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I’m not a fan of the Chick Fil A there. I wish they would have turned that into the In-N-Out instead. I’m going to miss the Hawaiian Time that they are going to tear down now. Best Hawaiian food in the PNW.

My favorite fast food place is Burgerville since they use local grass fed and Tillamook . But In-N-Out is a close second. You can’t go wrong with an Animal Style Double Double and!

Great news! They are also going forward with the Beaverton In-N-Out location too. I’m guessing once they found out an In-N-Out was opening in Ridgefield they decided to go ahead with the project since it would be less traffic with another PDX location. Now having 3 locations in PDX would be good since all the traffic can be spread out more. “WASHINGTON COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - A land use application to open an In-N-Out Burger in Beaverton on Highway 10 was approved Tuesday, according to Washington County. The proposed In-N-Out location is next door to the Chick-fil-A at Southwest Beaverton Hillsdale Highway and 107th Avenue, and will be a 3,885-square-foot restaurant with a drive-thru and outdoor seating.” https://www.kptv.com/2024/04/17/in-n-out-burger-may-be-coming-soon-beaverton

at PDX today. This should be the last 70s for the month. The next one will be in May.

I went to the Columbia River Gorge today are there’s still some drifts on the Oregon side that’s sheltered away from the . It’s probably from the January storm and it’s crazy it hasn’t melted yet in 3 months.

For tomorrow the minor risk extends up into SEA.

Interesting parameter they use. For today they had PDX in the yellow which is minor risk. This will be fun to track this warm season.

I’m not surprised. We’ve been in a long dry stretch. Mother Nature will always try to balance things out in the long term.

What a difference a year makes. Last year through the first 3 weeks of April, PDX had 4.69” of rain and was running 217% of average. This year only 0.62” of rain and 28% of average. We’ll be able to make some of the deficit as moisture arrives later this week.

Warmer than expected yesterday as PDX got up to 73, it’s 3rd straight 70s . A little cooler today but back into the 70s Monday and Tuesday. More seasonal weather by the end of the week.

Sound like a great idea, count me in. We’re due for another Columbus Day Storm. Maybe we can all meet there and do some storm chasing!

Wow, beautiful sunset right now at Oceanside!

The is back out at the , going to be a beautiful tonight!

Snowing in the Olympic as well!

PDX Metro getting a hole right now.

Sunny and 70 degrees out here but moisture starting to make its way onshore.

It’s due to the cool/cold air heading east of the Cascades/Rockies. I love this pattern in April because it produces strong east winds and sunshine all the way out to the beaches!

The warm dry offshore flow was able to make it to the today. Hoquiam was able to get to 68 like SEA. Down here Astoria and Tillamook made it up to 72. PDX got to 71 for a +8 high departure but well off the record pace of 89 set back 8 years ago. Another beautiful day across the region.

June also for Southwestern Oregon. Does this data include the June 2021 heatwave? My guessing is if we do another 30-Year Trend in the next decade or so then the pink will slowly creep north towards Western Oregon and Washington with June trending the warmest. Another thing I noticed is in parts of Alaska, February is the warmest. That makes sense because over the past 30 years we have had some big time February Arctic Blast here in the PNW while there is big ridging in Alaska. In my opinion this trend might also continue and the February will slowly overtake October as the month trending the warmest up in Alaska. If my hypothesis is correct then that means Spring will become shorter and shorter as Winter ends later than usual and Summer beings earlier.

Just saw the radar loop. That’s as impressive as it gets. I saw reports of over 6 inches. Looks like the Dubai government said there wasn’t any cloud seeding missions during the storm. They have done it in the past though. I’m not a fan of cloud seeding or any other weather intervention done by man. We need to let Mother Nature run its course. “DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The National Center of Meteorology, a government task force responsible for cloud seeding missions in the United Arab Emirates, said it had not carried out the weather modification technique in the run-up to the heavy storms that caused flooding in places like Dubai. The organization told CNBC that it did not dispatch pilots for seeding operations before or during the storm that struck the UAE on Tuesday.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna148263

Most of Washington is not in a drought. But it’s okay for them to be proactive if they think more drought conditions will come throughout the warm season.

I like the Model Y but that’s one of the reasons I’m leaning towards the Model S. It can go 405 miles on .

That’s their Cybertruck model. It’s very unique looking probably why it catches everyone’s attention. Maybe that’s what the intent is. I’m planning to just get a sedan, likely the Model S.

I’m more of a Tesla fan. I currently don’t have an EV but plan to get one in the next couple years. Maybe once they build more charging stations.