July 2023 PNW Observations and Discussions

[T-Town]

1 hour ago, Front Ranger said:

Come to Colorado! Bountiful blessings in store for this evenings festivities.

My wife is supposed to fly home from Denver this evening. Flight is already delayed an hour. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Ended up with an 87/54 day yesterday. PDX of course hit 90, up to #7 for the season there. Should tack on another three today through Thursday.

Lots of high smoke out today, hazy sunshine. Hit a low of 59, already up to 85 now. Hope everyone has a safe and happy Independence Day.

[Cascadia_Wx]

12z EPS definitely isn’t terrible.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

5 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

12z EPS definitely isn’t terrible.

“Not great, not terrible.”

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Up to 91 in Silverton. Hit up the parade in Mt. Angel, saw the two time defending champion Kennedy Trojans baseball team. Some say the greatest team we have ever seen at the small school level in Oregon . My son said he wished it was a bit cooler. 

Edited July 4, 2023 by SilverFallsAndrew

[TT-SEA]

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like Marion County has banned all home fireworks tonight. Happy 4th

Edited July 4, 2023 by SilverFallsAndrew

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Looks like Marion County has banned all home fireworks tonight. Happy 4th

Hood River cancelled their fireworks display tonight as well, in light of the Tunnel 5 fire which has already destroyed some structures and caused evacuations. Happy 4th to you as well Andrew.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

EUG with another 90F-burger.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

34 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Hood River cancelled their fireworks display tonight as well, in light of the Tunnel 5 fire which has already destroyed some structures and caused evacuations. Happy 4th to you as well Andrew.

Seems like a ton of fires for this early in the season. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

16 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Seems like a ton of fires for this early in the season. 

Especially considering summer doesn’t even start until tomorrow LoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoL

[TigerWoodsLibido]

19 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Seems like a ton of fires for this early in the season. 

Really worried about about the future of the Willamette Valley. All the grass will burn one day

[T-Town]

Hard to see in the haze but something’s burning on the Kitsap peninsula. 

[Deweydog]

DP’s falling into the 30’s! Let the mortars fly!!

[Eugene-5SW]

97º on the current obs at EUG.

If that holds up, it will be a new record daily high.

Smoke is back, too!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, Eugene-5SW said:

97º on the current obs at EUG.

If that holds up, it will be a new record daily high.

Smoke is back, too!

First 100-burger of the year for Tiger?

[Eugene-5SW]

3 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

First 100-burger of the year for Tiger?

Nah, only 91º in Puerto Vallarta today.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Eugene-5SW said:

97º on the current obs at EUG.

If that holds up, it will be a new record daily high.

Smoke is back, too!

Wow, going to hit 100. Desertification in action. 

 

19 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Really worried about about the future of the Willamette Valley. All the grass will burn one day

They are going to lose all the ash trees too. D**n ash borer .

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Dry and scorching hot July 4ths all blending together at this point, but definitely harkens back to 2015.

[Front Ranger]

BLI 79!

[Deweydog]

The potato salad gave Pedro food poisoning.

[NWbyNW]

The smoke is clearly visible out there and it's going to stick around for some time it appears.  At least the next three days according to the models.  Impacts should remain minimal for most part as it will mostly be at higher elevations.  You could really see the smoke layer over night as the moon was orange.  The smoke is streaming in from Canada.

 

 

 

[NWbyNW]

Happy Independence Day! 

 

Hope everyone is having a great day!

[Omegaraptor]

26 minutes ago, Eugene-5SW said:

Nah, only 91º in Puerto Vallarta today.

Their heat index peaked at 101! 90/75 temp/dew earlier, now 86/77.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

6 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

Their heat index peaked at 101! 90/75 temp/dew earlier, now 86/77.

Not bad. Heat index in the WV is HOTTTT

[Cloud]

Very dry and gusty out. RH is in the low 20s. Recipe for  

[Deweydog]

49 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Dry and scorching hot July 4ths all blending together at this point, but definitely harkens back to 2015.

Just for accuracy’s sake, this is the first 4th “hotter” than 86 degrees at PDX since the vaunted 2015.

[Deweydog]

The opposite issue today at the BETTER Portland…

https://www.pressherald.com/2023/07/04/fireworks-in-portland-postponed-due-to-weather/

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Absolutely beautiful in Puerto Vallarta today. Since we’re just off the coast it’s way cooler, but also still just as humid so a perfect combo for a variety of reasons. Y’all can draw your own conclusions as to what I mean when being on a cruise ship.

Very lovely view.

[HuskyMaestro]

1 hour ago, NWbyNW said:

The smoke is clearly visible out there and it's going to stick around for some time it appears.  At least the next three days according to the models.  Impacts should remain minimal for most part as it will mostly be at higher elevations.  You could really see the smoke layer over night as the moon was orange.  The smoke is streaming in from Canada.

 

 

 

Wish there was a smoky emoji we could add to the site with how things have gone, but this can do

[Cascadia_Wx]

Topped out at 94 here today. Down to 93 now. Looks like the smoke is clearing out from the upper atmosphere for now at least. More blue skies than earlier.

[lowlandsnow]

This smoke should help Seattle avoid 90 tomorrow. Maybe this will be the first year to avoid 90 at Seatac since 2011. 

[NWbyNW]

A Wildfire has started near Shelton.  Evacuations have been ordered and helicopter crews are already on scene.

 

 

[NWbyNW]

Already not great air quality due to BC wildfire smoke.  Expect it to get worse overnight as people light off fireworks.  Let's hope we don't wake up to new local wildfire smoke from errant fireworks and irresponsible people.

 

 

 

 

[NWbyNW]

As expected the rain chances this weekend evaporated.  No rain in sight.  But after this heat, temps still remain pretty high.  Hit 77F here in Everett, currently 76F.

[Cold Snap]

2 hours ago, T-Town said:

Hard to see in the haze but something’s burning on the Kitsap peninsula. 

This must be what’s burning. Sad to see that it could affect homes.

https://www.king5.com/mobile/article/news/local/brush-fire-near-shelton-threatens-homes-forces-evacuations/281-cd021b26-b0c7-4147-94d0-d89b949afd25

[Cloud]

36 minutes ago, lowlandsnow said:

This smoke should help Seattle avoid 90 tomorrow. Maybe this will be the first year to avoid 90 at Seatac since 2011. 

I dunno… this seems like a long shot unless you are referring to how we’ll be in smoke all summer to avoid a 90.

 

We’re about to enter peak heat and peak dry for the year. August will probably feature a few 90s. 
 

last year SEA hit 90 well into September and an 88 to follow in mid-October. In 2020, there was a 90 in September also. Not really an example of a trend or anything but it can happen. 
 

I think we just need to get through the period of July 15- august 15. 

[AmunRAEL]

86° high at my neighborhood in Eastside Tacoma

89° high at my cousin's neighborhood in Spanaway 

[lowlandsnow]

24 minutes ago, Cloud said:

I dunno… this seems like a long shot unless you are referring to how we’ll be in smoke all summer to avoid a 90.

 

We’re about to enter peak heat and peak dry for the year. August will probably feature a few 90s. 
 

last year SEA hit 90 well into September and an 88 to follow in mid-October. In 2020, there was a 90 in September also. Not really an example of a trend or anything but it can happen. 
 

I think we just need to get through the period of July 15- august 15. 

Your probably right but there is still a chance of SEA avoiding 90

[SilverFallsAndrew]

96 at PDX today.