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You said today was miserable like it was so unusual to ever see the sun or experience a temp close to 70.   You were immediately fatigued from the heat after walking out the door.    Pretty goofy.     :lol:

 

And if its true... then even normal summer weather is miserable to you.

 

I didn't experience that today, but do anticipate it coming rather soon. We've had so much of it in every single summer since 2013. Along with that we've also had near constant warm and dry anomalies for way longer than normal periods of time during these years.

Where I did experience much more fatigue was when I ran today due to the sun and heat. With the sun angle so strong and the air so warm, the heat mirages were lifting from the pavement and overheating me. Done running during times like these in the daytime.

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I didn't experience that today, but do anticipate it coming rather soon. We've had so much of it in every single summer since 2013. Along with that we've also had near constant warm and dry anomalies for way longer than normal periods of time during these years.

Where I did experience much more fatigue was when I ran today due to the sun and heat. With the sun angle so strong and the air so warm, the heat mirages were lifting from the pavement and overheating me. Done running during times like these in the daytime.

 

 

Oh well.    That is climo.   You act like its a surprise.

 

We don't garden much in November and December... also climo.

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Oh well. That is climo. You act like its a surprise.

 

We don't garden much in November and December... also climo.

It being dry and warm for this long and having these periods continue repeating themselves is not climo. I actually am surprised this has happened so much the past 6 years. Never would have expected it before then.
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It being dry and warm for this long and having these periods continue repeating themselves is not climo. I actually am surprised this has happened so much the past 6 years. Never would have expected it before then.

 

You have absolutely no idea what the rest of this year will bring... and I am specifically referencing your goofy comments about today.    Your heat exhaustion today has nothing to do with the last 6 years.   A day like this at the end of April could happen in any year... and usually does happen.   It was actually very close to normal today.

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The Portland region is incredibly overdue for a significant wet month between May and August. You have to go back to July 2014 to find a reasonably large surplus from any one month.

 

Portland region is due for a truly anomalously wet month. Hasn't happened since April 2017, pretty much.

 

But then again "due" is overrated. Anything could happen this summer, but there's a good chance it's going to be very dry.

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But most of all, it's a big nuisance to walk outside and immediately feel hot and fatigued. I couldn't even run half the distance I usually do today because the sun was out in such full force.

 

 

Had to save this one for posterity.

 

You posted something almost exactly the same as this last April on a day when it was 66 degrees.   And I had to bring up again several times last summer when it was actually very hot.

 

I might have to do the same with this post... from a day that was probably in the upper 60s in your area with a dewpoint in the teens and that unbelievable late April sun angle here on the equator.     :lol:

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You have absolutely no idea what the rest of this year will bring... and I am specifically referencing your goofy comments about today.    Your heat exhaustion today has nothing to do with the last 6 years.   A day like this at the end of April could happen in any year... and usually does happen.   It was actually very close to normal today.

I did not have heat exhaustion, I was simply more fatigued from my body compensating for the high temperatures and loss of moisture through sweat.

It doesn't matter what happens the rest of the year, the region has already experienced so much of these warm and dry spells the past 6 years that getting more is just insane and not enjoyable.

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Continental airmass to our east and deep offshore flow.

 

Record low this morning at Pendleton with 27.

 

Very interesting.

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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Looks like they had more rain in 3 hours this evening in Tulsa than most places in the PNW did this month.

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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Had to save this one for posterity.

 

You posted something almost exactly the same as this last April on a day when it was 66 degrees. And I had to bring up again several times last summer when it was actually very hot.

 

I might have to do the same with this post... from a day that was probably in the upper 60s in your area with a dewpoint in the teens and that unbelievable late April sun angle here on the equator. :lol:

When's the last time you've done some serious cardiovascular activity in those conditions? It's quite straining!
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A semantics aside. It is pretty amazing the faucet shut off in mid-April for a 2nd year in a row. 

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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When's the last time you've done some serious cardiovascular activity in those conditions? It's quite straining!

 

 

What is your point?   You cannot handle a normal late April day?   Then you best take a long trip to coastal Alaska... because even normal weather for the next few months will be warmer than today.   That is just climo.   Just like rain in November.  

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A semantics aside. It is pretty amazing the faucet shut off in mid-April for a 2nd year in a row. 

