The Fall of Autumn, 2022

[MarkBC]

Next week, the first full week of [meteorological] autumn in Bend, has 3 days in a row of highs in the 70s and lows in the 40s.

And that sounds like fall to me.

 

[MarkBC]

Nice to hear our local (Bend, OR) TV (KTVZ) news weather-talker (not a meteorologist) actually knows the meteorological seasons!

And she's not afraid to say it.
However...in about 3 weeks I expect she'll make a reference to the "the Official start of fall"...

 

[ski3pin]

Our area's forecast is for the hottest Labor Day Weekend in history. This will add extra numbers to the hordes already flocking to our mountains, lakes, and reservoirs. Throw in extreme fire conditions and I am very concerned and worried. Wish us luck.

 

[ski3pin]

Our welcome into Fall -



Excessive Heat Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
924 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022

CAZ013-015>019-063-066>069-031400-
/O.EXT.KSTO.EH.W.0003.220904T1800Z-220908T0300Z/
Shasta Lake Area / Northern Shasta County-
Northern Sacramento Valley-Central Sacramento Valley-
Southern Sacramento Valley-Carquinez Strait and Delta-
Northern San Joaquin Valley-
Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County-
Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley-Motherlode-
Western Plumas County/Lassen Park-
West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada-
Including the cities of Shasta Dam, Redding, Red Bluff, Chico,
Oroville, Marysville/Yuba City, Sacramento, Fairfield/Suisun,
Stockton, Modesto, Alder Springs, Paradise, Grass Valley,
Jackson, Chester, Quincy, and Blue Canyon
924 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...An extended period of dangerously hot conditions with
  record temperatures up to 105 to 115 degrees possible. Limited
  overnight relief.

* WHERE...Sacramento Valley, northern San Joaquin Valley, Delta,
  and adjacent foothills and mountains.

* WHEN...From 11 AM Sunday to 8 PM PDT Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
  potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
  working or participating in outdoor activities over the
  holiday weekend.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most significant heat is forecast to
  occur Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. There will be limited
  overnight relief from the heat, with low temperatures only in
  the upper 60s to mid 80s.

 

[Vic Harder]

83 here in Calgary. That qualifies as a hot mid-summer temperature, not early September. Not complaining though!

 

[MarkBC]

We have a Red Flag Warning here in Central Oregon...but it expires early Saturday morning. Just one very-hot day -- today -- here.

 

[teledork]

Our area's forecast is for the hottest Labor Day Weekend in history. This will add extra numbers to the hordes already flocking to our mountains, lakes, and reservoirs. Throw in extreme fire conditions and I am very concerned and worried. Wish us luck.

We are worried too. Currently 100 degrees and 20 mph winds. Go bags and pet carriers are ready - but then again we have lived this way since 2020. May we all make it through.

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

99* forecast here, 5 miles from the coast.

 

[ski3pin]

[SIZE=18pt]The new normal. We consider 90° sweltering hot here at home. In the first 30 years we lived in our mountain home, the highest temperature we ever saw was 95°. Two years ago, we saw one day at 96°. Last year, a new record high for us skyrocketed to 99°. Today, our thermometer recorded a new record, 102°. My god, it is HOT!!!! [/SIZE]

 

[MarkBC]

I'm hearing thunder right now... And though it didn't get as hot as forecast today, it's been mostly hot and dry for weeks.

I expect a few fires will be lightning-sparked this evening.

 

[MarkBC]

A couple of nights ago I deployed the comforter on my bed for the first time in months.
Downtown yesterday at 1pm I saw a guy wearing a quilted jacket -- zipped up. (though he was still wearing shorts)
Tonight I'm wearing socks in the house - instead of my usual barefootedness - for the first time in months. (though I'm still wearing shorts and a short-sleeve T-shirt)

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

We have light rain this morning! Hopefully it will help with the fires, and what a delight to smell clean air, wet grass and the sagebrush.

 

[ski3pin]

A rain shower on the deck awning woke me early this morrning. The heat wave is over.

 

[teledork]

I can see snow on the mountains from my kitchen table.

Guess I better work on getting the rest of the harvest in. I'll start some sauerkraut and hot pepper sauce fermenting today, get some bell peppers in the freezer and make a big pot of pozole. I already have 8 quarts of fermented kosher dills in the frig and 12 pints of bread and butter pickles in the pantry as well as several half pints of pesto and a gallon of roasted Numex chiles in the freezer. And I've already raided the potato patch once. And near the end of August I was FINALLY getting some cherry tomatoes - doesn't look like the Romas are going to ripen before a freeze. Between the cold, wet spring and the major increase in rodents it was a difficult year in the garden.

edit to add: garlic and onions were harvested a month ago






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[ski3pin]

Rain started overnight and continues, 49 here this morning. Is it really fall? Please, let it be fall.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Rain started overnight and continues, 49 here this morning. Is it really fall? Please, let it be fall.

Yes!

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

We had almost an inch by this morning here in Monterey area.
It sure helped clean up some of the oak moth caterpillar mess.
Need a lot more though.
Frank

 

[MarkBC]

Yesterday evening I turned the central furnace on in my house for the first time since late spring.

 

[ski3pin]

Yesterday evening I turned the central furnace on in my house for the first time since late spring.

Same here.

 

[teledork]

Yesterday evening I turned the central furnace on in my house for the first time since late spring.

Oh. I am just at the point of maybe shutting some windows at night because of cold instead of smoke.