thedood
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Next Week
After a record setting (high temp was 79) Saturday, we're back in a cool and wet pattern. Temps in the next 4 days should be in the low to mid 50s. But by Friday, 48 is my forecast high with a low of 33. Then on Saturday, I have a forecast high of 43 and a low of 33, Sunday is 45/37. On Saturday and Sunday, there is a rain/snow mix forecast for me...at 200 feet above sea level...in late April.
I hope I don't get graupel like I did a couple weeks ago. |
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Graupel:
| Quote From Source: | Graupel is that Styrofoam ball type of snow that stings your face when it falls from the sky. It forms from strong convective activity within a storm (upward vertical motion) caused by the passage of a cold front or springtime convective showers. The static buildup from all these falling graupel pellets sometimes cause lightning as well.
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http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/encyclopedia/graupel.htm
Interesting ...I had to look it up.
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
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I thought it was some version of the flu.... |
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I thought it was a climbing tool, ......or that black plastic cone shaped thing the doctor puts on the end of that light-up thing that he sticks into your ear.
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
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thedood
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i thought it was that thing judges pound on their desks.  |
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good one
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thedood
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Here we go again...
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ASTORIA... CANNON BEACH... TILLAMOOK...
LINCOLN CITY... NEWPORT... FLORENCE... VERNONIA... JEWELL... TRASK...
GRANDE RONDE... TIDEWATER... SWISSHOME... ST. HELENS... CLATSKANIE...
HILLSBORO... PORTLAND... OREGON CITY... GRESHAM... SALEM...
MCMINNVILLE... DALLAS... EUGENE... CORVALLIS... ALBANY... HOOD RIVER...
CASCADE LOCKS... MULTNOMAH FALLS... SANDY...
SILVER FALLS STATE PARK... SWEET HOME... GOVERNMENT CAMP...
DETROIT... SANTIAM PASS... VIDA... LOWELL... COTTAGE GROVE...
MCKENZIE BRIDGE... OAKRIDGE... WILLAMETTE PASS... PARKDALE... ODELL...
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER... MOUNT ST. HELENS... FRANCES...
RYDERWOOD... RAYMOND... LONG BEACH... CATHLAMET... LONGVIEW... KELSO...
CASTLE ROCK... STEVENSON... SKAMANIA... VANCOUVER... BATTLE GROUND...
WASHOUGAL... TOUTLE... ARIEL... COUGAR 900 PM PDT TUE APR 15 2008 ... UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER WITH VERY LOW SNOW LEVELS LIKELY COMING THIS WEEKEND TO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...
A VERY COLD UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND... BRINGING A COLD AIR MASS TO THE REGION MUCH MORE LIKE THAT FOUND IN MID WINTER THAN IN MID APRIL.
AS THE LOW DIGS SOUTH INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY PLUMMET TO VALUES SIMILAR TO THOSE DURING THE RECENT SPRING BREAK IN OREGON... OR TO MANY OF THE LOW ELEVATION SNOW EVENTS BACK IN JANUARY AND EARLY FEBRUARY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LIKELY LOWER TO 1000 FEET OR POSSIBLY EVEN 500 FEET... AND A RAIN OR SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE TO NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS.
THIS COLD AIR WILL ALSO LIKELY RESULT IN SOME NEAR RECORD MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND. THE COLDEST MORNINGS WILL LIKELY BE SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS. MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES COULD FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. BE SURE TO BE READY TO PROTECT ANY VULNERABLE SPRING PLANTS THIS WEEKEND.
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Slightly modified advisory.
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NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...FLORENCE...VERNONIA...JEWELL...TRASK...
GRANDE RONDE...TIDEWATER...SWISSHOME...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...
HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...
MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...HOOD RIVER...
CASCADE LOCKS...MULTNOMAH FALLS...SANDY...
SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...SWEET HOME...GOVERNMENT CAMP...
DETROIT...SANTIAM PASS...VIDA...LOWELL...COTTAGE GROVE...
MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS...PARKDALE...ODELL...
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS...FRANCES...
RYDERWOOD...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...CATHLAMET...LONGVIEW...KELSO...
CASTLE ROCK...STEVENSON...SKAMANIA...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...
WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR
931 PM PDT THU APR 17 2008
...UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER WITH VERY LOW SNOW LEVELS AND NEAR
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND
NORTHWEST OREGON THIS WEEKEND...
ALL OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON WILL BE AFFECTED
BY AN UNUSUALLY COLD SPRING WEATHER SYSTEM THIS WEEKEND. THIS
SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS...ACCUMULATING SNOW TO ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 1000
FT...AND NEAR RECORD COLD OVERNIGHT LOWS TO THE VALLEY FLOOR.
THE TIMING OF THE COLD WEATHER IS LATE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE
SHARPEST DROPS IN TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL APPROACH ELEVATIONS MORE TYPICAL FOR
MID WINTER THAN FOR EARLY SPRING. THE SNOW LEVELS WILL CERTAINLY
DESCEND TO THE LOWER FOOTHILLS...AND ITS POSSIBLE THAT IN HEAVIER
SHOWERS WET SNOW COULD MIX DOWN TO ELEVATIONS BELOW 500 FEET THIS
WEEKEND.
THE COLDEST MORNING LOWS WILL BE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THESE
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO CHALLENGE RECORDS AT A FEW LOCATIONS AND
MAY BE COLD ENOUGH TO HARM TENDER VEGETATION.
THIS WEEKEND...PROTECT ANY VULNERABLE SPRING PLANTS...AND PREPARE
FOR MID WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS IF TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS.
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Man, are we going to have significant snow sitting in the foothills (1500-4500 ft) through the summer? At this rate...yes.  |
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send that my way. |
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Well, it's snowing in Seattle right now |
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We got ~ 1/4 inch where I'm at. It's supposed to off and on all weekend. Craziness. It's snowing good right now. |
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wow...it just grauppeled here VERY VERY heavily for about 2 minutes. Almost everything is white now. Now it's just light snow now and it's about 43F and dropping rapidly. |
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grrr...its 70 here. |
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