 

There was a cold rainy front early last June. Phil is saying that a cool wet pattern will make an appearance in late May / early June.

 

Let's see what happens...

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A semantics aside. It is pretty amazing the faucet shut off in mid-April for a 2nd year in a row. 

 

Way too early to say this... even May could end up wetter than normal in the end.   Its April 30th.  

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There was a cold rainy front early last June. Phil is saying that a cool wet pattern will make an appearance in late May / early June.

 

Let's see what happens...

 

Last June was dry and May was record warm AND dry. At least this year doesn't look quite as warm...

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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Last June was dry and May was record warm AND dry. At least this year doesn't look quite as warm...

 

 

Yeah... and also the small fact that we can only reasonably see out about 7-10 days and its April 30th.  

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Dude... it was almost a perfectly normal late April day.     And it probably actually felt a little cooler than normal there with a decent NW breeze and extraordinarily dry air. 

 

What is your point?   You cannot handle a normal late April day?   Then you best take a long trip to coastal Alaska... because even normal weather for the next few months will be warmer than today.   That is just climo.   Just like rain in November.

 

Handling a day would be just sitting idle and doing normal not so strenuous activities. I ran 3 smiles this afternoon, so I felt the heat and dryness much more than you would doing the former.

But my point is, these stretches of perpetual sun and warmth is not normal at all and this one looks to go down as one of those. The reliable EPS agrees.

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Yeah... and also the small fact that we can only reasonably see out about 7-10 days and its April 30th.  

 

Historical data shows us we have about a 60% chance of having a dry May, 20% near normal, 20% wet. So here is a possibility of course.

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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Handling a day would be just sitting idle and doing normal not so strenuous activities. I ran 3 smiles this afternoon, so I felt the heat and dryness much more than you would doing the former.

But my point is, these stretches of perpetual sun and warmth is not normal at all and this one looks to go down as one of those. The reliable EPS agrees.

 

Your point is all over the place.   

 

There is almost always an extended stretch of sunny, dry weather in late April or May at some point.   And usually periods of rainy weather as well.

 

Today was very close to normal.   The last 6 years have NOTHING to do with your inability to handle a normal late April day.    If you cannot handle doing exercise on a normal day then that is your problem... not nature's problem.   

 

You are mixing all kinds of things together... but the only unusual aspect about today was the extraordinarily low dewpoints which actually makes it feel a little cooler than it would otherwise.   ;)

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Your point is all over the place.   

 

There is almost always an extended stretch of sunny, dry weather in late April or May at some point.   And usually periods of rainy weather as well.

 

Today was very close to normal.   The last 6 years have NOTHING to do with your inability to handle a normal late April day.    If you cannot handle doing exercise on a normal day then that is your problem... not nature's problem.   

 

You are mixing all kinds of things together... but the only unusual aspect about today was the extraordinarily low dewpoints which actually makes it feel a little cooler than it would otherwise.   ;)

Oh I was perfectly able to exercise today. I even did some core and upper body workouts after I cooled off. I'm in good shape.

And this extended stretch might be looked at a bit more normally if only it wasn't after such an event already happening in March and so many interspread throughout the past 6 years.

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GFS shows some light rain on May 10th.

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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Oh I was perfectly able to exercise today. I even did some core and upper body workouts after I cooled off. I'm in good shape.

And this extended stretch might be looked at a bit more normally if only it wasn't after such an event already happening in March and so many interspread throughout the past 6 years.

 

Whew!

 

Thanks for the thrilling discussion about how miserable this normal late April day was... and how you were on the verge of heat exhaustion immediately upon walking out the door.   And how the weather years ago made today feel even warmer.     :lol:

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Whew!

 

Thanks for the thrilling discussion about how miserable this normal late April day was... and how you were on the verge of heat exhaustion immediately upon walking out the door.   And how the weather years ago made today feel even warmer.     :lol:

Thank you for responding with serious demeanor throughout the discussion.
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That's great news. That also really is strange going off of the past 6 years. Fingers crossed for at least normal.

 

 

Yeah... its been a very hot year so far.  

 

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April will go down as the 11th time in 12 months that OLM has recorded below normal precip.

 

 

SEA ended up well above normal... so did BLI.  

 

And the foothills and Cascades too.  

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