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16 minutes ago, Phil said:

Now it’s China’s turn in the fire.

 

It seems really extreme in terms of heat this year... all over the world.      

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1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

It seems really extreme in terms of heat this year... all over the world.      

La Niña and middle latitude heat go hand in hand.

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47 minutes ago, Phil said:

Now it’s China’s turn in the fire.

I am assuming THI is "the Heat Index?"  If so....60c....that's 140 degrees in freedom units.  Ugly.....

 

 

Edit:  I see from the googles that it is actually "Temperature Humidity Index"....which I guess is the same thing as Heat Index?

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Some ridiculously warm lows this morning. SLE and PDX only got down to 68. Major UHI going on there. 

 

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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"

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3 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Probably another 95 at PDX.

This isn't bad, but I can't escape the feeling we are getting primed for a big August...

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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"

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Ended up with a 95/57 day yesterday. Pretty much in line with what seemed to be expected at least up here.

Clear with a low of 62 this morning. Kind of crazy to see PDX struggle to fall below 70. It used to take an exceptional event for lows like that there, now it seems to happen just about every other heat event.

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Just now, Eujunga said:

I only got down to 68º as well, and UHI isn't an issue at my rural location.

I was able to get down to 69º even in last June's Heatwave from Hell. My warmest overnight low has been 70º on 2 occasions after 103º days both times. Don't have the exact dates offhand.

Seems like you are often above the boundary layer up in the hills. EUG got down to at least 60.

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24 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Ended up with a 95/57 day yesterday. Pretty much in line with what seemed to be expected at least up here.

Clear with a low of 62 this morning. Kind of crazy to see PDX struggle to fall below 70. It used to take an exceptional event for lows like that there, now it seems to happen just about every other heat event.

At least it drops below 70°F there. 😭

Still can’t believe we used to drop into the low-50s in late July in the 19th century. WTF happened..it’s not like the globe warmed 15 degrees since then.

Mid-60s is a rarity now. 

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10 hours ago, ShawniganLake said:

Some suggestions on your way back from The west coast would be Cathedral Grove, Coombs, Little qualicum falls and Englishman river falls. 

We stayed in Parksville on Vancouver island in 1999 and saw a few of these spots. Horn Lake caves too.

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3 minutes ago, Phil said:

At least it drops below 70°F there. 😭

Still can’t believe we used to drop into the low-50s in late July in the 19th century. WTF happened..it’s not like the globe warmed 15 degrees since then.

Mid-60s is a rarity now. 

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4 minutes ago, Phil said:

At least it drops below 70°F there. 😭

Still can’t believe we used to drop into the low-50s in late July in the 19th century. WTF happened..it’s not like the globe warmed 15 degrees since then.

Mid-60s is a rarity now. 

Should go without saying you have a totally different summer climate out there. Even PDX still has average lows on the 50s most of the summer. Seeing them stay close to 70 overnight at the drop of the hat with any sort of summer heatwave lately is bizarre.

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1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Should go without saying you have a totally different summer climate out there. Even PDX still has average lows on the 50s most of the summer. Seeing them stay close to 70 overnight at the drop of the hat with any sort of summer heatwave lately is bizarre.

Agreed. Pretty shocked to see SLE hit 100 yesterday and then only drop to 68. We were 90/54 yesterday and then fell to 58 this morning. Obviously we are typically cooler, but 10 degrees is pretty significant. 

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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"

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11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Land development?   

Yeah, I think that is a bigger piece of the puzzle than people realize. But not all of it. Generally our lows up here are consistently warmer than they were historically. Much moreso than our highs. Kind of interesting and I am not entirely sure why. 

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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"

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23 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Land development?   

I considered that, but this area has remained relatively wooded and less developed since it’s mostly protected parkland. And these old records were kept in more urbanized areas anyway.

I think it has to be circulation related. Because we still had nasty stretches back then with lows around 80°F like now. But much cooler periods were mixed in, with large diurnal spreads. Lows in the 50s were common in the middle of summer. And there was much less rainfall than now.

Maybe the Bermuda High has migrated poleward and prevented cold fronts from dropping south? IDK.

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8 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah, I think that is a bigger piece of the puzzle than people realize. But not all of it. Generally our lows up here are consistently warmer than they were historically. Much moreso than our highs. Kind of interesting and I am not entirely sure why. 

That’s exactly what I’ve noticed too. We’d hit 100°F just as often in the 19th century as now. Maybe even more often.

