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Our heat wave continues but there is some relief in sight by this weekend.  Usually we don’t like cold fronts, but they are very welcome this time of year.  As two hurricanes threaten the Gulf Coast of Texas and L […]

We have another hot day with highs expected near 90°.  We have yard work to do and it’s just too hot.  Our local meteorologist mentioned a chance for some pop-up showers or thunderstorms today, but just a sl […]

The Republican Party must hate the Atlantic Hurricane season with a vengeance.

In 2008, the convention (being held in Minneapolis / St. Paul) found itself on the forecast track for Hurricane Gustav.

In […]

After two wonderful, comfortable days, we are back into the hot, muggy weather of August.  We haven’t had a good rain for a week now and things are really getting dry.  The lawn has ceased growing which isn’t a b […]

The heat and high dew points from July have left us as significant high heat continues to stay away so far in August. Dew point temps remained high during the first half of the period, peaking well into the […]

This has been a summer of blistering heat, more so than summers past.  I, personally don’t like it.  But these past few days have been wonderful with highs only in the 70s.    It will be a bit warmer today, then […]

Our time at the campground was nice but it was too hot for me at the start.  The last two days were more comfortable however.  Here at home,  our Wednesday is very cool for mid August but I’m loving it.  The fee […]

The heat wave that is gripping the Columbia Basin will draw to a close over the next day or so. The upper-level ridge of high pressure influencing the pattern over the Inland Northwest will start moving to the […]

Hi all, I’m back after a hiatus! We really haven’t had much to talk about and I’ve been busy spending lots of time with my family, so blogging and weather updates have fallen by the wayside. However, we’re […]

After a toasty late July and early August, cooler weather has recently returned to the Pacific Northwest.  Except for a 90 on Monday the 10th, every other day since August 5 has stayed below 85 degrees at P […]

A ridge of high pressure will build over the next couple days, bringing a steady climb to high temperatures across the Columbia Basin for the remainder of the week. Current indications are that highs will reach […]

We’ll be heading up to our campground in a little while and I will probably not be heard from again until I get back.  Not sure if the WiFi will be working but it’s very unreliable when it does work.  It will be m […]

The heat and high dew points from July have partially left us as extreme heat has not resurfaced so far in August. However dew point temps remain high, peaking well into the 70s at the beginning and end of this […]

Yesterday was quite hot and today is about the same.  It’s a bit too warm for my liking but I’ll try to enjoy this last month of summer.  It’s hard to believe that summer is almost over already, and I can’t c […]

Very warm weather has returned once again, and highs today could reach near 90°F this afternoon.  That also brings s slight chance of storms for us, and they are already showing up on radar over Lake Michigan.  At […]

I wish that our summer weather would be like this all the time.  Highs in the 70s and low 80s are perfect as far as I’m concerned.  The forecast is showing the heat returning next week along with a stormy p […]

The last 12 days (not including today) have been a classic example of “Mediterranean summer” weather in the Pacific Northwest and the Portland Metro.  There have been almost no clouds in the morning, and temps […]

Today may be the last of our comfortable days before the heat returns once again.  This summer has gone so fast and it’s hard to believe that fall is just a month away.  We better enjoy it while it lasts a […]

Tuesday was mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers.  We only got 0.08″ and the showers were wide spread and brief.  The biggest factor yesterday was the temperatures.  We didn’t even make it to 70° which is unu […]