August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yeah it’s catching the attention of many now. 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

 

Nuclear bomb. 

[Deweydog]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yeah it’s catching the attention of many now. 

Diesel. Ewww.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Kezi saying the fire is growing rapidly and may be up to 800 acres now. This the fire north of Eugene. 

[Requiem]

11 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

Looks like the Sourdough fire is exploding.

taken by a friend who lives on Lummi Island.

 

last I saw (a few days ago) it was up to 500 acres.

It's mainly spreading northeast aligned with topography-- that being said when a fire has behavior this active and erratic it can really spread in every given direction. It was already very close to the little town of Diablo, so I'm concerned whether said town is even standing after this latest activity.

[T-Town]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

18Z ECMWF... 

T Town is ground zero. Let’s do this. 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Nuclear bomb. 

That should make for a cold winter! 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Kezi saying the fire is growing rapidly and may be up to 800 acres now. This the fire north of Eugene. 

The last line of defense is the summit of Mount Tom, if it hops there, we will begin to see flaming ash coming into town. I would imagine Lane County will be preparing evacuation teams soon.

Marcola homes will be destroyed first, the rate at which this is spreading will catch people off guard and no one here in town understands how absolutely dire this situation could turn very quickly.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

[SilverFallsAndrew]

This is horrifying. Looks like it’s running and torching from the live coverage on KEZI. 

[Meatyorologist]

3 hours ago, Phil said:

@Meatyorologist Have u figured out where you plan to start the day tomorrow? Haven’t chased in awhile but getting an early read on the day was always the most challenging part for me (next to choosing the correct storm cell at game time, heh). So many factors to consider.

I'm thinking Dodge City, be there around 9am and watch things unfold?

[Meatyorologist]

...Not that I needed to wait until tomorrow anyways

[Phishy Wx]

30 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

18Z ECMWF... 

Bring that shiit!!!

[Cold Snap]

Sad to see all these fires blowing up today. There is even a brush fire that destroyed some mobile homes as well near Lakewood. Two people died as well.
https://www.king5.com/mobile/article/news/local/lakewood-mobile-home-park-brush-fire/281-dc842234-ee5e-417a-bab2-2564f646360f

[T-Town]

Patternz in the cloudz. 

[Phil]

38 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

...Not that I needed to wait until tomorrow anyways

Ha, I was just out there in late May. CO storms make for great photography. And almost always seem to have hail or graupel.

[Meatyorologist]

10 minutes ago, Phil said:

Ha, I was just out there in late May. CO storms make for great photography. And almost always seem to have hail or graupel.

There was some pea sized hail! Though I wasn't in the true heart of the downdraft so I don't know peak hail size.

[Deweydog]

@Front Ranger

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

@Front Ranger

Late rally!  

[SouthHillFrosty]

Stats for July:

 

Min: 51.1 F  on 7/3

Max 86.7 F on 7/15

 For an  monthly Avg of 66.6 F

 

.10in of rain in July... not bad

 

https://tempestwx.com/history/91406/month/2023/7/1

Edited August 5, 2023 by SouthHillFrosty

[TacomaWx]

83/59 today…hoping for some rain this weekend. The euro has shown some bonkers solutions but seems to really be on its own. The front next week looks like it might be a higher probability of working out. 

[YahRaEl]

85°/59° here at Eastside Tacoma today and 87°/54° at my families neighborhood in Spanaway 

 

 

[Chewbacca Defense]

2 hours ago, Requiem said:

It's mainly spreading northeast aligned with topography-- that being said when a fire has behavior this active and erratic it can really spread in every given direction. It was already very close to the little town of Diablo, so I'm concerned whether said town is even standing after this latest activity.

If it gets there, Seattle would know about it since they get about 20% of their power from the series of dams up there.  It would surely cause some issues with the power grid, especially on a hot day like today.

[Phishy Wx]

uneducated eye would think Baker is erupting

 

 

[Deweydog]

Sky cover has been hard to come by so this was a RARE TREAT!

[LowerGarfield]

2 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

Bring that shiit!!!

Bring it please!

[LowerGarfield]

9 hours ago, GobBluth said:

not being in the same conference doesn't seem to be a reason to abandon intrastate battles. Iowa vs ISU?

But then it becomes like Oregon vs Portland State or UW vs EWU. The talent and money means it won't be a real rivalry anymore.

[Chewbacca Defense]

Wow congrats Oregon!  You finally get to put on your big boy and big girl pants and pump your own gas like the rest of the country....well except New Jersey, and they don't really count...

 

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/oregon-gas-bill-tina-kotek-signature/283-3db9a76f-c341-4c91-89a9-f9a765a5f22f

[Chewbacca Defense]

Just read the sourdough fire has jumped to 2900 acres.  YIKES!

[Cold Snap]

00z GFS backed off on the precip quite a bit. Hopefully the Euro sticks to its guns.

[Cold Snap]

00z GFS is showing quite a bit for later in the week though.

[Phil]

00z CMC projects the grandfather of all August rex blocks. Ain’t nothing moving if that happens.

[Phil]

ERA5 for July has a green bubble over North Bend. #ConflictingReports

[Cold Snap]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

ERA5 for July has a green bubble over North Bend. #ConflictingReports

And me as well!

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

ERA5 for July has a green bubble over North Bend. #ConflictingReports

Sure.   I guess 22 days at or above 80 and no days below 70 is cooler than normal.   Bad data dude. 

[TT-SEA]

I experienced this July in person... one of the sunniest I can remember and most every day was warm.   I guess its needs to be 90 every day to be warmer than normal.   I would prefer below normal then.

[Phil]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Sure.   I guess 22 days at or above 80 and no days below 70 is cooler than normal.   Bad data dude. 

You should contact them and tell them their data/algorithms are a load of crap. They’re probably oblivious.

[Phil]

The new Davis console is growing on me. So much easier to read. Mounted it on the wall right next to the bed.

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, Phil said:

You should contact them and tell them their data/algorithms are a load of crap. They’re probably oblivious.

Maybe some valley minimums brought down the average?   No idea.   The nights were cooler down on the valley floor compared to up here.   It could not have been nicer in my opinion... so call it whatever you want.  Endless sunshine and warm.  A+.  The only thing missing was a couple more rain events.   The grass is dead brown around here.   The one rain event we had was not enough.  

[Phil]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Maybe some valley minimums brought down the average?   No idea.   The nights were cooler down on the valley floor compared to up here.   It could not have been nicer in my opinion... so call it whatever you want.  Endless sunshine and warm.  A+.  The only thing missing was a couple more rain events.   The grass is dead brown around here.   The one rain event was not enough.  

I don’t doubt it.