July 2023 PNW Observations and Discussions

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Unbelievable to see so many fires already in the western lowlands. 

[SnowWillarrive]

3 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

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

As the earth warms it might not be a bad idea to just divert the ocean into the WV. Would provide jobs. Make a good inland sea and cool down the area. 

[Eugene-5SW]

16 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

96 at PDX today. 

Looks like Roseburg and Eugene posted record daily highs at 98º.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Happy 4th of July to all! Hoping everyone will be able to enjoy some fireworks tonight. God Bless the USA!

 

[Deweydog]

Big fire somewhere up near Cinebar according to mi hermano. 

[MossMan]

Nice day. Absolute perfect temp today up at Samish Island with a sea breeze. Was nice early this evening at the lake house as well. People parked way better on our private road than past 4th’s, usually both sides are filled with drunk made up parking spots! 
82/53 on the day. Currently 72 back here at home base. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Pleasant evening in Mt Angel 

[Deweydog]

Turning into an absolutely gorgeous evening here in Washougal. Wind really laid down in the last half hour or so. 

[T-Town]

Amazing sunset in progress. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

5 hours ago, Front Ranger said:

BLI 79!

Made it to 84 IMBY, which is about 4-5 miles inland.  Took my son up to CYVR this morning, and when I hit the Peace Arch (which is right on the water) at about 10:30, it was 70 degrees.  About 2-3 miles south of the border (and a few miles away from the water the temp jumped to 77, and was 80 by the time I got to my house.

[the_convergence_zone]

Historically, 79% of the 90+ degree days at Sea-Tac have come after July 4. 

[Front Ranger]

Wild and wet 4th!

 

 

[T-Town]

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Wild and wet 4th!

 

Looks like great BBQ and Firework weather! 

[Cloud]

Fark, I gotta be up at 4 for work and don’t sound like the fireworks here are stopping any time soon. Trying to sleep.  Send help.

[Phil]

Happy birthday ‘murica  

 

 

[Deweydog]

Prints available. $300 a piece. All proceeds go the Green Party PAC.

[Phil]

Cheap chinese fireworks & alcohol. We totally would’ve started a forest fire if this was North Bend.  

 

 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, Phil said:

Cheap chinese fireworks & alcohol. We totally would’ve started a forest fire if this was North Bend.  

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Yeah... too many idiots out here right now.  

[Phil]

Doesn’t look like we’re repeating 2009.

[Phil]

7 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Wow, going to hit 100. Desertification in action. 

 

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

Ash borers already wiped them all out here. No survivors.

And they get brittle fast once they die. Winter winds knocked them all down the first year. They look like matchsticks on the forest floor, all laid out in the same NW to SE direction.

[RentonHill]

26 minutes ago, Phil said:

Ash borers already wiped them all out here. No survivors.

And they get brittle fast once they die. Winter winds knocked them all down the first year. They look like matchsticks on the forest floor, all laid out in the same NW to SE direction.

Sucks. Ash best firewood. Me like 

[TT-SEA]

Anyone staying up to midnight to ring in the start of summer?   

[Eugene-5SW]

42 minutes ago, Phil said:

Doesn’t look like we’re repeating 2009.

For a split second I thought that chart was for PDX, and I was like, "Oh God, noooo!"

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Another great party for the 4th.

 

 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Anyone staying up to midnight to ring in the start of summer?   

Yes. Already had hundreds of people compliment my GloFX glasses. This is awesome!!

[RentonHill]

16 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Anyone staying up to midnight to ring in the start of summer?   

“Staying” up by not being able to sleep…yes 

[Front Ranger]

2 hours ago, MossMan said:

Looks like great BBQ and Firework weather! 

We were able to get BBQ in before, and fireworks after, fortunately. 

[ShawniganLake]

89F for a high here.  Might have an outside shot at cracking 90 tomorrow.  
 

Broke down and put the ACs in the windows of the kids bedrooms when I got home from work. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Headed to Mazatlán now. Beautiful humid night.

[NWbyNW]

Before Fireworks.

After Fireworks. Lol!

[T-Town]

60 degrees this morning with the a pronounced fireworks haze. Truly the gift that keeps on giving. 

[TT-SEA]

28 minutes ago, T-Town said:

60 degrees this morning with the a pronounced fireworks haze. Truly the gift that keeps on giving. 

Looks pretty nasty on the Space Needle cam this morning... seems to be trapped at the low levels near the Sound.    Not much haze out here though.   Hopefully it mixes out around the Sound once the wind picks up this morning.

[TT-SEA]

In terms of wildfire smoke... it does not look too bad in BC this morning so that is good news.    ECMWF also shows a decent SW wind by Friday with the marine layer making it inland for a few hours.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Moon looked creepy on the way home last night. 

[TT-SEA]

Already 70 at SEA at 8 a.m.    

Haze seems to be lifting and starting to mix out around the Sound 

[Eugene-5SW]

Low of 65º here this morning, while EUG made it down to 55º.

Penalty of living in the foothills. I make up for it in borderline cold onshore snow events, though

[Front Ranger]

OLM managed to just barely avoid 90 yesterday. Been stuck at 2 for the year for awhile now.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

EUG’s 5 min obs are down for now but it appears to already be in the mid-70s so another 90F burger is looking likely.

Almost 3 months of this left. I’m guessing we will be well into the defensive backs and running backs by the end.

I really hope we don’t get to linebackers and centers…

[Eugene-5SW]

Glad to see that those confident predictions of a suppressed 4CH and a cool CA/SW this summer are working out...