We have and inversion and everything is trapped at ground level. 

It's awful and has been like this for days and is predicted to be here many more. 

Last time l heard there was no burn ban but it may come soon. 

Going outside is acrid and the fog is totally thick.
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Yep, I think I must have jinxed us. Cloudy, cool, and drizzly here, now, too.

But, hey... I'm thankful for whatever rain we get.... as are my flowers!
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This Novemeber is going into the local record books as one of the most (may even get top billing by months end) warmest Novembers on record for the province of AB.  Proud to be here...I literally could have worn a tee shirt and shorts today...

Eat your heart out...when I first moved to Edm in 1968, It was -40 for 40 days...I had an award and everything for living that one out...
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It has been pretty warm here too..but now all of a sudden it is cold!!!!!!! I love Canada, great country Larry. -40 for 40 days........now that I couldn't stand! That would be unbearable!!

We are supposed to get snow here on Thursday too Cherry!
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It has been pretty warm here too..but now all of a sudden it is cold!!!!!!! I love Canada, great country Larry. -40 for 40 days........now that I couldn't stand! That would be unbearable!!

We are supposed to get snow here on Thursday too Cherry!
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Up until yesterday we were very warm also. We were in the low to mid 70's most of November. But all of sudden the cold came in. We had rain all day yesterday, heavy downpours, for the end of November it should have been snow. We went from 70's to mid 30's in 24 hours. BBBRRRRR
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Brrrr is right. My behind has been planted in this seat for sometime. Still shocked at my grandpa passing away I think. I'm trying to keep my mind busy on several things at once. Actually I think I've had an overload on Diet Mt. Dew. Is there such a thing where you can have caffeine overload and your brain gets frozen. I've been staring at this computer for a while now....I don't know what my problem is. I'll just keep rambling on though!


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Ah Marta, why didn't you say something about your grandpa? I am so sorry! {{{{HUGS}}} to you my dear friend!
Now on another note, you who wont do shots drink DIET soda???!!?!?!? Are you crazy?? That stuff will kill ya! I wont touch that diet stuff for anything. Don't you know that stuff is as bad as shots? Look it up on Mercola sister
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It hasn't snowed, that stopped yestarday. But it's very forsty and theres black ice on my front door step, i walked out and nearly fell flat on my face.
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Dove,
Nothing worse than black ice!

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Cornelius and Rose,

Well, what can ya do!! I should really do some searching on the net about sugar substitues. I'm afraid too though!! UGH!

I'm a hoot? Ah.....you guys are the HOOT!!!!!!!!!!!



BT........Thank you for your sincerity regarding my grandfather.

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And now.......back to the weather.......it will be snowy and windy tomorrow. Yuk! No tornados yet. No hurricanes...YET! Tsuami's.........Earthquakes........none....

YET!
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We're going to 72 today. But I live in Fla, so this is normal.  I was enjoying the 60's last week... it's always short lived. Bleh.
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Yesterday was 71 in Alabama today its 65 the severe weather passed us up yesterday. We will be in the 60s everyday until Thursday then our weather takes a plunge for the bitter cold it will drop down in the lower 20s and only be in the low 40s on Friday and we will see real cold weather over the weekend according to our weatherman. We are like a seesaw here in Alabama one day we were short pants and stand on a creek bank fishing then two or three days later we wear coats and our winter attire. Then we run to the heaters. We get well when its warm and get sick when its cold.         (hum: whats it gonna be today)
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Sept 5th
Most fires holding steady; gusts, lightning in forecast
By The Associated Press


MAZAMA, Okanogan County — Fires were burning across more than 270,000 acres in Washington state Monday, with most of the state's significant fires holding steady.

A "red flag" warning for low humidity and gusty winds

I can't stand this weather we're having. It's the driest summer here in the Northwest on record.

I feel like the trees are screaming.

I can't stand this weather we're having. It's the driest summer here in the Northwest on record.

I feel like the trees are screaming.

"Saturday, Aug. 26, marks the 71st consecutive day of getting 0.05" of rain or less. (That's typically about a two hours of light "Seattle rain" in the fall and winter.) The last time we've had a significantly rainy day was June 16th.

Some Other Neato Dry Weather Statistics (KOMO news 4 Seattle)


Aside from the 0.05" or less streak, we are also on pace to be the second-driest July-and-August in history. So far, we've accumulated 0.07" since July 1. (Actually, that goes back to June 17). The driest July/August was, you guessed it, 1967, when we only received 0.03" of rain. Obviously, they got at least 0.05" on Sept. 1, so summer ended with a vengeance then.

1967 also holds the record for driest August ever (0.01"). At the moment, we're tied with it, but there is a chance of some light rain before the end of the month to end that threat. More on that in a moment.

The record for consecutive days with no measurable rain was 51 days set in 1951. This summer, our longest completely dry streak was 26 days, so we didn't really get close to even getting into the Top 10 (37 days). But had we not received a paltry 0.01" on August 9th, the streak would have been at 42 days and counting, which would have tied for third place.



It smells like smoke when you open the windows at night. It just hangs in the air everywhere.

