August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Front Ranger]

15 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Yeah that is absolutely horrific. I wonder how it started. Also I’m pretty sure Lahaina averages like 9in of rain a year so they don’t get a lot of rain. The Terrain on the south and west side of the island pretty much reminds me of eastern WA.

[Meatyorologist]

It was really nice driving through the Umatilla forest Monday with the rain coming down. Eastern Oregon needs the rain and it was quite a relaxing sight watching steady stratoform (and cumuloform!) rain fall on such a parched landscape.

[Meatyorologist]

52 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

HOLY CRAP

 

Oh my god...

[Chewbacca Defense]

.03" out of the storm this morning, thankfully I was able to get diversion trenches dug before the flooding got too bad on my property.  My neighbor is in the middle of getting their roof replaced, and thankfully the crew got the tarps up in time.  We both really dodged a bullet there.

 

Currently 71 with occasional sun breaks. 

[Phishy Wx]

WOW

 

 

[NWbyNW]

Heat wave coming to the PNW next week.  A reminder to all, come to Everett's waterfront to cool off. Check out the ongoing summer events and lots of great restaurants! Take the free ferry with family to Hat Island (5 min boat ride) and have a picnic, play on the beach, etc! Temps here will be low 80s (likely just high 70s) compared to everyone else's high 80s and 90s. 

 

 

[NWbyNW]

Some good news on the smoke forecasting.  The biggest producer of smoke in the PNW (outside of BC) is fires in central Oregon.  It is all blowing east.  That of course will likely change when we have the heat wave next week, and any change having winds blow west or north could be bad for the region.  But for now, clean air for mostly everyone in Washington and Oregon. 

 

 

[Cold Snap]

26 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

WOW

 

 

Lahaina has become Paradise 2.0. Seems like most of the town is gone.

[Snownerd3000]

1 hour ago, Front Ranger said:

Al Gores giant space based magnifying glass strikes again

[Snownerd3000]

2 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Lahaina has become Paradise 2.0. Seems like most of the town is gone.

This is terrifying.  So sad.

[Cold Snap]

6 people have died so far in the Lahaina fire.

[iFred]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

WOW

 

 

I've seen way too many of these kinds of videos over the past five years. If there is are a couple things to take away, have a go bag ready and don't ever get out of the car when you're in an area surrounded by flames. Super heated air will kill you in a couple of breaths or less.

[runninthruda206]

Not sure if this is the unpopular opinion but I’m kinda over the heat. I miss the cool cloudy days like today and I really hope next week’s heat wave isn’t unbearable. Can’t wait for fall. 

[MossMan]

Current view from my dads room in ICU at the hospital in Everett. He is far from out of the woods but he is at least more stable over a few days ago. Seeing your parents aging and having more serious health problems is not an easy thing. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

4 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Current view from my dads room in ICU at the hospital in Everett. He is far from out of the woods but he is at least more stable over a few days ago. Seeing your parents aging and having more serious health problems is not an easy thing. 

Sorry to hear that. Both my parents passed away in the past several years. Thankfully, they both managed to live until their 90’s and basically lived at home until the end (they both died at home after being released into home hospice care after brief hospital stays).

[YahRaEl]

Picked up 0.07" of rain here at Eastside Tacoma Neighborhood 

[Phil]

27 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Current view from my dads room in ICU at the hospital in Everett. He is far from out of the woods but he is at least more stable over a few days ago. Seeing your parents aging and having more serious health problems is not an easy thing. 

My deepest condolences. Wishing you the best.

[Cold Snap]

Picked up 0.06” of rain this morning.

[iFred]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Current view from my dads room in ICU at the hospital in Everett. He is far from out of the woods but he is at least more stable over a few days ago. Seeing your parents aging and having more serious health problems is not an easy thing. 

Sending you and your Dad all the best vibes. I think I was in that exact room you were in while my wife was in the ICU a few months ago. The black forest ham on pretzel bun sandwiches were pretty good.

