1. Astoria KAST
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2. Fun Facts about Astoria
Population: 9477 in 2010
Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 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.

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

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

5. The Station

6. The Station
ID: KAST
Lat: °N
Lon: °W
Elev: 3m

7. 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 ”
On average, there are 0.5 days/year with temperatures >= 90°F
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8. Climo for first 2 weeks of Nov.

9. Climo for first 2 weeks of Nov.

10. Climo for first 2 weeks of Nov.

11. Climo for first 2 weeks of Nov.

12. Climo for first 2 weeks of Nov.

13. Current Conditions
Weather so far in Oct:
Nov:
Mesowest interface at PDX website

14. The Forecast
The Big Picture:
The WRF run:
Luke’s verification:
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