73F is the magic number I guess; KSEA is also sitting at that mark for their preliminary high of the day. Today's 73/56 spread ranks just 1.5F above normal, well below all respectable guidance sans the Euro, which was only 4-7F warm in error. It too probably undermodeled midlevel cloudcover, but was half-saved by its general cool bias. Tomorrow we return to the below average temperatures we've come used to over the last two months, continuing at least into Tuesday, and potentially much further beyond that. Ensemble guidance is picking up on at least three more major troughing cycles in the next couple weeks, as for the first time in what feels like forever our June and July weather maps aren't lit blazing red. Last note... Models are beginning to converge on a wet frontal boundary with the associated pattern change Tuesday night into Thursday morning, exact timing being the disputed factor. This incoming trough on a whole doesn't appear too moist, or even all that cold, but weak deformation on its northeast side could aide lift in what will already be a seasonably vigorous cold front, allowing for heavier stratoform rain to persist over a localized region, placed somewhere between Portland and Kamloops.

Chicago is missing out

Dewpoint was 72 here when it was 107. Heat index got up to about 117. It felt miserable.

Good for them. Springfield can be different than EUG and can often feel more like the Umpqua Basin than the Willamette Valley. Depends on the day. It’s also in town with a lot of concrete while the airport is a few miles out of town to the NW and is not a good representation of the metro area.

No words needed OTM .22 in June Pics of nw Iowa and Ottumwa today. VID-20240622-WA0000.mp4