July 2023 PNW Observations and Discussions

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Upper 70s here. Will be interesting to see how close to guidance we get.

[Front Ranger]

Looks like light showers are starting to move into Eugene area, per radar.

[TT-SEA]

Up to 70 now in North Bend with quite a bit of sun through thin clouds.   

[Chewbacca Defense]

.08" so far today, and filtered sun right now.  Depending on the timing of the cold front, could be a whet soccer match tonight.  Timing of this rain works out pretty good in terms of knocking the dust down.  I'm getting my Jetta Sportwagen detailed Wednesday and will be listing it to sell this weekend.  Been losing the dusty car battle this summer.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

It's trying to reach the surface here. I can see the rain but it's getting evaporated by all the dry air it has to overcome.

[LowerGarfield]

Just under 87F, but it honestly feels cooler than that, maybe more like 80 or even upper 70's because of the wind. Maybe I'm just acclimated. There's haze esp to the west coming from Oregon but I don't smell smoke so strongly as I did last night or early this morning.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Initial slug of moisture seems to have passed as the rain has stopped for now. Got 0.28" from it. 59.1°F and rising.

[Front Ranger]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Up to 70 now in North Bend with quite a bit of sun through thin clouds.   

OLM down to 61 with light rain. That's heading towards Seattle, so most places in the Seattle area are probably seeing their peak temps for the day right now.

[LowerGarfield]

14 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

I am jealous of your rain...

Will you say that in February?

But seriously, I hope you get some precipitation.

[NWbyNW]

No rain so far... 

 

So true story, some idiots were shooting fireworks off by the forest yesterday, and around dinner time, I noticed smoke.  The smoke kept getting more and more, so I ran down and there was a fire.  Called the fire dept and by the time they came, the smoke was becoming billowy and black.  Legit these idiots almost started a wildfire in Everett.  

And you know what I hear again right now?  Fireworks in the same area... 

[TT-SEA]

68 at SEA now... looks like thicker clouds are moving in though.  

[Blizzard777]

Federal Way is joining the .01 group….thank goodness I fell within the  +-  And no need to stay after school to complete the experiment again and again (chemistry nightmares ). 

 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Wow... PNW is the place to be later this week.   Such a large area of extreme heat by Friday.

My timing was an epic win.  

59 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

Impressive time period of record

 

 

Less impressive when you consider the degree of UHI there since the 1980s. So many of these records would not have fallen otherwise.

[TacomaWx]

66/56 so far today in Tacoma with 0.01” of rain. Currently up in Renton working but there was some light rain earlier this morning. Just a trace though. Dark clouds and rain showers moving in from the SW. looks like a more robust band of rain is offshore right now which would be our weather maker later tonight. 

[TT-SEA]

12Z EPS.

Probably a little too warm for today but that just comes down to finite details with the timing of mid level clouds.   General theme is a return to warmth.

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS showed 61 at SEA today.   Already 7 degrees too cold.    No one mentions when it's too extreme on the cold side but that also happens.

[TT-SEA]

Here is the 12Z GEFS for reference... shows the same theme as the EPS.    Also too cold for today like the GFS.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z GFS showed 61 at SEA today.   Already 7 degrees too cold.    No one mentions when it's too extreme on the cold side but that also happens.

So you say you’re a nobody…

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

So you say you’re a nobody…

Yep!   

Meant no one else. 

[TT-SEA]

Up to 73 now in North Bend... but clouds already thickening again.    Looks like no sub-70 days in July out here.   Although the high on 7/10 was 70.

[RentonHill]

11 minutes ago, Phil said:

My timing was an epic win.  

Less impressive when you consider the degree of UHI there since the 1980s. So many of these records would not have fallen otherwise.

In...Palermo? Where the population is down 10% since 1981 and the metro city area where the observatory is probably hasn't changed much in hundreds of years?? ma che cazzo!!

[Front Ranger]

15 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Here is the 12Z GEFS for reference... shows the same theme as the EPS.    Also too cold for today like the GFS.

