July 2023 PNW Observations and Discussions

[MossMan]

33 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

HOTT JULY!

AND A KOLD NOVEMBER! 

[Anti Marine Layer]

23 minutes ago, MossMan said:

AND A KOLD NOVEMBER! 

What about Octember?

[TT-SEA]

Smoke is just north of the border now and moving south.

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Smoke is just north of the border now and moving south.

It’s over.

[TT-SEA]

However... the satellite shows smoke over Whistler now but it doesn't look like it on the web cams yet.

[TT-SEA]

18Z GFS looks consistently warm... and was actually 2 degrees too cold for today.   

[TigerWoodsLibido]

First time I’ve had crab cakes since 2008. Delicious as I can remember.

Clam chowder & filet mignon also. Damn this is great.

Solid marine layer along the Baja Peninsula.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

First time I’ve had crab cakes since 2008. Delicious as I can remember.

Clam chowder & filet mignon also. D**n this is great.

Solid marine layer along the Baja Peninsula.

Yeah...  its hugging the coast for a 1,000 miles down there! 

[Phil]

Today was Tim heaven/normal-people hell here. Just awful.

[Phil]

12z EPS actually has cooler than normal temps in W-WA at the very end. I’ve never experienced a PNW summer trough before, hope I get to this time.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Phil said:

Today was Tim heaven/normal-people hell here. Just awful.

81 for a high here with a dewpoint of 46.    Heavenly.   Your weather looks gross to me.  

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, Phil said:

12z EPS actually has cooler than normal temps in W-WA at the very end. I’ve never experienced a PNW summer trough before, hope I get to this time.

Doesn't have to be a huge ridge with a really warm air mass overhead... today was complete perfection without either.  

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

Another beautiful Summer day spent in the mountains!

[Phil]

PNW oasis pattern on LR ensembles.  

[Omegaraptor]

 

In Oregon’s rainiest spot today (pretty close, at least) on the Wilson River

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

PNW oasis pattern on LR ensembles.  

We are already an oasis.

And doubt it works out that way with red everywhere.   And well before the timing of that EPS map... its an oasis for you while we are baking!  

[Phil]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

We are already an oasis.

And doubt it works out that way with red everywhere.   And well before the timing of that EPS map... it’s h an oasis for you while we are baking!  

That’s a SW flow jungle pattern here.  

Our oasis pattern is a plains ridge/NW flow.

[TT-SEA]

16 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

 

In Oregon’s rainiest spot today (pretty close, at least) on the Wilson River

We were enjoying the middle fork of the Snoqualmie River this afternoon.   

 

[Omegaraptor]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

We were enjoying the middle fork of the Snoqualmie River this afternoon.   

Looks beautiful Tim! You’re lucky to have it right at your doorstep.

[NWbyNW]

Wildfires are starting...  Along the Columbia Gorge is the biggest so far in the state.  But some brush fires around the Tri-Cities, Walla Walla, and Yakima.  It is going to be pretty scary heading into fireworks season with people who don't care about dry grasses and trees as we enter another week of non-stop sunshine.  Very minimal chances of drizzle for next weekend.

 

 

[the_convergence_zone]

Perfect weather for the M’s game today. I took my two year old and her 11 year old cousin. They wanted to go all the way to the top so I spend like 2 hours up there. You can almost see the game from those seats, easy for the eyes to drift over the the ferries and mountains. 

[TT-SEA]

28 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Perfect weather for the M’s game today. I took my two year old and her 11 year old cousin. They wanted to go all the way to the top so I spend like 2 hours up there. You can almost see the game from those seats, easy for the eyes to drift over the the ferries and mountains. 

Pretty awesome game as well.

[ShawniganLake]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Smoke is just north of the border now and moving south.

You can see the haze moving in from the north over the past hour or so here.  Seems elevated and thin. 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

You can see the haze moving in from the north over the past hour or so here.  Seems elevated and thin. 

Also can see it on the Space Needle cam to the north just after sunset.

[ShawniganLake]

Took my girls for a ride on the little steam engine train ride we have near here.  Perfect day!   Scary how fast they grow up. 
 

 

 

[Cold Snap]

I may just be trippin but I think I can smell the wildfire smoke a bit outside.

[the_convergence_zone]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Pretty awesome game as well.

An unusual display of resiliency for this particular group. I was pleasantly surprised. I still believe they will turn it around sooner or later 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Ocean getting choppier as we head toward tropical activity.

[T-Town]

Smoke is visible this morning. 

[TT-SEA]

11 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Smoke is visible this morning. 

Yeah...  its definitely spread south but still appears to be quite thin and elevated.

