August 2019 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[Front Ranger]

Everybody ok this morning?

[TT-SEA]

Kool as a kukumber.

Why would it bother me if someone loves chilly, cloudy, wet summers and wants to move to Juneau or Scotland or anywhere else? That is great.

 

I post the gollum meme when people are cheering for endless clouds and drizzle here in the summer... which tangentially means the same for me and not climo of course. And then only tongue-in-cheek because what people cheer for is also completely irrelevant to what happens.

 

But you have the same type of mocking and angry response when people cheer for non-climo sun and warmth all summer... so you understand the feeling.

[TT-SEA]

Everybody ok this morning?

 

 

Beautiful morning!  

[Blizzard777]

Beautiful morning here in Lincoln City as well. Fog bank looks to be about 10 miles plus offshore.

Got up at 330 am and headed down to the beach with blankets. Just laid back in the sand and enjoyed the moon setting while watching the meteors!

A few meteors were intriguing as it looked like you could see the smoke trail and some skipped like a flat rock across the pond! Also saw four burst flashes almost like someone was taking a picture but from space. It was rather strange and need to look that up as I’ve never seen this before. Fascinating stuff just like weather

[Jesse]

Beautiful morning here in Lincoln City as well. Fog bank looks to be about 10 miles plus offshore.

Got up at 330 am and headed down to the beach with blankets. Just laid back in the sand and enjoyed the moon setting while watching the meteors!

A few meteors were intriguing as it looked like you could see the smoke trail and some skipped like a flat rock across the pond! Also saw four burst flashes almost like someone was taking a picture but from space. It was rather strange and need to look that up as I’ve never seen this before. Fascinating stuff just like weather

Sounds neat. We’ll be camping at Deer Park in the NE Olympics the next two nights to see the show.

[TacomaWaWx]

Sounds neat. We’ll be camping at Deer Park in the NE Olympics the next two nights to see the show.

I’ll be camping at the same time the next 2 nights as well lol. Near mt.adams though not the Olympics.

[TacomaWaWx]

Morning low of 56 today. Should be nice and cool up in the cascades the next few days, looking forward to it.

[Phil]

Tim would love it here in coastal GA. Lows 78-82*F, heat indices above 100*F every day from June - September.

 

No cold fronts for months and months and months.

[TT-SEA]

Tim would love it here in coastal GA. Lows 78-82*F, heat indices above 100*F every day from June - September.

 

No cold fronts for months and months and months.

No!

 

I am loving the upper 70s and sunshine here.

[BLI snowman]

Yeah, I wouldn't mind Juneau or better yet, Ketchikan, but I also love the history, people/culture in Scotland.  The company I work for has offices in Wales, and I've thought about trying to get transferred there just to get on the island, then it would be easier to get up to Scotland and get my fix (still have the issue with being so far from the kids though).

 

I've also been trying to get work up on the North Slope.  I love the cold and clouds don't really bother me.

 

 

Yeah, Scotland has a nice culture that I don't think you can approach living in AK. SE AK also has some serious isolation issues, needing a plane or boat to get from town to town. 

[TacomaWaWx]

No!

 

I am loving the upper 70s and sunshine here.

summer doesn’t get much better than 70s and sunshine here.

[BLI snowman]

Tim would love it here in coastal GA. Lows 78-82*F, heat indices above 100*F every day from June - September.

 

No cold fronts for months and months and months.

 

Dude, where the f*ck are the videos?

[TacomaWaWx]

Dude, where the f*ck are the videos?

lol here we go again.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Beautiful and 69F this morning.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Any Oregon/Auburn predictions? I say Ducks 42 Tigers 30

 

Hard to see how Oregon wins this game. Should be a decent year, I'm going with 9-3 for Oregon. 

[jakeinthevalley]

Just returned from a whirlwind trip to Yosemite. Left at 4am Saturday and went down the east side of the sierra. Went over Willamette Pass and once on the east side, it was absolutely pouring and temps in the high 40's. I guess we missed some of the TSR action down that way. Weather cleared about 50 miles south into CA but windy and mid 70's.

 

Woke to 31 degrees at our campsite at around 7000' and was in the upper 20's when we hit the summit, just shy of 10k'. Beautiful show of meteors Sunday night, although the moon was annoyingly bright. Something magical though, about seeing the meteors with a moonlit Half Dome and Yosemite Falls.

 

Came home through the Central Valley up I5. Missed all the storms that came through the day before. Mid 90's by the time we hit Redding.

 

Arrived home to a lawn that needs mowing and three days worth of dog poop clean up, but a great way to end my summer travels. Sounds like I missed some weather action, but oh well.

[Jesse]

Really no strong signal either way on the latest ensembles. It does appear that the idea of a sharp GOA block leading to a cold airmass invading the northern Rockies has faded though.

