July 2024 In The Pacific Northwest

[Tanis Leach]

1 hour ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Upper 90s in Eugene and hotter to the north in Portland? Weird.

I’m guessing that will still end up being over 100F for EUG on Sunday.

Eugene was 93 when Portland was 116. Normally heat waves and cold snaps dont last as long in Eugene, because it's harder to maintain a continental air mass in Eugene vs. Portland due to the lack of a Gap in the Cascades nearby, and the fact that downsloping winds are less common.

 

Disclaimer: Not saying you'll be cooler on Sunday, just explaining the dynamics.

[LowerGarfield]

To our Canadian posters: What are you all doing for Canada Day? You get a nice three day weekend and a pleasant one at that before the ridge builds. I have always been a Canadaphile. If the US ever fought a war against Canada I would defect and fight on your side. Probably the only one I'd consider. Not for political reasons, I've always been a major Canadian admirer. 

 

I have Friday off this week but a lot of us have only July 4th off so not a 4 day weekend for everyone. 

[TT-SEA]

17 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

To our Canadian posters: What are you all doing for Canada Day? You get a nice three day weekend and a pleasant one at that before the ridge builds. I have always been a Canadaphile. If the US ever fought a war against Canada I would defect and fight on your side. Probably the only one I'd consider. Not for political reasons, I've always been a major Canadian admirer. 

 

I have Friday off this week but a lot of us have only July 4th off so not a 4 day weekend for everyone. 

I think there will be lots of people suspiciously feeling sick on Friday... making it a 4-day weekend.  

[Mercurial]

19 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

To our Canadian posters: What are you all doing for Canada Day? You get a nice three day weekend and a pleasant one at that before the ridge builds. I have always been a Canadaphile. If the US ever fought a war against Canada I would defect and fight on your side. Probably the only one I'd consider. Not for political reasons, I've always been a major Canadian admirer. 

 

I have Friday off this week but a lot of us have only July 4th off so not a 4 day weekend for everyone. 

Half of them seem to be in Whitefish this weekend.  Took >10 mins to clear the traffic lights downtown this afternoon. 

[the_convergence_zone]

Sunday might make a run at the hottest day at KSEA since the 2021 heat wave (95). 

 

 

 

[MossMan]

11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I think there will be lots of people suspiciously feeling sick on Friday... making it a 4-day weekend.  

My boss knows I always take the day after the 4th off, I went to put in my PTO last week for the 5th and she said yeah I put you down for Friday off several months ago, lol! 

[the_convergence_zone]

Meanwhile, it's hot everywhere. Except coastal California and one little patch of Montana. 

[MossMan]

She was the one that had the really good AFD’s if I remember correctly! 

[Thermal Trough]

12 minutes ago, MossMan said:

My boss knows I always take the day after the 4th off, I went to put in my PTO last week for the 5th and she said yeah I put you down for Friday off several months ago, lol! 

If a holiday falls on a Thursday they should automatically make it a 4 day weekend like we do with Thanksgiving!

[Phishy Wx]

I'm off for the foreseeable future.  First day of being 'poor' since college.  stocked up on ramen and making casseroles and stuff that will provide lots of leftovers.  need to save $ like no tomorrow.  not sure how long it will take to find work in tech at 50. cheers

 

[MossMan]

12 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

I'm off for the foreseeable future.  First day of being 'poor' since college.  stocked up on ramen and making casseroles and stuff that will provide lots of leftovers.  need to save $ like no tomorrow.  not sure how long it will take to find work in tech at 50. cheers

 

Hope you got a good severance package? 

[Groundhog]

1 hour ago, LowerGarfield said:

To our Canadian posters: What are you all doing for Canada Day? You get a nice three day weekend and a pleasant one at that before the ridge builds. I have always been a Canadaphile. If the US ever fought a war against Canada I would defect and fight on your side. Probably the only one I'd consider. Not for political reasons, I've always been a major Canadian admirer. 

 

I have Friday off this week but a lot of us have only July 4th off so not a 4 day weekend for everyone. 

We went to Lynn Valley in North Vancouver. Kids loved it. We hadn’t been their prior to us having kids.
 

