Another thought...

I just had one more thought to post on today...
In the last 9 months we have set some long time records. Last May we recorded the highest temp in May. Last December we recorded the most snow in December (25 inches) and were very near the longest coldest stretch for December. This month (January) we seem to have recorded some of the strongest winds in a very long time if not ever for Troutdale. It was reported in the news that someone recorded gusts over 100 at Rooster Rock and Crown Point. The highest I saw was 116!
So... whats left?

It continues...

The crazy winter continues!
We had a 70-90 foot fir tree fall on the neighbors yard and crush his truck, and the top of another tree fall on his roof and cause some damage. That was what we woke up to a week ago Sunday. The wind continued to gust up to the 50mph range until about last Thursday, then we got another inch of snow Sunday that stuck around for about 36 hours. Its been pretty cold the last few nights getting down to around 28 or so. This morning we may get some more snow as a system is moving in but it should get up to 40 in the afternoon like is has for the last several days.
We have been getting a lot of sunshine, but its pretty pointless with the wind and cold.

Insane wind!

116mph gust reported at Rooster Rock! We lost the top of a tree that almost crushed the new fence. Went up to Corbett to unload a truckload of debre from the tree and the wind was insane! Probably the worst I have seen. Tonight will be kinda scary, I will make sure that a flashlight is near for if the power goes out.

Hi pressure.. east wind..

We have been in a high pressure system all week. If froze the last two nights and the east wind picked up sometime yesterday. It looks to stay this way for several more days. The wind is very cold today and I think highs may only get to around 40.

The norm...

The system we are in now is our normal weather system.
Sunday night it started snowing with the temp around 30-32 and about 2-3 inches accumulated. By 9pm we were above freezing and sometime during the night it began to rain. It has been raining ever since. I think what happened is that we had a low coming in offshore and a big front of rain. The snow came off of the bow of that front, and when the rest of the ship arrived it bumped the temp up and let the rain begin. I am guessing the low swung north of us to block out any cold air because it has been in the 40s since early Mon morning.
In conclusion, it seems that the 2008 Winter blizzard was a fluke.

25 inches of snow!

Well over the Christmas break we had lots of snow and a little ice. The most I measured at our place was 25 inches! Most places got 2ft or more of snow! They say it is an all time record for snow in December at PDX.
Most of that snow is gone now, but we got a nice little dusting of an inch or 2 this morning with the temp being right around 32-33.

I think it will be an interesting January!

Ice Ice Baby......

Well, yesterday morning it snowed a few inches, but most of it melted. It froze again overnight and is now pretty icy out. All the slush and moisture on the roads is ice. I got to work fine in the pickup (without using 4wd), but I don't think others will later in the morning.

No clear winner..

Well, nobody really won that one. Nobody I know of accurately predicted the last 24 hours.
The meteorologists were closer, but they were wrong.

By noon today it will have been well above freezing for 24 hours.

At around noon yesterday the temp jumped from just below freezing to near 40 degrees and it hasn't cooled since then. I dont think it will until possibly tomorrow or Saturday. It will cool when the moisture goes away as usual. We may get a transition event sometime in the next 3-4 days, but we will soon after be back in the usual pattern.... rain.

Deep freeze

We are well into this deep freeze now. We hit 25 for the high yesterday and it is now around 22 with clear skies and the east wind slowing a bit. The roads are pretty good since it is so dry but there are large chunks of ice frozen to the road in places.

Tomorrow...
The KPTV mets are predicting we get up to 35 tomorrow with lots of precipitation turning to rain at some point. The bloggers are predicting the cold front winning out and all the precip remaining snow. I think I am leaning the way of the bloggers since I think this cold air has really set its roots in the area. It would take a strong tropicial system to root it out very fast and the approaching system is coming from the north. I dont know jack about weather but this just seems to make sense to me.

So, will it be the Pro's at KPTV with their rain forcast for tomorrow, or will it be the Bloggers and the strong cold air winning the battle?

LETS GET IT ON!

20.8 degrees!

Well, they were saying this could be a 10 year storm, now it looks like it could be a 20-30 year storm. The forecast shows possibly 10 days or so below freezing all day and night!

We woke up early yesterday morning (Sunday) with temps in the low 30's. They plummeted all day from there and are still dropping this morning where it is currently 20.8 degrees!

The east wind picked up about the time the snow arrived so although we probably got 2-3 inches of snow the wind blew most of it away. The only place it really accumulated was on the grass and in wind sheltered area. The roads in Sweetbriar are patchy packed snow and ice, but once you get out on the main roads it is pretty clear from the wind.

Today will no doubt be another cold day, and the forcast is for more snow Tuesday and Wednesday. Hopefully the east wind dies and some of that snow stacks up a bit. I was rather dissapointed that I didnt get to use 4wd this morning!

Brrrrrr!!!

Ok, so this should be interesting...
They are predicting the high Sunday to be around freezing and the low down to 15f! I think it has been many years since it has been this cold.
Snow is predicted in the low hills Friday night or Saturday but not down to the valley floor. Sunday they say it could get down to sea level and then the highs through next Wednesday are in the MID 20's!!!!
Unfortunatly our pellet stove is down for the count and we will be running on only the gas furnace. I hope it holds up!

First freeze

Well, we had our first freeze of the winter this weekend. It got down to 30 Friday night and the frost hung around until mid morning. It hasn't froze since then but they predict a bad cold snap in 5-7 days.
We went and got the X-mas tree Saturday and it was a very nice sunny day reaching almost 60.

Thunder storms

After the scorcher this weekend it has been in the mid 80's all week. We finally did get some rain Sunday night from the thunder storms, and then again this morning. I think it had been about 3 weeks since we had seen any rain.

Scorched

Well, we are sitting here at 7:30 on Saturday and its 95 degrees! It breached 100 for a little bit today, and yesterday was in the 90's as well. Tomorrow is supposed to be 95 as well. Yeah.

Another heat up

It has been rather nice again this week with temps in the mid 70's and overnight lows in the low 50's. Today is supposed to be the last day like this with it getting up to 97 by Saturday! They are saying Friday through Sunday in the 90's... ouch. I hope they are wrong!

Warm and dry

Well, it hasn't rained in a long time so its getting pretty dry. The temp went up into the mid 80's today to make it the warmest day in awhile. It looks like its going to stay dry also. I'm hoping its not too long because my rain barrel is very close to being empty, but it is that time of year.

Pleasant!

It was a very nice weekend. Sunday it took until around noon for the cloud cover to burn off, but after that there wasn't a cloud to be seen, and it was very nice.

It looks like this week will start off good and gradually cool off until possible rain toward the end of the week. I hope it does rain, but I would like to see those temps stay above 70!

Nice weather!

I think the next few days will be the nicest weather of the year.
Yesterday was a high of 67 and a low of 47. Nice and sunny in the afternoon.
Today is supposed to be 74 and 47. Perfect!
This is expected to continue until the middle of next week.

Stuck in a pattern

Its been awhile since I posted because we have been stuck in a pattern. The weather the last few weeks has been cool and wet. That pretty much sums it up. Our high for the month is 70.

Today has been a bit of a change. A mild south wind picked up late yesterday and was stronger this morning. It was about 16mph when I came to work, 45 degrees and trying to sprinkle.
This seems to be a signal of the end of the pattern we have been stuck in since around the third week of May.
They are predicting 80's by the end of the week!

Many wet days...

The last several days have been very similar. It has been wet for over a week now, and the daytime highs have been in the 60's with overnight lows in the upper 40's and lower 50's.
The nice thing is, I haven't had to water the new sod since sometime last week!