The GFS is just so bad. Way too cold today, probably way too warm for Wednesday.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

36 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

Will you say that in February?

But seriously, I hope you get some precipitation.

Yes. Because I'll probably still have a deficit. February I usually complain about the snow shadow... I did choose to live here tho, so I can't complain too much

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

21 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z GFS showed 61 at SEA today.   Already 7 degrees too cold.    No one mentions when it's too extreme on the cold side but that also happens.

Gets mentioned all the time in February. 

[Front Ranger]

Heavy rain at UIL: https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=KUIL

It's coming!

[Phil]

29 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

In...Palermo? Where the population is down 10% since 1981 and the metro city area where the observatory is probably hasn't changed much in hundreds of years?? ma che cazzo!!

The temperature reading was taken on top of the Pisan Tower, at the Palermo Astronomical Observatory.

It is a sea of concrete. I’ve included a google earth image from above and at the surface, looking at the weather station.

Not a place temperatures should be measured.  

[Phil]

Also removal of trees (southern portion in particular) and increase in core urban density over the last 40 years.

1984 vs 2022

[RentonHill]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

The temperature reading was taken on top of the Pisan Tower, at the Palmero Astronomical Observatory.

It is a sea of concrete. I’ve included a google earth image from above and at the surface, looking at the weather station.

Not a place temperatures should be measured!

sure but what does that have to do with the amount of UHI effect on that station in particular since the 1980s? Was the parking lot first paved over then? MF'n romans have been putting concrete everywhere for 2000 years!! I just want you to admit that beating a record by 2C at a station with 200 years of records that is not at an airport or in a landlocked growing metropolis that's 10x or 100x what it was a few decades ago. We crave your approval of interesting phenomenon, Philip.....please, we are very sick. 

[the_convergence_zone]

10 minutes ago, Phil said:

The temperature reading was taken on top of the Pisan Tower, at the Palmero Astronomical Observatory.

It is a sea of concrete. I’ve included a google earth image from above and at the surface, looking at the weather station.

Not a place temperatures should be measured.  

By your logic there isn't a single surface temperature station on earth that should be considered reliable except maybe in Antarctica. 

 

[Front Ranger]

7 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

By your logic there isn't a single surface temperature station on earth that should be considered reliable except maybe in Antarctica. 

 

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=47.0396&lon=-122.8917

[Deweydog]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z EPS.

Probably a little too warm for today but that just comes down to finite details with the timing of mid level clouds.   General theme is a return to warmth.

Moldy blocks!

[Phishy Wx]

99 degree water, water!

 

[TT-SEA]

49 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Gets mentioned all the time in February. 

This is an excellent point and very true.

[TT-SEA]

49 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Heavy rain at UIL: https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=KUIL

It's coming!

Jealous.   Unfortunately... that rain is heading to the NE.   The part of the band heading towards the Seattle area looks much less impressive. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 hours ago, Omegaraptor said:

The very consistent warmth seems to be the story, rather than extreme heat.

Kinda like July 2018.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

10 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

99 degree water, water!

 

Goodbye coral. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

36 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

sure but what does that have to do with the amount of UHI effect on that station in particular since the 1980s? Was the parking lot first paved over then? MF'n romans have been putting concrete everywhere for 2000 years!! I just want you to admit that beating a record by 2C at a station with 200 years of records that is not at an airport or in a landlocked growing metropolis that's 10x or 100x what it was a few decades ago. We crave your approval of interesting phenomenon, Philip.....please, we are very sick. 

Only one type of record keeps falling... Not hard to put two and two together in this case. 

Of course you are talking about a proud "swiftie."

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Kind of ironic that while @TT-SEA is posting away incessantly without fail, @Cascadia_Wx are just quietly enjoying summer and living our best lyves. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Only one type of record keeps falling... Not hard to put two and two together in this case. 

Of course you are talking about a proud "swiftie."

A slight oversimplification; all-time cold records have been set in recent years. Of course, they are well outnumbered by falling all-time heat records. It’s basically the sort of pattern one would expect to see in a warming Earth.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Raining again.