August 2022 PNW Observations and Discussion - 1956 Redux!1!!1!

[T-Town]

A crisp 61 degrees here this morning. A few sprinkles earlier. 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

@Phil There is a brisk NW wind blowing here in northern MN this morning under sunny skies and it will only get to the mid 70s today.    What's the deal?  Thought would we would all be dead from heat exhaustion by now.     Looks pretty nice this week.  

Send some of that to FL please.

77 dewpoint and not the slightest breeze here this morning. Same crap I’ve been dealing with for 3+ weeks now.

[Meatyorologist]

Awesome midlevel cloudcover to greet me this morning. Also woke up to some damp roads and the smell of petrichor. Looks like I was nailed by one of those passing elevated showers. Always nice to get any rain this time of year so I'll take it.

[Phil]

6 hours ago, Deweydog said:

Omak at one point had a 104/12 spread which is insane up here. Even more bizarre considering some west side spots pretty much maxed out climo for dew point 36 hours earlier.

I want to experience that at some point. Must feel pretty surreal.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

I want to experience that at some point. Must feel pretty surreal.

That is fire weather.

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

That is fire weather.

Just for one afternoon. Have never experienced a dewpoint that low outside the dead of winter. The atmosphere is always oozing with water out here during the warm season.

[TT-SEA]

13 minutes ago, Phil said:

Send some of that to FL please.

77 dewpoint and not the slightest breeze here this morning. Same crap I’ve been dealing with for 3+ weeks now.

Did a coffee run this morning and was listening to the radio and the morning show people were talking about what a spectacular summer it's been here and how it's going to continue.   No mention of death ridges.   

[The Blob]

I'm looking forward to the few days break from the heat, mostly for my plants to have the break.

[Meatyorologist]

Looks like we will be seeing another heatwave this upcomibg weekend.

And the beat goes on.

[Jakewestsalem]

Spent 8 glorious hours on the Pacific Ocean yesterday fishing/crabbing. Fog was thick enough to need GPS for all navigation. Perfect mid 50's offshore. No wind and an 8' NW swell to keep you on your toes.

Came back to 95f but with enough ocean bounty for a month's worth of good eats!

[T-Town]

The marine layer has made it here this morning. Looks like we are on the eastern edge at the moment. 

[TT-SEA]

@Phil Dewpoint in the low 50s this morning with a temp of 66.  Brrrrr!   It's called Gull Lake and the sea gulls make it sound like the ocean.   Water is really warm here too... like at home.   

[BLI snowman]

16 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

@Phil Dewpoint in the low 50s this morning with a temp of 66.  Brrrrr!   It's called Gull Lake and the sea gulls make it sound like the ocean.   Water is really warm here too... like at home.   

Take it to PMs....

[Chewbacca Defense]

2 hours ago, smerfylicious said:

Someone left the faucet on in Seattle. It raining

 

Wow, its quite sunny up here in Bellingham.

[BLI snowman]

37 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Looks like we will be seeing another heatwave this upcomibg weekend.

And the beat goes on.

Basically no middle ground anymore between our bouts of troughing and our (longer) bouts of 90+. We had about a two day reprieve last time and looks like we're going to get about that again this week.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looks like PDX should make a clean sweep of 90s through at least Wednesday now, which would be a new record (11 consecutive). Might cool down a little Thursday and Friday before flirting with triple digits again this weekend. 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Basically no middle ground anymore between our bouts of troughing and our (longer) bouts of 90+. We had about a two day reprieve last time and looks like we're going to get about that again this week.

Pretty sure Chris was cheering for a no middle ground summer... either 60 degrees and drizzling or searing heat.   

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

 

Wow, its quite sunny up here in Bellingham.

Looks sunny in King County now.

[Randyc321]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

Send some of that to FL please.

77 dewpoint and not the slightest breeze here this morning. Same crap I’ve been dealing with for 3+ weeks now.

Move from the East coast already.  Jeez.  Been reading about your sh*tty East coast weather on our PNW thread for over a decade now.  Why are you still there and b*tching about it here?

[Mr Marine Layer]

At the coast there will be Fogust!!1!!1!1!

[snow_wizard]

Hard to believe Jesse thought it was crazy to say an 11 degree drop in a little over an hour at SEA last night was impressive.  You need to chill out!

You come off as being a prick.

[snow_wizard]

53 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Looks like we will be seeing another heatwave this upcomibg weekend.

And the beat goes on.

The ECMWF only showed one day reaching the upper 80s out of the next 10.  Granted that model can run low, but it hasn't been that bad lately.

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Hard to believe Jesse thought it was crazy to say an 11 degree drop in a little over an hour at SEA last night was impressive.  You need to chill out!

You come off as being a prick.

Don’t take this weather out on me dude. Why don’t you check your PM.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Don’t take this weather out on me dude. Why don’t you check your PM.

I will check.  Almost afraid to after that one.

Also...I think most people would call the 11 degree drop impressive.

