Model output from WeatherBell added by Anthony
By Steve Pierce, AMS chapter president, Oregon
Portland, Oregon (June 25th 2013) – “The hottest weather of the season is likely on the way for the Pacific Northwest this coming weekend, and it could get even hotter next week. In fact, the entire western half of the country is about to bake under what could be a near record setting heatwave for some locations in the southwest. Models are coming into better agreement today for a significant heatwave across much of the west starting this Thursday and lasting into early next week.
At this point in time there is the potential for seeing temperatures approaching 130 degrees in Death Valley, CA. which would be just a few degrees shy of the all-time world record highest temperature ever recorded for any location on earth. The old world record of 136 degrees recorded in Libya back in 1922 was found to be incorrect and the torch (literally) has now been passed to Death Valley, CA. that reached 134 degrees in 1913. Could Death Valley challenge this temperature once again? It could be close. At the present time, models are suggesting they will be pushing 130 degrees later this week down there.”
“The big question remains, how hot will it get here in the Pacific Northwest? It will all depend on exactly where the ridge of high pressure sets up. The latest weather models now place the center of the ridge directly over Portland and Seattle Sunday through Tuesday with hot offshore flow aloft and near the surface. If this were to verify, temperatures could approach 100 degrees in Portland early next week. This would be rare for this early in the season. Only a handful of days before July 4th have passed 100 degrees in Portland history. Record daily high temperatures for Portland in the first few days of July are all in the upper 90′s. We could end up challenging some of these if the models continue their recent trend of forecasting hotter weather with each run. The exact details are still a few days away for us here in the Pac NW. A slight shift in the position of the ridge can make a lot of difference for us. This much is certain, you can say goodbye to showers and temps in the 60′s. These will quickly be replaced with sunshine and temps in the 80′s to near 90 by the weekend and possibly another 10 degrees warmer early next week. Get out those shorts and prime that pool for some swimming! If you don’t have a pool, make friends with someone who does. You may just need it!
Yep. It’s summer in Arizona too!
in the mean time…
…anyone keeping up with the record cold in the Arctic
it’s breaking records
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/another-day-of-record-cold-in-the-arctic/
The old world record of 136 degrees recorded in Libya back in 1922 was found to be incorrect and the torch (literally) has now been passed to Death Valley, CA. that reached 134 degrees in 1913. Could Death Valley challenge this temperature once again? It could be close.
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Hmmm … Will this potential new world record be measured at the relocated Death Valley site?
Send some of it this way please. Holland has been under par since the beginning of the year and next week the forecasts are +/- 15 C, where 25 is normal.
Summer is icumen in
Loudly sing Cuckoo
Death Valley is one place where UHI effects are not to be worried about.
June 26, 1990 – 23 yrs ago tomorrow – Phoenix had its all time high temp of 122° F. In those days, I drove a Black Camaro with no A/C. Good times.
Re Gunga Din says: June 25, 2013 at 3:23 pm
This WUWT post provides background on the former Libya record and the new Badwater site.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/09/13/dr-jeff-masters-shows-why-siting-matters-death-valley-steals-all-time-temperature-record-from-libya/
Latitude says:
June 25, 2013 at 3:22 pm
in the mean time…
…anyone keeping up with the record cold in the Arctic
it’s breaking records
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/another-day-of-record-cold-in-the-arctic/
You must realize that the cold temperatures in the Arctic are just weather whereas the Death Valley and the Pacific Northwest are showing temperatures expected by catastrophic climate change. /sarc
Mr Watts, Joe Bastardi mentioned you today on the Cavuto Show about your efforts with NOAA weather stations and needed calibration.
OK by me. Spring, wet, cold & windy, has lingered into the first days of summer here in Oregon.
It is all about the ridges now ?, darn it.
I thought it was all MY fault.
Wait…..the ridges are all my fault, right ?
Now I feel appropriately guilty, cool.
Well, we know here in the UK we have two weeks of rain and cold weather ahead of us, Wimbledon tennis started this week…
OMG….the summer solstice has arrived, and temps are getting warmer? Sure as heck has happened here in northern Alberta.
They are predicting 75F on Vancouver Island next week where the average high is normally 72F! The sad part is that right now it is 63F when it is normally 72F.
Neil Jordan (June 25, 2013 at 3:45 pm), thanks for the link. I overlooked it when it was published.
Coming close to records set in 1913 but more than likely won’t break ’em…..hmmmm.
I recollect (I think it was on the late John Daly`s site) that the weather station, i.e. the thermometer, had been moved to a hotter part of Death Valley, somewhere where surrounding mountains more effectively reflect heat onto the weather station. I don’t know whether this is true, but if a new record is reported maybe someone in the know could confirm the change of siting , thus disqualifying the record.
I’ve worked in weather that ranged from -16 F to 103 F.
It is only the type of pain that differs at those extremes.
I put in about 25 years of it, been a weather geek my whole life.
Seen every kind of weather there is in the Midwest (Chicago), never seen a tornado.
I’ve heard the wind come thru the high-tension towers behind my house, that assured me I don’t even want to get close to a tornado.
But, then again……..
I live for the weather, it is invigorating.
Don’t you dare try make it some kind of bogeyman to increase taxes, I’m still young enough.
So if it does not reach that record high, that will mean that temperatures are lower or at best similar to those in 1913.
So what is Obama panicking about?
The heat is already brutal here in Alaska! It’s sunny, 77f and I’m dying here…
The crew over at the no tricks zone is predicting frost in Germany.
I believe Oz has some pretty impressive high temp marks in the Outback, in WA I think. BOM have the records. Cheers from chilly Sydney.
David says:
June 25, 2013 at 3:41 pm
June 26, 1990 – 23 yrs ago tomorrow – Phoenix had its all time high temp of 122° F. In those days, I drove a Black Camaro with no A/C. Good times.
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I was riding a Harley. Seeing asphalt flowing under my tires while stopped at the intersection of McDowell and Beeline, was a bit weird, but not as weird as the Bottlebrush tree that exploded while I was almost under it. It took out a power in my neighborhood; so no evap, and I had just got it working! But as I had gone the past three years without any cooling at all, it was not too bad.
In my part of the world ( Nova Scotia ) the “heat ” map shows 52 degrees…please send us some global warming !!!! What a crock.