August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[SnowWillarrive]

13 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Maybe even a 110+.

Wouldn’t surprise me if Eugene hits 120 degrees at some point. 

[Gradient Keeper]

86.8 here

[Chewbacca Defense]

Topped out at 89 IMBY today.  Mt. Baker was shrouded in smoke from the sourdough fire this evening.  Here is a picture from the soccer park.  I hate playing keeper this time of year, the fields are oriented north/south, and the sun angle/location makes it really tough to pick up corners in-swingers especially when we are facing north

[Cascadia_Wx]

Tonight’s 00z GFS was brought to you by Satan 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Hottest August and hottest month ever looking increasingly likely. Also a pretty good bet we get close to 40 90F burgers.

[Front Ranger]

42 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Tonight’s 00z GFS was brought to you by Satan 

Euro looks much better, thankfully. 

[Doinko]

Still 89. Low tomorrow might be warmer than today's low of 76

[ShawniganLake]

Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 11:48 p.m. PDT Monday 14 August 2023.

Discussion.

The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on August 
14, 2023: 

Cache Creek Area (Ashcroft) 
New record of 39.2 
Old record of 37.0 set in 1981 
Records in this area have been kept since 1944 

Cranbrook Area (Cranbrook Airport Auto) 
New record of 36.3 
Old record of 35.9 set in 1994 
Records in this area have been kept since 1901 

Golden Area (Golden Airport) 
New record of 34.6 
Old record of 34.4 set in 1956 
Records in this area have been kept since 1902 

Kelowna Area (Kelowna UBCO) 
New record of 37.8 
Old record of 37.3 set in 1998 
Records in this area have been kept since 1899 

Lillooet Area (Lillooet) 
New record of 40.7 
Old record of 39.1 set in 2021 
Records in this area have been kept since 1917 

Malahat Area (Malahat) 
New record of 33.2 
Old record of 31.3 set in 2004 
Records in this area have been kept since 1986 

Nakusp Area (Nakusp CS) 
New record of 35.4 
Old record of 35.0 set in 1973 
Records in this area have been kept since 1966 

Pemberton Area (Pemberton Airport CS) 
New record of 39.5 
Old record of 38.1 set in 2004 
Records in this area have been kept since 1908 

Pitt Meadows Area (Pitt Meadows CS) 
New record of 33.5 
Old record of 32.7 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1874 

Port Alberni Area (Port Alberni (AUT)) 
New record of 37.5 
Old record of 36.7 set in 1933 
Records in this area have been kept since 1900 

Revelstoke Area (Revelstoke Airport Auto) 
New record of 37.5 
Old record of 36.1 set in 1945 
Records in this area have been kept since 1898 

Tatlayoko Lake Area (Tatlayoko Lake RCS) 
New record of 33.9 
Old record of 33.5 set in 2004 
Records in this area have been kept since 1930 

Trail Area (Warfield RCS) 
New record of 39.8 
Old record of 38.0 set in 1994 
Records in this area have been kept since 1928 

Yoho (National Park) Area (Yoho Park) 
New record of 30.6 
Old record of 29.4 set in 1930 
Records in this area have been kept since 1923 

 

[Deweydog]

79 here.

Gorgeous out.

[Tanis Leach]

Hello? Where am I? The sign says Portland but it feels like Phoenix. Newest video here: 

 

Technical Info: Despite the smoke, forecast was successful for Portland (aggressive bias paying off again), though I'm kicking myself for blinking and reducing the high to 107 yesterday instead of 108 like I had 2 days ago. Since I don't expect the smoke layer to increase, I'll keep tomorrow at 104 as a result. Corvallis/S. Valley dropped the high temp tomorrow due to the smoke. We'll see if it clears on Wednesday though I am expecting it to (so is the HRRR, and the upper level winds support only a thin layer by then, except for Eugene). 

[Cloud]

SEA checked in with a 78 at 2am, RNT 77, BFI with a 76, PAE 74, OLM with a cool 66. Large part of the Seattle proper is still around mid to upper 70s. It is still crazy warm out!

[Tyler Mode]

Thankfully down into the low 60s in Battle Ground while most of the urban core sits in the 70s...

[Cascadia_Wx]

Down to 67 here which is nice, but it looks like PDX is on its way to setting a new August record warm low with 73 so far.

[Cascadia_Wx]

The 500mb pattern for this whole thing has been really unusual. It’s not even a traditional ridge, more like a displaced zonal jet well up into central Canada. Yet we still broke our old all time record high again.

Would be really nice to get a massive volcanic eruption in the tropics that puts a bunch of SO2 into the upper atmosphere in the next few years. Pretty much the only hope for ending this insanity, even if just temporarily 

Edited August 15, 2023 by Cascadia_Wx

[Phil]

https://x.com/antmasiello/status/1691429507276648448?s=46&t=656Z973wLtGKaIyhhq_7QQ

[Phil]

13 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

The 500mb pattern for this whole thing has been really unusual. It’s not even a traditional ridge, more like a displaced zonal jet well up into central Canada. Yet we still broke our old all time record high again.

