August 2024 PNW weather discussion

[The Blob]

I made a mistake.

[Deweydog]

SUNSET ALERT

[Dave]

Looks like EUG ended up with a 99. It could be upgraded to a Benjamin later. Maximum DP of 66. Beautiful sunset tonight with plenty of smoke aloft. At the surface, the air is fine. Who knows how long that will last though.

[Dave]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that a major catastrophe could unfold in BC. There was a major landslide and the Chilcotin river has been blocked. A lake has formed behind it and it could release a massive flood.

 

[Chewbacca Defense]

11 minutes ago, The Blob said:

I made a mistake.

OUCH!

I had a very severe aversion to sunscreen/lotions as a kid, and so I ended up with at least 2 of that level of burn every summer.  After the 2nd time, I tried to stay out of the sun, or my skin would be so tanned/dark it would offer some protection.  I could get really dark....hispanic dark which created an interesting combo since the sun would also turn my dark brown hair into a very dark red courtesy my northern European ancestry.  Growing up in Georgia, that sun was intense, and every possible moment was spent at a pool or other body of water to try and stay cool.

I'm now 52, and I really need to get my sorry a$$ into the dermatologist to start getting routine screenings.

[snow_wizard]

ECMWF shows the dewpoint improving tomorrow night.  Yay!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

20 minutes ago, Dave said:

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that a major catastrophe could unfold in BC. There was a major landslide and the Chilcotin river has been blocked. A lake has formed behind it and it could release a massive flood.

 

Been several posts about that here today already.

[Dave]

4 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Been several posts about that here today already.

Well I'm a dolt. I missed them. Been away from the forum and scrolled through the last few pages at a too high of rate. Hopefully the dam releases the lake slowly, but I doubt that will happen.

[DareDuck]

1 hour ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Extremely bad scenario. Fire starts in like Walterville and it’s game over.

Sorry that you have to deal with the smoke today, but you haven’t had it bad at all this summer. Just 100 miles east and there’s been much more smoke and heat. 

[Front Ranger]

21 minutes ago, Dave said:

Well I'm a dolt. I missed them. Been away from the forum and scrolled through the last few pages at a too high of rate. Hopefully the dam releases the lake slowly, but I doubt that will happen.

Wasn't there a poster here named dolt? Was that you?

[Chewbacca Defense]

Topped out at 85, only down to 68.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

9 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

Topped out at 85, only down to 68.

59/85 for the day here, but with the dew point hovering around 65 it was pretty sticky. Currently 73˚F.

[Dave]

24 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Wasn't there a poster here named dolt? Was that you?

Of course that was me. I've learned enough about the weather since then so now I'm only a semi-dolt. Anyone can feel free to call me dolt from here on out. It won't bother me a bit.

[Eugene-5SW]

Just found the following entry in my journal from August 2015:

"Really hope that I'll be able to look back on this summer years hence as having been an extreme anomaly and not as the trend-setter of a new normal."

Oh well...

98 / 65 today.

[MossMan]

Had a high of 80. Currently 65. 

[Dave]

8 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Had a high of 80. Currently 65. 

75 here. DP of 63. Eugene may have gotten warmer over the last couple of decades. The only benefit is that it is much nicer to swim in the lakes and rivers. Nothing else though. 

[DeepFriedEgg]

Actually a non-zero chance PDX doesn't see another 90F burger for 2 weeks after tomorrow.

[High Desert Mat?]

1 hour ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

OUCH!

I had a very severe aversion to sunscreen/lotions as a kid, and so I ended up with at least 2 of that level of burn every summer.  After the 2nd time, I tried to stay out of the sun, or my skin would be so tanned/dark it would offer some protection.  I could get really dark....hispanic dark which created an interesting combo since the sun would also turn my dark brown hair into a very dark red courtesy my northern European ancestry.  Growing up in Georgia, that sun was intense, and every possible moment was spent at a pool or other body of water to try and stay cool.

I'm now 52, and I really need to get my sorry a$$ into the dermatologist to start getting routine screenings.

I hear ya. I was a sun baby and was constantly in the sun as a kid and my 20’s 30’s. I went in 12 years ago to have a mole looked at and they wanted a biopsy that turned out to be melanoma. Thank hod I caught it early as they tend to spider web under the skin when not treated. I now have a huge scar on my back from them cutting it out. It was the size of a mole but to make sure they got it all, they cut about 1/2” deep and 7” long to make sure it was gone.  I use sunscreen sometimes now but not a lot of the time. The sun is actually healthier for you than the docs will tell you. Sunscreens actually have a lot of bad toxins in them. If you’re going to use them stick with the zinc ones. And lotion not spray. 
 

