September 2017 PNW Discussion Thread

[crf450ish]

Post your ash pictures.

[OKwx2k4]

Picking up some smoke from the fires up there all the way down in OK. Sun is very orange this morning.

[Geos]

Just enough ash has fallen here to make the cars filthy.  Yuck.

 

Same here. Ash is still falling from the sky. Warm and totally overcast with smoke right now here. 

[Jesse]

The smoke is so thick this morning you can't even see the outline of the sun through it.

[Geos]

The smoke is so thick this morning you can't even see the outline of the sun through it.

 

I know, it's nasty. That'll put a dent in the highs today. Weird yellow glow this morning.

[Front Ranger]

But Jared said that's impossible..

 

No, I didn't. You're thinking of someone else?

[TT-SEA]

84 degrees down in the valley this morning and extremely smoky with no sun visible at all.   The weather station near me shows a low of 79 last night.    

 

[Front Ranger]

The smoke and east winds have certainly messed with things more than a little bit.  All in all this has been the driest and smokiest summer I've ever seen.  It hasn't even seemed like the same climate this year.

 

It's literally been the driest 2.5 month stretch in SEA history, so I don't doubt that one bit.

[Geos]

84 degrees down in the valley this morning and extremely smoky with no sun visible at all.   The weather station near me shows a low of 79 last night.    

 

 

That's crazy smoky.Can't see the outline of the sun here either.

[Kayla]

Seriously devastated this morning.

[Jesse]

Trace to .1" of ash on my car this morning.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Everything looks pretty orange up here this morning, the temperature was in the mid-70s most of last night other but somehow made it down to 68F at 4am before bouncing back 76F. That makes this the warmest night this summer and pretty ridiculous for September in this area.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Ash on the cars here, surprised the nws has not issued a summer storm warning.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

In spite of the weird looking sky surface air quality is still considered good across most of southern BC (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/bcairquality/readings/aqhi-table.xml). I wonder how long that will last, the forecast looks really nasty.

[Geos]

Can see the sun a bit in Bothell, but it's like a really dark orange/red color.

 

Ash on my car and my gf's car.

 

 

 

 

[Timmy]

More ash pictures please.

[Geos]

Eagle Creek fire jumped the Columbia and is now burning on Archer Mt. WA.

http://www.king5.com/news/local/wildfires/eagle-creek-fire-jumps-gorge-into-washington/471059814

 

...

 

[Timmy]

This image is from 1200' looking from the nw (very close to krtx) towards pdx. St. John's, pdx and Vancouver areas are all visible from here.

[Kayla]

Looks like Multnomah Falls area is burning this morning. Looks like they'll save the lodge luckily. This is so heartbreaking...

 

[Timmy]

This is the same view on a normal day

[crf450ish]

We need rain and we need it now. Lots of it that lasts a week non stop minimum.

[BLI snowman]

GFS just went cooler/wetter with the weekend trough again. Would be much appreciated.

[Kayla]

This is the same view on a normal day

 

One of my favorite old training (cycling) routes. Love that road.

[Timmy]

We need rain and we need it now. Lots of it that lasts a week non stop minimum.

I will get right on that!

[Geos]

Only a 4 degree spread in temperatures today so far. Hanging at 73 right now.

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS back to a Miami landfall on Sunday morning...

 

[epiceast]

Eagle Creek fire jumped the Columbia and is now burning on Archer Mt. WA.

http://www.king5.com/news/local/wildfires/eagle-creek-fire-jumps-gorge-into-washington/471059814

 

...

 

http://www.king5.com/img/resize/content.kgw.com/photo/2017/09/04/Dylan%20Taylor%202_1504586854172_10612250_ver1.0.jpg?preset=534-401

No joke!!!

[Geos]

Looks like North Bend is the regional hot spot right now. Near 90. Chinook effect going on...?

 

https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap?lat=47.75&lon=-122.22000122&zoom=8&pin=&rad=1&rad.type=00Q&wxsn=0&svr=0&cams=0&sat=0&riv=0&mm=0&hur=0

[ShawniganLake]

Even a little fine ash falling all the way up here this morning. No sign of the sun.

[TT-SEA]

Looks like North Bend is the regional hot spot right now. Near 90. Chinook effect going on...?

 

https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap?lat=47.75&lon=-122.22000122&zoom=8&pin=&rad=1&rad.type=00Q&wxsn=0&svr=0&cams=0&sat=0&riv=0&mm=0&hur=0

 

Downslope east winds... its hellish here right now.   Choking smoke, windy, and hot.

 

Its like being near a campfire with the wind blowing the smoke right in your face but you can't just move to the other side.  

[TT-SEA]

Even a little fine ash falling all the way up here this morning. No sign of the sun.

 

You also have mid-level clouds up there above the smoke.  

[ShawniganLake]

You also have mid-level clouds up there above the smoke.

Ahh. That probably has something to do with it.

[Geos]

Downslope east winds... its hellish here right now.   Choking smoke, windy, and hot.

 

Its like being near a campfire with the wind blowing the smoke right in your face but you can't just move to the other side.  

 

D*mn. I wouldn't be hanging outside real long today in that. Hope you got a good air filtration system. 

 

Wow, 277 right now in your area.

 

https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_city&mapcenter=0&cityid=641

[TT-SEA]

The last few frames of the Canadian smoke model show the smoke starting to make an eastward push by tomorrow afternoon. Looks pretty bad until then.

 

https://weather.gc.ca/firework/firework_anim_e.html?type=em&utc=00

 

The 12Z run of the smoke model on Thursday morning...

 

[Phil]

The train continues..topical storm Jose has now formed behind Irma, forecast to become a hurricane. This storm is also a landfall threat, albeit a complicated evolution upcoming there.

[Guest happ]

That looks ghastly  especially for those without A/C.

[TT-SEA]

Rain!

 

MM5 for 24 hours ending Sunday morning.

 

[Phil]

Sorry about the perpetual OT posts, but I have to say that, if Irma avoids interaction with Cuba, this could very well be one of the worst natural disasters in US history. Irma is now at 180mph, gusts to 220mph, and SSTs/shear only grow more conducive to development over the next 5+ days.

 

Much of my family, including my 91 year old grandmother, lives in Miami, FL, so I'm pretty worried right now. That area has many more skyscrapers now than it did back when Andrew struck in 1992, and the population has soared. Not a good scenario.

 

Edit, now up to 185mph.

[TT-SEA]

Sorry about the perpetual OT posts, but I have to say that, if Irma avoids interaction with Cuba, this could very well be one of the worst natural disasters in US history. Irma is now at 180mph, gusts to 220mph, and SSTs/shear only grow more conducive to development over the next 5+ days.

 

Much of my family, including my 91 year old grandmother, lives in Miami, FL, so I'm pretty worried right now. That area has many more skyscrapers now than it did back when Andrew struck in 1992, and the population has soared. Not a good scenario.

 

Edit, now up to 185mph.

 

I like having the Irma posts here.   

[chinook]

If we are voicing opinions rather than votes...I don't like hurricane posts here.  

 

A lot going on in the PNW...weather-wise.