August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[MossMan]

Current Everett view. 

[Tyler Mode]

It's happening...bye bye summer!

Except the weather

[NWbyNW]

16 minutes ago, MossMan said:

So maybe mid week for places like Wenatchee to start improving? 

I don't think Wenatchee will clear up at all anytime soon.  I am going to Leavenworth next weekend and with all the fire activity around them, they will probably all still be smokey.  Even as we clear out, surface level smoke will still be heavy around there.  Things clear out more in the Columbia Plateau but that may vary depending on BC's fires.

[NWbyNW]

19 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Current Everett view. 

I know where this view is at, and I hope everything is okay. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Tomorrow would not be the day to be hiking in the Wallowa Mountains. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Ugh just another nasty August day. My least favorite month just about every year. Feels like we live in a post-apocalyptic video game.

[iFred]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

 

Oh man, Slappapucci. Human embodiment of buttcrack sweat.

[Cloud]

Smell of campfire is inside the house from an opened window. Bad idea!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Gotten used to the these kind of views since 2015. We are still righteously blessed. 

Edited August 21, 2023 by SilverFallsAndrew

[T-Town]

August in God’s country. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

26 minutes ago, T-Town said:

August in God’s country. 

Gorgeous

[Deweydog]

29 minutes ago, T-Town said:

August in God’s country. 

Apple’s new death and despair filter is pretty bad *ss.

[High Desert Mat?]

8 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Visibility at SEA has dropped from 10 miles to 5 in the last 2 hours.

Weak sauce. That’s not too bad. I could barely see 500 feet earlier. 

[High Desert Mat?]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Apple’s new death and despair filter is pretty bad *ss.

Excited react. 

[TT-SEA]

SEA did reach 80 today... pretty surprising given the conditions.

[Phishy Wx]

 

[MossMan]

2 hours ago, NWbyNW said:

I know where this view is at, and I hope everything is okay. 

My dad has been in the hospital since the beginning of August. Is out of ICU but has a long road ahead. We are hoping to move him to a physical therapy rehab location close to home in a week or so…Hopefully…

[Thermal Trough]

11 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

 

Not good as the sun is setting. It’s gonna be a long night for Southern California.

 

[NWbyNW]

14 minutes ago, MossMan said:

My dad has been in the hospital since the beginning of August. Is out of ICU but has a long road ahead. We are hoping to move him to a physical therapy rehab location close to home in a week or so…Hopefully…

I hope it goes well for you.  It's very difficult stuff.  I am dealing with similar things with my Grandma. Moved her out of her home, had to send her to a care home, and emptying her house to sell it.  Best of luck.  Prayers for you if you wish.

[LowerGarfield]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Tomorrow would not be the day to be hiking in the Wallowa Mountains. 

Hoping I won't be rainshadowed by this.

[Thermal Trough]

Already over 6” of rain at Leona Valley just north of Los Angeles as of 7pm. 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

13 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Already over 6” of rain at Leona Valley just north of Los Angeles as of 7pm. 

 

Really wish I could reax to this. Incredible year so far in California. 

[Front Ranger]

9 hours ago, BLI snowman said:

Record for yesterday at OLM was 35.

Sooooo close!

The original goal post was chilly lows, not record lows.

[Deweydog]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

My dad has been in the hospital since the beginning of August. Is out of ICU but has a long road ahead. We are hoping to move him to a physical therapy rehab location close to home in a week or so…Hopefully…

Stroke?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Imagine you are out on the PCT in the Southern Sierras right now.

[LowerGarfield]

Tonight's reading as selected by the seven year old.

[NWbyNW]

3 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

Tonight's reading as selected by the seven year old.

 

I sure wish I could use the REACTION BUTTONS. You'd get a cute blob with a heart right now. It has been ten days since we could use them.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, LowerGarfield said:

Tonight's reading as selected by the seven year old.

Looks like an amazing book. 

[NWbyNW]

Uhhh... I guess some improvement to the NW for Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland and Whatcom County.  Spokane has improved from hazardous to unhealthy.  Everyone else is still pretty bad. 

[Front Ranger]

4 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

 

Looks like they're up to 2.84" on the day. Wettest August day on record, and second wettest August on record.

[Phil]

3 hours ago, iFred said:

Oh man, Slappapucci. Human embodiment of buttcrack sweat.

Why the hate?

[Thermal Trough]

21 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Really wish I could reax to this. Incredible year so far in California. 

I’m so ready to track our first atmospheric river event up here! I hope we get one this Autumn!

[Phil]

Forgot to apply sunblock today. My skin is torched. Ice cubes start crackling the second I touch them to my face.

[LowerGarfield]

Last post but I laughed so hard here because these two pages sum up our forum. Spoiler at the end it snows a ton on his March bday after getting nothing but a day of fluries in Feb 

[Thermal Trough]

2 minutes ago, Phil said:

Forgot to apply sunblock today. My skin is torched. Ice cubes start crackling the second I touch them to my face.

Go get some Aloe Vera gel. It works great for sunburns.

[Front Ranger]

13 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Looks like they're up to 2.84" on the day. Wettest August day on record, and second wettest August on record.

They also tied their all-time record low August max of 79.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

00z GFS looks pretty moist for W. WA. Not so much W. Oregon, but definitely cooler than what we've seen lately. 

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

 

Hilary made landfall in Mexico and then tracked across the border. Inaccurate tweet.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looking at the landscape around town the last day or so, the toll of another record breaking heatwave is starting to become apparent. Signs of a low grade scorching event (kind of like June 2021 but much milder) showing up on the south and west sides neighborhood trees. Especially varieties of deciduous that aren’t as heat tolerant (like bigleaf maple) and shade tolerant conifers like western hemlock. A few big hemlocks in particular with burnt orange needles on their outer branches, especially on the SW side.

It’s not as bad as June 2021, which was a terrible scorch event that outright killed a lot of trees, but it’s disheartening to have now seen two in the past three summers. 107-109 and higher must be the cutoff for widespread scorching of vegetation, because it didn’t happen with any of our 105-ish heatwaves last summer.

[Phishy Wx]

was 77-78 a Nino?