August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Front Ranger]

Palm Springs averages about 5"/year.

[Dave]

Does this look like the official sensor? Potato quality, unfortunately. 

 

[LowerGarfield]

I think I'm getting my two storms conflated. 1858 was an offshore hurricane. 1939 Long Beach Tropical storm was the one comparable to this track possibly?

Need more moisture in the PNW.

[ShawniganLake]

56 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

oof

 

here we go

 

 

Probably from the Crater creek fire near Keremeos BC.  It blew up last night.  2 small fires merged and burned over 20,000 acres yesterday afternoon and evening

[TT-SEA]

94 at SEA and 102 at PDX on the hour.

Luckily this heat wave was a non-event.   I believe the term Phil was using was "winnowed down" in terms of any meaningful heat happening.  

Sadly this summer peaked back in May.   It's been all downhill since.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

20 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

It would be on a similar track to the 1858 tropical storm that made landfall on Long Beach. Wouldn't be surprised to see an extremely rare Padres rainout in San Diego.

I’m hoping it tracks more west. I just looked at the 12z HWRF hurricane model and it tracks Hilary on the left side of the cone. It would give us better chances of rain up here.

[NorCal55]

17 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Palm Springs averages about 5"/year.

They tend to always want to curve out towards sea so I think there is still plenty of time for the big rain to track more West up the coast. Just a guess lol. 

[NorCal55]

4 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

I’m hoping it tracks more west. I just looked at the 12z HWRF hurricane model and it tracks Hilary on the left side of the cone. It would give us better chances of rain up here.

Such a rare image, thanks! 

[TacomaWx]

92 here now. Ties yesterday’s high and might get to 93-94 before the day is over. Thank god for AC

[Gradient Keeper]

Temperature round-up / 24hr Temp Change

8/16/23 4:25 PM

 

- 4 PM

[Oregon Coast]
Astoria: 74, -- no change
Tillamook: 77, -2
Newport: 66, -- no change
Florence: 70, +2
North Bend: 70, -3
Brookings: 71, -4

 

[PDX-Vancouver Metro, Southwest Washington, Northern Willamette Valley]
Portland: 102, +1
Troutdale: 103, +2
Vancouver: 100, +2
Kelso: 99, -2
Scappoose: 100, +1
Hillsboro: 102, +2
McMinnville: 101, +2
Aurora: 101, +3

 

[Central/Southern Willamette Valley, Southern Oregon]
Salem: 103, +1
Corvallis: 102, +1
Eugene: 103, -- no change
Roseburg: 107, +2
Grants Pass: 108, +4
Medford: 103, -2
Klamath Falls: 93, -2

[HuskyMaestro]

20 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

I’m hoping it tracks more west. I just looked at the 12z HWRF hurricane model and it tracks Hilary on the left side of the cone. It would give us better chances of rain up here.

Hope it douses PDX and SEA with that tropical downpour. I mean if that happens, that'll be the first time I experienced a cyclone, or the remnants of one, since being in the Philippines 12 years ago funny enough. 

[T-Town]

23 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

92 here now. Ties yesterday’s high and might get to 93-94 before the day is over. Thank god for AC

94 here. Too hot. Our little window AC cools the main floor just enough to keep it bearable. Got a new portable AC for the upstairs master and that thing keeps the whole floor pretty cool. 

[TacomaWx]

Just now, T-Town said:

94 here. Too hot. Our little window AC cools the main floor just enough to keep it bearable. Got a new portable AC for the upstairs master and that thing keeps the whole floor pretty cool. 

I’ve got a portable AC but it only keeps  1 room cool. I wish I had one that kept the entire apartment cool, but it’s hard to keep my apartment that gets a lot of sun in the afternoon cool. 

[TT-SEA]

How does 101, 108, 103, 103 at PDX rank in terms of historical heat waves?

[TigerWoodsLibido]

EUG up to 105F again...

[Phishy Wx]

98.  I think the smoke kept us from 100 today.  still could get there though

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

How does 101, 108, 103, 103 at PDX rank in terms of historical heat waves?

Just a minor ridge

[YahRaEl]

100° Spanaway and 96° Eastside Tacoma 

[BLI snowman]

17 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

How does 101, 108, 103, 103 at PDX rank in terms of historical heat waves?

It's only the third time they've had four straight triple Ds.  

