GobBluth

The 500 mb pattern on Wednesday looks so much like last June.

So less of a double wave and more a sustained hot but not extreme pattern west of Cascades?

Heat returns on GFS but more the 90 degree type.

Slightly, but back to the faster cooldown later in the week.

Picking up any positives, but there is still disagreement on how hot we get, the EPS doesn't yet support the Euro double heat wave, and the 06 EPS is slightly cooler through next Tuesday than prior runs.

Models seem to have given up on the retrograding block option.

The GEFS maxes the 850s around 21 on Tuesday.

That's the joke. This is the new normal.

PDX: Sun-86 Mon-98 Tue-103 Wed-101 Thu-96 Fri-91

Looks like the typical 100-102 heat wave that Portland gets a couple times a summer.

Quicker with the heat than the 06 but also quicker to back the ridge to the west by next weekend.

EPS looks quicker in the retrogression than GEFS.

just referencing some of the comments others have made today.

Only Thursday has vague similarities to last June, otherwise the comparison is ridiculous. What you're describing isn't crazy during the hottest time of the year.

If we're looking for a positive next week during our heat, the SW is going to enter a very active phase of the monsoon.

NBM peaks in the mid 90s.

New GFS looks more Euro with the 850 temps next Monday and Tuesday.

Portland NWS seems to have bumped highs tomorrow and Monday a few degrees. 100+ now likely.

Monsoons are going to get roaring early this year.

GFS moves to a large ridge forecast, at hour 360.

What's the story with the wildly divergent GFS and ECMWF profiles by next Wednesday?

entire east side looks like they may get soaking rains this weekend, not just north of the 45th parallel.

Mid 70s seem difficult with this overcast.

The ribbon of below normal precip doesn't match well with the temperature output.

The NBM is far drier than both the gfs and euro for the next 10 days.