June (July) 2020 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[Deweydog]

What a performance from pdx!

We’re all a bunch of proud papas!

[TacomaWaWx]

C’mon Marine push...still 81 here. Hopefully today was the hottest day of the summer.

[Blizzard777]

Just like the flipping radar! When you need a camera that shows a beautiful sunset it won’t load!!! 
UGH! All other live shots load except the one pointing East. 

[Blizzard777]

C’mon Marine push...still 81 here. Hopefully today was the hottest day of the summer.

Lol....77 already at my place.  Giving up the heat quickly 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

[Frontal Snowsquall]

PDX hit 100. Back to back baby!!!

I didn't think we were gonna make it but awesome to see.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Those coastal temps tho.

 

Impressive high temperature spread between PDX/EUG compared to Newport. 46 and 45 degrees respectively.

 

[TT-SEA]

I think it was established that the Newport sensor is broken.

[Blizzard777]

Good to know! Glad you were able to experience back to back 100 degree heat then.

Feels great!  My parents had a A-Frame built on the back of their house back in the 70s.  That’s currently my room.  No a/c but I got a fan.  Kept blinds shut and currently temp inside is 83*.  Not bad. 

 

[Phil]

[Phil]

Looks like the PDX heat index never surpassed 95°F despite all the hubbub. Probably didn’t need the heat advisory, in hindsight.

[Deweydog]

Looks like the PDX heat index never surpassed 95°F despite all the hubbub. Probably didn’t need the heat advisory, in hindsight.

#ninasummer

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Officially another scorching summer. Maybe next year.

[MossMan]

Down to 64. 69 in the house.

[Jesse]

Looks like this summer FINALLY remembered it’s the 21st century. Lol!

[GobBluth]

Crazy how the euro nailed this cut off low situation that's developing.

[TT-SEA]

Crazy how the euro nailed this cut off low situation that's developing.

Cut off bias pays off once in awhile.

[Front Ranger]

Officially another scorching summer. Maybe next year.

 

Looking outside the UHI stations, last summer was pretty normal, and this summer has been so far as well.

[MossMan]

62 and still plummeting.

[TT-SEA]

62 and still plummeting.

Cover the plants... it will be below freezing by midnight at this rate!

[TacomaWaWx]

Still 77 here.

[TT-SEA]

00Z GFS looks pretty warm.

[Deweydog]

Euro is running!!!

[Dave]

99F now. 90 number 8 on the year.

You missed one. Today was the 9th.

[ShawniganLake]

89F here today. Perhaps another summer with no 90s

[Dave]

28 straight days without precip. Only .01 in the last 40 days.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

You missed one. Today was the 9th.

Yup. Took me forever to see that I typed it wrong. Double digit 90s tomorrow and we are definitely in the very dry season. This last week of July and first week of August are almost always brutal.

[Farmboy]

Wow! Could be some new records for the day? Hot stuff...

[TT-SEA]

You can see smoke on the visible satellite over Oregon this morning... looks like it will be shunted east later today with a weak trough coming through.   But I assume it will be back by Wednesday or Thursday.

 

[Phil]

You can see smoke on the visible satellite over Oregon this morning... looks like it will be shunted east later today with a weak trough coming through. But I assume it will be back by Wednesday or Thursday.

 

Hopefully not bro. In 2019 the lack of wildfires out there dramatically improved the air quality out this way. Record number of code greens.

 

That disgusting s**t gets lofted into the prevailing winds and is advected across the country in no time at all.

[TT-SEA]

Hopefully not bro. In 2019 the lack of wildfires out there dramatically improved the air quality out this way. Record number of code greens.

 

That disgusting s**t gets lofted into the prevailing winds and is advected across the country in no time at all.

 

 

It sucks.

 

But its also a natural phenomenon... part of climo and the natural ecosystem of the West.     I suspect wildfire smoke was a normal summer thing over there long before people arrived.     I remember reading journals from Fort Snelling in Minnesota from the 1830s and 1840s and they talked about long periods of dark, smoky skies.   

[Phil]

OLM casually drops to 54°F after a 99°F day.

 

Lol. Unreal.

