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Marine Weather and Tides Lake Shore, WA Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

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Sunrise 5:55AM

Sunset 8:37PM

Monday August 3, 2020 11:06 AM PDT (18:06 UTC)

Moonrise 8:10PM

Moonset 4:41AM

Illumination 100%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Lake Shore, WA

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Area Discussion for - Portland, OR

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FXUS66 KPQR 031612 AAA AFDPQR

Area Forecast Discussion . UPDATED National Weather Service Portland OR 911 AM PDT Mon Aug 3 2020

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SYNOPSIS. Expect a mix of morning clouds and afternoon sunshine with temperatures generally hovering near to slightly above average for the next several days. Our first shot at a widespread light rain event since late June/early July will arrive late Wednesday night into Thursday.

SHORT TERM. Today through Wednesday . Water vapor satellite imagery early this morning reveals a shortwave trough lifting northeastward across Washington. The main area of mid to upper level lift associated with this wave has already shifted northeast of the region and 500mb heights are beginning to build across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington in its wake. Nighttime microphysics satellite imagery reveals marine clouds have solidly filled in along the coast and are pushing through the Coast Range gaps. Given current marine cloud coverage and HREF guidance, we should see marine clouds spread into both the far northern and southern ends of the Willamette Valley this morning. More uncertainty exists in whether or not clouds will fill into the central Willamette Valley this morning. In addition, weak onshore flow coupled with the marine clouds along the coast have already produced pockets of drizzle along the coast. Expect this to continue this morning before precipitation odds gradually dissipate as daytime heating helps to break up the marine clouds towards midday.

Models are in decent agreement a vort max currently near 140W and 39N will slide eastward and maintain weak upper level troughing across the Pacific Northwest Tuesday into Wednesday. Models are in good agreement pressure gradients will remain onshore. This will maintain cool conditions along the coast with temperatures warming well into the 80s in the Willamette Valley and Columbia River Gorge Tuesday and Wednesday. Onshore pressure gradients look to hold relatively steady today into Tuesday. This should maintain the breezy westerly winds through the Columbia River Gorge and the area around the Fir Mountain Fire during this time. As the pattern becomes more amplified Wednesday and thermally induced low pressure strengthens east of the Cascades, pressure gradients appear likely to increase across the Cascades. As a result, expect westerly winds to pick up a notch in the aforementioned locations Wednesday. /Neuman

LONG TERM. Wednesday night through Sunday . Models and their ensembles are in reasonable agreement a somewhat sharp and negatively tilted trough will slide east-northeastward across the Pacific Northwest Wednesday night into Thursday. There still remain some differences among the ensembles in the timing and particularly the amplitude of the shortwave trough, which results in uncertainty in QPF amounts expected across the region. The WPC cluster analysis of the 12z ensemble data suggests just 10% of the CMCE, GEFS and EPS ensemble members produce a pattern where the main shortwave trough just glances the region and produces little to no rain across the CWA . perhaps just a couple hundredths in the most favored west facing slopes in the Coast Range and Cascades north of a line extending between Tillamook and Mt Adams. Meanwhile, 30% of the ensemble members produce at least a tenth of an inch of rain across almost the entire CWA with sizable areas of at least a quarter of an inch across the typical wetter areas of the north Oregon Coast Range and south WA Cascades. The remaining 60% of the ensembles produce scenarios somewhere in the middle of these two extremes where at least a tenth of an inch will fall across good portions of the Coast Range and Cascades with lesser amounts in the Willamette Valley. This is also reflected in the 07z NBM 1D viewer guidance, which places odds of at least 0.05" falling in 24 hrs at KPDX at 55%, 0.10"/24hr at 39% and 0.25"/24hr at 14% Wednesday night into Thursday. Given the uncertainty in the amplitude of the shortwave trough these odds lower quite a bit farther south in the Willamette Valley. For example, the odds of 0.05" in 24 hrs at KEUG is 24%, 0.10"/24 hrs is 16% and 0.25"/24 hrs is just 5%.