[El_Nina]

Next few days sure look sunny and warm now.

[Chewbacca Defense]

Yeah, Scotland has a nice culture that I don't think you can approach living in AK. SE AK also has some serious isolation issues, needing a plane or boat to get from town to town.

 

Very true on the isolation issues in Alaska. My wife is in the medical field, and a lot of people come from Alaska to get treatment here in Bellingham. It’s pretty crazy the lengths some of those folks have to go in order to get down here for treatment. The practice she works for also send docs up to Ketchikan, about every other month, and I think they used to send them to another town/village that was only accessible by seaplane. They stopped going to that village a few years ago, it was just too unpredictable.

[Jesse]

This morning’s low of 61 at PDX is a pretty good example of UHI in action. Calm winds, clear skies and DPs in the mid-50s should be a good setup for bottoming out around sunrise, but residual warmth radiating off of the asphalt still kept the low a couple degrees above average.

 

Got down to 55 here.

[Guest CulverJosh]

Hard to see how Oregon wins this game. Should be a decent year, I'm going with 9-3 for Oregon.

I honestly dont see Auburn having the firepower. Especially with a new starting qb to go up against Herbert. Experience at the most important position is often overlooked.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

I honestly dont see Auburn having the firepower. Especially with a new starting qb to go up against Herbert. Experience at the most important position is often overlooked.

 

Auburn's defense is going to be fantastic and our receivers can't catch the ball.

[Deweydog]

This morning’s low of 61 at PDX is a pretty good example of UHI in action. Calm winds, clear skies and DPs in the mid-50s should be a good setup for bottoming out around sunrise, but residual warmth radiating off of the asphalt still kept the low a couple degrees above average.

 

Got down to 55 here.

I wonder if this has anything to do with why Hillsboro’s average low is currently eight degrees cooler than PDX?

I’ll try and look into it after I score the forecast contest.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Auburn's defense is going to be fantastic and our receivers can't catch the ball.

[Jesse]

I wonder if this has anything to do with why Hillsboro’s average low is currently eight degrees cooler than PDX?

I’ll try and look into it after I score the forecast contest.

Of course. They have seen even more of an uptick in UHI affect the last few years, though, from what I can tell. To me, it’s interesting to track. Is that OK with you?

 

If not, send me a quick PM and I’ll post something about da Ducks instead.

[Omegaraptor]

Sunny day on Tillamook Bay. Only a few high cirrus clouds are visible.

[Omegaraptor]

I wonder if this has anything to do with why Hillsboro’s average low is currently eight degrees cooler than PDX?

I’ll try and look into it after I score the forecast contest.

I could easily be wrong here, but what I’ve heard about PDX is that marine air rushes in through the Columbia River from the ocean at night which keeps PDX’s nights warm. Hillsboro is more continental and the blocking force of the Coast Range and West Hills keeps this marine influence out.

 

UHI is definitely part of the equation, but it alone does not explain an 8°F difference. There has to be some geographic effect at work.

[Deweydog]

Of course. They have seen even more of an uptick in UHI affect the last few years, though, from what I can tell. To me, it’s interesting to track. Is that OK with you?

 

If not, send me a quick PM and I’ll post something about da Ducks instead.

Do you have one of the UHI tracker apps? Free at the App Store, just like the several apps for tracking King County foothill summer cloud cover.

[Timmy]

Sunny day on Tillamook Bay. Only a few high cirrus clouds are visible.

Been in rockaway since sunday, this is the longest streak of perfect weather I have experienced on the Oregon coast

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Euro says a shot at 90 next Tuesday down here.

 

Going to be a close call down here in Salem today. We've only hit 90 at my place twice this summer. Probably will be it for the season unless we get some downsloping in September. 

[Deweydog]

ANOTHER week long heat waive????

[TT-SEA]

It is nice to see troughing in Alaska again... that usually helps us out.  

[Jesse]

ANOTHER week long heat waive????

So haranguing me as punishment for being 2 mean 2 ur boi is productive how?

[Jesse]

Looks like PDX actually made it down to 60. UHI cancel! lol

[Deweydog]

So haranguing me as punishment for being 2 mean 2 ur boi is productive how?

You should get a lawyer!

[Jesse]

You should get a lawyer!

Nah, I’m not enough of a pu$$y that I need one just for forum relations.

 

There isn’t anyone who constantly fights my battles for me, and that’s just fine.

[Jesse]

Happy Tuesday!

[Jesse]

With the ULL out of the way late this week it looks like there could be enough northwesterly flow to give us at least a few partial marine layer days.

[Deweydog]

With the ULL out of the way late this week it looks like there could be enough northwesterly flow to give us at least a few partial marine layer days.

Mid summer climocalamity!!!

[Jesse]

Mid summer climocalamity!!!

Definitely a huge improvement over recent summers.