August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Hawksfan2008]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Really blowing on radar... looks we will be on the west side of it.  

More development right behind it. EURO right on track! 

[MossMan]

I hear nothing. 

[Cloud]

Yo, where’s my light show?!

[TT-SEA]

Not much the way of lightning but it is raining moderately now which is nice.

[TT-SEA]

One bright flash and distant thunder now.

[MossMan]

I got up early for two raindrops?

[TT-SEA]

Explosive development way east around Moses Lake.   Hope that doesn't mean the best dynamics are shifting east already. 

[TT-SEA]

Looks like a strong cell over Federal Way right now as well.  

[TT-SEA]

Looking ahead during the wait... GFS sure likes Saturday for the lake.   Some hints that summer-like weather is not over yet as well.  

[MossMan]

Thunder!

[TT-SEA]

Frequent flashes now above the marine layer but not hearing any thunder.   I assume the lightning is from the line moving north over the pass right now.

[TacomaWx]

It was fun around 12-1AM with a decent amount of lightning here…then waited another hour and nothing but light rain. Maybe we see some more development here in the next couple hours? Either way underwhelming so far. 

[Cloud]

Look like something fun is gonna happen here fairly soon with the way the cells are tracking. 

[the_convergence_zone]

Looks like largely a dud for the Seattle area. The HRRR nailed it. 

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Looks like largely a dud for the Seattle area. The HRRR nailed it. 

Atmosphere must’ve gotten “worked over” during the initial band of storms. Models hinted at that yesterday evening but thought it was just model noise. It was cool briefly but have seen much better storms in recent years. 

[RentonHill]

[Dave]

2 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Having trouble sleeping so it's nice to see some of y'all enjoying a lightning show. Looks like it's currently 61F outside here and cloudy.

Some light drizzle is also in the area. Yay us.

[Christensen87]

Ugh. 

[TT-SEA]

Was able to fall back to sleep for an hour... didn't miss anything.    Even more disappointing than the weak convection was the lack of rainfall.   Most of the runs recently showed at least .50 out here and some were over an inch.   We got .01  

[TacomaWx]

11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Was able to fall back to sleep for an hour... didn't miss anything.    Even more disappointing than the weak convection was the lack of rainfall.   Most of the runs recently showed at least .50 out here and some were over an inch.   We got .01  

We will probably get some straitform rainfall later today. Disappointing though for sure just 0.04” here overnight. Atleast we have several more rain chances coming up too. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Got grazed here. Sprinkles with distant rumbles and some flashes. Beats getting totally skunked, I guess.

[MikeInEverett]

It’s over.

[TT-SEA]

Even the 06Z ECMWF showed significant rain happening right now... but in reality its much father east over central WA.

[TT-SEA]

Focus now shifts to the much more stratiform event for Thursday which should be coolest day of the week staying in the low 60s all day.  

[Cloud]

Such disappointment. Was by the windows most of the nights hoping to catch one light show but nothing ever happened… just a brief shower that went thru. Ended up just monitoring the radar to see anything pop up but it didn’t seem like there would be anything.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

A whopping .06" so far.

[Slushy Inch]

18 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Such disappointment. Was by the windows most of the nights hoping to catch one light show but nothing ever happened… just a brief shower that went thru. Ended up just monitoring the radar to see anything pop up but it didn’t seem like there would be anything.

It’s too bad it didn’t work out like Euro had showed for many days. Still not as much as a bummer as a snow bust.

[jcmcgaffey]

Unfortunately the smoke did not get kicked out of here which I figured would be the case as smoke is notorious for sticking around much longer than modeled projections. Even more unfortunate is it looks like another round of thicker smoke is supposed to infiltrate the sound over Labor Day weekend

[Cloud]

15 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

It’s too bad it didn’t work out like Euro had showed for many days. Still not as much as a bummer as a snow bust.

Yah. It really is too bad… we don’t usually get t-storms here so the fact that the euro was insistent on it got me excited for it. Bummer!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

45 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Even the 06Z ECMWF showed significant rain happening right now... but in reality its much father east over central WA.

At least they really need it. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

Strong campfire smell came in overnight, and is really bad this morning.  Just some sprinkles, but no thunder or lightning since last night. 

Here is a picture of the S. Lake Whatcom Fire from first light this morning.  Hopefully they can get a handle on that today.

[TacomaWx]

41 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Such disappointment. Was by the windows most of the nights hoping to catch one light show but nothing ever happened… just a brief shower that went thru. Ended up just monitoring the radar to see anything pop up but it didn’t seem like there would be anything.

I saw probably 15-20 flashes here…but overall not nearly as good as expected. Atleast we’re getting some rain coming up. 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

Strong campfire smell came in overnight, and is really bad this morning.  Just some sprinkles, but no thunder or lightning since last night. 

Here is a picture of the S. Lake Whatcom Fire from first light this morning.  Hopefully they can get a handle on that today.

Wow... that is this morning?    Fortunately it does not look much bigger than it did last night. 

[TT-SEA]

11 minutes ago, jcmcgaffey said:

Unfortunately the smoke did not get kicked out of here which I figured would be the case as smoke is notorious for sticking around much longer than modeled projections. Even more unfortunate is it looks like another round of thicker smoke is supposed to infiltrate the sound over Labor Day weekend

AQI is back into the good category out here and appears to be slowly falling around Seattle as well.   There will be a decent SW wind this afternoon per the ECMWF which should clear what is left out.    Where do you find a smoke model that goes out through the weekend?

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

0.09” at my house. Several big booms. Some small hail. Watched it on my Reolink camera. 

[Phil]

Important changes in Idalia’s IR presentation over the last 20mins. RI will begin shortly.

[Phishy Wx]

such is life

 

Red Flag and Flood watch at the same time

 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

Important changes in Idalia’s IR presentation over the last 20mins. RI will begin shortly.

I’m driving to Miami today, flying out tomorrow. Tampa closed at midnight, trapping me here.

[Phil]

4 hours ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

It is blowing up at my house. Watching on my backyard camera. I’m going to be stuck here for this D**n hurricane. 

I’d gladly swap places with you. Weather is here just like every September.

[SnowWillarrive]

Woke up this morning with hardly any rain. Wow