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Author (#241)August 2007 ArchivesThis is it the last big weekend of the summer of 2007, Labor Day Weekend. Where has the summer gone? It seems more like June. The weather certainly is more like June than late August. My mantra for the holiday weekend is two out of three isn't bad! In other words expect to be under partly cloudy skies Saturday & Sunday, on Monday a weak weather system will brush us. The system will remain mainly to the north... still I can't rule ou... This could be a rough weekend for fire fighters. So far this summer Oregon, has had a relatively quiet forest fire season... That may change in the next 24 hours. Record high and near record high temperatures popped up Wednesday. Portland came within 1 degree of tying a record that's stood for over 60 years.
One more blast of sunny and hot weather before kids start heading back to school next week. Highs today will reach the lower 90s for only the 4th time this month! It's NOT the year without a summer, but you could call it a year without much of a summer.
1987 still stands with the most d... If you stay up late or get up really early Tuesday morning you're in for a treat. A rare lunar eclipse will occur. The good news is the best viewing will be right here in the Pacific Northwest. A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes between the Sun and Moon. The Earth casts a shadow eclipsing our view of the moon. The eclipse begins at 2:52 AM Tuesday. The moon becomes completely eclipsed at 3:37 AM. Even during the perio... That's right Sky 8 spotted them this morning riding up and down the OHSU tram. I've heard they weren't even paying the 4 dollar price of admission. Shocking just shocking! Ok I made this all up. I just wanted to generate my own internet hoax. I figured it would dove tail with the other Mars rumor that it will be as big as the moon Monday. I think I've answered at least half a dozen calls and have had at least that many emails asking why I'm... Cue music... Roll video tape open, announcer cue... This is a Northwest News Channel 8 BREAKING NEWS! Less than 3 weeks left in most schools summer vacation. Less than 3 weeks left until the start of parents vacation! Yippee! Daughter Karen, and here friends, the kids I always see in the kitchen and in our refrigerator when I get home, are in a funk. ( don't those kids have there own refrigerators to eat from?) School starts in a few weeks a... Ah yes here we are smack dab the middle of the dog days of summer. What are the dog says of summer you ask? Typically it's the hottest and most humid portion of the summer months. It also means a period of calm or stagnant weather conditions. Generally the dog days of summer run from the middle July to Early September. The term " Dog Days" comes from the Romans, they called this time of year caniculares dies or days of the dogs. Siriu... It's the International Space Station and Space Shuttle. Tonight and the next few nights the shuttle and space station will pass over Portland and other cities in the northwest. Wednesday, we'll get the chance to see the pair not once but twice!
Tonight will be the best night for view because of the fair skies. Cloudy...
The Graphic above pretty much explains this blog entry. It's been a wacky August! Our average high temperature should be 80, we've average 76 so far this month. High temperatures have had almost a 40 degree swing. Unusual for what is supposed to be the warmest month of the year. ... |
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