August 2019 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[High Desert Mat?]

I feel like I just read 5 pages of weather that happened a month ago. No matter how many times I read it, it still says the same thing. Hmmm

[TT-SEA]

I feel like I just read 5 pages of weather that happened a month ago. No matter how many times I read it, it still says the same thing. Hmmm

 

 

Exactly.  

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Some wind would certainly be appreciated. Doesn’t help that the Tualatin Valley has some of the lowest average windspeeds in the country.

I was hoping this system would track closer inland so we could get some action like we did in early July. Looks like we'll remain dry down here, maybe some showers if we're lucky. 00z NAM is dry but the RGEM looks a little better for some moisture. Going to be warm and humid overnight into tomorrow.

 

[TT-SEA]

I was hoping this system would track closer inland so we could get some action like we did in early July. Looks like we'll remain dry down here, maybe some showers if we're lucky. 00z NAM is dry but the RGEM looks a little better for some moisture. Going to be warm and humid overnight into tomorrow.

 

 

 

An inch of rain tomorrow morning and 80-degree sunshine tomorrow afternoon would be lovely.

[Phil]

Lots of panic back in May and June on here about how terrible this summer would be and how we would be choking in smoke with everything dying.

 

I said we don't know what July would bring... but it likely would be wetter than normal after the dry spring. I was mocked for saying it could rain in July.

 

But it did. And it still quite green as we go into August with the days getting noticeably shorter. And there is no smoke either.

 

Kinda cracks me up.

Lol, not me. I called for an average summer with a significantly improved moisture flux vs recent years, if you recall.

[Omegaraptor]

Lol, not me. I called for an average summer with a significantly improved moisture flux vs recent years, if you recall.

 

Well, any moisture flux is an improvement from 2017 and 2018. Those years were Sacramento-level dry in July and August here. In 2017, we went 57 straight days with no rain.

[El_Nina]

PDX hit 90. Three miles away, VUO hits 88. Pure silliness.

Your plants grew better than mine today then.

[seattleweatherguy]

Lol, not me. I called for an average summer with a significantly improved moisture flux vs recent years, if you recall.

Yes and you hit it so far. More rain in Aug besides tomorrow?

[TT-SEA]

Lol, not me. I called for an average summer with a significantly improved moisture flux vs recent years, if you recall.

You did... and nailed it.

[Requiem]

Some wind would certainly be appreciated. Doesn’t help that the Tualatin Valley has some of the lowest average windspeeds in the country.

 

Yes please. Some 65-mph gusts this winter perhaps?

[GHweatherChris]

Good guess.

[GHweatherChris]

Yes please. Some 65-mph gusts this winter perhaps?

This is not a winter thread. Lets get 65 mph gusts in August!!

[Requiem]

This is not a winter thread. Lets get 65 mph gusts in August!!

 

Ugh, you're taking yourself too seriously.....

 

We all know August is only for frost and for marine layers. Nothing else will suffice

[Anti Marine Layer]

Chance of rain tomorrow, but still reaching 81 in KPDX.

[TacomaWaWx]

Quillayute airport reporting 0.19” of rain in the last hour forks is reporting 0.09”.

[Deweydog]

Pretty impressive stretch of suppressed NW’erlies over the coastal waters coming up. Should help freeze up that blob out there.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Bamfield on the west side of the island is approaching 5" of rain on the day. Not bad for Aug 1st, meanwhile a couple hundred miles to the SW it hit 78F. Would have been nice if this system had come in a little further south.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Wonderful day. Made it to 88F in downtown Springfield.

[MossMan]

Perfect evening! Dinner on the deck, it was lovely.

[Blizzard777]

About the time of year everyone at work starts complaining about the sun and dry weather and longing for the fall rains.

 

Leaves are already turning yellow and falling at my place....soon enough the fall rains will be here

[Chewbacca Defense]

Off-topic, I've been also thinking of applying at University of Montana. I've always wanted to live there, and I think I meet all of their requirements. That is, of course, if I get outright rejected by Wazzu or OSU.

