Karl's Weather Discussions

The last couple days, weather geeks and non-geeks alike have turned their eyes to the coast of East Texas and West Louisiana, where hurricane Laura is in the process of devastating communities with 150-160 mph winds and 20-foot storm surges.  It is the worst storm disaster along the Gulf Coast, since Katrina struck 15 years ago. And in much of the Western U.S., the skies have been clogged with smoke for weeks now.  Horrendous wildfires in California and the Intermountain…

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  After a toasty late July and early August, cooler weather has recently returned to the Pacific Northwest.  Except for a 90 on Monday the 10th, every other day since August 5 has stayed below 85 degrees at PDX.  That’s allowed those of us without A/C to cool out our homes, after a rough time a couple weeks ago. Just as important as the cooler days have been the cooler nights:  Most nights since the 5th have dropped into the…

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The last 12 days (not including today) have been a classic example of “Mediterranean summer” weather in the Pacific Northwest and the Portland Metro.  There have been almost no clouds in the morning, and temps have been 82 degrees or warmer every day since July 25.  Basically we had about 6 hot days followed by several reasonably warm days.  Of course in late July and early August, even “warm” days (i.e. mid 80s) feel quite hot in the afternoon.    …

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