Nice view this afternoon of fires making good runs apparently just north of Detroit and west of Mt. Washington. That’s the View Lakes Complex of fires and the Scott Mountain Fire. Imagery here: http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/loopsat.php?wfo=pqr&area=west&type=vis&size=1
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A couple of new posts from George Taylor:
Earl Stewart – 78 Years of Weather Observations
http://appliedclimate.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/earl-stewart-%E2%80%93-78-years-of-weather-observations/
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Sorry if I broke any of the blog rules in response to Petey J about the interview! 😮 😦
In response to Petey J and sorry if I am too philosophical but I can’t make it any simpler so bear with me here:
It all really depends on what you call “hate crime” as some people will throw a big pity party if a friend asks you to join them at church/Mass/Synagouge/whatever
on some Sunday morning when you can just simply say you are “not interested” and more likely then not you will be left to your own devices or they are not true friends.
If you use impulse and shout “NO!” your friendship will be severely severed and they will wonder what the hell is wrong with you and why you snapped at them not knowing you had religious scars.
It’s not the church that needs changing but your friends that need a better attitude or you if you yelled no to your friends.
Also: If your “hate crime” can be blown out of proportion in some way the yes it will be on the news without a doubt so no worries in that department. 🙂
It will be more then on the news.
@Kyle: I have an unfortunate feeling it was something bigger than your example. 😦
Finally the relief from the funk! 74 and there’s so much more. Fresh air that is. nw @ 4mph.
I like the heat
I love the beat
just not the funk
like an old smokey trunk
Will my interview about the hate crime in downtown Vancouver make the news this evening? We shall see…
So here I was in Portland and the Vista house waiting for Rob’s 10-12mb westerly surged and guess what?
NOTHING!!!!!!!! I feel s o cheated! http://www.smileyhut.com/angry/ablow.gif
It was actually hot at the Vista house and I just looked at my station which is showing 77F outside.
YUCK!!!!!!!! http://www.smileyhut.com/angry/annoyed.gif
Not to mention it was too packed like sardines to really go inside.
Kyle, that was a westerly push meaning winds into the eastern Gorge towards Pendleton. Vista House wouldn’t have got much. Those aren’t going to really get blowing until tomorrow.
Petey, sounds like a bad situation. I will watch the news at 10/11 for your interview.
Still a warm 82.6 here and turning a bit muggy. I really thought by 8 PM that we would have seen strong NW breezes and more pronounced cooling than this. C’mon marine air!
High 98
Low 52
Marine air please……
Should feel much better tomorrow!
I didn’t think it would reach 90 today….Reached 91 here…
Still a warm 85 now.
08-25-2010 Oregon temperature extremes.
Warmest:
High: 109 at Merlin
Low: 78 at Red Mound
Coolest:
High: 56 at Charleston
Low: 30 at Crane Prairie
Largest Diurnal Change: 63 degrees
Cabin Lake (98/35)
Colgate (100/37)
Horse Ridge (99/36)
I didn’t expect it to be 92 still as we approach 7:00 PM. Cooling is taking its sweet time getting here…
That’s okay, that just means it will still be nice and warm while I watch the last summer sunset of 2010 from my back yard while enjoying a glass of mead. 🙂
chilled I trust
But of course!
notice how it looks like the wind has reached the base of the scott fire?…smoke spread out at low levels…
http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/loopsat.php?wfo=pqr&area=west&type=vis&size=1
Here is a link to the fire situation.
http://www.nwccweb.us/information/fire_info.asp
So looking at satellite imagery, the smoke is blowing away from the Valley. What the hey bob is causing this funk then!? Inversion of some sort?
This looks like its gonna get bad!! I hope our hardworking firefighters stay safe.
West breeze just started here.
