August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[GHweatherChris]

53 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Still 86 here on the lake... toasty.   My son and his girlfriend joined us keeping us out here longer.   

Wait, so 86 is toasty but 90 is just warm.

[Deweydog]

[LowerGarfield]

2 hours ago, T-Town said:

Nice day in Hood River. 90 on the truck thermometer as we pulled in. 

Best Western Hood River? I love that open pool. Restaurant is great! The best room is the suite on the top floor. Super fancy with double showers and double room but the standard room is nice too. 

[LowerGarfield]

3 hours ago, BLI snowman said:

1. I'd rather have an early start to fall. No matter how bad the winter was, I'm always ready for some warmer/sunnier weather to start by May as the days get long. And on the flip side, no matter what the summer was like, I'm always ready for the rains and fall storms to start to return by late August as the sun angles wane. But the lack of balance has always been an issue for me with our climate, especially now that the summers have gone off the rails and gone full Bakersfield on us.

2. Little different here on this side of the Cascades. Rain is just the reality for us and the default precip mode 99% of the time in the winter, so there's not much reason to need to root for it. Snow is the underdog, so I'm always happy to see that flakey white goodness falling from the sky here because it really is a novelty anytime of the year.

Well reasoned. Great answer.

[T-Town]

12 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

Best Western Hood River? I love that open pool. Restaurant is great! The best room is the suite on the top floor. Super fancy with double showers and double room but the standard room is nice too. 

Yes!  Here with the dog so we’re in a ground floor room but it’s great. A little patio with a view of the river. 
 

Just had dinner at the restaurant and it was fantastic!  I expected mediocrity. I mean it’s a Best Western.  But it was really good. 
 

Only one night here and then on to Bend but we will be back. 

[LowerGarfield]

5 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Yes!  Here with the dog so we’re in a ground floor room but it’s great. A little patio with a view of the river. 
 

Just had dinner at the restaurant and it was fantastic!  I expected mediocrity. I mean it’s a Best Western.  But it was really good. 
 

Only one night here and then on to Bend but we will be back. 

You gotta at least look at the outdoor pool. Beautiful place to watch a storm roll in.  Stayed on first floor going to Cannon Beach and in the fancy room on the return. We were there in April of 2022 when Clark Co and other areas north of Portland had snow. Had a few inches of snow on the trip returning home. I'd love to return to ride the Hood River RR. My wife is a Diamond member for RR so the breakfast was free but anyone gets a discount of like $10 or so and the food is excellent.

[T-Town]

2 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

You gotta at least look at the outdoor pool. Beautiful place to watch a storm roll in. We were there in April of 2022 when Clark Co and other areas north of Portland had snow. I'd love to return to ride the Hood River RR.

Yeah we took a look at the pool. Looks great. If we were here another day we would definitely do some pool lounging. 

[RentonHill]

If the methow valley is in the suck zone this bad for this event I'm going to be fuggin pissed

[TacomaWx]

1 hour ago, Kolk1604 said:

Monday evening to Tuesday Evening. 

 

 

Wow, could end up with 0.10” or almost 1” of rain out of this. 

[TacomaWx]

83/58 today. We will probably get a couple more days in the low 80s next month…but get the feeling we won’t be seeing 85 or warmer IMBY until next year. 

[MossMan]

66.6! 

Edited August 28 by MossMan

[Phishy Wx]

95 here today, still 84. pretty warm out there while grilling some ribeyes.

 

looks like tomorrow will hopefully be the last 90+ day of the year

[Cold Snap]

Had a high of 86 today. Looks like this should be the last 85+ day for the year IMBY. Had a low of 56 this morning.

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Had a high of 86 today. Looks like this should be the last 85+ day for the year IMBY. Had a low of 56 this morning.

A lot of places away from the sound could still get there in the right set up. Here within 1/2 mile of the water it gets hard to do it in September. 

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, GHweatherChris said:

Wait, so 86 is toasty but 90 is just warm.

Correct! 

It was toasty out there today... peaked at 88.   But not as warm as 90.   It was toasty but cooler than 90.    I am pretty sure I am going to have to intentionally torture you with different descriptions forever now since you have so much trouble with it.  

One more logical note... things like sun angle and wind and dewpoint and clouds can make the same temperature feel totally different at different times.   Welcome to planet Earth Chris.   Its a wonderous place!  

[T-Town]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Correct! 

It was toasty out there today... peaked at 88.   But not as warm as 90.   It was toasty but cooler than 90.    I am pretty sure I am going to have to intentionally torture you with different descriptions forever now since you have so much trouble with it.  

One more logical note... things like sun angle and wind and dewpoint and clouds can make the same temperature feel totally different at different times.   Welcome to planet Earth Chris.   Its a wonderous place!  

86 = toasty

88 = toastylicious

90 = warm

It’s science. 

[RentonHill]

Fall comin’

[Deweydog]

I’ve always equated toasty with hot. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Super excited for fall. We got leaves changing and the Mariners in the pennant race. Some things never change.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

I’ve always equated toasty with hot. 

On some days... noone really knows for sure though.  

[TT-SEA]

Just now, SouthHillFrosty said:

Super excited for fall. We got leaves changing and the Mariners in the pennant race. Some things never change.

