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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

September weather stats for Hermiston, Oregon Min temp - 2.6ºC (28th) Mean temp - 17.3ºC Max temp - 33.0ºC (10th) Min dew point - -2.9ºC (26th) Mean dew point - 8.4ºC Max dew point - 14.4ºC (21st) Min relative humidity - 20% (26th) Mean relative humidity - 59% Max relative humidity - 94% […]

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Yesterday I comically blew a tire on the Oregon Trail while trying to get to San Francisco for work. That’ll be a fun story to tell for a while. It’s nearly impossible to get a tow on Sunday in this part of the world (even using 24/7 roadside assistance) so my MIL […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A red car on the side of a highway on blocks with the rear driver wheel taken off.

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Joseph A di Paolantonio @jadp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@ingalls we were driving from Seattle back to Ocean Shores yesterday just as the rain was starting. Looks like we got through just in time. Today, the rain is ending airway

The image displays a weather monitoring app interface showing various data: current temperature at 58.1°F, battery voltage at 2.62V, humidity at 80%, and a rising barometric pressure of 29.905 inHg. Wind at 11mph

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Trees down on I-5 near Maytown Rest Area south of Olympia as of 09:17 Friday. All lanes blocked, traffic passing by on the left shoulder. #WAwx #weather

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

This weather station at Ocean Park, WA appears to have bottomed out at 995.6 mb. Spotty data for the last hour and a half due to power outages on the peninsula. #WAwx #weather

An air pressure chart showing sea level pressure decline from 1020 mb to 995 mb over an 18 hour period.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

NWS Portland issued a high wind warning for Astoria for gusts to 110 km/h after those gusts were observed despite the fact that weather models showed a strong risk of such ahead of time. #ORwx #weather

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Dave Clark @bedirthan.fullmoonstorytelling.com · 25/09/2026

@ingalls I've got a warning for up to 45 mph here in the King County foothills for late morning through afternoon

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

The low pressure center is about to come onshore between Long Beach and Westport, Washington. Strong wind to the south of it. Supposedly some gusts above 100 km/h around Astoria. #WAwx #ORwx #weather

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Hermiston may have a few periods of lighter winds today thanks to Mount Hood. The large Cascade volcanoes create a narrow wake of calmer wind under certain circumstances during wind storms. Predicting the position of this is one of the challenges of predicting […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A map showing forecast wind gusts today with a narrow calmer area extending from Mount Hood to Hermiston. Other wakes are visible downwind of Mount Adams and Mount Rainier.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Lightning being detected in the core of the low offshore, indicating intensification as it continues to move toward the Pacific Northwest. #WAwx #ORwx #pdxtst

A map showing a few lightning strikes near 44.5N, 130.7W.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Going through open enrollment in the U.S. after living in Canada for two years is a special kind of hell. Especially when the cost goes up like 20% year over year.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

I think I'll be going up Jump Off Joe south of Kennewick tomorrow afternoon to measure the wind. Strongest gust I have ever recorded on my Kestrel is 100 km/h, and then a tree fell on me (I was not injured). I'd say about a 30% chance I beat that tomorrow. #WAwx #weather

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

NWS Spokane has issued a wind advisory for the Northern Columbia Basin and Palouse, including Pullman and Moses Lake, for Friday. Wind gusts to 70 km/h are forecast. #WAwx #weather

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Wind advisory for parts of Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon, including #Yakima for most of Friday. Wind gusts to 90 km/h are possible. The strongest winds will be in exposed areas outside of towns and on hilltops. #WAwx #ORwx #weather

A map showing a wind advisory for Yakima, Goldendale, The Dalles, Boardman, Condon, Hermiston, and Pendleton.