[Omegaraptor]

5 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Ocean getting choppier as we head toward tropical activity.

Fun little thing to know - you’re heading into the right latitudes at the right time you might be able to see Lahaina Noon. This is when the sun is at a 90 degree angle and no objects cast shadows - apparently it looks pretty surreal if you can catch it, but it only happens twice a year.

[Anti Marine Layer]

22 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

Fun little thing to know - you’re heading into the right latitudes at the right time you might be able to see Lahaina Noon. This is when the sun is at a 90 degree angle and no objects cast shadows - apparently it looks pretty surreal if you can catch it, but it only happens twice a year.

The tree has a shadow. 

[Omegaraptor]

7 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

The tree has a shadow. 

Opaque, vertical objects have no shadow. My bad.

[Eugene-5SW]

34 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

Fun little thing to know - you’re heading into the right latitudes at the right time you might be able to see Lahaina Noon. This is when the sun is at a 90 degree angle and no objects cast shadows - apparently it looks pretty surreal if you can catch it, but it only happens twice a year.

I'm calling B.S. on the tree photo. In order to cast a shadow like that at noon, the tree would have to be shaped like a flat-topped cylinder, with a thin fringe of leaves along the outside edge and nothing on top.

It looks like a stylized representation of a tree like you'd get in a computer architect program.

[Deweydog]

1 hour ago, Omegaraptor said:

Fun little thing to know - you’re heading into the right latitudes at the right time you might be able to see Lahaina Noon. This is when the sun is at a 90 degree angle and no objects cast shadows - apparently it looks pretty surreal if you can catch it, but it only happens twice a year.

Car across the street looks like it has a flat. I have a jack if they need it. Hit me up on MySpace and let me know.

[the_convergence_zone]

2 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Yeah...  its definitely spread south but still appears to be quite thin and elevated.

HRRR-smoke has the thicker smoke farther north over BC mixing down to the surface tomorrow morning before quickly departing. Given that air quality is in the green in central BC I'm not too worried. Tomorrow night is a guaranteed bad AQI night anyway due to fireworks. 

[Deweydog]

Smoke front just made it to Kelso!

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Smoke front just made it to Kelso!

Making good progress southward... much better progress than our arctic fronts.

[Phil]

Summer weather patterns are so boring to track. Nothing moves, all stagnant. Anyone who claims to be a weather nerd should hate it. Zzzzz.

[Phil]

Mosquito swarms, sweat, high electric bills, wildfire smoke. Fun!

[Deweydog]

4 minutes ago, Phil said:

Mosquito swarms, sweat, high electric bills, wildfire smoke. Fun!

[Phil]

3 hours ago, T-Town said:

Smoke is visible this morning. 

Cool pic. That almost looks like cirrus.

Never looked like that here, just smog.

[ShawniganLake]

16 minutes ago, Phil said:

Mosquito swarms, sweat, high electric bills, wildfire smoke. Fun!

Electric bills are much higher here in the winter for most people.  

[the_convergence_zone]

38 minutes ago, Phil said:

Mosquito swarms, sweat, high electric bills, wildfire smoke. Fun!

Summer on the east coast sounds brutal! Is the weather ever nice there? 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

48 minutes ago, Phil said:

Summer weather patterns are so boring to track. Nothing moves, all stagnant. Anyone who claims to be a weather nerd should hate it. Zzzzz.

Yeah it’s boring, but we need the break after tracking all the snow and cold last winter. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Not terrible weather the past few days. Ended up with an 84/55 day here yesterday. Brief morning clouds, breezy north winds into the afternoon and evening.

Got down to 54 this morning, the overnight recoveries have been nice. Looks like 90s the next 2-3 days after today, but 100 might be a taller order for Wednesday than it was looking a few days ago.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

29 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah it’s boring, but we need the break after tracking all the snow and cold last winter. 

Eh, it only snowed like 1.5” in Springfield so it was a disappointment. Felt sad and like such a loser. Was pretty depressed while tracking it TBH

[TigerWoodsLibido]

On a much more positive note, we are approaching the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Eh, it only snowed like 1.5” in Springfield so it was a disappointment. Felt sad and like such a loser. Was pretty depressed while tracking it TBH

Feels like that number keeps changing…

[Omegaraptor]

6 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Eh, it only snowed like 1.5” in Springfield so it was a disappointment. Felt sad and like such a loser. Was pretty depressed while tracking it TBH

Didn’t snow much in Corvallis either. So many teasing near misses and dustings but no direct hits. Don’t get me wrong, consistent cold is great, but “so close yet so far” over and over gets pretty annoying.