Other occurrences were the July 1941 and August 1981 heatwaves. And this one is easily the latest in the calendar, and the only one aside from June 2021 to hit 108. 

I'd say this has a pretty solid argument for second or third "greatest" on record for Portland.

[YahRaEl]

102° Pacific/Algona yesterday was 101°

[MossMan]

8 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Mandated low-flow toilets and shower heads, and washing machines that use less water than old ones probably helped a lot.

[GHweatherChris]

[TacomaWx]

27 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

It's only the third time they've had four straight triple Ds.  

Other occurrences were the July 1941 and August 1981 heatwaves. And this one is easily the latest in the calendar, and the only one aside from June 2021 to hit 108. 

I'd say this has a pretty solid argument for second or third "greatest" on record for Portland.

Some interesting stats there really shows how significant this one was. Up here this one was a fairly significant one with back 2 back 95 degree highs at SEA…but not as significant up here overall. 89, 92 and 93 here the last 3 days. 

[MossMan]

First 90 of this heatwave! Topped out at 73 in the house. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

1 hour ago, NorCal55 said:

Such a rare image, thanks! 

 

1 hour ago, HuskyMaestro said:

Hope it douses PDX and SEA with that tropical downpour. I mean if that happens, that'll be the first time I experienced a cyclone, or the remnants of one, since being in the Philippines 12 years ago funny enough. 

Hoping it over-performs for us and we get some much needed rain. At the very least we have something to track. 
HERE WE GO!!!

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Max of 86.7˚F today.

[GHweatherChris]

4 pack of 90+'s here with 2 above 100, yesterday spiked to 101 quickly then settled in to the low 90's for most of the afternoon.

[Deweydog]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

How does 101, 108, 103, 103 at PDX rank in terms of historical heat waves?

High

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I think this is the first time SLE has hit 100+ 4 days in a row since July 1994. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

One of the fires east of Eugene is blowing up this afternoon. Pic from near Vida. I think this is the Lookout Fire. 

[Phil]

6 hours ago, ShawniganLake said:

Haha. Dude. Let it go. 

Tim is my favorite toy. Wind him up, watch him go.  

[TT-SEA]

16 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

4 pack of 90+'s here with 2 above 100, yesterday spiked to 101 quickly then settled in to the low 90's for most of the afternoon.

Big difference with that station you referenced for us on Monday.     Must be a sharp cut-off with the sea breeze.   That station was only 86 yesterday and in the 70s today.

https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=E0868&hours=72

 

[GHweatherChris]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Big difference with that station you referenced for us on Monday.     Must be a sharp cut-off with the sea breeze.   That station was only 86 yesterday and in the 70s today.

https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=E0868&hours=72

 

Yep, as I have said many times, very sharp microclimates in my vicinity.

 

Edit to add-  that station is so close to me it only take a few minutes to get near it and the auto thermometer matches local observations within a degree or 2.

Edited August 17, 2023 by GHweatherChris

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

Tim is my favorite toy. Wind him up, watch him go.  

It works both ways!   

 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, GHweatherChris said:

Yep, as I have said many times, very sharp microclimates in my vicinity.

For sure.   The sea breeze is a fickle thing.  

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Edit to add-  that station is so close to me it only take a few minutes to get near it and the auto thermometer matches local observations within a degree or 2.

I have done that with a couple stations around here and they also match very well with the car.    I am surprised at how well cars do in terms of accuracy with the outdoor temp.    I have also compared with SEA many times on the approach to the terminal and its almost always the same or only 1 degree different.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

11 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

One of the fires east of Eugene is blowing up this afternoon. Pic from near Vida. I think this is the Lookout Fire. 

This is the Bedrock Fire. So this would be looking south from the McKenzie valley. 

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

I have done that with a couple stations around here and they also match very well with the car.    I am surprised at how well cars do in terms of accuracy with the outdoor temp.    I have also compared with SEA many times on the approach to the terminal and is almost always the same or only 1 degree different.   

Its the only way for me to legitimize my backyard claims lol

 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, GHweatherChris said:

Its the only way for me to legitimize my backyard claims lol

 

The caveat is that the car has to be moving for awhile... it usually reads way too high when starting when its sitting the sun.   

[TacomaWx]

This month is +5.1F MTD so far. Looks warm overall coming up too but atleast no more 90s.