Today was the warmest day in almost 2 months here in Portland. The 57 at PDX hasn’t been seen since a few days after Christmas. In Vancouver, it was your warmest day since before Thanksgiving! In Troutdale it was the warmest since early January. This was due to the warm southerly wind advecting in warmer air from south of us.
You might be thinking “wait a minute, what about those sunny and mild days in early February?”. Good point. For these three locations was cooler during those sunny periods due to a constant east wind blowing out of the Gorge. So it’s fair to say that for about 1/2 of the metro area today was the warmest so far this year.
drove back home to C.R. a road off of nevada drive off the hill in town is flooded, then hit a HUGE downpour between Lexington and C.R. havent had to turn my wipers on the highest setting in a long time, lol
Quite the squall has developed over southern Clark County. It started south of my location so I didn’t see anything too heavy.
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?rtx_n0r+/2h/
Looks like it’s about to move South into downtown… I’ll keep my eyes peeled, but there’s nothing too out of the ordinary out there at the moment.
It’s almost like a real front passed! Now I have a breezy NW wind (to 21 mph)
The pressure is rising and there is a lot of blue sky to the north.
Barely a light spit of drizzle downtown…
Send that pseudo-arctic front this-a-way, Tyler!
Just passed over me in the last 15 minutes…big downpours.
I must’a missed it, ’cause I just looked and it’s sunny in downtown now.
It’s marginal at best for late February, but according to this morning’s 06z, Sunday (Day 5) looks like 3 inches of snow to the valley floor. –9C at 850mb, height at 518dm and ~1/3 inch of liquid precip. Still though, it’s hour 120. Let’s cut that time in half and see what she says…
I say marginal, because the magic numbers in the dead of winter are –8C and 520dm, if I’m not mistaken?
Aaaaaaaaand… 12z takes it away. Well, sort of. Moved it up to Saturday now, but 850mb up to –8C, and heights bumped up to 526dm. Still ~1/3 inch of liquid precip, so we went from marginal short snow event on Sunday to 37 degree rain on Saturday, dry on Sunday.
I’m gett’n dizzy!
Looks like the dreaded 34 degrees and chunky rain.
In Longview for the night. It’s a deluge out here. The creek I’m by is running high and fast. Sounds like whitewater
And very windy in Happy Valley. Woke me up! Guessing 30-35 gusts?
2/21/2012 Oregon (All) Temperature Summary
Warmest:
High:66 at ECHO( 758 ft)
Low: 51 at CW2710 Maupin(1040 ft) & Meno(98 ft)
Coldest:
High:32 at ALAKES Haines(7979 ft)
Low: 23 at HOWARD Mt Howard (8150 ft ) & ALAKES Haines (7979 ft ) & HARL BUTTE (6071 ft )
Largest Diurnal Change: 29 degrees
NORTH FORK MALHE (61/32 ) (3270 ft )
Heaviest Rainfall:
3.74″ at LOG CREEK(2800ft)
2.18″ at MEARES Cape Mear(1421ft)
I really like wintry precipitation!
National Weather Service Portland or
854 PM PST Tuesday Feb 21 2012
.mid-range
models continue to advertise a major pattern shift beginning this
weekend. A shortwave system…whose strength and timing are not yet
well agreed upon…moves ashore centered just north of the area late
Friday into Saturday. This system opens the door for a longwave
trough to drop down over the Pacific northwest for the weekend…possibly
dropping snow levels very low and bringing wintry precipitation to
the area. North to northwesterly flow continues over the forecast
area into early next week…keeping snow levels low and moderate
precipitation through at least Monday. Model consistency is poor
beyond Monday…so have made no changes to the forecast beyond then.
Brown
&&
Best chance for 75-80 degree weather will be july 20th.. We are going to have a long soggy and cool spring.. and late summer, september 30th we will be in mid 80′s..
Jeff
Looks like those Tstorms in Southern Oregon might make it up into the valley on the afternoon of the 20th. May bring down the max temps down a bit.
We saw 4 days at or just over 60 at the start of the month down around Molalla & Canby. Hoping we don’t have to wait until the end of March to see them again…
Hawai’i. Today.
http://i44.tinypic.com/34zniwx.jpg
Seriously, WTF?!? >_<!!!
For Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa summits above 8,000 feet:
I am SO insanely jealous!!!
w7enk
Am a middle school algebra teacher. May I use your problem as an example of dimensional analysis? Introducing d.a. to my students and looking for examples. Will have students check your work and write a paragraph defending your solution or rebutting it. Thanks.
Oh, you mean the math thingie in my first post? Sure, absolutely… I couldn’t tell you what the actual equation is for calculating feet per second to miles per hour is, I just looked it up at CalculateMe.com
I suppose watching the rain blow past a building, counting the time it takes to travel two blocks, knowing that Portland’s city clocks are roughly 200 feet (a constant), and rough estimating wind speed at the 10-story level based on obs would be kinda fun for the kiddos! Kept me entertained while I waited for the bus!
city *blocks
Im testing for my GED soon, math is my week point. Know any good algebra sites for tips??
You might want to study up on spelling as well, lol. Sorry, couldn’t resist. But in all seriousness good for you!
…54.5 after 8pm…sweet!..
Heat pump is sure happy!
Today some spots in The Dalles hit 60 for the first time in 2012, and it was balmy ALL DAY LONG. Great for pre-vernal bulb and bud creep – they’re gonna need it for when everything goes back to sleep this weekend!
Best chance for low level snow is bumped out to hour 6528.
November 19th.
very very amusing, thanks Paul
good call man
I agree +/- 500 hours… You need to be looking in le de lo la la land a little more though… lol. — No need for alarm.
I made it up to 51 here in the Summit area of Tacoma Mark after a low of 38 overnight. My 24 hr 5 PM rainfall total in my automated gauge is 0.15 inches.
Not as much rain as I expected here in the lowlands but boy oh boy is it pouring in the mountains. Paradise for 24 hrs at 4 PM had 3.57 inches and Snoqualmie Pass in the same time period had 3.30 inches.
The avalanche danger is rated as HIGH becoming EXTREME in most areas by tomorrow if not sooner on most slope aspects.Timberline Lodge has been loading up with moisture as well with 2.07 inches in the last 24 hours to 4 PM.
Backcountry travel outside of developed ski areas and highways right now is NOT a wise idea.
Hard to keep up with so many posts!
Warm……..aaaaaaand wet!
Man, the wind is just tearin’ it up Downtown… You should see the curtains of rain, sheets screaming Northbound between the Justice Center and the Portland building! ~6 or 8 seconds between Madison and Salmon streets, so what is that, 400 feet? Someone do the math, my guess is about 40 mph at max. Granted, that’s up between the buildings maybe 10+ stories up…
White caps on the Willamette River, South side of the Hawthorne Bridge!
400 ft in 7 seconds
=
57.15 ft/sec
=
38.96590909090909 mph
Safe to say, winds are (were) gusting to 35 mph in Downtown P-town!