We did fight a war prior to Canada existing. In grade 10 social studies we read about the Loyalists. They namely settled in what became the Maritime provinces post-Revolutionary War. But their rationale didn’t resonate with me. I think your Founders were correct in their rebellion against the Crown. My family came to Canada from Europe much later, so I didn’t have any family history with a dog in the fight. Both histories, however, are worth celebrating. 
 

What I admire is your federalism withe separation of powers, a bicameral legislature based on population and a senate with equality of the states. That backbone is simple but brilliant. We adopted the Westminster Parliamentary system. It might be fine for the comparatively tiny UK, but there’s regional chaffing exacerbated by that system in a county this big. Our legislative & executive branches are fused, the prime minister appoints senators, nor does the senate nor any other mechanism attempt to balance regional disparities in population.

[Tanis Leach]

13 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

I'm off for the foreseeable future.  First day of being 'poor' since college.  stocked up on ramen and making casseroles and stuff that will provide lots of leftovers.  need to save $ like no tomorrow.  not sure how long it will take to find work in tech at 50. cheers

 

I took some time off of the forums, so what happened? Either way hopefully you can get back on your feet soon.

[Phishy Wx]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Hope you got a good severance package? 

no, got PTO payout and RSUs

[Cold Snap]

5 hours ago, Phil said:

I know this is the wrong forum but gawd my geek psyche still can’t quite grasp this.

Strongest storm ever recorded this far south in the Atlantic…at ANY TIME OF YEAR.

I have a feeling this is going to be a really bad hurricane season. Maybe the costliest on record.

[Tanis Leach]

Portland NWS has issued an extensive heat watch this Thursday to Sunday for temperatures up to 102.

[Front Ranger]

44 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Meanwhile, it's hot everywhere. Except coastal California and one little patch of Montana. 

Compared to recent climate averages though, not too bad in the West for Jan-Jun following a Nino.

 

2015 and 2016 were much warmer.

[Deweydog]

18z is running. Pro grade.

[Thermal Trough]

7 minutes ago, Tanis Leach said:

Portland NWS has issued an extensive heat watch this Thursday to Sunday for temperatures up to 102.

Rod seems to be the most bullish at the moment. He has 100 Friday to Sunday. Saturday is the hottest at 105.

[Front Ranger]

17 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

I have a feeling this is going to be a really bad hurricane season. Maybe the costliest on record.

Perhaps, but a huge part of that is the paths they take. Obviously with more hurricanes you increase the overall odds of some with really damaging paths, but it doesn't always work out that way.

Also, I can't remember where it was but I remember reading an article awhile ago about how really active early seasons don't necessarily translate into the worst or most damaging seasons. I believe the main crux of it was that if you get major hurricanes early on they can cool the waters in those areas through significant upwelling, which then may slow the development of storms later.

[SnowWillarrive]

1 hour ago, LowerGarfield said:

To our Canadian posters: What are you all doing for Canada Day? You get a nice three day weekend and a pleasant one at that before the ridge builds. I have always been a Canadaphile. If the US ever fought a war against Canada I would defect and fight on your side. Probably the only one I'd consider. Not for political reasons, I've always been a major Canadian admirer. 

 

I have Friday off this week but a lot of us have only July 4th off so not a 4 day weekend for everyone. 

The Canada you knew is gone. Doesn’t exist anymore. 

[BLI snowman]

13 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Perhaps, but a huge part of that is the paths they take. Obviously with more hurricanes you increase the overall odds of some with really damaging paths, but it doesn't always work out that way.

Also, I can't remember where it was but I remember reading an article awhile ago about how really active early seasons don't necessarily translate into the worst or most damaging seasons. I believe the main crux of it was that if you get major hurricanes early on they can cool the waters in those areas through significant upwelling, which then may slow the development of storms later.

That unequivocally was not the case with 2005. That was a historically active early season and then it never really let up.

[Thermal Trough]

21 minutes ago, Thermal Trough said:

Rod seems to be the most bullish at the moment. He has 100 Friday to Sunday. Saturday is the hottest at 105.

Just as I said that KPTV is going with triple digits now.

[Tanis Leach]

23 minutes ago, Thermal Trough said:

Rod seems to be the most bullish at the moment. He has 100 Friday to Sunday. Saturday is the hottest at 105.

