August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Front Ranger]

Storm rolling off the hills on the way back to Denver from Breckenridge. 

[Omegaraptor]

68 at SEA currently. 9-10°F cooler than back home!

[TT-SEA]

77 and sunny here... wind has almost totally died.

[Cold Snap]

https://x.com/nwcleanair/status/1692599070156890594?s=46&t=wti5sHI_eE4tVdzY0rtEQA

Hopefully the models are overdoing the smoke a bit. Things could get ugly if this verifies.

[Cold Snap]

Air quality alert has been issued.

[Phil]

3 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

https://x.com/nwcleanair/status/1692599070156890594?s=46&t=wti5sHI_eE4tVdzY0rtEQA

Hopefully the models are overdoing the smoke a bit. Things could get ugly if this verifies.

FWIW models were consistently *underdoing* smoke concentrations out here throughout June/July. Often substantially so.

That awful mid-June smokestorm was modeled at ~ 350μg/m^3 at the surface, but ended up exceeding 600μg/m^3 for a time. The Williamsburg bridge sensor network near my sister’s place in NYC reached 900μg/m^3 which was double HRRR smoke projections.

Not sure if that’ll be the case out there, but food for thought.

[BLI snowman]

5 minutes ago, Phil said:

FWIW models were consistently *underdoing* smoke concentrations out here throughout June/July. Often substantially so.

That awful mid-June smokestorm was modeled at ~ 350μg/m^3 at the surface, but ended up exceeding 600μg/m^3 for a time. The Williamsburg bridge sensor network near my sister’s place in NYC reached 900μg/m^3 which was double HRRR smoke projections.

Not sure if that’ll be the case out there, but food for thought.

It's also a very fluid situation with the behavior of the fires. Given the continued explosive growth in the last 48 hours, there's a good chance that the current progs are underdone.

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

It's also a very fluid situation with the behavior of the fires. Given the continued explosive growth in the last 48 hours, there's a good chance that the current progs are underdone.

Yeah I think we’re just going to have to embrace the suck for a little bit. 

[TacomaWx]

71 at home…almost 20 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. Little hazy down here in auburn at work. Can barely see rainier in the distance. Feels nice right now but I guess that won’t last very long. 

[Front Ranger]

23 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

It's also a very fluid situation with the behavior of the fires. Given the continued explosive growth in the last 48 hours, there's a good chance that the current progs are underdone.

Could put a record warm month in jeopardy at multiple locations. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Smith River Complex fires in N. California just south of the Oregon border. Up to about 7300 acres as of this morning. 

[Deweydog]

Another nail biter at KAST! Can they make it to 25, expanding on an already runaway record run??? Can the Knights repeat???

[BLI snowman]

37 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Could put a record warm month in jeopardy at multiple locations. 

 

[Front Ranger]

18 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

 

Not sure why you're bringing Andrew into this...

[Thermal Trough]

3 hours ago, Phil said:

https://x.com/climatologist49/status/1692430640334143592?s=46&t=656Z973wLtGKaIyhhq_7QQ

Hilary is going to be one for the ages.

 

[Requiem]

Large fire currently burning into Medical Lake by Spokane. Structures confirmed lost 

[TacomaWx]

8 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Large fire currently burning into Medical Lake by Spokane. Structures confirmed lost 

You can see it on satellite here. A very ugly satellite image overall at the moment with lots of large fires blowing up in BC as well as several other states. 

[LowerGarfield]

Bongo test seems to work but nothing else does.

Edit. It shows but when you leave the page it disappears.

[Phishy Wx]

3000 acre fire just west of Spokane Airport.   Medical Lake.  structures involved.  oof

I knew these 30mph winds were no bueno

 

[Phishy Wx]

56 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Large fire currently burning into Medical Lake by Spokane. Structures confirmed lost 

Yup, bad news bears

[Phishy Wx]

humidity is currently 6%.  6!

[MWG]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Smith River Complex fires in N. California just south of the Oregon border. Up to about 7300 acres as of this morning. 

This is what has been causing the heavy smoke here.

[Deweydog]

That’s all she wrote!

Astoria’s fabled 70+ streak ends at 24 with a high of sexy 69. This edges out the previous 2015 juggernaut record of 19, which outpaced the previous record of 11.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Is there a model that shows upcoming low-level smoke for Oregon and possible winds that could cause wildfires in the Lane County Cascades and Kalapuyas to the south of Eugene/Springfield?

I feel that the west coast of the United States is going to experience the most widespread weather disaster ever recorded.

[T-Town]

12 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

That’s all she wrote!

Astoria’s fabled 70+ streak ends at 24 with a high of sexy 69. This edges out the previous 2015 juggernaut record of 19, which outpaced the previous record of 11.

Sorry it’s over but feeling blessed I was here for it.  Gonna need to pressure my kids to produce some grandchildren so I have someone to tell. 

[Blizzard777]

4 hours ago, Front Ranger said:

Storm rolling off the hills on the way back to Denver from Breckenridge. 

Love it!! 

[Phil]

3 hours ago, BLI snowman said:

It's also a very fluid situation with the behavior of the fires. Given the continued explosive growth in the last 48 hours, there's a good chance that the current progs are underdone.

Damn, my condolences. Hope it busts in the opposite direction.

[YahRaEl]

76-80° today here at Eastside Tacoma 

[Deweydog]

30 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Sorry it’s over but feeling blessed I was here for it.  Gonna need to pressure my kids to produce some grandchildren so I have someone to tell. 

I’d like to think an aging Don McLean might write an American epic about 8/18/23 - the day the record died.

[Dave]

82 degrees with some gusty winds and a dp of only 34. It almost feels chilly. I'm a bit worried that the winds will cause the fires to flare up a bit.

[Thermal Trough]

Hoping everyone is taking Hilary seriously down in Southern California. Especially those who live near water.

 

[T-Town]

43 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

I’d like to think an aging Don McLean might write an American epic about 8/18/23 - the day the record died.

[ShawniganLake]

Pretty big plume of smoke coming off the fires in Strathcona park on Vancouver Island.  That is unfortunately heading SE to SW BC and Washington. 

[Phil]

Damn missed this one from last weekend. Another wild storm in a wild year.

 

[Phil]

Oh my god

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 hour ago, ShawniganLake said:

Pretty big plume of smoke coming off the fires in Strathcona park on Vancouver Island.  That is unfortunately heading SE to SW BC and Washington. 

Already starting to smell smoky here.

[T-Town]

There’s a moon in the sky. 
It’s called the moon.  
 

-B52s

[Front Ranger]

2 hours ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Hoping everyone is taking Hilary seriously down in Southern California. Especially those who live near water.

 

It's really looking like Palm Springs area will be epicenter for this. Wild.

[iFred]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

Damn missed this one from last weekend. Another wild storm in a wild year.

 

Where out here was that?

[YahRaEl]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

Oh my god

 

I know they felt that and plus that lady was holding her ears might have blown her ear drums up. My dumb*** almost got hit once in PR (Puerto Rico) playing around with the force of nature I definitely wouldn't recommend it close enough where I felt my body heat up. Lightning and playing around with metal fence is a no no even the cats was next me felt something cause they scattered after it. Don't think I ever seen such a flash and heard lightning loud as that since then. That was one day back May 2017 when I was out there with family.