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Cadmus @camless.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

@ingalls I was looking at this through the model runs for 500mb height in DESI yesterday, same track you describe. It's gonna be wet and windy 💨💦

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Increasing confidence that tomorrow's low will come in somewhere between the Columbia River and Westport, Washington. Wind gusts to 80 km/h possible along the Oregon Coast north of Florence. Wind gusts to 65 km/h possible along the I-5 corridor from Eugene to Longview and in the Columbia Basin […]

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

A strong low is forecast to reach the Pacific Northwest on Friday morning bringing wind to the coast. A lot of model disagreement on where exactly this low will land, though, which leads to a big question of who will get the big wind. Astoria seems to be the […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A map showing ensemble probabilities on the track of the low. The chance of landfall is above 20% from about La Push to near Newport.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Quite warm in Hermiston this morning. Temperature around 17ºC just before sunrise thanks to thin cloud cover and a light breeze. This will probably be the warmest low of September, it's the only one so far with a low above 15ºC. #ORwx #weather

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Last night we went to the Irrigon at Stanfield football game. Both schools are small enough to only be able to field JV teams. Neither team has a good kicker, so every touchdown was followed by an attempted 2 point conversion and kickoffs were onside kicks. Stanfield won pretty well, but my […]

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Today’s #garden pickings 127 cherry tomato 31 Roma tomato 3 strawberry

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

New on ingallswx.com - pressure gradient charts! With winter around the corner here are some pressure gradient charts to gauge the intensity of the Columbia Basin inversion as well as the east wind through the Columbia Gorge and across Snoqualmie Pass […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A chart showing the forecast pressure gradient between Portland and Hermiston.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

My wife has started a family challenge to get more steps. She split up couples into different teams and there's a non-zero chance someone gets divorced over this.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Thunderstorms in the Inland Northwest yesterday produced over 20,000 lightning flashes. #ORwx #IDwx #weather

A lightning map for September 17 showing 22,350 lightning flashes mostly in the Blue Mountains, Wallowa Mountains, Central Idaho, and Upper Snake River Plain

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Pro: I finished the book I'm reading while on this trip to Portland. Con: I forgot to bring the next book I want to read.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Returning to fall #weather in #Cascadia next week. Not seeing a lot of rain on the horizon but cooler temps with marine layers. #ORwx #pdxtst #WAwx

A chart showing 850 mb temps at Portland over the next 15 days. Temps are above average until midweek when they come crashing to slightly below average.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Hello again, Portland. It’s good to be back for a few days.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I don't want a folding iPhone I want an eink iPhone

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

#Seahawks are the only NFL team that is undefeated in the 2026 season.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Driving past SFO last night the car line to get to the terminals was obscene - almost all the way out to 101 both directions.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Today’s #garden pickings: 13 cherry tomato 10 Roma tomato

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Do you guys think A&W would get mad at me for picking their prickly pears? 🤔

A gaggle of prickly pears in a gravel area adjacent to a parking lot.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Neat little mesolow near Florence, Oregon this afternoon. #ORwx #weather

A satellite view of miniature cyclone that almost looks like a hurricane. Strong convection is visible onshore but offshore is pretty sunny other than the mesolow.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

I have been casually working on adding buildings to #OpenStreetMap in Hermiston. Today I finished the southeast quadrant of the city (south of Main, east of 395). This is the quadrant I live in but unfortunately it's also the smallest quadrant. Still, it's looking […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A map of the southeast side of Hermiston, Oregon.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Funnel cloud reported near Columbia City, Oregon at 12:30 Thursday. #ORwx #weather #pdxtst

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

5.1 mm of rain here in Hermiston yesterday evening and overnight, making September the wettest month ever at my #weather station. #ORwx

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Ryan Pollard 💾 @rdp.blue · 02/09/2026

The perfect summer breakfast exists. Currently destroying a chilled Hermiston watermelon dressed with Tajin and my own tears of joy.

A photo of a hand holding a bottle of Tajin seasoning with cut watermelon in the background

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Some mountain wave activity overhead here in Hermiston. #ORwx #weather

Linear clouds above a suburban neighborhood.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Cool weather continues for Portland and the Pacific Northwest for the forseeable future, though temperatures do moderate closer to average around the 10th. This chart is available 24/7 at ingallswx.com/graphics/850-mb-charts #pdxtst #ORwx #WAwx #weather

A chart comparing 850 mb temps over Portland to average. They are well below average through the 10th than leaning below average through the 17th.

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