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sleepyjeff
11-30-2006, 01:32 AM
According to the National Weather Service Todays high temp in my home town of Portland will be 36 degrees....the low 37 degrees.

:confused: :confused: :confused:

I always thought the high would be the highest recorded temp durring the day and the low the lowest recorded temp.

Am I missing something.
wendybeth
11-30-2006, 09:39 AM
Yes- snow. Lots and lots of snow. (just trying to share the joy; I woke up to a bunch more snow today.)
Brigitte
11-30-2006, 10:13 AM
I'll gladly send you some as well. I hate this stuff.
Ghoulish Delight
11-30-2006, 10:21 AM
I always thought the high would be the highest recorded temp durring the day and the low the lowest recorded temp.

Am I missing something.I believe the high is the maximum daytime temperature, and the low is the minimum overnight temperature. So I suppose it would be possible, if for some reason it's expected to be warmer at night, you can have a predicted low higher than the predicted high.
Alex
11-30-2006, 10:35 AM
At the moment it is showing (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/index.php?wfo=pqr&zone=orz006&county=orc051) 44 and 34.

But yeah, the high is the daytime high and the low is the overnight low, though it doesn't seem to me that the low could ever be higher than the high, just equal to each other. I would guess it was just a data glitch.
sleepyjeff
11-30-2006, 06:22 PM
Probably a glitch; but the overnight low daytime high theory sounds possible too.
Prudence
11-30-2006, 07:06 PM
It is entirely possible - yesterday it was warmer overnight than it was during the day.
SacTown Chronic
11-30-2006, 07:12 PM
It was surreal seeing heavy snow at a Seahawk game. Of course that has more to do with their three decades as a dome team than my knowledge of Seattle weather patterns. I hate dome football.
Prudence
11-30-2006, 07:44 PM
That snow was definitely surreal. It just dumped lots in a hurry - that rarely happens here.
wendybeth
11-30-2006, 09:58 PM
I don't know, Pru- it seems like the weather in Seattle is changing. It rarely snowed in the past, and now it seems like you have several big snow and icestorms each season. Maybe Seattle should break down and invest in some winter weather equipment? Seems like Isaaquah and the Pass are the only areas ever ready to handle the white stuff.
Jughead P. Jones
11-30-2006, 10:11 PM
You think your weather is topsy-turvy?

Today in CANADA, we reached a high of 14 degrees Celsius (yes, Celsius...because we're weird). That's over 60 Fahrenheit! On the LAST DAY OF NOVEMBER!!!)

But, tomorrow, we're supposed to get FREEZING RAIN! AND SNOW!

Christmas weather...FINALLY!!!

(Okay, okay...I get excited about snow...LOL!)
Prudence
11-30-2006, 10:22 PM
Not really. We get a dusting every year, but not like this. What made this one spectacular in a bad way was the sudden onset and ice accumulation during rush hour. Generally it snows a few inches and they show cars sliding down Queen Anne Hill but the freeways are okay. This time, the freeways has two inches of ice build-up. Last storm this bad was in the early 90s.