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I was going to go to the Mowich area of MRNP, but I was looking at my notes and realized I had not hiked on the east side in 10 years! Wow time flies. So I spent some time at Sunrise and did a hike up to the Fremont Lookout and Burroughs Mountain. It was beautiful, and not a lot of people. In fact there was nobody else at the lookout.

Did Mr. Marmot come visit you on the 1st Burroughs? Awesome picks in a magical place !

Made it out for an early morning walk.

Only one marmot...and a mountain goat, and a sundog AND my watermark all in one photo?!

85/51 on the day. Currently 74 but the breeze is making it a little chilly while eating dinner on the deck.

1 in 30 is probably about right for most of the Puget Sound (depends of course on how close to the water the exact location is) but for the Willamette Valley 100+ has occurred in probably 50-60% of years since the mid 1920s. In PDX's 81 year period of record only 35 of those years went without a triple digit day, so 57% of years have hit 100. It's a different story before that though, from 1874 (the first year of records for downtown Portland) through 1903 there was a grand total of one 100+ day in that 30 year period. The warming in the last 90ish years has been mostly from a decline in the number of cool, troughy days, declining influence of the marine layer, and an increase in the number of days in the mid 80s to low-mid 90s. Though who knows, perhaps this year is an ominous warning sign of an increase in the number of days with extreme heat.

A little mammatus action with some of these clouds. Lost track of the pod but did see 4 of the them. Still a distance away….so I will await my close encounter another day.

Almost certainly overdone, but the GEM gives much needed rainfall to many areas east of the Cascades and the mountains as well.

My station which seems to show dews on the high side showed a max dew of 85° today! I’ve had up to 84° dews in past years, but can’t remember it being 85°. It’s right beside the sweet corn patch and hay field. Not sure how much that contributes to dews. Maximum heat index to 117° and I’ve seen up to mid 120°s for that in past years.

87 here and 88 in North Bend... but does not feel that hot out there. I think I have become conditioned to warm weather.

I put very little stock in these outlooks. We can all look at that models and see how much precipitation is being forecasted. Besides, when our average is close to zero, a 30-40% chance of greater than average is not very meaningful.

Holy crap! This cell just blossomed in intensity as I was writing my last post and the winds are very strong! The power just went out on the other side of my street...please, please stay on over here! The rain is coming down sideways...this is literally blowing up right over my house and I could tell by the winds that these are powerful downdrafts. Wow.

Don't see SPC mention "derecho" too much in disco's or have a MOD risk this late in season this far N. But it's getting to be classic derecho season - last years was Aug 10th if I'am not mistaken. Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1249 AM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021 Valid 281200Z - 291200Z ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms, capable of widespread damaging wind gusts, very large hail and several tornadoes, are forecast across portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin late this afternoon into tonight. A favorable pattern will exist over MN/WI toward Lake Michigan today, supporting intense severe thunderstorms and possible derecho development later this afternoon/evening. As a result, a Moderate risk has been included from extreme east-central MN into southeast WI with the initial Day 1 Outlook. Forecaster ..Leitman/Bentley.. 07/28/2021

I generally have way less corn than most areas of Iowa. I live in a 50% wooded area. Creeks, wetlands, pastures, hay. Maybe 25% at most corn and soybeans. Yet my dewpoint is constantly higher than OTM a airport surrounded by corn and beans about 11 miles away. In May i had a 83 dewpoint when corn was 6 inches high and bean barely up. I think humidity pools from Mississippi river basin. Im about 700 ft elevation. Im sure there was 80 dewpoints here in the grass and wetlands of the 1700s! Lol

Yeah I was tracking that one on radar looked nasty down there for a time.

I have tracked these dewpoints closely for past 6 years. Mine had never been higher than 83. But 85 twice this week! Ive noticed many 80 or higher dp across Iowa today. Mine is similar usually to the Fairfield airport. The Washington county one seems quite high frequently. I was between oskaloosa and Freemont at a business surrounded by corn, it was horrid!

Outlier.

