July 2018 Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I wonder if Tim's sons friends have cleaned up their potty mouth language. 

[TT-SEA]

I wonder if Tim's sons friends have cleaned up their potty mouth language. 

 

 

I wonder.  

[TT-SEA]

You can just kind of look outside and tell that it's still spring today. Tomorrow will be pretty different for sure.

 

 

Summer is still in its infancy... give it time.   

[TigerWoodsLibido]

This has to be some of the best weather on the planet right now.

[BLI snowman]

Summer is still in its infancy... give it time.   

 

We're exactly two months out from our hottest day of the year.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Summer is still in its infancy... give it time.   

 

Is early August its college bender years?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

 

I wonder.  

 

I will go by Wal-Mart and pick up some soap later.

[TT-SEA]

Is early August its college bender years?

 

Early August is middle age already... body starts breaking down.  

[TT-SEA]

This has to be some of the best weather on the planet right now.

 

I don't know about that... Moscow will be in the upper 70s to low 80s the rest of the week and through the weekend.   They already claimed it as best weather on the planet.

[Jesse]

I don't know about that... Moscow will be in the upper 70s to low 80s the rest of the week and through the weekend. They already claimed it as best weather on the planet.

Are you and Putin still on speaking terms?

[TT-SEA]

Are you and Putin still on speaking terms?

 

 

That was Andrew... not me.   He worships Putin and Clayton Kershaw and Tom Brady.

[TT-SEA]

Hard to beat the weather in Paris as well... looks like the same forecast as here for the next week.  Mid-80s and sunshine.  

[Jesse]

That was Andrew... not me. He worships Putin and Clayton Kersahaw and Tom Brady.

You mean I am not talking directly to the President of the United States right now? I thought this was his twitter feed.

[TT-SEA]

Sydney Australia has some gorgeous winter weather... probably a really nice place to live.    This is the equivalent of mid-January there.

 

[Jesse]

Sydney Australia has some gorgeous winter weather... probably a really nice place to live. This is the equivalent of mid-January there.

 

Looks spectacular. The very best. Top notch. Fantastic. Gorgeous. Just luxurious.

[Guest happ]

That was Andrew... not me.   He worships Putin and Clayton Kershaw and Tom Brady.

 

Andrew is a Dodger fan? 

[Jesse]

One of my good friends from High School just moved down to Christchurch, New Zealand. It’s been interesting following the weather down there and seeing his pics.

From what I can tell it is about as close as you can get to a Southern Hemisphere doppelgänger of this area,
climate wise.

[TT-SEA]

Andrew is a Dodger fan?

Not really... he is just in love with Kershaw.

[TT-SEA]

One of my good friends from High School just moved down to Christchurch, New Zealand. It’s been interesting following the weather down there and seeing his pics.

 

From what I can tell it is about as close as you can get to a Southern Hemisphere doppelgänger of this area,

climate wise.

 

Someone in the PNW garden group was posting pics from there last November of all the rhodies in bloom... looked just like May here.  

[TT-SEA]

Might be a little warm for Phil's arrival next Wednesday per the 12Z ECMWF... I am sure he will say its frigid.   

 

[Jesse]

Might be a little warm for Phil's arrival next Wednesday per the 12Z ECMWF... I am sure he will say its frigid.

 

An actual temperature map would tell us whether it would be compared to his location.

[TT-SEA]

An actual temperature map would tell us whether it would be compared to his location.

 

The surface maps come out slower.

 

Here is next Wednesday per the 12Z ECMWF.    Low 90s in Seattle on this run... very chilly.  

 

 

Luckily there is an onshore push by Thursday morning... although that system has been trending weaker and farther north so who knows if that will happen.

[TT-SEA]

Next Thursday per the 12Z ECMWF:

 

[TT-SEA]

Hard to believe that just yesterday at this time it was still winter with heavy drizzle and dark skies.   Summer sure came on fast this year... skipped right over spring!  

[Front Ranger]

Well... the professionals at the SEA NWS office said yesterday that summer was arriving right on time this year. They were not referencing my backyard. They were... of course... talking about the entire Seattle area.

If "summer" only applies to the warmest/driest time of year, then yeah it's early July to late August.

 

That's a subjective definition of summer though. It's not like sunshine and warm temps are uncommon the rest of Jun-Sep.

[Deweydog]

It’s just OCD. Plus he agrees with my preferences this time of year. Free pass. Stop PMSing.

#obsession4men

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I do own a Dodgers hat which I purchased during the height of Kershaw mania in 2014. I have substantially cooled on Clayton recently though, as I believe his best years are behind him.

[TT-SEA]

If "summer" only applies to the warmest/driest time of year, then yeah it's early July to mid August.

 

That's a subjective definition of summer though. It's not like sunshine and warm temps are uncommon the rest of Jun-Sep.

 

No kidding.   Take it up with the SEA NWS and Cliff Mass.  

[Front Ranger]

No kidding. Take it up with the SEA NWS and Cliff Mass.

They don't post here.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

They don't post here.

 

You gotta wonder if any of the local NWS or TV Mets lurk here?

[Deweydog]

I do own a Dodgers hat which I purchased during the height of Kershaw mania in 2014. I have substantially cooled on Clayton recently though, as I believe his best years are behind him.

We went to a Dodger game last June on Kershaw jersey night. I've never worn it.

[Jesse]

You gotta wonder if any of the local NWS or TV Mets lurk here?

#obsession4mets

[Deweydog]

#obsession4mets

[Phil]

You have to live here to understand.

 

We typically spend June and the first few days of July dealing with systems that bring rain and lots of clouds and that feels like a muted continuation of spring even though its perfectly normal "summer" weather here. Then usually around the first or second week of July we get into a longer stretch of completely dry and sunny weather and that is why locals always joke that summer really starts around here on July 5th. Cliff Mass says it statistically starts around July 12th. Which is why the SEA NWS said its right on time this year.

But those temperatures are way above normal.

 

Not even close to normal for you. A whopping 10 degrees above average.

[Phil]

Yea. That trough probably wasn’t going to happen. Slide by to the north before digging south. It’s that time of year now.

I still think it could happen. Or at least produce a window of onshore flow in there.

 

Sitting under a ridge isn’t normal summer weather for your region. There’s no “time of year” for that because it’s never actually climo.

[TT-SEA]

But those temperatures are way above normal.

 

Not even close to normal for you.

 

Dude... normal ebb and flow.     Highs in the 80s are technically above normal on any given day.   And yet highs in the 80s happen every summer.    And stretches with highs in the 80s happen almost every year.  So it would be very unusual to not have days in the 80s. 

 

You really don't understand our climate.     

 

Anyways... its more about reaching the driest and sunniest time of year and not about the specific temperatures.

[Phil]

The surface maps come out slower.

 

Here is next Wednesday per the 12Z ECMWF. Low 90s in Seattle on this run... very chilly.

 

 

Luckily there is an onshore push by Thursday morning... although that system has been trending weaker and farther north so who knows if that will happen.

Terrible. Still better than my departure weather, though.

 

[Phil]

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Gorgeous sunny day out here in Hillsboro! Should get close to 90 today. Then tomorrow temps should climb up into the mid 90s. The 12z EURO has high temperatures in the 90s at PDX for the next 7 days starting tomorrow thru next Wednesday. Fantastic stretch of summer weather coming up!

[TT-SEA]

Sun is peaking through after the soaking rain this morning...

 

 

 

That puddle from the tail end of winter yesterday is almost gone... let summer begin!