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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Continuing to look at #Isaias - WeatherMesh-6 is flagging a strong risk of severe thunderstorms (especially tornadoes) as this storm makes landfall on Friday. Tornadoes are common in landfalling hurricanes because of wind shear as part of the storm's circulation […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A map of the Southeastern United States showing a severe thunderstorm risk for parts of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Tracking #Isaias at work. WeatherMesh-6 ensemble has high confidence in a landfall between Mobile and Panama City. #hurricane #weather

The forecast track of Tropical Storm Isaias with a landfall Friday evening overlayed on top of a satellite image.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Updated Greater Northwest county #geocaching map for me with four new counties over the weekend - Placer (CA), Owyhee (ID), Canyon (ID), Payette (ID). #geocache

A map of counties in the Northwestern US showing places I've geocached. Clusters are found around the Tri-Cities, Seattle, Portland, Reno, and Idaho Falls.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Here's all of Umatilla County, which will never get to 100% but is fun to look at.

A map of Umatilla County, Oregon showing roads (5168.5 km) with 88 km of those having been explored by me, mainly around Hermiston.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

One of my workout goals is to bike/run/walk every street in Hermiston. Built a simple tracker for this this morning. Didn't realize I'm close to 30% already.

A map showing all the streets in and near Hermiston, Oregon. About 30% (45.4 km) of streets are marked as me having biked/ran/walked on them.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@zolotkey I'm still down this rabbit hole, here's another way to visualize how waves move through the atmosphere.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

@zolotkey You could process data from Open-Meteo (which doesn't have our model) but here's the 30-day animation from our work model, frames every 12 hours. To help make sense of it, I recommend picking a single strong ridge or trough and watch how that progresses through the period.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

@zolotkey Expanding on this, here's a map of our current state. I estimated the jet stream roughly in pink and marked ridges and troughs as red and blue. Each ridge-trough pair is a wave, I count about five waves in the Northern Hemisphere right now.

A map of the Northern Hemisphere showing ridges and troughs around the North Pole. The jet stream varies between about 40 and 60ºN with waves every 45º longitude or so.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Big temp drop coming this weekend for the Pacific Northwest but rebounding to above average next week. #ORwx #WAwx #pdxtst

A chart showing 850 temps compared to average for Portland, Oregon. Temperatures are well above average until the 10th when they drop rapidly.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Normally I come home from California via Hwy 97 but last weekend I opted to go via Hwy 95. This allowed me to find geocaches in many areas I haven’t before, including one new county in California, two in Idaho, and two new QTH grids (one in Nevada and one in […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A map of North America showing where I have found geocaches. Most are in the Western US with the most populated QTH grid being DN06 (928 finds).

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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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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

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

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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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 · 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 · 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

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 · 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 · 04/09/2026

Pico de gallo featuring homegrown #garden tomatoes and some of the peppers that aren’t strawberries that we canned a few weeks ago.

A bowl of very red pico with Roma tomatoes and a can of peppers behind it

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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 · 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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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

I am starting to get current conditions graphics on Ingalls Weather. These display data from my home weather station. I have temp, wind, and pressure up today. I'll be adding rain, solar radiation, lightning, and air quality in the near future […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A chart showing today's temperature in Hermiston with a high of 83.7ºF and a low of 47.8ºF.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Nothing like popping a #bike tire while riding in the countryside.

The handlebars of a bike on the side of a paved rural road through farmland.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

First #snow map of the season. Snow will be mostly confined to British Columbia but the highest peaks in Washington and Northern Oregon will probably get some too. #BCstorm #WAwx #ORwx #weather

Modeled snowfall through the weekend with a few patches up to 10 cm in high altitude mountains in British Columbia.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

We've started a cooling trend in Cascadia that will continue into the weekend. A strong upper level low is developing off Vancouver Island and this is forecast to swing onshore this weekend. There will also be some rain and high elevation snow, though arid inland […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A map showing 500 mb heights with a low pressure system centered on Wenatchee late Saturday.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

RIP to Tim Curry, guest star on Psych Season 2 Episode 1.

