April Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Jesse]

This weather truly sucks.

Hott, windy and hazy.

[Geos]

High cloud disaster in progress from Seattle northward!  

 

Still overperforming though. 78 at work and 74 at home.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

81 at Newport. WOWZERS!

[MossMan]

High cloud disaster in progress from Seattle northward!

Indeed. Very glary.

But warm!

[BLI snowman]

This weather truly sucks. 

 

Feels like the gorge could burn down at any moment.

[ShawniganLake]

High cloud disaster in progress from Seattle northward!

Yep. I was thinking that. Pretty cloudy here. Still just about 70F though.

[Farmboy]

Hott, windy and hazy.

Seriously? You guys are trolling.

[Geos]

Now 79 at work, 77 at home. High clouds are starting to break up.

[Jesse]

[Jesse]

[Front Ranger]

Kind of sucks that we might have to wait until June before any long term troughing returns. I have a feeling that can might keep getting kicked down the road too...

 

On the bright side, might be saving it for when it really matters (when the weather can get REAL hot)?

[Jesse]

The coffee girl at Black Rock said it was too hot today, and I agreed with her. I then distracted drove from there as I feverishly typed out this message. Because it’s pretty important for you guys to know that I am not alone in my preferences.

[MossMan]

[WeatherArchive]

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[TT-SEA]

79 here now... gorgeous day. High cloud crisis averted!

[Front Ranger]

Records set at OLM and SEA. 

 

PDX is close...

[MossMan]

79 here now... gorgeous day. High cloud crisis averted!

Cleared out nicely here!

[Geos]

Winds turned out of the west and halted the temperature at 77. Maybe tomorrow I'll hit 80.

[Phil]

The coffee girl at Black Rock said it was too hot today, and I agreed with her. I then distracted drove from there as I feverishly typed out this message. Because it’s pretty important for you guys to know that I am not alone in my preferences.

[Kayla]

Looks like at least 80 at PDX possibly 81 depending on the rounding.

 

Astoria also sets a new record of 81 on the day. 

 

#recordsfalling

[jcmcgaffey]

Records set at OLM and SEA.

 

PDX is close...

It’s not even close for SEA. High today is 77 record is 85 from 1905

[Front Ranger]

It’s not even close for SEA. High today is 77 record is 85 from 1905

 

SEA is the airport, with records back to the 1940s. Record was 76 from 1977 there.

 

You are correct that the record for the Seattle city office is 85.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

84 in Monmouth

[jcmcgaffey]

SEA is the airport, with records back to the 1940s. Record was 76 from 1977 there.

 

You are correct that the record for the Seattle city office is 85.

Ya I was just thinking that after I typed it. That is crazy for the office to be 85 back then especially without as much UHI back then. Who knows back then if they made sure it was in a good/accurate location.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

It's official, PDX made it to the 80s to set an all time record high for the day. Since records have been kept, no day has made it to the 80s. Tomorrow another record will be broken and Thursday will be close. What a day!

[TT-SEA]

It's official, PDX made it to the 80s to set an all time record high for the day. Since records have been kept, no day has made it to the 80s. Tomorrow another record will be broken and Thursday will be close. What a day!

 

The term 'all time' is not usually used for a daily record.   That is typically reserved for a monthly record or maybe when PDX reaches 109 degrees.   That would be an 'all-time' record.   

[Deweydog]

Nina-esque day.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

The term 'all time' is not usually used for a daily record. That is typically reserved for a monthly record or maybe when PDX reaches 109 degrees. That would be an 'all-time' record.

Okay good point.

[TT-SEA]

Nina-esque day.

 

5/18/2008 agrees.

[MossMan]

Nice evening!

[Front Ranger]

Nina-esque day.

 

Just think, PDX didn't get as warm as today until 6/4 in 2011 and 6/23 in 2010.

[TT-SEA]

Lovely 65-degree evening here.  

[Deweydog]

Just think, PDX didn't get as warm as today until 6/4 in 2011 and 6/23 in 2010.

Glory days.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Lovely 65-degree evening here.  

 

54 here. 

 

78/39 day after a 72/33 yesterday.

[Jesse]

Glory days.

Now I’ve got Springsteen stuck in my head.

[Front Ranger]

Now I’ve got Springsteen stuck in my head.

You could do worse.

[Front Ranger]

Glory days.

2006-12...the 1949-57 of the modern era.

[Phil]

[Frontal Snowsquall]

New blog post from Mark on what he's thinking the next 2 days.

 

 

"The 88 at Roseburg was the highest observed temperature in Oregon today. Two cities set records for the day: Portland and Astoria.

 

 

Obviously the “scorcher” is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but these temps are far above normal for the last week of April.

 

I expect 3 changes (minor) for Wednesday:

 

A) Wind turns onshore (southwesterly) along most of the coastline = MUCH cooler. Likely 60 around Newport to low-mid 70s up at Astoria

 

B. Warmer atmosphere overhead everywhere east of the Coast Range. 850mb temps at Salem were +14C from the balloon this afternoon. That’s exactly what models showed. They all say +16 tomorrow afternoon. That would give us about 3 degrees warming.

 

C) East wind backs off. It’s already happened the past 6 hours, but pressure gradients east to west over the Cascades will be weaker tomorrow. We still get offshore flow, but with far less mixing, afternoon temperatures should rise a few degrees.

 

Combining the last two I figure we get about 5 degrees of warming in the metro area tomorrow, specifically the areas that were a little “cool” due to the wind today.

 

Thursday is real interesting because the east wind comes back a bit stronger, then goes almost calm late in the day as a major marine push begins to push into the central/southern Willamette Valley. Thursday may be one of those days where we make it to 85 in Portland, Salem is 78, and Eugene only hits 70."

 

https://fox12weather.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/a-very-warm-night-then-a-record-high-today/

[Frontal Snowsquall]