August 2016 Observations and Model Discussion for the Pacific Northwest

[TT-SEA]

Hiding people's signature is an option here.

 

 

Its silly to have a pic like that in a signature.

[Phil]

Use your smartphone to browse and signatures won't show up.

[wx_statman]

Pretty remarkable SEA had 11 below normal days this month, and yet the month ended up being one of the warmer Augusts on record.  No easy trick.

 

Pretty dynamic month at SEA. 6 days 90+ but also 10 days with highs 73 or less. 

[Tyler Mode]

Short video of tonight's sunset over Battle Ground.

 

https://youtu.be/zHHsEL-5olA

[wx_statman]

Should we all clutter the forum with large pics of silly mythical crap over and over?

 

I burst out laughing when I saw your signature!

 

To be fair though, that pic in Jim's signature is an annual tradition. 

[TT-SEA]

I burst out laughing when I saw your signature!

 

To be fair though, that pic in Jim's signature is an annual tradition.

Too big. I will take mine down when he sees it.

[Phil]

Lol Tim. That's quite the mural.

[ShawniganLake]

Use your smartphone to browse and signatures won't show up.

Yea. I am on my phone and have no idea what people are talking about.

[TT-SEA]

Yea. I am on my phone and have no idea what people are talking about.

 

Here is a sample...  

[stuffradio]

You're welcome. Hoping to avoid another raging +NAM/+EPO, coupled to the mesopause like early last winter. That was ugly stuff right there.

We can still have a cold winter with a raging +EPO though, can't we?

 

On another note, I got .36 inches of rain today.

[wx_statman]

Too big. I will take mine down when he sees it.

 

Yeah, that's probably a good idea! 

[Jesse]

I burst out laughing when I saw your signature!

 

To be fair though, that pic in Jim's signature is an annual tradition. 

 

Personally, I think this would have been a better choice.

 

[TT-SEA]

Personally, I think this would have been a better choice.

 

Heat Miser.png

 

 

In his backyard when it starts snowing.     Commanding nature!  

http://www.elftown.com/stuff/z/10620/Snow%2520Wizard%2520Feb%252012%25202010%25202/Snow%20Wizard%20Feb%2012%202010_0067.jpg?y=0&x=300

[snow_wizard]

Love that you brought that pic back in your sig!

 

I thought somebody would comment on that.  I'm feeling it!

[snow_wizard]

I burst out laughing when I saw your signature!

 

To be fair though, that pic in Jim's signature is an annual tradition. 

 

I actually haven't put that up for a couple of years for obvious reasons.

[TT-SEA]

I thought somebody would comment on that.  I'm feeling it!

 

Make it your profile pic   Not in the signature.   

 

Too much space.   

[Phil]

We can still have a cold winter with a raging +EPO though, can't we?

 

On another note, I got .36 inches of rain today.

A raging +EPO usually floods the PNW with Pacific air. Not a good conduit for a cold/snowy winter.

[FroYoBro]

I actually haven't put that up for a couple of years for obvious reasons.

Beautiful. 

[Bryant]

Heaviest rain I've ever witnessed here, along with an impressive lightning display in the low clouds. Apparently we brought the storms from Colorado with us

[snow_wizard]

Pretty dynamic month at SEA. 6 days 90+ but also 10 days with highs 73 or less. 

 

It's kind of interesting how the cool days being interspersed throughout the month made this month seem not all that warm compared to other recent summer months.

[TT-SEA]

Heaviest rain I've ever witnessed here, along with an impressive lightning display in the low clouds. Apparently we brought the storms from Colorado with us

 

 

Impressive... did not even check the radar this evening.

[Phil]

Heaviest rain I've ever witnessed here, along with an impressive lightning display in the low clouds. Apparently we brought the storms from Colorado with us

Ahh, 63 degrees. Sounds heavenly.

 

Can't wait until cold rains start replacing these tropical rains. #fallfever

[wx_statman]

Personally, I think this would have been a better choice.

 

Heat Miser.png

 

I dunno, I like the fire in Tim's pic. Total opposite of Jim. Its fitting. 

[wx_statman]

I actually haven't put that up for a couple of years for obvious reasons.

 

I think you had it up for 2008-09. I'm getting a deja vu from that winter just looking at it. 

[TT-SEA]

Some nice changes on the 00Z GFS and 00Z Canadian for next week.

 

I think Jim is already jinxing it.    

[Geos]

I thought somebody would comment on that.  I'm feeling it!

 

Yes, nice signature pic!

 

Only 66° here today.

