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Super heat wave in west...
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | 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
1020 AM PDT WED MAY 14 2008
...UNSEASONABLY HOT WEATHER WILL BURST INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
AND NORTHWEST OREGON THURSDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...
AFTER A VERY PROLONGED PERIOD OF ABNORMALLY COOL SPRING WEATHER
...THE HOTTEST WEATHER OF THE YEAR...MORE LIKE MID SUMMER...WILL
BURST INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THURSDAY...
THEN CONTINUE OVER THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND.
THIS WILL BE THE HOTTEST WEATHER SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER.
TEMPERATURES INLAND THURSDAY WILL APPROACH 90...AND ON FRIDAY
APPROACH THE MID 90S. TEMPERATURES AT THE COAST COULD REACH INTO
THE 80S BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. RECORDS AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS
WILL LIKELY FALL...AND THESE ARE LISTED IN A PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENT.
TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND WILL CONTINUE VERY WARM. A SHALLOW
MARINE LAYER MAY BEGIN FORMING ALONG THE COAST THIS WEEKEND THAT
WILL BRING SOME RELIEF THERE...BUT ANY SIGNIFICANT COOLING INLAND
WILL LIKELY BE SLOW TO TAKE HOLD...POSSIBLY HOLDING OFF UNTIL NEXT
MONDAY.
WITH SUCH A RAPID TRANSITION FROM TEMPERATURES NEAR 60 TO
TEMPERATURES NEAR OR ABOVE 90...BE SURE TO USE CAUTION IF OUT IN
THE HEAT THIS WEEK. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. WEAR LIGHT CLOTHING.
WEAR HATS AND USE SUNSCREEN TO PROTECT THE SKIN FROM THE SUNSHINE.
SEEK COOLER OR AIR CONDITIONED AREAS DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY.
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I'm gonna melt. At least I don't live in Medford or Redding though. They'll be in the 100s and near 110. 
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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Snowmelt.....
BTW, when it's hot out west, I look for cold back east. Rarely is it hot EVERYWHERE in the US at the same time... |
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110 !? is that anywhere normal ?
its mid 90s here and I'm bakin |
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BTW, where is the warm air coming from? It's 55F right now in Seattle, and not all that much warmer to the south.
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Downsloping winds (like Santa Anas?) |
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What a freaky heatwave. It will come out of nowhere and vanish after just a couple of days. They will go from 60's for highs to 90's for ONE day (surrounded by a total of three 80's days) and back to the 60's again. This is the forecast for Portland, OR. They will even hit the 50's for highs on the 22nd. Talk about strange.
And speaking of warm weather where is mine? In Indianapolis we have hit the low 80's just three times. And looking at the long range forecast that is how the month of May will end. We will hit meteorological summer having basically seen no real warmth. May should finish way below normal for us.
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I hate to even think something might happen ... but my parents used to call this Earthquake Weather.
It's 80 and humid today here in San Francisco ... tomorrow it's suppose to be 90!
"Mother Nature Kicks Ass!" |
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I think calling a 1 day heatwave a super heatwave may be a bit of an exaggeration.
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I think the warmest I have seen here in northern Utah so far is mid 70's...forcast is for 80 this weekend |
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well, it's gonna feel like a "super heat wave", relative to what we've had here the last few months. People are already complaining about the heat and we still have ~20 degrees to go on Friday.
It's only 73 right now at 6:48 PM and it really does feel hot.
90 in SF is pretty rare...
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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Heat Advisory
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1248 PM PDT FRI MAY 16 2008
ORZ001>010-012-WAZ020>023-039-040-170300-
/O.CON.KPQR.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080517T0300Z/
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-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-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...VIDA...LOWELL..
COTTAGE GROVE...FRANCES...RYDERWOOD...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH..
CATHLAMET...LONGVIEW...KELSO...CASTLE ROCK...STEVENSON..
SKAMANIA...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE..
ARIEL...COUGAR
1248 PM PDT FRI MAY 16 2008
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON FROM THE COAST TO THE
CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND IN THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE..
A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR SO FAR...AND THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURES THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS FROM THE COAST TO THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND IN THE
WESTERN COLUMBIA GORGE.
