August 2018 Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Deweydog]

Finally some REAL heat at 240 hours???

[Kayla]

Finally some REAL heat at 240 hours???

 

Don't even have to wait that long. 26C at hour 204!!

[Jesse]

Finally some REAL heat at 240 hours???

 

I think August icebox calls from you are a curse.

[Deweydog]

I think August icebox calls from you are a curse.

Whatever works...

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Finally some REAL heat at 240 hours???

 

Good, I for one am sick of this fake heat.

[Jesse]

Whatever works...

You fumbled it big time. 2015, 2017 and now 2018.

[Deweydog]

You fumbled it big time. 2015, 2017 and now 2018.

So sorry, Charlie.

[TT-SEA]

Don't even have to wait that long. 26C at hour 204!!

 

 

And yet on the ECMWF surface map... day 9 is cooler than next Monday.  

 

Although day 8 in pretty hot down south.  

[Blizzard777]

Smoke is not too bad in Seattle... could be much worse.

 

White overcast down here in Portland. A very very slight hint of blue if you look straight up.

 

Back home currently 78

[Deweydog]

September is likely going to be cooler than August.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

At this point I just hope the Greenland vortex staying put is as significant as Phil says.  We are basically California in the summer down here anymore.

[Front Ranger]

Finally some REAL heat at 240 hours???

 

Given model performance and ongoing typhoons, anything shown beyond 6 days out is next to worthless right now.

 

More importantly, the overall model trends have been cooler for next week. Not "cool", but certainly not as hot as it was looking potentially a day or two ago.

[Phil]

Seems relevant to the debates we have on here.

 

Not really a surprise, but the West Coast dominates.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/08/07/the-united-states-of-nice-days-heres-where-and-when-to-find-the-nations-most-frequent-ideal-weather/?utm_term=.2d74f5844911

[Front Ranger]

September is likely going to be cooler than August.

 

I think it will be cooler than July AND June as well.

 

The real question is if August will be cooler than July...

[MossMan]

Smoke is not too bad in Seattle... could be much worse.

 

Nothing but deep blue up here today!

[Deweydog]

Getting hot out there!

[Front Ranger]

Seems relevant to the debates we have on here.

 

Not really a surprise, but the West Coast dominates.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/08/07/the-united-states-of-nice-days-heres-where-and-when-to-find-the-nations-most-frequent-ideal-weather/?utm_term=.2d74f5844911

 

TAKE THAT, TIM!

 

Max temp 65-85, low-ish humidity, partly to mostly sunny days.

 

Kinda surprising that both Olympia and Tacoma score higher than Seattle - maybe they have a few more days that make the "comfortably warm" threshold? And Portland has more "uncomfortably warm", which is why they score lower than Seattle, I guess.

[MossMan]

Getting hot out there!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Now over 90F in the central valley.  I assume it will be a degree or two lower than here as you get closer to Eugene.

[Kayla]

[TT-SEA]

TAKE THAT, TIM!

 

Max temp 65-85, low-ish humidity, partly to mostly sunny days.

 

Kinda surprising that both Olympia and Tacoma score higher than Seattle - maybe they have a few more days that make the "comfortably warm" threshold? And Portland has more "uncomfortably warm", which is why they score lower than Seattle, I guess.

 

 

Me?

 

How many millions of times have I said that we have gorgeous summers here?   And that 70s and low 80s with low humidity is perfect?   

 

I know this very well.

 

But Phil... they did not count 45 degrees and drizzle as a BEAUTIFUL day?   What??   I thought people should be down on their hands and knees praising God for any 45-degree drizzly day in the summer!  

[Phil]

[TT-SEA]

Yeah. Given the number of “nice days” west of the Cascades, it’s hard to imagine anyone from there complaining about crappy weather. But alas..

 

And FWIW, I think it’s funny that Chicago scores better than DC. Perhaps we lose too many points in both summer and winter, with only a small window for nice days during transition seasons.

 

But they are all focused in JAS.

 

We probably have the highest number of crappy days (dark and damp and cold) from October - April.

 

You have posted that dreary index map many times... and west of the Cascades is the worst place in the country.  

[Phil]

But they are all focused in JAS.

 

We probably have the highest number of crappy days (dark and damp and cold) from October - April.

 

You have posted that dreary index map many times... and west of the Cascades is the worst place in the country.

Heatsquall is the one constantly posting that map, not me.

 

FWIW, he also did a map only for daytime hours with “ideal weather conditions” (temp 68-72, dewpoint

 

[Front Ranger]

Me?

 

How many millions of times have I said that we have gorgeous summers here?   And that 70s and low 80s with low humidity is perfect?   

 

I know this very well.

 

But Phil... they did not count 45 degrees and drizzle as a BEAUTIFUL day?   What??   I thought people should be down on their hands and knees praising God for any 45-degree drizzly day in the summer!  

 

The point was that the PNW lowlands have more "nice" days overall than most the country. Despite "weeks of endless drizzle" in the winter. 

[Phil]

This is pretty interesting too.

 

[Farmboy]

A real heatwave would sure be nice before summer comes to a close... *Sigh*

[Front Ranger]

But they are all focused in JAS.

 

We probably have the highest number of crappy days (dark and damp and cold) from October - April.

 

You have posted that dreary index map many times... and west of the Cascades is the worst place in the country.  

 

This is not true. There are usually plenty of days in May/June that fall into the 65-85, partly to mostly sunny category.

 

Of the 86 annual that Tacoma averages, probably 62-65 are JAS, 17-20 are May/June, and the remaining few come in April or October.

[Deweydog]

A real heatwave would sure be nice before summer comes to a close...

It'd be an interesting footnote if PDX can crack 30 90+ days while only barely nudging 100 degrees once. Only another week or so before odds for triple digits start dropping pretty rapidly.

[Front Ranger]

It'd be an interesting footnote if PDX can crack 30 90+ days while only barely nudging 100 degrees once. Only another week or so before odds for triple digits start dropping pretty rapidly.

 

Except climo was tossed WAY out the window years ago...

[Front Ranger]

Appears Tropicaltimbits is not updating.

[Farmboy]

Oh well, better luck next year...

[Jesse]

So sorry, Charlie.

Don’t apologize to me, apologize to the treeze.

[Deweydog]

Biggest 18z run of the year and THIS happens????

[TT-SEA]

Smoke is not too bad in Seattle... could be much worse.

 

 

 

It was juuuuuuuust a tiny bit more smokey last year on this day in Seattle.   

 

[Jesse]

A real heatwave would sure be nice before summer comes to a close... *Sigh*

I guess warmest summer on record is the best we can do anymore. <_>

[TT-SEA]

Heatsquall is the one constantly posting that map, not me.

 

FWIW, he also did a map only for daytime hours with “ideal weather conditions” (temp 68-72, dewpoint

 

 

 

1% vs 2 or 3%?  

 

Seems like a tiny difference.    Even in the best climate... its not ideal over 95% of the time during the day?    Seems low.

 

I think the ideal temp range is too small... only between 68 and 72.   

[jakeinthevalley]

KBKE (Baker City) just tied the all time record high at 106F. Still have about an hour of heating left.

 

This after a morning low of 50F.

[Farmboy]

I guess warmest summer on record is the best we can do anymore. <_>

I guess it might feel warm to stray itinerant polar bears...

[Jesse]

I guess it might feel warm to stray itinerant polar bears...

Do you have AC?