James Roday Rodriguez hugging Tim Curry smoking a cigarette and with a green face mask.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

8️⃣ I updated the SPC graphics page on Ingalls Weather to include the extended outlooks out to Day 8! Also had to make improvements on timing and how the images get generated to fix some bugs. ingallswx.com/graphics/noaa-outlook… #weather

A website offering fire and convective outlooks out to Day 8

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Now that I work at a #weather model (and balloon) company I suppose it's time for me to start learning about weather modeling. I'm spinning up a version of MPAS to run some experiments but first I'm playing with dummy data to get the hang of it and orient myself.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Thunderstorms are in the forecast Friday for Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon. Not everyone will experience a storm, but there will be a few in the shaded region. ingallswx.com/graphics/noaa-outlook… #WAwx #ORwx #weather

A map of the Western US showing a general thunderstorm chance in the Inland Northwest and Desert Southwest with severe storms possible in Western Nebraska.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

🔥 NEW on ingallswx.com - smoke forecast charts! These charts show both vertically integrated smoke and near surface smoke for the Columbia Basin, Puget Sound Region, and Willamette Valley. Forecast source is HRRR. Update cadence is every six hours […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A chart showing vertically integrated smoke in the Columbia Basin. Most are low but Moses Lake has a significant spike.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Spike on my PurpleAir sensor from when I was mowing this morning. My mower and weed eater are both electric so this is mostly from grass and dust being thrown into the air. #AirQuality

An air quality chart showing AQI around 60-80 except a spike to 89 at 8:30.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Weather models leaning on the cool side beginning this weekend and lasting to the beginning of September for #Portland and the Pacific Northwest. Early signs of fall, which is the best season of course. Data here: ingallswx.com/graphics/850-mb-charts #pdxtst #ORwx #weather

A chart showing predicted 850 mb temps for Portland, showing a surge around Aug 21, a sharp drop around Aug 22, a rise peaking around Aug 26, then below average beyond that through Sep 2.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Over 27,000 lightning flashes in the Inland Northwest on Saturday. Real time versions of this map here: ingallswx.com/graphics/real-time-da… #WAwx #ORwx #IDwx #weather

A map of the Pacific Northwest showing numerous lightning strikes in the mountains of Idaho and eastern Oregon plus the Columbia Basin.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

It looks like USGS recorded and located 1 foreshock and 4 aftershocks related to yesterday's M3.8 in San Leandro. #SFBA #California #earthquake

A map of San Leandro showing the six earthquakes centered along I-580.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

There's also now a direct link to the maps & graphics on my website header for more visibility. I don't plan on doing the "grand opening" until I have the full set live but I am excited with where I'm at.

The Ingalls Weather homepage showing the Maps & Graphics link in the header.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

You can really tell when I a) resized the droplet to have 2 CPUs instead of one and b) when I switched the basemaps to being cached vs being made fresh each run. Looks like I have a bit of room to keep adding stuff when I get back home from California.

A chart showing CPU % which was frequently running near 100% before 18:00 yesterday but now barely touches 50%.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

New on ingallswx.com - real-time lightning maps for the Pacific Northwest and B.C. Interior! A few different displays here, all located at the following link: ingallswx.com/graphics/real-time-da… Map domains: - Whole Pacific Northwest (US […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A map of the Pacific Northwest showing lightning strikes in Idaho, Nevada, and Utah on the fringe of the map.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

I now have air quality flowing on my self updating weather spreadsheet. The Ingalls Earth Observatory is becoming quite comprehensive. #weather

A spreadsheet showing observed weather conditions in Hermiston, Oregon for August 2026.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

I wonder how many more things I can get started updating regularly before I need more RAM 🤔

A chart showing CPU usage spiking to near 100% for about 20 minutes when I set up the reoccurring image generation.

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Mark Ingalls 🎃👻🧙‍♂️ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

Today on the webzone I now have weather alert maps for the Pacific Northwest, Columbia Basin, and Portland area updating every ten minutes. These maps pull directly from the National Weather Service and package it in a way that I find to be more visually appealing […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

A map of the Pacific Northwest showing numerous air quality, heat, and fire weather alerts.

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