But overnight lows are on another planet entirely. We could drop into the 60s at night after a 100°F afternoon. That’s impossible today.

But still there were stretches similar to today with low 90s highs and upper 70s at night. So that kind of weather still happened even back then. But it wasn’t the default.

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15 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah, I think that is a bigger piece of the puzzle than people realize. But not all of it. Generally our lows up here are consistently warmer than they were historically. Much moreso than our highs. Kind of interesting and I am not entirely sure why. 

I think there is generally more atmospheric moisture with global warming. I was wondering the other day if there was a way to show some sort of trend with the peak DPs at PDX during heat waves over the years. Seems like they have gotten higher in at least the last few decades that I have been observing but that is fairly anecdotal.

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Dropped to 54F here and still 58F at 9 a.m. with a strong marine push (wind gusting to 20 mph). I can usually count on one hand the number of days we have a low stay above 60F (still haven't had one this year). Obviously I don't know the historical context, but up here right next to the sound I think the summer lows have remained pretty consistent.

Home Wx Station Stats (Since January 2008):

Max Temp: 96.3F (2009)   Min Temp: 2.0F (2008)   Max Wind Gust: 45 mph (2018, 2021)   Wettest Day: 2.34 (11/4/22)   Avg Yearly Precip: 37"   10yr Avg Snow: 8.0"

Snowfall Totals

'08-09: 30" | '09-10: 0.5" | '10-11: 21" | '11-12: 9.5" | '12-13: 0.2" | '13-14: 6.2" | '14-15: 0.0" | '15-16: 0.25"| '16-17: 8.0" | '17-18: 0.9"| '18-19: 11.5" | '19-20: 11" | '20-21: 10.5" | '21-22: 21.75" | '22-23: 10.0" 

2023-24: 7.0" (1/17: 3", 1/18: 1.5", 2/26: 0.5", 3/4: 2.0", Flakes: 1/11, 1/16)

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12 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I think there is generally more atmospheric moisture with global warming. I was wondering the other day if there was a way to show some sort of trend with the peak DPs at PDX during heat waves over the years. Seems like they have gotten higher in at least the last few decades that I have been observing but that is fairly anecdotal.

I couldn't find something exactly like you meant, but I did find the spread of dew points throughout the summer months in past years, looks like there is a very slight upwards trend. image.thumb.png.3265a72ef515da8ba223aec250cde6dd.png

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2 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

Dropped to 54F here and still 58F at 9 a.m. with a strong marine push (wind gusting to 20 mph). I can usually count on one hand the number of days we have a low stay above 60F (still haven't had one this year). Obviously I don't know the historical context, but up here right next to the sound I think the summer lows have remained pretty consistent.

I think we’ve had 3 or 4 +60 lows so far this year. 

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8 minutes ago, Phil said:

Wow the 12z GFS is completely out to lunch now.

And the Canadian too. 😂

Both have a Pacific MJO bias. Wonder if that’s related somehow.

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27 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I think there is generally more atmospheric moisture with global warming. I was wondering the other day if there was a way to show some sort of trend with the peak DPs at PDX during heat waves over the years. Seems like they have gotten higher in at least the last few decades that I have been observing but that is fairly anecdotal.

This makes sense. It's interesting looking at the Silver Falls data, they used to have single digit lows fairly regularly. At least once every 2-3 years, and in 1955-56 they had one every month November-February. They've only had single digit lows recorded in 2009 and 2013 this century. It has to be more than happenstance. 

The big thing I notice about the lows is in the fall, when I moved up here the average first freeze date was September 23rd. We haven't had a frost before that date since I've lived here, and have only had freezes in September once or twice. Off the top of my head I would say our average first freeze since 2011 has been probably around October 20th. 

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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"

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Just now, Phil said:

And the Canadian too. 😂

Both have a Pacific MJO bias. Wonder if that’s playing a role.

I remember a week ago the GFS was showing yesterday and today being quite warm... total fail.   It was only 100 at SLE yesterday.   Wimpy!

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1 hour ago, Phil said:

At least it drops below 70°F there. 😭

Still can’t believe we used to drop into the low-50s in late July in the 19th century. WTF happened..it’s not like the globe warmed 15 degrees since then.

Mid-60s is a rarity now. 

No one cares. This is a western forum. 

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Just now, TT-SEA said:

I remember a week ago the GFS was showing yesterday and today being quite warm... total fail.   It was only 100 at SLE yesterday.   Wimpy!

I like cherries too. 🍒

Might be time for another gentleman’s wager.

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