August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Cold Snap]

Starting to really smell the smoke now.

[TT-SEA]

13 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

Would you STFU for once?  once?

people lives are destroyed and because is not a small enough town by your criteria it doesn't matter.

quit with semantic BS 

Literally no clue what you are talking about but you are being really strange lately.   I said its a pretty big town and mean it.   You said it was very very small.   5,000 is decent size.    And where on Earth did you get that people losing their homes doesn't matter?    Seriously.    

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Smoke starting to roll in now. 

[TT-SEA]

I disagree with the viewpoint that all of western OR will burn to the ground and what is left will be destroyed by a massive earthquake.   That is doomsday thinking and its not healthy to dwell on stuff like that.   Its not related to the Medical Lake fire. 

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Look at that mass of TPW heading toward California. It's a shame we don't have a decent trough sinking to our west to pull it north toward the PNW.

[Phishy Wx]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Literally no clue what you are talking about but you are being really strange lately.   I said its a pretty big town and mean it.   You said it was very very small.   5.000 is decent size.    And where on Earth did you get that people losing their homes doesn't matter?     

you're hanging on semantics, over what's small and what's large.  whatever.  imo, 5000 is small..  but i'm not the authority on small vs large, city vs town, nor do I claim to be.  regardless, it's a shitty situation for those involved including some colleagues.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

It’s here. The orange glow…Ugh. 

Eagerly awaiting to see if you get an accumulation this time.

[Deweydog]

I grew up in a town of about 450 people. 5,000 people in a single town would have scared the ever living sh*t out of me.

[LowerGarfield]

5 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

you're hanging on semantics, over what's small and what's large.  whatever.  imo, 5000 is small..  but i'm not the authority on small vs large, city vs town, nor do I claim to be.  regardless, it's a shitty situation for those involved including some colleagues.

In fairness to TT, he wasn't the original poster who started this. I think the important thing is we all should agree that a fire burning a town with a population of 100 and burning a Puget Sound community are equally tragic. TT was only commenting on size of town or if it should be called a city. The original comment he replied to I politely disagree with. Of course I may be biased that I live in a city of 1800 people /2k in the county but the point still stands. 

[TT-SEA]

9 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

you're hanging on semantics, over what's small and what's large.  whatever.  imo, 5000 is small..  but i'm not the authority on small vs large, city vs town, nor do I claim to be.  regardless, it's a shitty situation for those involved including some colleagues.

Yes... its a terrible situation and never said otherwise.   Good news is that the main part of Medical Lake appears to have been spared.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

14 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I disagree with the viewpoint that all of western OR will burn to the ground and what is left will be destroyed by a massive earthquake.   That is doomsday thinking and its not healthy to dwell on stuff like that.   Its not related to the Medical Lake fire. 

These things will definitely happen. I try not to think about it, just like my inevitable expiration.

[FroYoBro]

I can actually smell a little bit of smoke in the air out there now, but the sky is still mostly blue here. Might get a lot worse as the evening progresses. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 hour ago, Front Ranger said:

Snow, fire, rain, sun, smoke, hail, heat, cold - anything can be climate-fueled!

I agree with your climate-fueled assertion.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

20 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I disagree with the viewpoint that all of western OR will burn to the ground and what is left will be destroyed by a massive earthquake.   That is doomsday thinking and its not healthy to dwell on stuff like that.   Its not related to the Medical Lake fire. 

It is absolutely going to happen. Only a matter of time.

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

In fairness to TT, he wasn't the original poster who started this. I think the important thing is we all should agree that a fire burning a town with a population of 100 and burning a Puget Sound community are equally tragic. TT was only commenting on size of town or if it should be called a city. The original comment he replied to I politely disagree with. Of course I may be biased that I live in a city of 1800 people /2k in the county but the point still stands. 