Pineapple Express events

The Pineapple Express, an MJO effect on North American weather patterns.The typical scenario linking the pattern of tropical rainfall associated with the MJO to extreme precipitation events in the Pacific Northwest features a progressive (i.e. eastward moving) circulation pattern in the tropics and a retrograding (i.e. westward moving) circulation pattern in the midlatitudes of the North Pacific. Typical wintertime weather anomalies preceding heavy precipitation events in the Pacific Northwest are as follows:

7-10 days prior to the heavy precipitation event: Heavy tropical rainfall associated with the MJO shifts eastward from the eastern Indian Ocean to the western tropical Pacific. A moisture plume extends northeastward from the western tropical Pacific towards the general vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands. A strong blocking anticyclone is located in the Gulf of Alaska with a strong polar jet stream around its northern flank.
3-5 days prior to the heavy precipitation event: Heavy tropical rainfall shifts eastward towards the date line and begins to diminish. The associated moisture plume extends further to the northeast, often traversing the Hawaiian Islands. The strong blocking high weakens and shifts westward. A split in the North Pacific jet stream develops, characterized by an increase in the amplitude and areal extent of the upper tropospheric westerly zonal winds on the southern flank of the block and a decrease on its northern flank. The tropical and extratropical circulation patterns begin to "phase", allowing a developing midlatitude trough to tap the moisture plume extending from the deep tropics.
The heavy precipitation event: As the pattern of enhanced tropical rainfall continues to shift further to the east and weaken, the deep tropical moisture plume extends from the subtropical central Pacific into the midlatitude trough now located off the west coast of North America. The jet stream at upper levels extends across the North Pacific with the mean jet position entering North America in the northwestern United States. Deep low pressure located near the Pacific Northwest coast can bring up to several days of heavy rain and possible flooding. These events are often referred to as Pineapple Express events, so named because a significant amount of the deep tropical moisture traverses the Hawaiian Islands on its way towards western North America.
Throughout this evolution, retrogression of the large-scale atmospheric circulation features is observed in the eastern Pacific-North American sector. Many of these events are characterized by the progression of the heaviest precipitation from south to north along the Pacific Northwest coast over a period of several days to more than one week.

News: Scientists Surf the Seas of Space to Catch an Atmospheric Wave
2/2/06


The eastward movement of the "dry" phase of the Madden-Julian Oscillation across the equatorial Indian and western Pacific Oceans is shown in these plots of atmospheric water vapor superimposed over rainfall data. Image credit: NASA/JPL
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A study by NASA and university scientists is shedding new light on a mysterious, cyclical wave in Earth's atmosphere that at times profoundly affects our planet's weather and climate.

Using satellite data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (Airs) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft, a research team led by Dr. Duane Waliser of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and Dr. Baijun Tian of the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena,, set out to study the structure and evolution of the Madden-Julian Oscillation.

This slow, eastward-moving wave of clouds, rainfall and large-scale atmospheric circulation anomalies spans nearly half of Earth's equator, primarily over the Indian Ocean and western Pacific. Because it can strongly influence long-term weather patterns and has far-reaching global effects, scientists want to incorporate it more accurately in the general circulation models used by agencies around the world for weather prediction and climate forecasts.

Ebbing and flowing in cycles of about 40 to 50 days, the Madden-Julian Oscillation triggers showers and thunderstorms as it forces air to rise, and it inhibits clouds and rainfall in its subsiding phase. Its impacts are widespread. It triggers Asian and Australian monsoon wet and dry spells in the Indian and western Pacific oceans. It affects the winter jet stream and atmospheric circulation in the Pacific/North America region, causing anomalies that can lead to extreme rainfall events. It can also change summer rainfall patterns in Mexico and South America and may trigger variations in the El Nino climate phenomenon.

The Airs analysis revealed the oscillation results in an elegant interplay between rainy and clear conditions over the tropical Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Warm and moist conditions near the surface eventually give way to rainy and cloudy conditions aloft. These disturbed conditions are ultimately squelched by the introduction of dry, cool air near the surface, leading to clear skies. The rainy, clear and transitional periods in between them last 10 to 12 days each.

"Details such as these are critical for evaluating weather prediction models and improving our theoretical understanding of the oscillation phenomena," said Waliser. "Temperature and moisture data from sparse weather balloon readings and atmospheric models are simply not sufficient to properly represent many important features of the oscillation. Satellite-based observations such as those from Airs are therefore fundamental to gaining a fuller understanding of the processes at work."

The research team combined 3-D atmospheric moisture and temperature profiles from Airs from September 2002 to January 2005 with rainfall data from the joint NASA/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission from January 1998 to February 2005. The rainfall data were used to identify Madden-Julian Oscillation events.

Waliser said that until recently, modeling the wave's hydrological components such as water vapor and clouds, condensation and evaporation processes has been difficult. With the launch of Airs in 2002, however, scientists gained a far greater ability to examine the wave's structure in 3-D and study its evolution over space and time.

"The high-quality Airs water vapor and temperature profiles provide new information on the vertical structure of the Madden-Julian Oscillation," said Tian. "This new information allows us to study the meteorological components that make up the oscillation in a way never before possible."

Airs is a high-spectral resolution infrared instrument that gathers 3-D profiles of atmospheric temperatures, water vapor and trace gases. It is the first in a series of advanced infrared sounders that will provide accurate, detailed atmospheric temperature and moisture observations for weather and climate applications. It views the atmosphere through nearly 2,400 different spectral channels, collecting 144,000 data retrievals daily around the globe.

The Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission monitors tropical rainfall. The mission is the first space-based platform that uses microwaves along with precipitation radar to probe through clouds to reveal their vertical structure and estimate how much rainfall they are producing. The data are invaluable in areas with no rain gauges, such as the open ocean.

Study results were presented this week at the American Meteorological Society 86th Annual Meeting in Atlanta.

The eastward movement of the "dry" phase of the Madden-Julian Oscillation across the equatorial Indian and western Pacific Oceans is shown in these plots of atmospheric water vapor superimposed over rainfall data. Image credit: NASA/JPL