[SnarkyGoblin]

7 hours ago, smerfylicious said:

My house was a consistent 68-70 degrees. I cooked up steaks and all sorts of goodies on my natural gas stove. Other than my basil looking very sad, and my 2 year old wanting to go outside...eh could've been worse. If I didn't have the ability to cool the house, or if I was still in my old apartment that banned AC...well that'd be another story

I never really understood people hating the heat (especially when it's relatively temporary) while having AC in their home.

[Phil]

31 minutes ago, Randyc321 said:

Move from the East coast already.  Jeez.  Been reading about your sh*tty East coast weather on our PNW thread for over a decade now.  Why are you still there and b*tching about it here?

Because I have nowhere else to b*tch about it. This forum is therapeutic..I rely on it.  

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, SnarkyGoblin said:

I never really understood people hating the heat (especially when it's relatively temporary) while having AC in their home.

Some people work outside and like doing other things outside too. You can gear up for rain and cool weather, not a lot you can do when it’s blistering heat besides maybe swim.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

3 hours ago, Doiinko said:

Yeah there probably won't be much ground level smoke in our area thankfully, most of it is aloft.

Yeah I hope so. The model updated overnight, there must be some delay. Smoke is closer now but still remains out of the Willamette Valley at least through tonight.

[Phil]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

Some people work outside and like doing other things outside too. You can gear up for rain and cool weather, not a lot you can do when it’s blistering heat besides maybe swim.

Pretty much this. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, Phil said:

Because I have nowhere else to b*tch about it. This forum is therapeutic..I rely on it.  

I can relate with this. But at least I live around here

[Mr Marine Layer]

4 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Some people work outside and like doing other things outside too. You can gear up for rain and cool weather, not a lot you can do when it’s blistering heat besides maybe swim.

At least there are not crowded hiking trails.

[TacomaWx]

Good lord 

[Phil]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I can relate with this. But at least I live around here

I b*tch in the eastern thread too. But lots of people live in the Plains on that forum and get awesome weather all the time, so harder to relate sometimes.  

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, TacomaWx said:

Good lord 

I don’t know what to do about the Jim thing. Sorry.

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

I don’t know what to do about the Jim thing. Sorry.

Lol you’re good it was more a reaction to the massive amount of downvotes and weenie tags. 

[TacomaWx]

Got down to 61 this morning…if it stands it’ll tie another record for consecutive +60 lows we just set last summer. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I need to know more about this 11 degree drop at Sea Tac!

[Phil]

Btw it looks like we’re having a big family gathering in Everett next summer! And possibly another excursion in Leavenworth as well. Haven’t been up there since 2019, am looking forward to it already.

Only time I’ve ever experienced non-tropical weather in July during the last 20+ years was in the NW. Would be nice to steal another few weeks!

[Chewbacca Defense]

15 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Some people work outside and like doing other things outside too. You can gear up for rain and cool weather, not a lot you can do when it’s blistering heat besides maybe swim.

As I always like to say, you can always add layers for the cold, but you can only get so naked before the neighbors start calling the cops!

[TacomaWx]

Definitely disappointing to be looking at another potential heatwave right after we just got done with a significant one. I figured we would get some more 90s considering we just got into august but a little too early to get worried yet. Definitely gonna warm up but maybe we will avoid +90s this time…atleast here in western WA. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

10 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I need to know more about this 11 degree drop at Sea Tac!

It was no laughing matter.

[Chewbacca Defense]

16 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I need to know more about this 11 degree drop at Sea Tac!

It landed on my toe....hurt like hell!

[snow_wizard]

OMG it feels amazing out there!  9 degrees below yesterday at this time.

[snow_wizard]

36 minutes ago, SnarkyGoblin said:

I never really understood people hating the heat (especially when it's relatively temporary) while having AC in their home.

A big part of that statement is while having AC.  When you don't it really blows.  Then you have people like me who just like below normal temps in general.  In this case it was 6 straight days of 90s.  That's a long stretch.

Then you have the fact that almost all of the glacier melt on NW peaks can be attributed to recent hot summers.

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

OMG it feels amazing out there!  9 degrees below yesterday at this time.

Thanks for checking

[snow_wizard]

24 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I need to know more about this 11 degree drop at Sea Tac!

It was really incredible!  Just short of an Arctic front blasting through. 

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Thanks for checking

Shelton is -13 vs yesterday.

I was so ready for this cool down.  I was getting very crabby.

[TacomaWx]

So far we’re ahead of 2021 as of 8/1 for hot days but we’ve had less warm days overall. I’m thinking we get another +90 and a couple +85s with the next round of warmth though so I’ll compare again by 8/15.
2021          2022

+80s-22   +80s-14

+85s-8     +85s-9

+90s-3     +90s-7

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Shelton is -13 vs yesterday.

I was so ready for this cool down.  I was getting very crabby.

I meant your PMs. Are you having short term memory issues lately?

[Cascadia_Wx]

12z GFS looks absolutely horrible for the weekend and beyond. 100+ again for Portland on Sunday.