Astoria KAST Make Forecast By 4PM

Fun Facts about Astoria Population: 9477 in 2010 Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1805-06 at Fort Clatsop (fancy name for a log cabin), south and west of modern day Astoria. They hoped a ship would pick them up, instead they endured a torturous winter of rain and cold. John Jacob Astor founded Fort Astoria for fur-trading in 1811. First US Post office west of the Rocky Mountains was established in Astoria 1847. The Astoria-Megler bridge was completed in 1966. Astoria is the western terminus of the Trans-America bicycle route. The musical, Shanghai’d in Astoria is about Astoria’s history and has been performed every year in Astoria since 1984. Astoria was the setting for the movie, The Goonies. Other movies filmed here include, Free Willy, Kindergarten Cop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, and Into the Wild.

Where is Astoria?? On the west coast at the mouth of the Columbia River on the Oregon side:

Where is Astoria?? Astoria-Megler Bridge across the Columbia

The Station

The Station ID: KAST Lat: 46.156946°N Lon: -123.883253°W Elev: 3m

Fun Weather Facts On average there are 194 days/year with measurable precip. Average annual precipitation = 67”, wettest month for the year is November at 10.5” Wettest year was 1950 with 113.34” On average, there are 0.5 days/year with temperatures >= 90°F Make Forecast By 4PM

Climo for first 2 weeks of Nov.

Climo for first 2 weeks of Nov.

Climo for first 2 weeks of Nov.

Climo for first 2 weeks of Nov.

Climo for first 2 weeks of Nov.

Current Conditions Weather so far in Oct: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/monthdisp.php?stn=KAST&year=2012&mon=10&wfo=pqr&p=temperature Nov: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/monthdisp.php?stn=KAST&p=temperature&mon=11&wfo=pqr&year=2012 Mesowest interface at PDX website http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/observations.php

The Forecast The Big Picture: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/wxloop.cgi?h500_slp+/-168// The WRF run: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/mm5rt/ Luke’s verification: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~wxchallenge/theta_e/ Make Forecast By 4PM