What's a typical winter day in Portland @xtsho ?It got up to 63F today here in Portland. What happened to winter?
The average high temperature is 47°F and the low is 38°F. We set a record high temperature yesterday. We had 7.39 inches of rain in January. It's currently 52°F at 6:30 am. Being on the Pacific coast our weather can change rapidly from systems dropping down from Alaska or coming from the west. Sometimes we get an atmospheric river that's called the Pineapple Express because it comes from the tropical pacific around Hawaii. It's also the cause of mudslides in California and flooding along the Oregon and Washington coasts. The West Hills around Portland are prone to mudslides and just recently a main road that cuts through those hills was temporarily shut down to one lane due to a mudslide and the mudslide season is just getting started.What's a typical winter day in Portland @xtsho ?
In DC January temps usually range between 28° and 48°F and averages 38° and 2.8 inches of rain. This morning at 0900 it is 34°F. We are expecting a high of 49° and rain. January precipitation was only 1.2"
My old boss's husband was pretty high up in National Guard and the VP of a local timber company. He did a lot of work in Central America replanting trees where there had been mud slides. {I have fond memories of the Cuban cigars I got out of the deal}The average high temperature is 47°F and the low is 38°F. We set a record high temperature yesterday. We had 7.39 inches of rain in January. It's currently 52°F at 6:30 am. Being on the Pacific coast our weather can change rapidly from systems dropping down from Alaska or coming from the west. Sometimes we get an atmospheric river that's called the Pineapple Express because it comes from the tropical pacific around Hawaii. It's also the cause of mudslides in California and flooding along the Oregon and Washington coasts. The West Hills around Portland are prone to mudslides and just recently a main road that cuts through those hills was temporarily shut down to one lane due to a mudslide and the mudslide season is just getting started.
Wunderground said it only got down to 42F, but there was a thin layer of ice on the truck when I headed home from the river house this morning. Later in the day when we went back down for the wife to get her steps, it was 77F,...
Our local TV weather guy has said it's been 5-6 degrees above average for a few weeks now. Very little cold so far. Just enough for me to be singing the Ass Cheese Blues blues.View attachment 4471414
So your temp range swung from near freezing to 77° F -- kinda crazy. It's not really crazy here, just sorta spring like.
Everything is wet as we wake to sprinkles at 0800 and then a high later today of 63°.
OK, so maybe it is crazy here too.
Yeah, we had wind too and tornadoes. This morning it was 31° at sunrise. It was 7:07am. The wind and rain is gone though and the sun actually rose in the sky, a nice bit of pink and everything.We had a chilly, but sunny day. We went from 37 to 55F today. Not too bad if you could find a spot in the sun and out of the wind...
Yea, I saw about the twisters on the news. That is pretty rare in your neck of the woods.View attachment 4474432
Yeah, we had wind too and tornadoes. This morning it was 31° at sunrise. It was 7:07am. The wind and rain is gone though and the sun actually rose in the sky, a nice bit of pink and everything.
Looks like a great Saturday though with highs climbing into the mid 40s. Sunset is scheduled for 5:37pm so the day is 10 hours and 29 minutes. I'll take that.
Spring tornadoes in DC in February.View attachment 4474432
Yeah, we had wind too and tornadoes. This morning it was 31° at sunrise. It was 7:07am. The wind and rain is gone though and the sun actually rose in the sky, a nice bit of pink and everything.
Looks like a great Saturday though with highs climbing into the mid 40s. Sunset is scheduled for 5:37pm so the day is 10 hours and 29 minutes. I'll take that.