Farmers and many others across the Pacific Northwest and beyond have followed a unique, regional weather blog over the last more than three decades.

Its followers, or “patrons” in The Weather Café parlance, have made its twice-weekly posts part of their weekly routine, relying on its insights for weather-affected planning, particularly when the possibility of major storms or other weather events are predicted.

Rufus La Lone, the forecaster behind the blog, joins Dillon the day after his last forecast post, after announcing on Oct. 15 he was retiring from the project.

They talk not just about the final two-week weather outlook, but also reflect on 31 years of The Weather Café, including some of the major storms and weather events covered, the blog’s unique approach, and how it became a fixture in the lives of tens of thousands of people across the region.