It doesn't matter.   He said it was very, very small and I looked it up the population and said 5,000 is a decent size.   None of that equates to not caring about people losing their homes.  No idea where that came from.   Its a nightmare scenario for the people living there.   And I can easily imagine North Bend (same size as Medical Lake) being in a similar situation with a strong east wind event in September when everything is at its driest point.   In fact...  it was in a similar situation 100 years ago.  

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

It is absolutely going to happen. Only a matter of time.

Don't know what to say... other than its just not healthy to think that way.  

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Don't know what to say... other than its just not healthy to think that way.  

It's realistic and good to be prepared.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

It's realistic and good to be prepared.

Did not say anything about not being prepared.  

[SnarkyGoblin]

4 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

It's realistic and good to be prepared.

He prefers the head in the sand method.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Did not say anything about not being prepared.  

Being prepared is expecting it to happen at any time.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SnarkyGoblin said:

He prefers the head in the sand method.

Hardly.    

 

[TT-SEA]

This should clear the air of smoke on the west side... but likely set up another round of fires east of the mountains with strong winds behind the departing ULL.   

 

[MWG]

Now level 2 issued from O'Brien, Oregon, Hwy 199 to south of Rough & Ready Creek due to the Smith River Complex Fire in California. 

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Being prepared is expecting it to happen at any time.

It can happen here at any time as well.   In fact... my area is even more vulnerable being remote and surrounded by very dry forest.   But its not healthy to dwell on it.   We are prepared and we have a plan.   

[Phishy Wx]

devastation from the other fire in the vicinity north of here near Elk, WA, the #oregonroadfire

 

 

[Phishy Wx]

20 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

It doesn't matter.   He said it was very, very small and I looked it up the population and said 5,000 is a decent size.   None of that equates to not caring about people losing their homes.  No idea where that came from.   Its a nightmare scenario for the people living there.   And I can easily imagine North Bend (same size as Medical Lake) being in a similar situation with a strong east wind event in September when everything is at its driest point.   In fact...  it was in a similar situation 100 years ago.  

You're still doing it

[Slushy Inch]

42 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Look at that mass of TPW heading toward California. It's a shame we don't have a decent trough sinking to our west to pull it north toward the PNW.

There is one later in the Euro run that brings tropical moisture north into WA.

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

You're still doing it

Doing what?   Saying its a nightmare scenario and the size of the town doesn't matter?   Yes.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

There is one later in the Euro run that brings tropical moisture north into WA.

18Z GFS is wonderfully ripe with rainfall chances too.  

[YahRaEl]

https://twitter.com/MorganKIRO7/status/1692956762356203776?s=20

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, ChristheElohim said:

https://twitter.com/MorganKIRO7/status/1692956762356203776?s=20

Tomorrow is going to bad around the Seattle area.

[YahRaEl]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Tomorrow is going to bad around the Seattle area.

Definitely

[Phishy Wx]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Doing what?   Saying its a nightmare scenario and the size of the town doesn't matter?   Yes.

being hung up on what's small vs large vs city vs town

your opinion and mine are different.  neither is wrong or right

[Slushy Inch]

What’s the temperature of Lake Sammamish? My hands turned purple after 20 mins.

[Phishy Wx]

[TT-SEA]

9 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

being hung up on what's small vs large vs city vs town

your opinion and mine are different.  neither is wrong or right

It literally does not matter.   

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

What’s the temperature of Lake Sammamish? My hands turned purple after 20 mins.

My kids are out there now with the boat.    Water temp was 78 this morning.    Air temp is currently 81 there.   

[NWbyNW]

SUPER underperforming today.  Only 68F as the high so far today.  Smoke hasn't been bad, can't smell, but you can see it in the distance. 

[SnowWillarrive]

20 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Tomorrow is going to bad around the Seattle area.

You think temps tomorrow even crack 80? I’d imagine that smoke will hold temps down quite a bit. 

[Phishy Wx]

smoke definitely holding temps down. only 80, was supposed to be 87.  I guess we could still get there, but I doubt it