August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, Phil said:

This forum is the place to be if you live west of the Rockies. Also I personally find this community to be more interesting overall.

We are crazy as sh*t over here and I love it. 

[Phishy Wx]

18 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Wow.  Interesting.    

I actually did not disagree with the point of the tweet.   Extreme heat events are becoming the norm out here.  The last 3 summers have been particularly insane.   That is not debatable.    I just think a tighter definition of extreme heat makes the point even stronger.   Don't call anything above low 80s "extreme heat" or you unnecessarily lose credibility.    There has been plenty of actual extreme heat.  

i believe he was trying to show patterns of above normal 'heat'. His true intent was to point out the ridiculousness of the last 3 summers in Portland, that was the point, that was the tweet.  do we have a trend?  maybe?  climatological norms are obviously averaged over a decade.  it'll be interesting to revisit in 2030 to see how many extreme heat events Portland has in that 10 year period.  10 of 10, 7 of 10, 5 of 10?  is this the last hot summer for 7 years?  all things to consider.

[The Blob]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Welcome back!   I was wondering to myself the other day if you were going to come back soon.  

Thanks! I'm still trying to put myself back together.

[Phishy Wx]

7 minutes ago, Phil said:

This forum is the place to be if you live west of the Rockies. Also I personally find this community to be more interesting overall.

American WX seems to have more actual Mets and Climate scientists on there.  east coast based, talking noreastas and hurricanes.  I found it way before I did this place.  I guess because I was east coast based my whole life until 2012.

[YahRaEl]

8 minutes ago, Phil said:

This forum is the place to be if you live west of the Rockies. Also I personally find this community to be more interesting overall.

Yeah. I looked thru the other I prefer this here plus it's more organized. 

[Deweydog]

Alex is my wife. She just confessed.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Salem is 18 degrees cooler on the hour than this time last night. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

Alex is my wife. She just confessed.

I trust your wisdom in addressing this issue. 

[ShawniganLake]

The Macdougall creek fire has reached the west side of Kelowna and homes are being lost.  Multiple reports of the fire spotting way ahead and has likely jumped to the east side of Okanagan Lake

 

 

[Blizzard777]

23 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Great pics as always. 

Thanks Andrew

[ShawniganLake]

A wildfire near Boston bar in the Fraser Canyon exploded this afternoon.  Highway 1 in closed with tactical evacuations occurring. 
 

 

[Phishy Wx]

yikes those fires in BC, extreme behaviour

[Blizzard777]

Unsure if something changed while I was away but I’m not able to react to any of the post  

I signed out and also rebooted iPhone but nothing 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

7 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

A wildfire near Boston bar in the Fraser Canyon exploded this afternoon.  Highway 1 in closed with tactical evacuations occurring. 
 

 

Yikes! Some friends of mine have a cabin there.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Blizzard777 said:

Unsure if something changed while I was away but I’m not able to react to any of the post  

I signed out and also rebooted iPhone but nothing 

They have been down for several days. 

[Phishy Wx]

American WX's ENSO discussion seems to be more in depth and thorough as well due to prevalence of more METs 

[Blizzard777]

2 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

Unsure if something changed while I was away but I’m not able to react to any of the post  

I signed out and also rebooted iPhone but nothing 

Copy and thanks 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Phishy Wx said:

American WX's ENSO discussion seems to be more in depth and thorough as well due to prevalence of more METs 

Not many people are super interested in talking ENSO here. I know many members think its correlation to observed weather here is overrated. Phil is an exception and I appreciate his contributions on that end. 

[ShawniganLake]

2 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Yikes! Some friends of mine have a cabin there.

The fire is to the north of town. In the nahatlatch area. 

[lowlandsnow]

A bit off topic but sense we've gone down the rabbit hole of other forums the Arctic Sea Ice Forum is by far the best forum for following arctic sea ice.

Arctic sea ice - Arctic Sea Ice : Forum (arctic-sea-ice.net)

[FroYoBro]

3 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

American WX's ENSO discussion seems to be more in depth and thorough as well due to prevalence of more METs 

It is 1000% better than this place. They banned Phil. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, ShawniganLake said:

The fire is to the north of town. In the nahatlatch area. 

So I see:

https://globalnews.ca/news/9903928/tactical-evacuations-ordered-due-to-wildfire-northwest-of-boston-bar/

It is still a little too close for comfort. Fires have been burning through distances like that in matters of hours.