TEMPERATURES AT THE COAST WILL REACH INTO THE 90S AT SEVERAL
LOCATIONS TODAY. AS OF NOON...NEWPORT WAS 93 DEGREES...FLORENCE
WAS 95 DEGREES...AND TILLAMOOK WAS 91. HIGHS INLAND WILL REACH
THE MID AND UPPER 90S AT MANY LOCATIONS TODAY...WITH MID TO UPPER
80S ALREADY INLAND AT NOON. HUMIDITIES IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BE
AROUND 25 OR 30 PERCENT.
THE COAST WILL SEE COOLING TONIGHT AS WINDS SWITCH TO THE SOUTH
AND A MARINE LAYER DEVELOPS. INLAND WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE WARM
SATURDAY BUT NOT NEARLY AS HOT AS TODAY AS THE MARINE AIR STARTS
TO SEEP INLAND...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO NEAR 90.
A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES WITH ELEVATED
HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT
ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. STAY IN AN AIR
CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE. STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE DURING THE
HEAT OF THE DAY. WEAR LIGHT CLOTHING. WEAR HATS AND USE SUNSCREEN
TO PROTECT THE SKIN FROM THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES
AND NEIGHBORS.
$$
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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At my house, it's 93.2F...in the shade. And it's only 1:37 PM. We've still got about 6 more hours of high sun here. 
On the bright side, next Tuesday's forecast is a high of 57F and showers. 
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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The high pressure came off the coast of California, moved north and slightly inland, and is now just gonna go up to the Canadian Rockies in B.C. before it comes back down the Rockies in the U.S...
I guess its track would look almost like an upside down 'u'.
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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An upside down 'u'? lol. Like an 'n' 
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I'm in the mountains of NC on a fishing trip and I am FREEZING MY ASS OFF!!!
Got to Linville Gorge and it was 61F. By the time we left, it was 53F. When we got to the cabin it was 48F. With a 25mph wind. It's freakin mid-May. The trees aren't even REMOTELY out with leaves yet.
Send Al Gore up here so I can kick him in the nuts.... |
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hmm, I forgot about 'n'. I was looking for an upside down 'u'. No, I don't smoke anything!
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Well the high today at my house got up to about 97, which is pretty rare any time of the year. Although in May 2006, we did hit 100 or 101. It was humid that day too. Luckily, the dewpoint today was very (relative to what it has been recently relative to the temperature) low. So the relative humidity has been around 20%-30%. The dewpoint really hasn't changed much at all today. It's been around 14C/58F pretty constantly since yesterday. Now at 11PM, it's 80F...the temp that is.
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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You people west of the Mississippi don't know the meaning of the word "humid".
One day last August, Wunderground reported a dewpoint of 84F on the coast on NC. Creating a heat index of 125F.
You don't know humid.... |
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I remember a few summers ago when we had a wild day of humidity. It was so bad there was water dripping from the door jam on the inside of the house. It was 80 degrees with a 79 degree dew point. It was horrible. But the very severe storm that came through later cleaned that out pretty well. What a wild storm.
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| Quoting MattN - posted on 5/18/2008 at 00:38 |
You people west of the Mississippi don't know the meaning of the word "humid".
One day last August, Wunderground reported a dewpoint of 84F on the coast on NC. Creating a heat index of 125F.
You don't know humid....
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Yeah, you're right. Nowhere in the west gets high (above 60-65 is rare) dewpoints. I'm glad.
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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i grew up in missouri having two-a-days in soccer in 115 to 125 heat indicies because of high humidities. i thank God im in colorado now. |
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This wasn't you was it?
news.yahoo.com
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
Please check out our new website at www.globalwarmingisnotreal.com |
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nope but thats pretty funny. |
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I miss our super heat wave |
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I'm glad it's gone. I can't stand that weather. Yesterday was nice with mild temps (50s), about 15-20 mph winds, and some rain.
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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yeah, got up to almost 90 here yesterday...brought a ton of water down for the river. made for great rafting today. tomorrow, its supposed to be 54 with rain. thats the kind of weather i like. |
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