August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[TacomaWx]

15 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I guess locals are claiming at least 480 bodies have already been recovered in the Hawaii wildfire. Biden continues to laugh about it and say no comment. He’s making the Katrina response look like the gold standard. 

He’s on vacation right now too in Tahoe. He will be going to Maui on Monday…but it’s no big deal what happened there and the vacation is definitely more important. 

[Timmy]

Our friend is moving to Spokane in 2 weeks, the house they were going to rent burned last night at medical lake.

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, Timmy said:

Our friend is moving to Spokane in 2 weeks, the house they were going to rent burned last night at medical lake.

Looks like 185 homes burned. There were several other fires on the east side too that burned structures as well. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Timmy said:

Our friend is moving to Spokane in 2 weeks, the house they were going to rent burned last night at medical lake.

Wow, that’s terrible. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

7 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

He’s on vacation right now too in Tahoe. He will be going to Maui on Monday…but it’s no big deal what happened there and the vacation is definitely more important. 

Hey he’s cutting the vacation a couple days short. I mean it’s not quite a Katrina situation. Not much you can do for the dead, but they could at least send troops over from one of the military bases to help survivors and reassure families they will be able to rebuild. But the fact is this will probably end up being a giant land grab for the super rich. 

[YahRaEl]

Can see a little haze moving in

[Phil]

36 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I guess locals are claiming at least 480 bodies have already been recovered in the Hawaii wildfire. Biden continues to laugh about it and say no comment. He’s making the Katrina response look like the gold standard. 

Where did you hear that?

[Phil]

602dm  

https://x.com/ryanmaue/status/1692910933083926554?s=46&t=656Z973wLtGKaIyhhq_7QQ

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, Phil said:

602dm  

https://x.com/ryanmaue/status/1692910933083926554?s=46&t=656Z973wLtGKaIyhhq_7QQ

That is some dramatic language in that tweet. 

[Front Ranger]

17 minutes ago, Phil said:

602dm  

https://x.com/ryanmaue/status/1692910933083926554?s=46&t=656Z973wLtGKaIyhhq_7QQ

"Climate-fueled" lol. 

I'll take meaningless yet provocative language for $500, Alex.

[Phil]

You can feel the tropical atmosphere bumping and boiling. Things are about to go boom.

Dp 81°F here but feels much heavier. A foreboding oppressiveness unique to the tropics at the tail of summer.

[Phil]

3 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

"Climate-fueled" lol. 

I'll take meaningless yet provocative language for $500, Alex.

Definitely some passive aggressiveness there.

But there’s a kernel of truth there, that with all the sinking air over under that sprawling high, air needs to start rising somewhere else. Just so happens that area is the tropics.

[Phishy Wx]

2 hours ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

How are things going in Smokane?

close to 200 homes lost, state of emergency. two major fires approaching 10k acres each

[Phishy Wx]

13 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

"Climate-fueled" lol. 

I'll take meaningless yet provocative language for $500, Alex.

You're lol.  I don't even like Maue, but at least he's got a clue.  Probably tongue in cheek, but the point remains.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

36 minutes ago, Phil said:

Where did you hear that?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12420893/Maui-wildfires-death-toll-update.html

[Phil]

7 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

You're lol.  I don't even like Maue, but at least he's got a clue.  Probably tongue in cheek, but the point remains.

Well he’s a PhD climate scientist so I’d certainly hope that would be the case.  

[TT-SEA]

12Z ECMWF actually shows some rain late Tuesday into Wednesday morning with that ULL swinging through.    Would also help clear the air with increased onshore.   This would be so nice.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Phil said:

Well he’s a PhD climate scientist so I’d certainly hope that would be the case.  

Trillions of gallons of water?   That is probably often the case across North America during the summer.   Trying too hard for clicks.  

[Phishy Wx]

friend took this flying back into Spokane last night

 

 

[TT-SEA]

Sunny and 72 here.   Definitely a milky color to the sky but sun is at close to full strength.    AQI in the Snoqualmie Valley is still good between 10-20.   I suspect tomorrow morning will be much worse with easterly flow overnight.

[Phishy Wx]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Sunny and 72 here.   Definitely a milky color to the sky but sun is at close to full strength.    AQI in the Snoqualmie Valley is still good between 10-20.   I suspect tomorrow morning will be much worse with easterly flow overnight.

you don't want what we got.  can't leave the house, shades of 2020 

[Slushy Inch]

11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF actually shows some rain late Tuesday into Wednesday morning with that ULL swinging through.    Would also help clear the air with increased onshore.   This would be so nice.

Looks like tropical warmth and moisture after that.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Phishy Wx said:

you don't want what we got.  can't leave the house, shades of 2020 

I do not.

And yeah... looks really nasty over there on the satellite.   

[Phil]

Now that’s a legit ring of fire pattern.

Amazing if you’re on the edge, but miserable if you get stuck under the ridge. Would rather take my chances with a strong 500mb trough than flirt with death.

[Omegaraptor]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

Now that’s a legit ring of fire pattern.

Amazing if you’re on the edge, but miserable if you get stuck under the ridge. Would rather take my chances with a strong 500mb trough than flirt with death.

The Desert Southwest has moved to the Desert Northwest!

[Phishy Wx]

2 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

The Desert Southwest has moved to the Desert Northwest!

Let's melt some glaciers!!!!

and flood some deserts

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Looks like tropical warmth and moisture after that.

Nice band of moisture rotates through on Friday...

[Slushy Inch]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Nice band of moisture rotates through on Friday...

[Slushy Inch]

Could be an interesting pattern coming up. Probably influenced by the hurricane.

[Cold Snap]

Had a low of 48 this morning. Up to 67 now.

[TT-SEA]

ECMWF total rain... multiple rain events in western WA.    Tuesday/Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and next Tuesday.

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

ECMWF total rain... multiple rain events in western WA.    Tuesday/Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and next Tuesday.

Multiple thunderstorm days

[Phishy Wx]

ugh

 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I feel like @TigerWoodsLibido is owed a huge apology by some. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

28 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

ECMWF total rain... multiple rain events in western WA.    Tuesday/Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and next Tuesday.

Well at least eastern Oregon gets a ton of rain. 

[LowerGarfield]

29 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

ECMWF total rain... multiple rain events in western WA.    Tuesday/Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and next Tuesday.

Don't get my hopes up again Euro!

[LowerGarfield]

6 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

ugh

 

 

We were blessed with green until about an hour or two. Now in Moderate but likely rising as the hazardous smoke is just north of us.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

We were blessed with green until about an hour or two. Now in Moderate but likely rising as the hazardous smoke is just north of us.

Ugh stay safe!

[LowerGarfield]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Ugh stay safe!

We've been very lucky smoke wise the last two years at my location. I think we had a few days in yellow last year, maybe 1-2 in orange but it did not last long compared to the west side last Fall or the Spokane area. We haven't had a full day beyond moderate this summer. Also lucky with fires here. They've all been extinguished quickly this season.

[Omegaraptor]

HELLO TIM!