Pacific North West - Excessive heat warning issued

turnkey4099 · Jul 23, 2021

goeduck said:
How is the wheat crop this year?

Harvest just started so I haven't heard any test results yeet. Prediction was for about 30% redution in yield and quality way down.

turnkey4099 · Jul 23, 2021

oosik said:
Another very cool morning. 47F and no smoke. Definitely a "better feeling" with the RH @ 48%.

About the same here, 38F and no smoke at 6am. Supposed to back to HOT again tomorrow.

turnkey4099 · Jul 23, 2021

oosik said:
I don't have AC here. I have two large fans. Open a window on each end of the house and let them rip. Last week I was fighting just to keep the house cool. The night temps just barely got low enough to drag the inside down cool enough.

Yesterday and today - I had to shut the fans down early. It's 44F outside @ 5:45 - - inside the house ...... 63F.

At these temperatures, even I have a jacket on. It's hard to believe but, middle of the summer, our night time temps are only twelve degrees above FREEZING.

This is just crazy.

For sure. I even kicked he furnace on while I was doing breakfast. 11:30 here now and 76F

Larry Caldwell · Jul 23, 2021

No rain for 6 weeks and highs in the upper 90s for the next 5 days.

Molalla1 · Jul 23, 2021

Larry Caldwell said:
No rain for 6 weeks and highs in the upper 90s for the next 5 days.

I have a seasonal pond that usually has water in it until mid late August . . . it's been empty since the end of May . . . thank God the other pond is spring feed.

oosik · Jul 24, 2021

I just checked. We will be in the low to mid 90's for the next ten days.

repete · Jul 24, 2021

DNR just changed Lewis County to Very High fire danger this AM. Rivers here are flowing 30% lower than the 92 year record low level. USGS Current Conditions for USGS 12027500 CHEHALIS RIVER NEAR GRAND MOUND, WA

oosik · Jul 24, 2021

The upsetting thing - the ten day forecast shows elevated night time temperatures also.

Hay Dude · Jul 24, 2021

Seems like every year the same thing, California/western forest fires, heat waves, mud slides. It’s hurricanes in Florida, Louisiana. Droughts in the Midwest here and there-the Mississippi floods….
The Mid Atlantic has very little of the weather anomalies. Sure, we get partial strength hurricanes (Agnes, Floyd, Sandy) late summer and fall, and an occasional drought or extended period of rain, but my area rarely experiences any type of weather craziness.
Very stable, typical, predictable weather.