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Re: [OM] IMG: Cape Meares, OR

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Cape Meares, OR
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 22:28:19 +0100
Similar weather rules here.
When we can see the island of Portland it's going to rain.
When we can't see it it's because it IS raining.

On 14/08/2014, Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Moose:  You might find this helpful:
> <http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=41998.0>
> <http://www.wheelingit.us/2011/09/27/chance-of-precipitation-100-musings-on-the-or-coast-weather/>
>
> The general rule is that given carefully planned trips with due
> consideration to temperature, humidity, dew point and wind direction,
> the weather will do what it damn well pleases. :-)
>
> We stayed in a beach town with decent views of adjacent headlands north
> or south.  Each day we asked ourself, "Can we see the capes to the
> south?  If the answer was no, we did something else a bit inland.  Once
> the answer was yes, but when we got there, it was fogged in anyway, so
> we went somewhere else. The day I took the pictures, the fog bank hung
> out a bit beyond shore, and life was good.
>
> I believe the same general rules of thumb apply as N. California, except
> your chances of being disappointed are greater.  Summer brings the least
> amount of rain (July - mid-September), but fog is more likely. Spring
> and fall mean less fog, but more and more rain as you get closer to
> January.  And the higher the headland, the more likely it is to get
> fogged.  But sometimes only on one side, which can be dramatic and fun
> to photograph.
>
> The northern Oregon coast is more heavily forested and has higher
> headlands. The trees get shorter and scrubbier the farther south you go,
> until it turns into California.
>
> --Peter
>
>  > On 8/12/2014 9:48 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
>  > Thanks, Paul and John. We really love it there. You just have to be
> dressed for the wind, which is quite stiff and cold. We didn't mind, as
>  > it's gorgeous. We also appreciated that we escaped a fairly hot week
> in Seattle. Of course, this week was hotter, 96 F or 36 C yesterday.
>  >
>  > Looks, surprise, surprise, a lot like the NorCal coast. I would like
> to see at least some of the Oregon coast. "See" is the operative word. >
> Last time we were right at the border, and had come time, it was so
> foggy that I could hardly see the sign pointing north for Oregon and >
> south for Crescent City.
>  >
>  > Is Cape Meares less foggy than other parts of the coast? I'm used to
> wind together with fog, so one is cold, damp and can't see anything. >
> Wind alone could be OK. Best on the coast I know is that one day or so
> out of 4-6 when it's sunny with little wind, as in the Shelter Cove >
> sots I posted recently, but they are totally unpredictable.
>  >
>  > Coastal Moose
>  >
>  > --
>  > What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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