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June 2007 ArchivesIf you're not ready to be hot just quite yet...you might want to get ready. =) After seeing seeing some clouds for the start of the upcoming week, the jetstream will be pushing to the north...and a huge ridge of high pressure is expected to develop over the entire western third of the country by Tuesday and Wednesday. You can see that jetstream pushing to our north in the map below. I've been getting some emails and phone calls concerning weather balloon data. Most of the questions concern how come we're not giving the freezing level over Salem anymore? The answer balloons aren't being launched from Salem. When I report the freezing level it's now from Medford. Don't worry it's not permanent. The National Weather Service is doing a major up grade of balloon tracking equipment.
As many of you know one of my passions is aviation. When I was in 4th grade I earned a cub scout merit badge explaining how a jet engine works. Ok so I'm really an aviation freak! Long before I went into meteorology my career track was aviation. If it wasn't for a chance meeting with a TV reporter years ago things might have been different. If it has wings and a motor I want to fly it. I'm particularly interested with obscure and uniq... The summer solstice...the first day of summer...has come and gone, and with it, the most sunlight we'll see all year. This past Thursday (June 21), the first day of summer, brought us more than 15 hours of sunlight. The sun was also pretty high in the sky...at more than 68 degrees above the horizon. While the sun wasn't quite directly above us, at 90 degrees, 68 degrees is still pretty high! That angle made our sunlight quite bright on Jun... We're going into the first weekend of summer and it looks and feels more like... Well anything but summer. Temperatures are going to remain cool and we've a chance of seeing precipitation Saturday and Sunday. The big guy himself, upstairs corner office occupant Paul Fry, General Manger of the big 8 paid me a visit Friday, worried his weekend golf game would get rained on. You know when the man signing the paychecks is not ... I have a confession to make. I blew the forecast for today. That's the most polite way of putting it. In private company I call it something else, KGW would likely be fined by the FCC if I mention it in this forum. Last night I stood up in front of the green weather wall and said, hey it's going to be cloudy, damp and cool for the first day of summer. Now that I've wiped most of the egg off my face, I'll tell you a secret. Despite s... Translation please? For those of you who paid attention during latin class, it means sun standing. In this case on June 21st at 11:06 AM PDT it's the summer soltice (the beginning of summer) The sun over Portland reach 68 degrees above the horizon. Thursday and Friday will be the longest days of the year in with over 17 hours of daylight. North of the Arctic Circle or the 66th parallel the sun will not set for 24 hours of daylight. If you're thinking the month of June has been cloudy and cool you're right. With less than two days before the start of summer we've not seen much in the way of summer like weather. Our average high temperature should be 73 degrees. So far we seen just 7 days in June with temperatures at or above average. Despite the clouds it's not been all that wet this month. We've seen .82" of rain that's over .25" below normal for the month. Rega... From now through the first of next week we'll see the longest days of the year. Sunset is now at 9:03pm. Even though we're seeing our maximum amount of daylight we won't see our warmest temperatures for a few more weeks. The reason is heat lag. 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. Water heats up and cools down much slower than air or land. So we typically see our warmest weather of the year about 4 or 5 weeks after the summer solst... Wednesday on our sunrise news we showed pictures of ice bergs that are drifting near the coasts of Nova Scotia and New Foundland. It's the first time large bergs have been spotted so far south in decades! The bergs pose hazards to fishing and shipping in the region. ( Think Titanic ) The bergs have been breaking off the Greenland Ice sheet. This year the ice bergs are not only futher south than in recent memory but also more numerous. Oh humm weather across Portland Today. A weak Trough is moving across the Pacific Northwest today. The result has been clouds and some showers at the coast. Look at ODOT camera near Astoria this morning. The damp weather on the coast never pushed inland. We've lots of mid-level clouds bu... The 2007 Rose Festival has come to and end. As always the highlight of Rose Festival The Grand Floral Parade. This Year the biggest in Rose Festivals 100 years. As most of you know it rain through the entire parade. Almost a half of an inch from Saturday morning until nightfall. The weather was wet and cool, but the spirit of the crowd was warm and sunny. Neither tape gate 07 or the weather could keep large crowds away or dampen the ... I had the opportunity to attend a climate-change journalism conference this weekend right here in Portland. As a meteorologist, it was a great opportunity for me to brush up on the science, and also get some ideas on what I can do to fight climate change. You may be familiar with the concept. Greenhouse gases...some of which are emitted from cars, power plants, planes, and others...are gases that help warm the planet. The amount of ... |
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