[Chewbacca Defense]

Temp was still bouncing between 70-74 last night when I went to bed around midnight. Woke up to around 64-65 outside this morning.  I got that whole house window fan installed and its pretty amazing.  In the past with several windows open and 3 window fans we could only achieve a 5-7 deg. delta between outside and inside, now we are getting it down to a 1-2 deg delta.  

 

 

Now for some cooler thoughts for the cold lovers.  I heard an interesting perspective on the weather over the weekend from a good friend of mine who lives on several acres out in the county, he has 8 kids, and is very focused on being self sufficient, (heats his house primarily by wood, and he grows/raises a lot of his family's food.)

 

He said that he has heard old farmer's lore that the a big yield from the fruit/berry crops *usually* precedes a hard winter.  He said his fruit/berry yield this summer is off the charts, and he does not water/fertilize, anything like that.  He just takes whatever nature gives him.  His work has him out in forests/fields all over Whatcom/Skagit county, and he has learned to recognize other signs over the years.  He went on to tell me he came across some good solid oak firewood and snatched it up, buying a couple extra chords in the process.

 

Of course time will tell, but I love hearing stories about how mother nature gives us subtle cues as to what the weather will probably do.

[TacomaWaWx]

Low of 57 this morning. Thankful for this mornings marine push.

[TT-SEA]

OLM casually drops to 54°F after a 99°F day.

 

Lol. Unreal.

Even SEA dropped into the 50s.

[TacomaWaWx]

Temp was still bouncing between 70-74 last night when I went to bed around midnight. Woke up to around 64-65 outside this morning.  I got that whole house window fan installed and its pretty amazing.  In the past with several windows open and 3 window fans we could only achieve a 5-7 deg. delta between outside and inside, now we are getting it down to a 1-2 deg delta.  

 

 

Now for some cooler thoughts for the cold lovers.  I heard an interesting perspective on the weather over the weekend from a good friend of mine who lives on several acres out in the county, he has 8 kids, and is very focused on being self sufficient, (heats his house primarily by wood, and he grows/raises a lot of his family's food.)

 

He said that he has heard old farmer's lore that the a big yield from the fruit/berry crops *usually* precedes a hard winter.  He said his fruit/berry yield this summer is off the charts, and he does not water/fertilize, anything like that.  He just takes whatever nature gives him.  His work has him out in forests/fields all over Whatcom/Skagit county, and he has learned to recognize other signs over the years.  He went on to tell me he came across some good solid oak firewood and snatched it up, buying a couple extra chords in the process.

 

Of course time will tell, but I love hearing stories about how mother nature gives us subtle cues as to what the weather will probably do.

I was out on Anderson Island this weekend and the salal and huckleberries were fruiting everywhere in the parks. Blackberries aren’t quite there yet. Hopefully it is a good sign for winter. Honestly especially south of Seattle it wouldn’t be hard to beat last winter statistically it wasn’t too impressive. Should be better this year.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

89F here today. Perhaps another summer with no 90s

 

I wouldn't be so sure, Thursday has been trending hotter than what we saw this past Monday.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

I was out on Anderson Island this weekend and the salal and huckleberries were fruiting everywhere in the parks. Blackberries aren’t quite there yet. Hopefully it is a good sign for winter. Honestly especially south of Seattle it wouldn’t be hard to beat last winter statistically it wasn’t too impressive. Should be better this year.

Yeah it’s gonna be pretty tough to be worse than last winter here. We paid dearly for 2/25/19.

 

We made it down to 56F here in Springfield. Talk about a wild temp swing.

[ShawniganLake]

I wouldn't be so sure, Thursday has been trending hotter than what we saw this past Monday.

It’ll probably be close. I have a feeling we will see some mid and high level cloud moving up in that southerly flow. Tough to hit 90 here if it’s even partly cloudy

[TacomaWaWx]

Yeah it’s gonna be pretty tough to be worse than last winter here. We paid dearly for 2/25/19.

We made it down to 56F here in Springfield. Talk about a wild temp swing.

45 degrees swing roughly? Pretty impressive. That’s one thing about living near the sound...doesn’t get too cold at night or too hot during the day...so our durinal swings aren’t very significant compared to other places. Most I’ve seen in a day was 35 degrees. Few miles down the road from here it can be 3-5 degrees hotter in the day and 3-5 degrees cooler at night. Jginmartini had a 96/56 yesterday and just a 86/61 here.