KPTV just released theirs and it's similar

[Thermal Trough]

3 minutes ago, Tanis Leach said:

KPTV just released theirs and it's similar

Yeah just posted it too. Rod is a few degrees warmer on the 4th and Friday. Don’t know what he’s thinking yet after the weekend.

[Front Ranger]

16 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

That unequivocally was not the case with 2005. That was a historically active early season and then it never really let up.

Yeah, 2005 was crazy in that it had two major hurricanes form the first half of July, two of the strongest on record that early.

However, other seasons like 2020 didn't get their first hurricane until a month later than this year, and yet it ended up tying the record for most hurricanes in a season. From what I can tell looking at years with major hurricanes early in the season, there's not much of a correlation to major hurricanes later on.

The more important correlator seems to be ENSO development. The fact that the Nina seems a bit slow to take off this year may be a factor: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104933

[Cascadia_Wx]

42 minutes ago, Tanis Leach said:

KPTV just released theirs and it's similar

I would be pretty happy if we manage to stay at 105 or lower at this point.

[Phishy Wx]

oh boy!!!!

[Cascadia_Wx]

Today is so pretty. Partly cloudy and in the upper 70s. Even had a brief rain shower this morning. Wish the weather of today and tomorrow would hold all week.

[Phishy Wx]

bring on the DOME!

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, Phishy Wx said:

bring on the DOME!

WTF is wrong with people. I’m guessing you’re wanting it just so you can doom post a bunch of Twitter links about it.

[lowlandsnow]

It's absolutely absurd how in the year 1954 the temperature at SeaTac never exceeded 80 degrees. Right now, it's been 13 years since the last 90-degree free summer.

[HuskyMaestro]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

I'm off for the foreseeable future.  First day of being 'poor' since college.  stocked up on ramen and making casseroles and stuff that will provide lots of leftovers.  need to save $ like no tomorrow.  not sure how long it will take to find work in tech at 50. cheers

 

I graduated back in March with a BS in CS, haven’t found a tech job since then though I’ve been applying to several positions a week. I’ve taken a bit of a break for now, it’s a depressing numbers game. We’ll get there, man. I gotta do my MS within a few years at this point. 

Only thing I got going for me is AmeriCorps in August, the only guys that’s giving me a chance. I do enjoy tutoring/coaching underserved high school students, it’s going to feel rewarding. Gonna be on the lookout for future techies and meteorology nerds! 

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, HuskyMaestro said:

I graduated back in March with a BS in CS, haven’t found a tech job since then though I’ve been applying to several positions a week. I’ve taken a bit of a break for now, it’s a depressing numbers game. We’ll get there, man. I gotta do my MS within a few years at this point. 

Only thing I got going for me is AmeriCorps in August, the only guys that’s giving me a chance. I do enjoy tutoring/coaching underserved high school students, it’s going to feel rewarding. Gonna be on the lookout for future techies and meteorology nerds! 

Prepare for Deweydog to rip you a new one.

[T-Town]

2 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

I'm off for the foreseeable future.  First day of being 'poor' since college.  stocked up on ramen and making casseroles and stuff that will provide lots of leftovers.  need to save $ like no tomorrow.  not sure how long it will take to find work in tech at 50. cheers

 

I don’t think 50 is a problem as long as you have a skill set that’s in demand. I would view 50 as someone with experience who probably has ten+ years of career left. Most people don’t stay at one company that long anyway so where’s the downside?

[Front Ranger]

14 minutes ago, lowlandsnow said:

It's absolutely absurd how in the year 1954 the temperature at SeaTac never exceeded 80 degrees. Right now, it's been 13 years since the last 90-degree free summer.

Even back then in the frigid fifties, with a cooler world and cooler microclimate at SEA, 1954 was absurd.

Consider that 1951 had 22 80+ days. 1952 had 24, 1953 had 14, 1955 had 8, 1956 had 22, 1957 had 9, and 1958 had 47(!).

[T-Town]

Seattle NWS AFD leans toward extending the heat into next week. 

[Deweydog]

Puffypalooza on the weather deck. Gorgeous day!

[T-Town]

1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

Puffypalooza on the weather deck. Gorgeous day!

What direction does the weather deck face?  Looks easterly if im guessing. 

[Front Ranger]

2 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Puffypalooza on the weather deck. Gorgeous day!

Will be fun to watch this turn browner over the next week or so!