drought
will fuel each other as
the lack of rain makes it
hotter, intensifying dry
conditions.
NOAA predicts all
of the Lower 48 states
to be warmer than
normal in April, May
and June except Wash-
ington, Oregon, Montana,
North Dakota and much
of Idaho. Only an area
around the Great Lakes
down to Kentucky is fore-
cast to be wetter than
normal. Worsening aller-
gies are expected in the
areas that will be hot and
wet.
“Drought has
increased, especially
in the West as it has
warmed,” said Deke
Arndt, NOAA’s climate
science and services
chief. “The reason the
West is warming is cli-
mate change, especially
over the multiple decade
timeframe.”
Already, 60% of
the nation is in some
form of drought, the
u.S. Drought Monitor
Most of Eastern Oregon is in severe or extreme drought.
with the NOAA’s Climate
Prediction Center.
In the central part of
the country, spring often
brings flooding worries.
But this year, the flooding
risk is minor for much of
the Mississippi River valley
and Tennessee Valley.
Major flooding and sig-
nificant damage might
affect about 500,000
people, which is far fewer
than in most years. Above
average precipitation and
other factors increased
flood risk near the Red
River that divides North
Dakota and Minnesota,
NOAA said.
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intake structure, center right near the shore, at Phillips Reservoir.
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
40/50
Kennewick
40/50
St. Helens
38/49
40/51
39/51
40/56
40/51
38/51
Condon
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Partly cloudy
Snow showers
in the a.m.
A morning
shower; cloudy
Not as cool
A shower in the
afternoon
26 44 27
51 35
60 34
63 35
Eugene
3
9
10
36/52
50 36
60 37
66 37
4
10
10
La Grande
0
32 43 29
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
1
0
0
27 40 28
Comfort Index™
2
56 35
62 39
4
10
10
ALMANAC
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High: 97°
Low: -3°
Wettest: 2.84”
51°
20°
53°
22°
55°
24°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Trace
Month to date
0.05
Normal month to date 0.40
Year to date
0.44
Normal year to date
1.69
Trace
0.39
0.93
2.26
3.83
0.01
1.45
1.26
7.00
6.87
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
45%
NW at 8 to 16 mph
0.0
0.07
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
6% of capacity
44% of capacity
28% of capacity
59% of capacity
32% of capacity
77% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
5230 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
1 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
7 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
550 cfs
Minam River at Minam
306 cfs
Powder River near Richland
53 cfs
McAllen, Texas
Daniel, Wyo.
Leonardtown, Md.
OREGON
High: 64°
Low: 18°
Wettest: 0.02”
Grants Pass
Burns
Astoria
WEATHER HISTORY
A heavy, wet snowstorm began in the
mid-Atlantic region on March 19, 1958. By
the time it ended, over 18 inches of snow
had accumulated from northern Virginia to
Massachusetts.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
SUN.
6:58 a.m. 6:56 a.m.
7:03 p.m. 7:05 p.m.
9:00 p.m. 10:17 p.m.
7:53 a.m. 8:14 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Last
Mar 24
New
Mar 31
First
Apr 8
Beaver Marsh
37/53
Full
Apr 16
36/54
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
26/42
Paisley
23/48
20/45
Frenchglen
25/44
33/55
Klamath Falls
19/47
McDermitt
26/41
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
MON.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
50/44/r 51/44/sh
48/34/c 58/43/c
50/30/pc 52/36/pc
52/42/c 57/48/c
46/26/pc 54/32/c
50/40/c 52/43/c
51/41/sh 52/43/r
43/24/pc 48/30/c
44/29/sf 49/37/c
52/42/c 55/43/r
57/43/c 62/42/c
51/43/r 55/45/r
44/35/c 50/42/c
43/32/c 51/36/c
37/27/pc 44/35/c
60/44/c 62/42/r
47/24/pc 55/30/c
46/23/pc 57/32/c
33/51
Lakeview
19/46
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Grand View
Arock
30/47
28/44
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
25/42
Fields
Medford
Brookings
Boise
32/50
34/57
38/52
28/50
21/47
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
22/46
27/43
20/43
Ontario
35/54
Burns
Brothers
32/47
Roseburg
Huntington
22/40
Bend
Coos Bay
28/43
33/48
Seneca
30/48
Oakridge
Council
26/44
25/43
30/48
Elkton
Powers
26/43
24/34
John Day
25/48
Sisters
Florence
39/49
Halfway
Granite
Baker City
Redmond
39/50
THURSDAY EXTREMES
High Thursday
Low Thursday
27/40
34/51
Newport
38/50
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.
28/49
34/44
38/52
37/53
46 37
0
Corvallis
Enterprise
32/43
Monument
36/52
Idanha
Salem
TONIGHT
Comfort Index™
Elgin
31/44
La Grande
32/47
Maupin
Baker City
35/53
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
40/50
36/52
Hood River
34/52
TIllamook
Lewiston
Walla Walla
38/60
Vancouver
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
SUN.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
MON.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
52/36/pc 53/42/c
50/43/r 50/48/r
44/28/sn 48/38/c
55/37/c 59/41/c
50/40/r 51/44/sh
49/40/r 51/45/r
54/33/c 57/35/c
60/41/c 62/43/r
52/39/pc 56/45/c
51/44/r 53/46/r
53/41/c 59/46/c
48/31/pc 54/36/c
54/42/c 57/43/c
52/42/r 55/45/r
48/32/pc 46/36/c
56/43/c 57/46/c
40/29/sf 47/38/c
53/40/pc 55/45/c
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
A little snow
Clouds and sun
20
19
39
29
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
A little a.m. snow
Mostly cloudy
30
25
45
29
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Clouds and sun
Snow showers
25
16
36
26
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Clouds and sun
Some sun, a shower
37
27
48
36
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Snow showers
Snow showers
44
27
43
29