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Yuck! Looks like I’m not missing much back home. Unusual late season snow in mountains and rainy/windy in the valleys. I’ll be back on Friday.
Chief Meteorologist Mark Nelsen
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[Milwaukie]
Peak gust at my station 28.1 mph at 3:36pm. Fail.
0.70″ of rain in the last 24 hours. The majority of that fell between whenever it started raining last night and 11am. We completely missed all those heavy showers, and didn’t see any hail whatsoever. 😦
Yet again, this storm was rather disappointing.
I’m going to go cry myself to sleep now… j/k 😆
Been Having Half snow /hail tonight …. Maybe we are in for a surpise
Where are you again? Forest Grove?
Just going on Sat alone this next storm looks more impressive than the last. Don’t crucify me as I have not looked at models at all but just as a “photogragh from the Sat it looks more impressive to me than the one knocking on our door from last night with a more southerly/north track. Just going on this visual alone I would’ve thought this was the one to talk about and maybe before models developed like they have, it would be?
Nice video however it goes so fast it’s ‘almost’ impossible to see anything unless you stop the video at the pre setted time-frames.
Good night.
or maybe its just ur not fast enough for it 😉
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Time lapse from today, 6:45 AM to 6:45 PM.
Notice the clouds moving from the SE (Left) then from the SW and west (right) later. Around 43 seconds (1PM), a very strong shower moves through with winds 40-45 mph. This is what caused the power to flicker.
DOH! Swap the right and the left 🙂 I’m still learning!
Tyler, what’s with that big tarp thing on the roll? Were they thinking of putting sarran wrap over the apartments? 🙂
They are residing and re roofing right now.:). New paint soon!…depending on the weather.
Understood. Maybe trying out for the Portland Beavers ground crew but it looks like they gave up 🙂
Edit consistent south winds I meant.
Oops. 😮
I am stunned as to why there hasn’t been an anaylis yet as to the cause of no south winds?
What were we missing?
What was the final jigsaw pice to the whole puzzle?
Not sure if I can speak for all spotters in the willammete valley but today was a bust in all accords.
Had one burst of heavy rain in the afternoon and that’s it which isn’t unusual this type of year……………….:-?
Typo: Time of year.
39.7F it would be cool to have the temp fall some more and see some flakes fly through the air with a heavy shower passing through… Will I get that probably not lol.
Highest wind reported in the Pacific Northwest from this storm:
Hurricane Ridge— 105mph while it was 26 degrees.
elevation 5200
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=mso&sid=HURW1&num=48&raw=0&dbn=m
Lives up to its name lol.
WOW !
I guys come check out my site please
http://bensweatherpageandblog.blogspot.com/
Check this cool thing out I just found
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?brand=wxmap&query=Tillamook+Or
Thanks for the Weather Underground link! That looks a lot better than it has before!
Nice find Ben….:)
Yeah I was just clicking around and found it … Thanks Cherie and you are welcome Beaverton Chris
Lightning detector went off…Must be from the cell approaching west Clatk County…
43.9F….0.51″ rain today
97 mph at Camp Muir today. Tatoosh Island recorded 87 mph today.
Is this up in Washington or Vancouver?
Camp Muir is on Mount Rainier, and Tatoosh is off the far NW tip of Washington
Is Astoria going for some kind of thunderstorm record for the year????
I mean, this is # 4 for the day!
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=pqr&sid=KAST&num=72
Dang that is sweet. I wonder how much lightning was associated with them, probably cloud to cloud for the most part..
Just has 1/2 inch hail and lightning in a thunderstorm … Radar was saying 10% sever
Dang seriously! Thats awesome!!!
Oh yeah I can see the cell that hit you on the radar lope, a dark red core for sure.
Yeah …. It has died off now …Just shows you that this can happen today …what about tonight and the wintry mix idea at all elevations
I bet some low areas will see a snow/rain mix or hail with heavier showers tonight, especially in the hillier terrain, but I am not sure how much the showers will die down when the sun sets. Its 41.7F here so I am expecting a possible mix tonight, had some this morning at 39F when it was dumping…
Ben, did you get any pics of the hail? Was it covering everything pretty well in white?
Did anyone see the record heat wave in the great lakes and Ohio Valley yesterday?
They usually reap the weather benefits of our crappy spring weather in the northwest. Temps reached the 80’s into northern Michigan and the 75 degree line pushed well into Ontario Canada.
As of 5:30 PM
Upper Air Analysis
850mb: -3c (and cooling)
500mb: -32c
Thermodynamic Fields
MUCAPE: 100J/kg
LIFTED INDEX: +1
MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES: 7.5C/km
LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES: 7C/km
42.6
92% humidity
Wind SW @ 11.7mph
29.62 in
Cloudy with showers moving in
First time all day we finally have snow!!
oh wow!
1000 feet huh?