On the 7th month of... July PNW 2022 (Preferance Wars)

[Phil]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

78 there.

84 in beautiful North Bend.   82 in Issaquah where my kids are on Lake Sammamish.   

 

I’ll bet the Euro will be closer than the GFS there.

[NWbyNW]

Currently 72F which is the high temp for today.  It never felt so good in my life... knowing what's to come...

[TigerWoodsLibido]

And we have another 90F-burger!!

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, Phil said:

I’ll bet the Euro will be closer than the GFS there.

So?   The ECMWF should have better resolution and is already 6 degrees too cold through 4 p.m.  for SEA.

I will say on days with very limited marine layer (like today) the GFS output for SEA works very well from North Bend and Issaquah. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

This is what happens when your hotel catches fire in 109 degree temps with 35mph winds. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

18z GFS and ensembles are still in a totally different world than the Euro. Good chance the 00z GFS caves tonight though IMO.

[Phil]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

So?   The ECMWF should have better resolution and is already 6 degrees too cold through 4 p.m.  for SEA.

I will say on days with very limited marine layer (like today) the GFS output for SEA works very well from North Bend and Issaquah. 

SeaTac temps are inflated by asphalt.

[Phil]

7 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

This is what happens when your hotel catches fire in 109 degree temps with 35mph winds. 

Yikes.

[rsktkr]

Does the upcoming pattern change move the 4CH west? If that is happening does that mean we could be looking at monsoonal flow possibly reaching the PNW and therefore set up some thunderstorm chances?

[NWbyNW]

Seattle local tv channel news stations are still either obvious or in denial of the upcoming death wave.  KOMO 4 doesn't even have an article out about it yet.  Everyone is blissfully pretending this isn't happening yet except for Q13 FOX who is hinting at some doom. KIRO 7 is living in la-la land at the moment and KING 5 is trying not to sound the alarms just yet.

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

SeaTac temps are inflated by asphalt.

It's warmer out here than SEA and the Snoqualmie Valley is surrounded by forest.  

[NWbyNW]

16 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

And we have another 90F-burger!!

I forgot how many you got to last year, but it seemed like it was every single day. ;D 

[Phil]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

It's warmer out here than SEA and the Snoqualmie Valley is surrounded by forest.  

Sure but it’s probably why the ECMWF runs cool at SeaTac but less so at Boeing Field.

[Anti Marine Layer]

@FroYoBrois already getting heat-related illness. 

[T-Town]

 

[MV_snow]

D*mn, should have known the models took a crappy turn when I saw 5 unread pages of posts. Hopefully we just have a few days in the 90s and nothing approaching June 2021.

One thing surprising to me are the forecasted temperature spreads between Puget Sound and PDX. Some guidance showing a 15-20 degree difference on some days. I shouldn’t underestimate the WV’s ability to torch these days. I remember one day last week we had a pleasant day in the low 80s at home while Andrew said SLE got to 100, and I was like WTF?!

[Anti Marine Layer]

43 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

Seattle local tv channel news stations are still either obvious or in denial of the upcoming death wave.  KOMO 4 doesn't even have an article out about it yet.  Everyone is blissfully pretending this isn't happening yet except for Q13 FOX who is hinting at some doom. KIRO 7 is living in la-la land at the moment and KING 5 is trying not to sound the alarms just yet.

I remember wanting to go play in the fountain on a hot day while on vacation, probably in Portland. 

My parents said no because too many people pee in the fountains. 

[FroYoBro]

Pdx just snuck in with a bonus 90 degree today. 
 

Last one of the year? 

[bainbridgekid]

25 minutes ago, T-Town said:

 

This is really true. It seems to think the entire area North of Tacoma is right on the immediate coastline and that Puget Sound is significantly wider than it is. No chance it’s 104 in Tacoma and 84 in Everett.

[Meatyorologist]

Alaska, particularly western AK, is experiencing its genuinely coldest stretch of summer weather in a long time. I really, really wish I were there

[T-Town]

11 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

This is really true. It seems to think the entire area North of Tacoma is right on the immediate coastline and that Puget Sound is significantly wider than it is. No chance it’s 104 in Tacoma and 84 in Everett.

I didn’t even look at the temps. Yikes. 

[TacomaWx]

24 minutes ago, MV_snow said:

D*mn, should have known the models took a crappy turn when I saw 5 unread pages of posts. Hopefully we just have a few days in the 90s and nothing approaching June 2021.

