It’s Friday and the first major heat event of the season, is on for the Pacific Northwest. The last few days the Desert Southwest has been suffering from record-setting heat, with temps of 120 degrees F or hotter in a few places and quite a few all-time records. Luckily we will only get a “glancing blow” of hot air in the PNW this time around, not a week-long stretch of temps 95-110. Furthermore, the heat will be most ‘impressive’ over…
At 9:24pm Pacific Daylight Time tonight, the Sun will reach its northernmost point of the ecliptic – the crest of the “seasonal sine wave.” Beginning tomorrow, and continuing through December, the amount of solar energy entering earth’s Northern Hemisphere will begin to decrease. The change will be almost negligible for the next few weeks, but by August we’ll be able to notice the darkness of night encroaching on our world once more. Depending on your definition of the seasons, it’s…
Hard to believe that just two weeks ago, we were talking about 99-degree heat over Memorial Day Weekend. A deep marine layer and “June Gloom” has settled in over the Pacific Northwest. Two days ago there was snow at Crater Lake as a chilly low-pressure moved through southern Oregon. That opened the door to a heavy surge of west wind yesterday, as the low exited to the east. The peak gust was 47 mph at the airport in Dallesport –…