 

 

What are you wanting to major in?  As I've mentioned here before, my son is at MSU, so there is a bit of a bias, but my wife is from Montana and there are graduates from both schools in her family.

 

U of M is really struggling for funding and just has a negative vibe to it.  We toured both schools, and my son fell in love with Missoula and U of M to the point that it felt like a waste of time to go to Bozeman.

 

We went anyway, and when all was said and done, he said "I think I like Missoula better than Bozeman, but I know I will get a better education at MSU, and since that is kinda the point, I am going with MSU.

 

He went on to say that he felt the staff at all levels at MSU are personally invested in the success of him and his fellow students.  He is through his first year, is heading back in 2 weeks and has no regrets.  He said that U of M is more of a party school, where MSU students are more academic focused....that said, we've learned through this summer that my son spent many a weekend in the BDS101 class...."brews and distilled spirits".

 

Finally...aggressively pursue the WUE.  You'll want to max that out.   If you have any more questions about U of M or MSU feel free to message me.

[Omegaraptor]

So something I just noticed. I was putting together a summary of July 2019 for PDX. The coolest low of the entire month was 55, just 2.8ºF below the average low of 57.8ºF. The mean minimum for July is 51.2ºF.

[ShawniganLake]

Rain!

[Blizzard777]

Umbrellas down people... going to be some wind later. I have learned the hard way on that.

Cleared the patio tonight and ready for a moist morning

[Deweydog]

Perfect evening! Dinner on the deck, it was lovely.

F*ck right off, Randito.

[GHweatherChris]

Big fat raindrops are falling here.

[Chewbacca Defense]

72 degrees and stuffy as hell since sunset here in the 'ham.  I hope it cools down soon, otherwise its going to be tough to sleep tonight.

[Front Ranger]

72 degrees and stuffy as hell since sunset here in the 'ham. I hope it cools down soon, otherwise its going to be tough to sleep tonight.

The rest of America LOLs.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

62 here. Feelz nice.

[Blizzard777]

chimes will be singing

Wind gust map

[MossMan]

Still 71 degrees...feels awesome outside!

[TT-SEA]

GFS ensemble mean is quite warm through Wednesday for the Seattle area (90 on a couple days)... then a cool down into the mid to upper 70s late next week... and then back into the low 80s for the weekend.

 

It showed 85 in Seattle for today for numerous runs... and that was right.

[seattleweatherguy]

Komo going for near 90 on Monday wow

[GHweatherChris]

Rain is done here. Phew!!

[Chewbacca Defense]

The rest of America LOLs.

 

 

Yeah I know.  I grew up in Georgia, worked agriculture in the summers as a teenager in SW Georgia.  Cropped tobacco in July and worked in a tobacco warehouse in August.  101-103 on the outside, 115-125 on the inside.  I know heat, humidity, and the related misery, which is why I live in the PNW!  Over the past couple of years I've been headhunted a few times for some really amazing jobs in Atlanta, one of them was literally a dream job.  Even though it would get me closer to family, working a dream job, the thought of the heat, humidity, gnats, cockroaches, mosquitoes and and all the other crap

just kills it for me.

 

 

My philosophy is that you can always put on more clothes/layers if your cold, but you can only get a certain level of naked before the cops get called on you....

 

Also, being a hairy-assed wookie always makes it feel 20 degrees hotter than it really is....72 feels like 92!  

[Dave]

This summer has been terrific, the best in several years. No smoke at all. Today was a bit warm through.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

This summer has been terrific, the best in several years. No smoke at all. Today was a bit warm through.

Yeah best weather on the planet these days.

[MossMan]

Nearly midnight and still 70!

[ShawniganLake]

Wet deck!

[MossMan]

Wet deck!

Dry deck here!