July 2023 PNW Observations and Discussions

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Private function has free booze. Gotta make sure to indulge.

[TT-SEA]

Air feels really dry today... dewpoint in the low 40s at SEA.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Y’all I gotta say how much I appreciate y’all for keeping my sanity for the past 6 years. You’re amazing people.

[FroYoBro]

2 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Y’all I gotta say how much I appreciate y’all for keeping my sanity for the past 6 years. You’re amazing people.

Jesse says you’re welcome! 

Edited July 2, 2023 by FroYoBro

[TT-SEA]

3 hours ago, ShawniganLake said:

There are some huge fires up in the far NE of BC.  The 2 largest cover almost 2.5 million acres combined.  One of those is burning partially in the Northwest Territories 

But 2.5 million acres is not actively burning.   That is over a long period of time.   I checked web cams around Fort Nelson this morning and the air looked quite clean.   Hoping the system moving through now is able to dampen the fires a little.

[Deweydog]

24 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Y’all I gotta say how much I appreciate y’all for keeping my sanity for the past 6 years. You’re amazing people.

Tiger’s drunk texting!

[ShawniganLake]

26 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

But 2.5 million acres is not actively burning.   That is over a long period of time.   I checked web cams around Fort Nelson this morning and the air looked quite clean.   Hoping the system moving through now is able to dampen the fires a little.

True.  They started about 7 weeks ago

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

Tiger’s drunk texting!

 
People hand me drinks well…

[MossMan]

5 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

After about 3 drinks a day I start to see diminishing returns so it’ll work out. Plus I have no more $ til the 3rd when my disability money comes in. 

Just don’t start pouring those drinks on yourself to get the perfect tan. Apparently that’s all the rage now! 

[Jbolin]

Wassup losers, what'd I miss? 

Hope you're all doing well.

[MossMan]

Lake perfection! Low 70’s and a brisk NW wind but it didn’t feel chilly at all. Well unless you spent half the day in the water…

[Deweydog]

13 minutes ago, Jbolin said:

Wassup losers, what'd I miss? 

Hope you're all doing well.

Knights won the cup!!!

[Anti Marine Layer]

7 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Knights won the cup!!!

Long time ago

[Jbolin]

25 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Knights won the cup!!!

Could be worse 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Hoping everybody is having a great start to their 4th of July weekend. . Tuesday and Wednesday are looking like the hottest 2 days this week, at least for PDX.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

44 minutes ago, Jbolin said:

Wassup losers, what'd I miss? 

Hope you're all doing well.

On a cruise ship. Arrr matey!!

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

On a COVID boat!!! Arrr matey!!

 

1 minute ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

On a COVID boat!!! Arrr matey!!

 

1 minute ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

On a COVID boat!!! Arrr matey!!

 

1 minute ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

On a COVID ship. Arrr matey!!

 

Just now, TigerWoodsLibido said:

On a cruise ship. Arrr matey!!

Looks like you are REALLY enjoying your first cruise evening! 

[Jbolin]

8 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

On a cruise ship. Arrr matey!!

Enjoy you scurvy dog 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

I am entirely too low-class for this fancy dining room

[lowlandsnow]

What are max temps looking like for this heatwave?

[RentonHill]

3 minutes ago, lowlandsnow said:

What are max temps looking like for this heatwave?

 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Lost count of the amount of free booze. Wow I can’t even imagine the amount of blow rich people must do on these yachts.

[Cascadia_Wx]

82/52 day here. Cool start but another warmish day.

[Phil]

1 hour ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

I am entirely too low-class for this fancy dining room

Haha. You and I are quite similar.

[Phil]

It’s so humid here the base of the kitchen window just caved in due to condensation leaking through the external lining.

This will cost $$$.  

[TigerWoodsLibido]

28 minutes ago, Phil said:

It’s so humid here the base of the kitchen window just caved in due to condensation leaking through the external lining.

This will cost $$$.  

Ugh that sucks. Not to mention the insects that will get in.

[TT-SEA]

Checking out central and northern BC web cams this morning (yes I am really bored and this is a weenie post) after that system passed through yesterday and overnight looking to see how bad the smoke might be later this week down here.    Not bad this morning.  In fact there might be little dusting of snow on the mountains and fairly clean air in most places.    First one is Fort Nelson way up in the NE corner of BC where its been really bad in terms of smoke... second one in Smithers farther south in the central part of BC.   It will be interesting to see if the fires get more active today and tomorrow with a north wind.

[TT-SEA]

Also a good sign...

[TT-SEA]

But the HRRR shows smoke coming south into WA tomorrow. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Beautiful morning on the clam beds in Charleston. 

[TT-SEA]

Blessings for Anchorage on the 4th... a peak of sun!   Endless daylight there and cloudy every day. 

[Phil]

19 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Blessings for Anchorage on the 4th... a peak of sun!   Endless daylight there and cloudy every day. 

Not ideal but preferable to 90° w/ 100° heat indices.

[ShawniganLake]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Checking out central and northern BC web cams this morning (yes I am really bored and this is a weenie post) after that system passed through yesterday and overnight looking to see how bad the smoke might be later this week down here.    Not bad this morning.  In fact there might be little dusting of snow on the mountains and fairly clean air in most places.    First one is Fort Nelson way up in the NE corner of BC where its been really bad in terms of smoke... second one in Smithers farther south in the central part of BC.   It will be interesting to see if the fires get more active today and tomorrow with a north wind.

It was chilly up in the central and northern Interior last night.   My mom reported a low of 31F from our Cabin up at Watch Lake.  

[TT-SEA]

13 minutes ago, Phil said:

Not ideal but preferable to 90° w/ 100° heat indices.

I would prefer neither extreme!

[ShawniganLake]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

But the HRRR shows smoke coming south into WA tomorrow. 

Here’s what the BC wildfire service forecast has for their smoke map for late tomorrow 

 

[Phil]

Interesting tidbit. When drought-stressed hardwoods suddenly receive a boatload of rain, they begin transpirating like crazy since they’re still in a state of water conservation. Vascular tissues initially saturate, then attempt to equilibrate.

Result is stooopid high dews in forested areas. There’s literally fog developing under the canopy under full sunshine at 12 noon. Sensor in the woods reads 81/81 right now.  

[ShawniganLake]

31F at Clinton BC and 29F at Tatlayoko Lake BC this morning.  Not too uncommon to get frosts up there in early July.  Only mid July to Mid August is reliably frost free at our Cabin. 

[Phil]

20 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

31F at Clinton BC and 29F at Tatlayoko Lake BC this morning.  Not too uncommon to get frosts up there in early July.  Only mid July to Mid August is reliably frost free at our Cabin. 

That’s epic. Is it the topography there augmenting radiational cooling or something else?

[Cascadia_Wx]

Pretty morning. Partly cloudy with a low of 55 here. Now 66 and mostly sunny.

Nice to see the models trend toward a shorter spike of heat the last few days. Hope it keeps up, but looking at the ensembles not sure if we’re out of the woods yet for this one.

[Phishy Wx]

gunna get high and go pull some weeds and trim some scrubs and trees in the yard before it gets ridiculously hot.  supposed to be 84 today, but mid 90s next week