Lots of smoke moving up from the south. (Oregon)
And then there were three http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/showsat.php?wfo=pqr&area=west&type=vis&size=1
So is the top fire in the image the one near Olallie Lake? My friend is saying that it is but I’m thinking the bottom one is since I don’t think Olallie is in Clackamas County.
it’s the top one
Well, there is three fire showing up on visible satellite. The northernmost (and westernmost) is in the Bull of Woods Wilderness. The fire farther south is Scott Mountain. The one in between them is the one closest to Olallie Lake. And now that I think about it, the spot fire I saw can’t be any of these.
There are actually 3…the top is in the Bull of the Woods Wilderness (I think that’s the name). The middle is the same complex, but just south of Ollalie Lake (at least on the radar). That one has suddenly blown up the last two hours. The southernmost one is the Scott Mtn. fire near McKenzie Pass.
wow…all that area up there is so ripe for a blaze……
Well if there’s any good news here at least the smoke is moving off to the northeast.
I mentioned the other day that we were on the Deschutes when that fire started. We figured they’d have it contained in a day or so. Now after a week it’s not looking to good. Especially with the forecast winds.
98!
…this latest timelaspe you can really see the fires exploding, and the plume is really starting to head east…
http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/loopsat.php?wfo=pqr&area=west&type=vis&size=1
Looks like a third fire has started up between the first two big ones.
Which appears to possibly be this fire which I saw last Friday when hiking into Jefferson Park. Looks like it is in the right area. Obviously it was just a spot fire back last week.
very smokey down here in salem on the eastside
looks to be a third one indeed…last couple of frames really show it well!
Also, looks like a new one started just a few miles NE of Crater Lake, too! It’s gett’n bad. 😦
….right now from my vantage point, the air has gotten a bit smokey, looking towards Mt. Hood, it is barely visible, and it looks like a wall of smoke going down the crest and into the foothills (which are becoming more obscured by smoke) from Hood towards Jefferson….my view of the Olallie area is blocked from here….
Take a look at the Mt. Hood real time camera… Smoke is convering the whole sky.
Wow i forgot the link 😕
http://www.fsvisimages.com/fstemplate.aspx?site=moho2
The eastern part of the gorge is getting clogged with smoke, too…
http://www.fsvisimages.com/fstemplate.aspx?site=CORI1
94 @ PDX. Can we tie yesterday or does the wind bust through?
I have a radar loop that starts when the fires pop up.
We sure haven’t had rain in a great while.
Nice one, Timmy. That shows both fires very well.
There is a big lava field east of the Scott Mtn fire, so if the westerlies kick in that should hopefully prevent this one from getting humungous in size.
Currently 95 in Sweet Home.
Near the Belknap Crater SSW of Mt. Washington I believe.
Unfortunately that isn’t the case further NNW towards the Olallie Lake scenic area.
With the strength projected of this onshore push I fully expect winds up there to top 50mph. Heck I’ve been up there before where winds are 5-15mph in Portland and 40+mph up there, so imagine how bad it is going to be. I can’t image the fire lines will hold either. Yikes…..
True and not good news. Hope for moisture.
93 @ PDX
Mark, did you read my mind? I just posted that info as well. 😀 I will re-post my info if it is okay?
Radar Loop
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=RTX&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&type=N0R&zoommode=pan&map.x=400&map.y=240¢erx=240¢ery=15&prevzoom=zoom&num=6&delay=15&scale=0.412&showlabels=1&smooth=1&noclutter=0&showstorms=0&rainsnow=0&lightning=0
Large Fire Map
http://www.nwccweb.us/information/firemap.asp
Fire Information
http://www.nwccweb.us/information/fire_info.asp?display=text
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I am quite concerned especially for the Olallie Lake Resort/scenic area as this area is tinder dry, lots of beetle killed trees, and the trees are very thick. As the onshore flow takes hold the westerly winds will be howling over the Cascades and I assume the fires will spread exponentially towards the east/northeast.
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There were reports of a fire outside Estacada last evening, looks like it’s really blown up today.