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It’s another afternoon of tragedy, as those massive wildfires continue to burn closer and closer to Portland. Firefighters in Clackamas county have been told to disengage due to increased fire behavior and instead […]

We’re waking up to another morning of heartbreaking images coming out of Oregon as fires continue to rage, driven by offshore flow and incredibly dry conditions. This morning’s satellite image continues to show an […]

Late last night, I had the unfortunate mishap of wandering to another website WITHOUT first saving my blog-in-progress.  More than an hour of work was instantly lost.   I’m not going to make the same mistake ag […]

Hard to believe that September and “meteorological” fall have arrived. Summer 2020 was a surprisingly boring one, as far as climatology goes:  Temperatures were very near normal for the month of June, and just […]

TEMPERATURES
August Average Temperatures were about 1.5° above the Normal in the area for both the Maximum and Minimum Temperatures. As has been the case this summer, there were no extended periods of hot […]

The relentless heat from July stayed away during this last August period. but the dew points remained high through most of the days till the last few days with dew 
points dropping into the 50s to foreshadow the […]

I’m a bit late with this blog today but have been busy all morning.  We’re heading up to the campground tomorrow for the holiday weekend, and will be up there for a week.  I’m hoping that the WiFi is working but i […]

A lot has happened in the weather department since I wrote my last blog two weeks ago. Washington, Oregon, and California all declared a State of Emergency due to widespread wildfires, and the entire Western US […]

Another line of thunderstorms passed over us late last night leaving us with an additional 0.96″ of rain.  Our total rain amount for the past two days is 2.53″.  It moved quite slowly from the NW to the SE b […]

Thunderstorms began around 1:30 this morning and continued all night.  We had a brief reprieve around 8 AM, but now the rain has started up again.  There was 1.55″ in my gauge at 8 AM, but it has been raining s […]

The last couple days, weather geeks and non-geeks alike have turned their eyes to the coast of East Texas and West Louisiana, where hurricane Laura is in the process of devastating communities with 150-160 mph […]

After a very wet Wednesday morning, the skies cleared by mid afternoon and the heat returned.  We received a total of 0.80″ of rain which was badly needed and the chance for more rain continues through the […]

They said that we would get rain but I didn’t expect what we’re getting.  We’ve been getting moderate to heavy rain since about 4 AM and there is no let-up at this time.  My weather station is showing 0.69″ s […]

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 […]