Pacific Northwest Weather

[Guest]

Currently 69 degrees in Bellingham... Only 5 off of the record. the average high today is 60 and the average low is 41... We got a low of 43 so that is 2 degrees above normal plus 9 degrees above normal high... We are 11 degrees above normal so far today... Pretty high...

[andycottle]

A ver nice and mild 75 degrees here at 1:34pm. We have mostly sunny skies with just some low based cumulus clouds out near the cascades foot hills. -- Andy

[Guest]

WOw... Up to 72* as of 1:56PM... I think the record of 74* may... JUST MAY BE IN JEOPREDY... Nothing wrong with that. Not good for the monthly average...

[Guest]

Oh and by the way this isn't at my house... I am using the internet for bellingham international airport for my numbers... I'll let you know about my house when I get there.. I am assuming it is a tad warmer than in town.

[R-Dub]

Very nice day today

Currently at 2:00PM its 67 degrees and sunny!

Think I will go out and play on the lake for a while

[Guest]

I still can't help laughing at that bird on your icon... Its wings flap very wierd.

[AnthonyC]

PERFECT DAY OUTSIDE!! You can't ask for anything better...currently sunny with a temperature of 72F!! This is AWESOME weather for the end of April!! We're usually lucky if we can get this weather in June!!

THIS WEATHER IS AWESOME!!

Anthony

[andycottle]

77 degrees here at 2:20pm. This is early summer indeed!

[andycottle]

Im now at 78 degrees and still mostly sunny skies here at 2:57pm.

[W13]

Currently 78 F with 26% Humidty! What an amazing day - it feels just like Summer!

[weather girl]

75 hazy degrees in Salem, Oregon but the clouds are definitely coming in from the South. Looks like the shower-predictors might be right after all. I never would have believed it an hour ago. I think we would have easily hit 80 without them, but now the wind is picking up. Still an almost picture perfect spring day.

What's with Alaska? They're supposed to be waaaaay above average the next 7-14. Hope that doesn't preclude another hot summer for us.

[Guest]

Well I came home to a dissapointing but satisfying 68* for a high today... After a low of 43... I think Bellingham topped out at 72*... Pretty nice day i must say... TT your reading of 80 was HOTTT

[TT-SEA]

Gee... even Sea-Tac is APPROACHING 80 degrees.

Currently 76 degrees.

Not bad.

That would be 17 degrees ABOVE normal.

Not at home yet... I will update you later on the temperature there.

[andycottle]

Tim and all. What a fabulus day and afternoon! I was at 79 just moments ago! Will I hit the 80 degree mark?? I`ll be sure to let you all know if I do.

[andycottle]

Weather girl.....welcome aboard the PNW weather thread. -- Andy

[andycottle]

Hey guys! We finally have our sevels a T-strom shower in progress just about 5 - 10miles SW of Centralia! And MM5 model is showing a couple lightning strikes as of about an hour ago....3:45pm. Looks like plenty of other lightning strikes down in NW Oregon. -- Andy

[AnthonyC]

My outdoor thermometer hit an impressive 81F...but it's in direct sunlight...so I'll subject 5F from that temperature. 76F at the end of April...pretty impressive. No record temperatures, but pretty darn close.

As for this weekend, I'm sticking with my assumptions...I think the majority of Western Washington will stay mostly sunny and warm. Tomorrow could be identical to today...maybe a little cooler and a few more high/middle level clouds. Sunday will be cooler, but I still don't think we'll see any moisture. As for the chance of showers/thunderstorms...I think most will stay confined to California and Oregon.

And next week is shaping up to be awesome...a little cooler than today, but mostly sunny!!

Summer has almost arrived!!

Anthony

[snow_wizzard]

Now this is warm! We have 77 in Covington with a dew point of 36! That dew point presents the possiblility of some very intense thunderstorms tomorrow. That is the recipe that creates such sever weather in the mid section of the country...moist southerly flow meeting very dry air. Today already saw some thunderstorm activity in SW WA, so I am very confident about tomorrow.

I think that Andy did a very fine job of predicting those storms in SW WA!

TT...Remember your bet yesterday was about Sunday not today. I do give you kudos for prediciting it would get so warm during this episode, but you will be wrong about the duration! I clearly remember you said it would be sunny and warm for the remainder of the month after Wednesday of this week! Of course, you have backed off of that, but I was correct in saying your initial claim would be incorrect. I am only pointing this out to remind you that we have both made mistakes. We are only human.

In summary, I am disappointed about today messing up my very low month to date average, but I am beyond intrigued over the wild variability of the temps this year! Now a little prediction. I have found that when very warm temps come so suddenly (that is with little build up), after a very cool period; that is normally an indication that another cool period is coming. I am quite confident that we will see temps 5 - 8 degress below normal by early May, if not sooner. The roller coaster continues.

[TT-SEA]

Official high at my house was 81.2 degrees.

It has cooled down to 78 degrees now.

Lots of weather stations still in the upper 70's and some hit 80 degrees.

A very reliable school site in Bellevue had a high of 83 degrees!!

[TT-SEA]

R-Dub... you will be on the lake by the end of next week. We will likely see 70 degrees in many places.

One of my quotes from 8 days ago.

So... originally I predicted touching 80 degrees on Sunday. You are getting picky. Everyone thought I was nuts (at least Snow_Wizzard) when I said it could get that warm particularly when it was still rainy and cool (after 30 days of cool weather) and another storm was approaching.

Come on... if you listen to me you will get the basic idea on the upcoming weather.

And yes... we will be cool again by early May.