[Phishy Wx]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Not many people are super interested in talking ENSO here. I know many members think its correlation to observed weather here is overrated. Phil is an exception and I appreciate his contributions on that end. 

I've noticed.  It's big on my list which anecdotally seems to be with east coast based folks for some reason.  I'm more into Climate than weather per-se from a personal perspective and just getting a handle on the climate patterns in this area of the country.  I still believe it's super important and influential

[Phishy Wx]

4 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

It is 1000% better than this place. They banned Phil. 

O RLY??

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

I've noticed.  It's big on my list which anecdotally seems to be with east coast based folks for some reason.  I'm more into Climate than weather per-se from a personal perspective and just getting a handle on the climate patterns in this area of the country.  I still believe it's super important and influential

Our interests are similar. I know 2009-10’was an amazing winter in oklahoma and that was a Nino, 06-07 was too. Fortunate I got to experience both those out there and then was back here for December 08’.

[Dave]

Down to 73. Feels amazing if not a bit chilly after acclimating to 100+ temps. Western breeze which is fantastic. I do believe that Eugene is done with this bullshitt for the time being.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

68.9˚F.

[MossMan]

With this very high number of posts over the last few hours on the forum I had this sudden urge to do a flashlight out the window check! 

Edited August 18, 2023 by MossMan

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, Dave said:

Down to 73. Feels amazing if not a bit chilly after acclimating to 100+ temps. Western breeze which is fantastic. I do believe that Eugene is done with this bullshitt for the time being.

Blessings are back. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, MossMan said:

With this very high number of posts over the last few hours I had this sudden urge to do a flashlight out the window check! 

Magical

[Meatyorologist]

4 minutes ago, MossMan said:

With this very high number of posts over the last few hours on the forum I had this sudden urge to do a flashlight out the window check! 

This coming thanksgiving...

[lowlandsnow]

1 hour ago, alexjon said:

The wording seems weird to you because it cites a scientific study for its methodology, which makes comments on being an "alarmist" funny since the tweet explained where it got its conclusion instead of taking a surface glance and immediately yelling at clouds.

This forum is the climate version of phrenology, just wild how far people on here will entrench themselves in politics to the point they goosestep around and over science until another quack shows up to reassure them that their unearned authority that stems from having an undergrad-level understanding of how to read/ride models is actually legit and not 100% doctrinaire samethink (which it actually is).

Don't get mad--I don't expect any of you to--but this forum is a toxic blight parading as pop science. The folks bringing legit science are constantly, desperately trying to stay above your taint and I feel sorrow for them. They're trying and it's wasted on those of you who are over here gooning because "lol its named hilary where are the emails lmao" or whatever the comments on news websites are saying now.

Just lol at the resident clowns in this low rent circus

Why did you join 9 years ago and only post now?

[Dave]

8 minutes ago, MossMan said:

With this very high number of posts over the last few hours on the forum I had this sudden urge to do a flashlight out the window check! 

I hope it's okay if I have my 78 Winnebago towed to your driveway for the winter. It doesn't run much. But I love snow and dogs so it should be just fine. 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

American WX seems to have more actual Mets and Climate scientists on there.  east coast based, talking noreastas and hurricanes.  I found it way before I did this place.  I guess because I was east coast based my whole life until 2012.

New England wx weenies are insufferable. I know some of the people there but can’t bring myself to post.

31 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

It is 1000% better than this place. They banned Phil. 

No, that was EasternWx (now defunct). Like a decade ago. I’m not banned on AmericanWx, I just haven’t posted there in ages.

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

6 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

This coming thanksgiving...

Was just putting the Seahawks schedule into my calendar and saw that the Hawks are hosting the 49ers as the late game on Thanksgiving this year. 🌬🌨

[Doinko]

https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1692404877190693154?t=CqsACoatxo3zPf5pd4BFYw&s=19

[Phil]

EasternWx forums died when Marcus dropped off the face of the earth. Still not sure what happened to him, we used to communicate regularly, then nada.

[MossMan]

6 minutes ago, Dave said:

I hope it's okay if I have my 78 Winnebago towed to your driveway for the winter. It doesn't run much. But I love snow and dogs so it should be just fine. 

Come on over! The in-laws will have vacated my RV pad in the driveway by then!

[Dave]

8 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Come on over! The in-laws will have vacated my RV pad in the driveway by then!

Thanks brother! I'll get that black water leakage figured out shortly and I'll give a holla. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

22 minutes ago, Doinko said:

https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1692404877190693154?t=CqsACoatxo3zPf5pd4BFYw&s=19

Woof