August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

18Z GFS sucks.

Good for Spokane though. 

dude don't tease me.  GFS is garbage, I'll believe it when I see it

[Dave]

I live at 420' which is nice. Also appropriate since my next door neighbor has been growing herb in his backyard for many years.

[MWG]

I thought this year we were going to be lucky with the smoke to be more like a haze like it has been since the fires started  but not this afternoon.

[YahRaEl]

95° here at Eastside Tacoma has cooled a little bit down to 93°

[Rubus Leucodermis]

I was going to make a joke about the highest point in Maryland but it's higher than I thought.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoye-Crest

[Phishy Wx]

1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I was going to make a joke about the highest point in Maryland but it's higher than I thought.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoye-Crest

yeah its pretty much in WV

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I was going to make a joke about the highest point in Maryland but it's higher than I thought.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoye-Crest

Even more strange because Phil has places very close to him that are so much higher than my area.   He even pretended to live in McHenry MD for a couple years at 2,500 feet.      

My house is only 800 feet higher than Phil's house.    And he lives in a swamp.   

 

[YahRaEl]

[Phishy Wx]

getting windier, do not like

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I'm just glad we are all getting along today. 

Edited August 17, 2023 by SilverFallsAndrew

[Dave]

New track for Hilary out. Bummer that Timmy_Supercell left because this could get interesting in southern Oregon.

[TacomaWx]

1 hour ago, Tyler Mode said:

Marine air and low clouds already pushing onshore much stronger than yesterday.  Currently 87, down 13 from this time yesterday.

Yeah marine air is on the move inland…Shelton maxed out at 88 down to 82 now. Olympia hit 91 and now it’s 88 with a SW breeze. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Add another 90F burger on…

[TT-SEA]

Officially 91 for a high at SEA. 

4th consecutive day of 90+.  Not sure how many times that has ever happened but it's pretty rare.  The annual average is only 3.   I know the record was 5 until last summer when SEA had 6 consecutive days at 90+.

[Phishy Wx]

oof sounds like fire sirens in my vicinity

[SnowWillarrive]

11 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Yeah marine air is on the move inland…Shelton maxed out at 88 down to 82 now. Olympia hit 91 and now it’s 88 with a SW breeze. 

I’ll be happy when today ends. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

9 minutes ago, Dave said:

New track for Hilary out. Bummer that Timmy_Supercell left because this could get interesting in southern Oregon.

Looks like the NHC thinks Hilary will keep it’s tropical characteristics when it hits Southern California. We’re still in the cone that we have to be on alert up here west of the Cascades.

[T-Town]

45 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

91 so far today. SW wind doesn’t really cool us off on this side of town but probably does over on that side. 

Definitely. SW breeze wasn’t really evident here earlier. Picking up now though. 

[Phishy Wx]

 

[YahRaEl]

27 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Officially 91 for a high at SEA. 

4th consecutive day of 90+.  Not sure how many times that has ever happened but it's pretty rare.  The annual average is only 3.   I know the record was 5 until last summer when SEA had 6 consecutive days at 90+.

 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, ChristheElohim said:

 

They must be using a low threshold for extreme heat for Seattle.   The 2009 event list there had a high of 84 right in the middle of that 10 day period and 83 on the last day.    

I am sure @Skagit Weather can tell me how many times SEA has been 90+ for 4 consecutive days.  

[Front Ranger]

I am currently 9600' high.

[YahRaEl]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

They must be using a low threshold for extreme heat for Seattle.   The 2009 event list there had a high of 84 right in the middle of that 10 day period and 83 on the last day.    

I am sure @Skagit Weather can tell me how many times SEA has been 90+ for 4 consecutive days.  

He definitely should have clarify what he means with extreme heat

[YahRaEl]

1 minute ago, Front Ranger said:

I am currently 9600' high.

[Front Ranger]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

They must be using a low threshold for extreme heat for Seattle.   The 2009 event list there had a high of 84 right in the middle of that 10 day period and 83 on the last day.    

I am sure @Skagit Weather can tell me how many times SEA has been 90+ for 4 consecutive days.  

That Don Sutherland guy is an east coaster and hardcore climate change alarmist...just saying. 

And yeah, strange threshold for "extreme" heat.

[HuskyMaestro]

47 minutes ago, Dave said:

New track for Hilary out. Bummer that Timmy_Supercell left because this could get interesting in southern Oregon.

That's actually crazy how California and Oregon (and probably WA soon) got onto a hurricane's forecasted cone before Florida in mid-August. 

[Phishy Wx]

 

[NorCal55]

56 minutes ago, Dave said:

New track for Hilary out. Bummer that Timmy_Supercell left because this could get interesting in southern Oregon.

Shifting West? 

[Phishy Wx]

9 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

That Don Sutherland guy is an east coaster and hardcore climate change alarmist...just saying. 

And yeah, strange threshold for "extreme" heat.

you saying his data is wrong?  what's your beef.  keep spewing BS

[TT-SEA]

18Z ECMWF shows some morning low clouds around Seattle tomorrow but clearing quickly and high of only 77.    That is going to be so nice.   Unfortunately after the trough passes by to the north by Saturday the flow turns to the NE and the smoke comes in quickly and Sunday might be pretty bad.   Hopefully the next ULL which parks itself offshore by Monday will help return SW flow and clear the smoke out on this side of the mountains.   

[Phil]

2 hours ago, FroYoBro said:

Can you guys imagine Phil sneaking into Tim's bedroom in the middle of the night and whispering into his ear "I heard you like it hot"?

 

Omg  

[Phil]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

yes, Phil says no though

 

i think its a good one and a dud in these parts, oh well.  I've already accepted it

Phil can be wrong sometimes. I’m due for a bust.

[TT-SEA]

9 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

you saying his data is wrong?  what's your beef.  keep spewing BS

He is obviously using at least 83 or maybe lower as the threshold for extreme heat because that is the only way the 2009 event could be 10 days long.     That seems like quite a stretch to use the term extreme heat considering the average in Seattle gets up to about 80 in the summer.  

[YahRaEl]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

He is obviously using at least 83 or maybe lower as the threshold for extreme heat because that is the only way the 2009 event could be 10 days long.     That seems like quite a stretch to call it extreme heat considering the average in SEA gets up to about 80 in the summer.  

 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, ChristheElohim said:

 

Thanks.

That must be an old post because the record of 5 has been broken now.    But it does put in context how rare this current heat event was for SEA.  

[YahRaEl]

Nice breeze gusting to 20 mph from SW-WSW here at Eastside Tacoma 

[Phil]

55 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Looks like the NHC thinks Hilary will keep it’s tropical characteristics when it hits Southern California. We’re still in the cone that we have to be on alert up here west of the Cascades.

That would surprise me.

[YahRaEl]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Thanks.

That must be an old post because the record of 5 has been broken now.    But it does put in context how rare this current heat event was for SEA.  

Found it here

https://climate.washington.edu/climate-events/2009heatwave/

[FroYoBro]

91 101 108 103 103 93

Hot week for pdx. 

 

[TT-SEA]

Fires all over the place in southern BC spreading smoke to the east this afternoon.   Also an active fire in the middle of Vancouver Island.    Not hard to see why it will get smokey down here when the flow switches to NE.