It hit 76F here today, currently 74F and dropping. I saw a few 80s sprinkled inland in the north end Puget Sound. A decent amount of clouds at the moment. It's covering the sun and I think I hear people rejoicing.

90's don't stop until middle of September, so if this is another warm or normal start to Fall, I should hit 45-50 days over 90 this year.

Front yard marmot in 2017. I'm sure he's been around off and on but missed opportunities

No words needed.

Nice pics... and pretty much smoke-free.

Clarion,IA. It almost looks legit for previous obs. They put these sensors smack dab in the middle of corn/soy fields and on days like today you know those crops are exhaling like crazy. I think a 88F dew point 5-10 years ago in MN was verified in Moorehead and in the middle of a cornfield, so who knows.

And another one!!! Up to 90F!!!

Currently 96 with a heat index of 104, its ugly.

Dew points have been awful around here the past few days. My weather station has been consistently registering 73F-78F dew points during the daylight hours...had a 78.4 earlier today. Probably a couple of more days to go before any improvement. Yuck.

No more dry Oct/Nov couplets next few years. Pineapples and windstorms this Fall!

Don't see weather related items on Zerohedge too often... https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/corn-belt-risk-damaging-derecho

My favorite time of day. Well, that and happy hour… Up to 72 here.

Models are really struggling with the mid range right now. Huge run to run inconsistencies The BC interior is smothered in smoke this morning. It’s looking like we might avoid any major smoke intrusions on the coast for the time being.

Only 0.13” of rain here in July 2015…better than this year!

Love the early morning walks as well! We are certainly blessed to live in the PNW 61* and enjoying coffee on the patio with the sun filtering through the trees

The lack of rainfall has been pretty incredible so far near the border in Whatcom County. Clearbrook has records back to 1903, and they average 14.52" from March 1 to July 31. Prior to this year their driest March-July period was 1924 with 7.34" of rain. Their 2nd driest was 1965 with 8.23" of rain. This year since March 1 they have seen a total of 3.00" of rain. Have to think that's something on the order of a 1-1000 year type of result....

The NWS just issued a warning for that storm cell which literally blossomed right over head. This is like the 3rd time I remember that this has happened to me where a storm grows right overhead. @Jaycee and those on the north side of Chicago are in for a "wake up" call from nature.

Winter can't get here fast enough.

I miscalculated. They counted over 200 and if everyone would’ve come it would’ve been at least 300 just on my fathers side! Got to see all of my siblings from 4 states. We had 2 portable ice cream machines going full time most of the afternoon! It was a huge hit as usual. It felt ok sitting out under the shade tree as there was a decent wind for a change, but it’s nearly calm this evening as usual. This is past for another few years.

The Cedar Rapids airport is out in the country, among the corn fields. Today CR reported a dew in the upper 60s all day and only rose above 70º over the last hour or two. CR also did not hit 90º today. Assuming we will hit 90º Wednesday, that would be only two 90º highs during the entire heat wave the models were showing.

Tomorrow looks to be our last 90s high for a while. God I hope so. 90s being the norm here like they have been this summer completely defies climo.

You’re no fun at all.

PDX dropped FIVE degrees in the last hour.

That kind of puts us all in our place! Love his talent

The 84 was at Algona. Lots of 82-83's today that I trust. 84 might be a stretch, but as mentioned above; who really knows for sure.

85 at SEA at 3 p.m.

Monster zucchini...

96.1 here with a heat index of 111. Hit 114 a bit ago!

Through 96 hours think Euro is going towards a better route to a potential cooldown.

"Attention! Low battery detected! Alarm will sound in 10 seconds for this unit only. 10......9...........8...........7..........6........5.........4...........3...........2.........1 The Alarm will now sound" CHIRRRRRRRRRRRP! "Low Battery!" CHIRRRRRRRRRRP!

For Fill. Cold and excessively pleasant D.C. summer leading into a frigid I-95 winter.

For sure. Beans also. The higher wet bulbs today put a damper on temps slightly in C.IA. DSM was forecasted to be 95 and it only made 92F. If the same is tomorrow with dews in mid to upper 70's to low 80's- I doubt anywhere with a dew above 76 or so makes it 100F or above.