[wx_statman]

Heaviest rain I've ever witnessed here, along with an impressive lightning display in the low clouds. Apparently we brought the storms from Colorado with us

 

Looks like a convergence zone per the NWS. Interesting. 

 

SHORT TERM FORECAST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

913 PM PDT WED AUG 31 2016

 

WAZ503-506-510-567-010545-

WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-

CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLINGHAM...MOUNT VERNON...ANACORTES...

SEDRO-WOOLLEY...BURLINGTON...PORT TOWNSEND...CONCRETE...LYMAN...

HAMILTON

913 PM PDT WED AUG 31 2016

 

.NOW...RADAR INDICATES A CONVERGENCE ZONE HAS FORMED FROM NEAR

FIDALGO ISLAND NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN SKAGIT AND WHATCOM COUNTIES.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE

WITHIN THIS BAND FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

 

$

 

WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

MERCER

[Geos]

Heaviest rain I've ever witnessed here, along with an impressive lightning display in the low clouds. Apparently we brought the storms from Colorado with us

 

I was just about to post a radar shot. Looks like a Midwest t-storm line!

[VancouverIslandSouth]

We can still have a cold winter with a raging +EPO though, can't we?

 

On another note, I got .36 inches of rain today.

 

Around 0.16" in Victoria, with continuing spotty showers. We seemed primed to make a significant dent in the drought conditions, but once again as things got closer the models want to dry slot the Victoria area after showing around an inch as recently as the 12z today. It'd be nice to see one of these dry slot forecasts bust for a change, but at least with the lower evaporation rate what we have managed to get will soak deeper into the ground and green things up a bit.

 

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/wrfrt/data/2016090100/images_d3/wa_pcp72.72.0000.gif

[Geos]

Really dumping rain up by Skagit Regional. Interesting setup.

 

 

 

Well the month here will end up at 0.97° above normal with 0.32" of rain. Extremes; 93°/47°

[MossMan]

My wife saw a flash of something while walking into the living room about 40min ago and asked if it was lightning...I said nope must be your imagination...guess it was lightning after seeing the radar. Quite a ways north however so no thunder for us.

[ShawniganLake]

Really dumping rain up by Skagit Regional. Interesting setup.

 

http://climate.cod.edu/data/nexrad/ATX/N0Q/ATX.N0Q.20160901.0531.gif

 

 

Well the month here will end up at 0.97° above normal with 0.32" of rain. Extremes; 93°/47°

Only 1F above for the month? 

[Geos]

Only 1F above for the month? 

 

Based off of Renton Municipal's averages, yep.

[Bryant]

My wife saw a flash of something while walking into the living room about 40min ago and asked if it was lightning...I said nope must be your imagination...guess it was lightning after seeing the radar. Quite a ways north however so no thunder for us.

 

 

I was just about to post a radar shot. Looks like a Midwest t-storm line!

 

 

Really dumping rain up by Skagit Regional. Interesting setup.

 

http://climate.cod.edu/data/nexrad/ATX/N0Q/ATX.N0Q.20160901.0531.gif

 

 

Well the month here will end up at 0.97° above normal with 0.32" of rain. Extremes; 93°/47°

 

Just posted a video in the September thread... worth a watch!

[Jesse]

Definitely liked this meteorological summer. Probably my favorite all around since 2012.

[snow_wizard]

Definitely liked this meteorological summer. Probably my favorite all around since 2012.

 

MUCH better in spite of the disappointment of not scoring more minus days in July.

[Jesse]

MUCH better in spite of the disappointment of not scoring more minus days in July.

Yeah. Although regardless of what happened at the airports the patterns were pretty enjoyable. Very little humidity overall, a decent amount of marine pushes and troughing spread throughout the summer, most of the heat events featured very dry air, etc.

 

Only thing it could have used was more in the way of thunderstorms and a couple truly cool, rainy days.

[Deweydog]

But didn't you just say this AM that PDX shouldn't hit 70 today?

I said they wouldn't. By late this afternoon it was obvious they should because they did.

[stuffradio]

Definitely liked this meteorological summer. Probably my favorite all around since 2012.

Personally for me, I really disliked at least the Spring of 2012, because it was miserably cold/wet for me, while I kept reading articles about the east coasters baking in the sun. I didn't have a clue about what we were about to get though, otherwise I wouldn't have minded it.

 

I don't think I minded Summer though. I think Summer was still too cold for my tomatoes, so I was sad about that.

[Bryant]

Anyone have the link to the lightning strike page posted here sometimes? Thanks!