Extreme wet

We broke the record for the most rain in a day in December.... we got three and a quarter inches of rain.  There was much flooding.  It was windy and rainy and I was glad we had a new roof.  Our weather has been extreme this year.  Extreme hot.  Extreme rain.  Extreme wind.  Extreme cold. Please come back Portland weather.

Then in the middle of the afternoon the sun peeked out and the sky was beautiful and we went for a walk.  There is usually a good part of every day and we are fortunate to grab it most of the time, including today.

The park was flooded in several places.  That lake is our usual path.... but not today.

 A higher path in the park

See, it really was a pretty nice sky.

Historic event that I wish I missed.

https://fox12weather.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/the-great-2015-northwest-heat-wave-a-historic-weather-event/

Two Perspectives on our weather

According to the National Weather Service, we are going to be living in black and white the next several days and the sun is not going to come up.

But according to KATU this is our upcoming weather....

Pretty different, huh?

Colder than a well digger's butt

That's how cold our recent weather feels.  How cold is it?  In the thirties with a mean gorge wind that makes being outside unpleasant.

Yes, that is how much of a weather wimp I am.  But YOU may not have felt the force of that cold gorge wind.  The Columbia river gorge is a wind tunnel and our neighborhood is in its path.  And I hate the wind.  it makes me crazy.  Well, crazier...

Heat wave in Portland

What is a 102 degree day good for?  Not much in my book but I did put my rug out to bake in the sun.