Really bored with the Mariners... always in the playoffs every year.   Same old same old.  

[Kolk1604]

1 minute ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Super excited for fall. We got leaves changing and the Mariners in the pennant race. Some things never change.

My Man! 

First place in the West all alone Mariners in a pennant race! 

[LowerGarfield]

1 hour ago, T-Town said:

86 = toasty

88 = toastylicious

90 = warm

It’s science. 

Texas Toast?

Starting to see early signs the trees in the cooler spots in the foothills are starting to prepare for a color change. The decidous trees on the other side of Alpowa summit are usually the first in my area to change. They are east facing in a spot that blocks south facing sunlight. Getting closer. As of today's drive, they haven't. But the leaves are starting to turn a lighter shade of green. More a lime color and less of a forest green. They usually start changing by mid September.

[LowerGarfield]

56 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

Fall comin’

Pumpkin spice reaction coming any day now.

[Deweydog]

16 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

On some days... noone really knows for sure though.  

We need a rules committee.

[Front Ranger]

It's almost here!

[Front Ranger]

Fortunately, the area models seem to be honing in on for Idalia to hit in Florida is fairly sparsely populated, compared to much of the state. No big coastal cities in the likely impact area.

[HuskyMaestro]

42 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Super excited for fall. We got leaves changing and the Mariners in the pennant race. Some things never change.

Can't wait. Colder dreary days to have warm coffee in the living room, the M's being in the division race, while football and the Kraken come back.

How's fantasy football coming along?

[SouthHillFrosty]

1 minute ago, HuskyMaestro said:

Can't wait. Colder dreary days to have warm coffee in the living room, the M's being in the division race, while football and the Kraken come back.

How's fantasy football coming along?

We didn't have enough ppl. We will have to try again next year!

[HuskyMaestro]

1 minute ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

We didn't have enough ppl. We will have to try again next year!

Boooooo! Lol

[Cloud]

Nice rain maker Thursday! 

[MossMan]

It’s August 27th. 
Anyway, my grass is still green but is starting to stress a little.

And the moon is out. 

[Jbolin]

Lightning SE of Tofino right now

[SouthHillFrosty]

18 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Nice rain maker Thursday! 

Post pls?

[Kolk1604]

4 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Post pls?

Yeah Def wetter. 

Ending 9am Thursday 

[ChrisEl Elyon]

1 minute ago, Kolk1604 said:

Yeah Def wetter. 

Ending 9am Thursday 

How's it look for Thunderstorms for tomorrow-Tuesday?

[Kolk1604]

Solid. 5pm Monday to 5pm Tuesday 
 

[ChrisEl Elyon]

2 minutes ago, Kolk1604 said:

Solid. 5pm Monday to 5pm Tuesday 
 

I bet that lightning density is lit up especially for Eastsound

[Kolk1604]

2 minutes ago, ChristheElohim said:

How's it look for Thunderstorms for tomorrow-Tuesday?

Like looking a snowmaps lol. It took away any lighting for tomorrow, but Tuesday Morning is still solid. 

I wish it was later in the morning though and not so early. This is from 12am Monday to 12pm Tuesday. 

[Kolk1604]

Here, Midnight Tuesday to 11am 

[Meatyorologist]

This could be hours of lightning starting in the late evening tomorrow. A classic setup.

[Front Ranger]

0z Euro is basically troughy all the way through day 10.

[Cloud]

European rain totals.

[Kolk1604]

Last day of summer for white pass is tomorrow lol 

[Cascadia_Wx]

The pattern change looks great, but all of these last 90+ day/last day of summer posts could look pretty silly when the troughy pattern passes (it will) in 7-10 days and we’re sitting under another big ridge. At very least it will probably be less smoky at that point, heaven wiling.

86/60 day here today. A little cooler but essentially a repeat of the last four days in terms of sky conditions. An ugly smoky haze with some scattered clouds here and there.

[Tyler Mode]

4 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

The pattern change looks great, but all of these last 90+ day/last day of summer posts could look pretty silly when the troughy pattern passes (it will) in 7-10 days and we’re sitting under another big ridge. At very least it will probably be less smoky at that point, heaven wiling.

86/60 day here today. A little cooler but essentially a repeat of the last four days in terms of sky conditions. An ugly smoky haze with some scattered clouds here and there.

I agree, last year was nearly 90 in October...

[LowerGarfield]

5 hours ago, Cloud said:

European rain totals.

If this happens, @MWG is going to miss their smoke. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

In a 90s throwback we have a marine layer Monday. Probably our most rare form of weather these days. 

[Phil]

Franklin out in the NATL trying for Cat5 status. Very lucky that one is missing land..what a beast.

[Phil]

5 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

The pattern change looks great, but all of these last 90+ day/last day of summer posts could look pretty silly when the troughy pattern passes (it will) in 7-10 days and we’re sitting under another big ridge. At very least it will probably be less smoky at that point, heaven wiling.

86/60 day here today. A little cooler but essentially a repeat of the last four days in terms of sky conditions. An ugly smoky haze with some scattered clouds here and there.

I don’t think guidance is correct out in the NPAC for week2. Seems to lose the RWT for the most part.