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starroute

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6. It looks like Portland is having it even worse

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 01:52 PM

Jul 2015

I've been picking up references to the heat in stories about people blocking the Shell icebreaker. Now I see on Weather Underground that it's expected to be 102 there today, 100 tomorrow, and then three more days in the 90s.

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10th 90-degree day expected tomorrow in Seattle. [View all] onehandle Jul 2015 OP

NOAA recently released a photo comparing the last super strong El Ni�o and this one suffragette Jul 2015 #1

The problem with this El Nino is that it is not just a streak of hot ocean like in 1997. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #3

Exactly. That warm blob is a nasty beast. suffragette Jul 2015 #8

Actually, we had an usually wet (for CA standards) July because of monsoonal storms from the south. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #9

Holy shit. And there's still August to go through. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #2

AND JackInGreen Jul 2015 #4

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #5

It looks like Portland is having it even worse starroute Jul 2015 #6

Yeah it's hot here. My weather station says 108 but it's probably a little high. neverforget Jul 2015 #11

And it is only the last day of July, not yet the hot August. uppityperson Jul 2015 #7

It has been hellish here in Boston. smirkymonkey Jul 2015 #10

Me too! PasadenaTrudy Jul 2015 #12

I am originally from Upstate NY, so I like the cool weather. smirkymonkey Jul 2015 #15

in 30 years it will be like Texas Skittles Jul 2015 #16

And hardly any of us has air conditioning... n/t Matariki Jul 2015 #13

That would be a cold front here. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #14

I had no idea it can Jamaal510 Jul 2015 #17

It will be 111 today where my mom lives in Oregon davidpdx Jul 2015 #18