Would be really nice to get a massive volcanic eruption in the tropics that puts a bunch of SO2 into the upper atmosphere in the next few years. Pretty much the only hope for ending this insanity, even if just temporarily 

In theory this El Niño could “end” it too, at least for a decade or so, should tropical circulation be sufficiently perturbed.

But in that case the most likely outcome is the torching simply relocating somewhere else as opposed to being eliminated entirely.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

13 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

The 500mb pattern for this whole thing has been really unusual. It’s not even a traditional ridge, more like a displaced zonal jet well up into central Canada. Yet we still broke our old all time record high again.

Would be really nice to get a massive volcanic eruption in the tropics that puts a bunch of SO2 into the upper atmosphere in the next few years. Pretty much the only hope for ending this insanity, even if just temporarily 

Nice marine layer this morning… ughhhh. Smells like campfire. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Average high at EUG through the first two weeks of August is 91.4.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

64.4˚F. Overnight min: 63.5°F.

[Cloud]

SEA may have avoided a 70 low by checking in with a 69 right before the 6am hour. 

[TT-SEA]

Hoquiam is at just about +7 for August. 

And KUIL is +7.6 but the high temp from yesterday is still missing and is not part of the monthly average yet.    Looks like it was 97 which is +28 compared to the normal high.  

The coastal sites are running crazy warm this month because the water offshore is so much warmer than normal.

 

[Cloud]

10 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Hoquiam is at just about +7 for August. 

And KUIL is +7.6 but the high temp from yesterday is still missing and is not part of the monthly average yet.    Looks like it was 97 which is +28 compared to the normal high.  

The coastal sites are running crazy warm this month because the water offshore is so much warmer than normal.

 

I wonder if a large part of this is due to the warm ocean water off of our coast?

edit: nvm, didnt see your last sentence!

[TT-SEA]

Abrupt cool down to normalish starting Friday per the 06Z EPS.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Have a feeling today will be warmer than yesterday IMBY, mainly because yesterday surprisingly underperformed here, and a summer season whose warmest reading was in May just sounds too weird to exist.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Abrupt cool down to normalish starting Friday per the 06Z EPS.

It was right about PDX hitting 108˚F, let’s hope it’s right about this.

[Doinko]

1 hour ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Down to 67 here which is nice, but it looks like PDX is on its way to setting a new August record warm low with 73 so far.

Less of a breeze this morning it looks like so it's down to 71 today, five degrees lower than yesterday.

Still can't believe it only dropped to 76 yesterday, even June 2021 didn't have a low that warm here

[Chewbacca Defense]

Bottomed out at 59 this morning and starting the march back up, currently 63

[SilverFallsAndrew]

41 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Hoquiam is at just about +7 for August. 

And KUIL is +7.6 but the high temp from yesterday is still missing and is not part of the monthly average yet.    Looks like it was 97 which is +28 compared to the normal high.  

The coastal sites are running crazy warm this month because the water offshore is so much warmer than normal.

 

It’s been warm inland too… you think they hit 97 because of some warm water in the 60s? Oh brother. 

Edited August 15, 2023 by SilverFallsAndrew

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Kinda says it all.

 

Nothing about PNW-centric runaway global warming, mainly in July and August?

[Snownerd3000]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Kinda says it all.

 

I'm not a big country music fan but love the viral outbreak for this dude. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

So it would appear we got down to a nice 69F last night. A few brief moments below room temperature.

Now up to 72F and smoky as hell and even inside the house the air feels hazardous. A poor man's Sept 2020.

AQI approaching 200ppm right now...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Got that gas mask handy? @TigerWoodsLibido

[Snownerd3000]

14 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

So it would appear we got down to a nice 69F last night. A few brief moments below room temperature.

Now up to 72F and smoky as hell and even inside the house the air feels hazardous. A poor man's Sept 2020.

AQI approaching 200ppm right now...

69 you say

[Phishy Wx]

calling for 103 today

 

73 currently, hazy skies

 

i'm not sure our AC turned off last night, been on for like 18 hours straight lol

 

edit:  lol the AC just turned off 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

22 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

So it would appear we got down to a nice 69F last night. A few brief moments below room temperature.

Now up to 72F and smoky as hell and even inside the house the air feels hazardous. A poor man's Sept 2020.

AQI approaching 200ppm right now...

Gets kind of old being right all the time doesn’t it? Basically dream up the wildest worse case scenario and it will happen. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Mhhhmmmmm love summer!  

[MWG]

Looks like we officially made it to 111F yesterday. Low this morning was 75F around 5:50am and it is 77F right now. 

[MossMan]

It appears Andrew needs needs a hug this morning…

Currently 64. 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

It was right about PDX hitting 108˚F, let’s hope it’s right about this.

Never doubt the king.

[TT-SEA]

Phil is moderating... not me.   

And I agree with Phil.