[LowerGarfield]

1 hour ago, runninthruda206 said:

Not sure if this is the unpopular opinion but I’m kinda over the heat. I miss the cool cloudy days like today and I really hope next week’s heat wave isn’t unbearable. Can’t wait for fall. 

That's a popular opinion around these parts. I love the fall!

[Snownerd3000]

2 hours ago, Cold Snap said:

6 people have died so far in the Lahaina fire.

With as much devastation as we've seen with this its not hard to imagine that # going up.

[HuskyMaestro]

1 hour ago, runninthruda206 said:

Not sure if this is the unpopular opinion but I’m kinda over the heat. I miss the cool cloudy days like today and I really hope next week’s heat wave isn’t unbearable. Can’t wait for fall. 

Lol ain't no way that's an unpopular opinion. Fall and winter are goated, and fall is my favorite season. Chillier darker days with rain pouring outside while drinking evening coffee to football on the TV. The way the autumn sun makes the yellow and orange leaves sparkle a bit. 

[HuskyMaestro]

One of my uncle's side of the family is Hawaiian and they're in absolute distraught right now. Most of their family is safely in Oahu but know plenty of close friends who live on Maui. I know a guy who lost his house too in Lahaina.

Just horrific devastation, the perfect storm of things coming together to make a Paradise 2.0. A hurricane down to the south fanning the flames just had to be there

[TacomaWx]

76/60 0.05” of rain today. Just about to cross down into Oregon on the 205 looking forward to being down in the bend area the next week. 

[Cold Snap]

23 minutes ago, HuskyMaestro said:

One of my uncle's side of the family is Hawaiian and they're in absolute distraught right now. Most of their family is safely in Oahu but know plenty of close friends who live on Maui. I know a guy who lost his house too in Lahaina.

Just horrific devastation, the perfect storm of things coming together to make a Paradise 2.0. A hurricane down to the south fanning the flames just had to be there

Yeah I’m still in shock that it happened there. I always knew there would be another Paradise situation but I would have never guessed Lahaina to be it.

[Deweydog]

Hold the fone, Flatty. THE STREAK SURVIVES AT KAST!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Leftover sprinkles after the main front have boosted today's total to 0.43".

[T-Town]

RIP Robbie Robertson. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

 

[Cloud]

3 hours ago, MossMan said:

Current view from my dads room in ICU at the hospital in Everett. He is far from out of the woods but he is at least more stable over a few days ago. Seeing your parents aging and having more serious health problems is not an easy thing. 

Sending prayers for your dad and your family Randy! Been through it, so hang in there.

[Cold Snap]

Some ominous skies in Monroe right now.

[Meatyorologist]

1 hour ago, Cold Snap said:

Some ominous skies in Monroe right now.

Not bad...

[Cascadia_Wx]

84/64 at PDX today. And today was the cool down day. Looking at next week, this month will easily be on track to be their hottest month on record, beating last August.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Meanwhile put up a 79/61 here. Some morning drizzle then party cloudy, kind of nice and breezy out this evening. 76 currently.

[T-Town]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Meanwhile put up a 79/61 here. Some morning drizzle then party cloudy, kind of nice and breezy out this evening. 76 currently.

73/61 here and the breeze is fantastic this evening. 

[Meatyorologist]

9 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

84/64 at PDX today. And today was the cool down day. Looking at next week, this month will easily be on track to be their hottest month on record, beating last August.

Just rolling on with the same old crap. It never ends. Year after year.

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Just rolling on with the same old crap. It never ends. Year after year.

Yeah. At best it’s incredibly predictable and boring.

[YahRaEl]

75°/60° today here at Eastside Tacoma Neighborhood also had peak gust of 27 mph pretty breezy

[YahRaEl]

78°/57° at my family neighborhood in Spanaway today 

[BLI snowman]

Had to say goodbye to my dear old kitty Walter just a couple of days after his 17th birthday. He was a big fan of Christmastime and inversions.

 

Edited August 10, 2023 by BLI snowman