Doctor always tells me, “ there’s no such thing as a healthy tan”. 

[snow_wizard]

The models are starting to show a lot of weakness in the ridge over the next couple of weeks with some retrogression and or back digging lows coming down from the north.  Could be much worse.

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

OUCH!

I had a very severe aversion to sunscreen/lotions as a kid, and so I ended up with at least 2 of that level of burn every summer.  After the 2nd time, I tried to stay out of the sun, or my skin would be so tanned/dark it would offer some protection.  I could get really dark....hispanic dark which created an interesting combo since the sun would also turn my dark brown hair into a very dark red courtesy my northern European ancestry.  Growing up in Georgia, that sun was intense, and every possible moment was spent at a pool or other body of water to try and stay cool.

I'm now 52, and I really need to get my sorry a$$ into the dermatologist to start getting routine screenings.

The Georgia sun does not play nice. It bites. The sun angle is 20-25 degrees higher than Spokane's sun angle. 

 

[snow drift]

2 hours ago, The Blob said:

I made a mistake.

It's going to be hard to sleep with that burn. Maybe put some aloe vera on it or something.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

50 minutes ago, Eugene-5SW said:

Just found the following entry in my journal from August 2015:

"Really hope that I'll be able to look back on this summer years hence as having been an extreme anomaly and not as the trend-setter of a new normal."

Oh well...

98 / 65 today.

Yep. It never ends.

[snow_wizard]

32 minutes ago, snow drift said:

It's going to be hard to sleep with that burn. Maybe put some aloe vera on it or something.

I had to do that a couple of times when I was much younger.  Now I seem to tan just fine instead of burning as long as I ease into it every year.

[snow_wizard]

19 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Yep. It never ends.

Summers have changed here this century.  That change could be part of a cycle.  If so it could go back to being more like the summers we saw 30 years ago.  Remains to be seen.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

12 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Summers have changed here this century.  That change could be part of a cycle.  If so it could go back to being more like the summers we saw 30 years ago.  Remains to be seen.

Or it could be Medieval Warm Period 2: Poor Man’s Cretaceous.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 hour ago, snow drift said:

The Georgia sun does not play nice. It bites. The sun angle is 20-25 degrees higher than Spokane's sun angle.

Try the New Mexico sun some time. Just as far south, but at high elevation, and with a drier, sunnier climate. I’ve burned by spending fifteen minutes in the sun at midday in June in NM.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

[Phil]

8 hours ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

98/66 . And to think this is peanuts for Phil

98/76 here this afternoon. 3/4 numbers match.

[Phil]

7 hours ago, Deweydog said:

HCS’s are where it’s at. I’ll take a 90/75 over a 105/65 any day. 

Having experienced both this summer, hard disagree.  

[snow_wizard]

Models strongly hint at fire weather coming up.  Much lower dew points being indicated for week two.  On the plus side it appears early next week will have a few cooler days.

[snow_wizard]

1 hour ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Or it could be Medieval Warm Period 2: Poor Man’s Cretaceous.

You never hear much about the Holocene Climate Optimum.  Many locations were actually warmer than present.  Just so much we don't know for all of the freaking out about climate change we are hearing.  We have not seen anything that hasn't happened since the last ice age.

Holocene climatic optimum - Wikipedia

[Meatyorologist]

I'm weirdly resistant to sunburns. I hardly ever get them. I do tan pretty good though.

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Tell us how you really feel.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

3 hours ago, snow drift said:

Tell us how you really feel.

Absolutely. I miss the summers we had when I was younger.

[Tyler Mode]

Feels somewhat like the SE US out there this morning.  65 here.

[Tyler Mode]

PWATs are so far above average...but lowering throughout the day, yay lower humidity.

Also, that trough late next week is trending closer to the NW.

[MossMan]

Had a low of 62. Currently 64. 

[Omegaraptor]

August running a +10.7 departure at PDX, let’s see if that holds…

[Front Ranger]

7 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Very pleasant lows!

[Front Ranger]

6 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

August running a +10.7 departure at PDX, let’s see if that holds…

I'm gonna take the under on this one.