Beyond Thursday, models and their ensembles are in general agreement weak upper level shortwave troughing and low level onshore flow will persist across the region Friday into Saturday. This should allow temperatures to moderate and return closer to seasonal averages. Differences among models and their ensemble members then grows more towards next Sunday. The majority of the EPS members suggest the flow will turn more zonal Sunday, while more than half of the CMCE system suggests shortwave ridging will push towards the region. Meanwhile, nearly half of the GEFS members suggest another shortwave trough will slide across the Pacific Northwest Sunday. Given the range of possibilities, opted for a blend of model guidance and deviated little, if any, from NBM guidance. /Neuman

AVIATION. A very weak frontal boundary associated with an upper level trough centered over eastern Washington will continue to move east today. A mix of IFR and low-end MVFR exists along the coast, into the coastal valleys and up the Columbia River to near KKLS. Coastal areas likely to remain IFR to MVFR through the morning hours and then gradually improve to VFR by early afternoon. IFR to MVFR stratus returns to the coast between 03Z and 06Z Tue.

Areas of MVFR will persist over the southwest Washington lowlands west of Interstate 5 and some of the Oregon Coast Range valleys through late morning. Otherwise, VFR will be rule inland through at least 07Z Tue. Guidance suggests areas of MVFR stratus may push into the far western Oregon Coast Range valleys overnight, as well as the southwest Washington coastal lowlands.

KPDX and APPROACHES . VFR at the terminal and vicinity as of 16Z. Areas of SCT025-030 will dissipate by late morning. Latest high- resolution model cloud guidance indicates MVFR stratus developing along the Columbia River from near KSPB to KTTD around 13Z Tue. Weishaar

MARINE. No changes to current marine forecast. Surface high pressure builds over the waters later today and holds through Wednesday. This will bring gusty northerly wind during the afternoon and evening hours. The 12Z model guidance indicates 20-25 kt boundary layer wind speeds generally south of Cape Falcon late Tue afternoon through Tue evening. Will need to consider a small craft advisory, but will look at this in more detail for the afternoon forecast. A weak front looks to then move across the water Wednesday night into Thursday resulting in a brief period of southerly winds before high pressure brings the return of northerly winds later this week.

Seas are currently around 3-5 ft this morning and will remain in this range through Wednesday. Seas look to then build to around 5-7 ft by Thursday then to around 7-9 ft later this week as a building northwesterly swell moves across the waters. Weishaar/64

PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. OR . None. WA . None. PZ . None.

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
LOPW1 - 9440422 - Longview, WA	33 mi	48 min			71°F		1021.9 hPa
TLBO3 - 9437540 - Garibaldi, Tillamook Bay, OR	61 mi	48 min			59°F		1022.9 hPa
ASTO3 - 9439040 - Astoria, OR	65 mi	48 min	WSW 4.1 G 6	65°F	71°F		1022 hPa

Wind History for Longview, WA

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Pearson Airfield, WA	6 mi	73 min	Var 3	10.00 mi	Fair	70°F	57°F	64%	1021.8 hPa
Portland, Portland International Airport, OR	9 mi	73 min	N 0	10.00 mi	Partly Cloudy	71°F	57°F	63%	1021.9 hPa
Scappoose Industrial Airpark, OR	10 mi	73 min	ESE 3	10.00 mi	Fair	70°F	57°F	66%	1021.6 hPa
Portland-Hillsboro Airport, OR	12 mi	73 min	SW 4	10.00 mi	A Few Clouds	69°F	55°F	63%	1021.8 hPa
Portland, Portland-Troutdale Airport, OR	21 mi	73 min	WSW 4	10.00 mi	Partly Cloudy	71°F	55°F	57%	1021.8 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Vancouver, Columbia River, Washington (dubious accuracy)

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Tide / Current Tables for Knappa, Knappa Slough, Columbia River, Oregon

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Wind Forecast for Portland, OR (14,3,4,5)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Portland, OR

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