One thing surprising to me are the forecasted temperature spreads between Puget Sound and PDX. Some guidance showing a 15-20 degree difference on some days. I shouldn’t underestimate the WV’s ability to torch these days. I remember one day last week we had a pleasant day in the low 80s at home while Andrew said SLE got to 100, and I was like WTF?!

They are just a warmer climate…some of that because there’s a little more marine influence up here and more continental there. Also they’re closer to the Four corners high that sets up in the desert SW during the summer. 

[Omegaraptor]

You know why they call it Highway 217?

Because it takes 217 minutes to drive down it!

[TacomaWx]

6 minutes ago, T-Town said:

I didn’t even look at the temps. Yikes. 

104 in Tacoma would be an all time record had it not been for last year. It’s just unprecedented how hot the 106 was here and 108 in Seattle. Also to have back to back years hit 100 in the Seattle area is just crazy that’s never happened. 

[T-Town]

I can still remember when Seatac hit 100 degrees for the first time ever in 1994. I was in my unairconditioned truck on my way home from work and heard on the radio that we had reached 100 degrees. So awesome!  I was super excited because I like weather extremes. It’s losing its novelty now, but there’s still a part of me that wants it to happen again next week. If it’s gonna be hot anyway…

[The Blob]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

Costco has Halloween sh*t out.

Scary times with the threat of hot weather.

[TacomaWx]

Well I posted a heat wave forecast contest thread since it definitely feels like it’s coming (again) 

 

 

[The Blob]

6 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

You know why they call it Highway 217?

Because it takes 217 minutes to drive down it!

So that's why the 405 in LA tales so long to drive.

[Omegaraptor]

8 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Alaska, particularly western AK, is experiencing its genuinely coldest stretch of summer weather in a long time. I really, really wish I were there

My college roommate is actually working for a construction company in western Alaska!

[T-Town]

8 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

104 in Tacoma would be an all time record had it not been for last year. It’s just unprecedented how hot the 106 was here and 108 in Seattle. Also to have back to back years hit 100 in the Seattle area is just crazy that’s never happened. 

I was out of town for the 103 in 2009. Talking to my wife from my air conditioned hotel room, getting the weather report from our unairconditioned home. She rarely uses the F word, saves it for special occasions. I heard it a few times that day. 

[TacomaWx]

Just now, T-Town said:

I was out of town for the 103 in 2009. Talking to my wife from my air conditioned hotel room, getting the weather report from our unairconditioned home. She rarely uses the F word, saves it for special occasions. I heard it a few times that day. 

I remember it as well. I was 10 at the time so not super great but I do remember staying at my grandparents house in Lakewood with AC. Not sure how hot it was there. 

[Deweydog]

9 minutes ago, The Blob said:

So that's why the 405 in LA tales so long to drive.

I-5 is false advertising.

[T-Town]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I remember it as well. I was 10 at the time so not super great but I do remember staying at my grandparents house in Lakewood with AC. Not sure how hot it was there. 

We lived in Maple Valley at the time so if it was 103 at Seatac I’m guessing it was hotter at our house. I didn’t mention that to her though. 

[GHweatherChris]

Seattle NWS isn't biting.... yet.

[Omegaraptor]

Another friend from college is going off to California next week to fight fires.

On the other hand, California is actually coming to me.

[MV_snow]

25 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

They are just a warmer climate…some of that because there’s a little more marine influence up here and more continental there. Also they’re closer to the Four corners high that sets up in the desert SW during the summer. 

Definitely true… I was just surprised at the magnitude of the difference. Seems like the difference has been more pronounced in recent years but not sure since I didn’t pay as much attention to PDX temps back in the day lol

I am glad we have the Sound here during these heat waves though. Even though I live farther away from it than you it still has a cooling influence on the whole area.

[T-Town]

8:04 AM on 6/28/21. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

3 hours ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

KPTV going with 98 next Mon and Tue so nothing too extreme just yet.

KGW is cooler on Monday but going with 102 on Tuesday. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

I-5 is false advertising.

It goes 5 mph during the rush hour.

[NWbyNW]

3 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

I remember wanting to go play in the fountain on a hot day while on vacation, probably in Portland. 

My parents said no because too many people pee in the fountains. 

Now days the sidewalks are made of human waste in Portland I'm afraid... So your parents were ahead of the curb!