July 2025 PNW Weather

[AuburnWx]

The good news from the initial wave that reached Japan and Alaska is that it was smaller than expected. 1-3ft rather than the expected 10ft. Doesn’t necessarily mean out of the woods with the waves.

[Ken in Wood Village]

Live now 

 

https://www.youtube.com/live/dqzXpBEnzi0?si=wD9EDkrIzlO5bVFt

[Cold Snap]

Looks like it’s just starting to hit Kauai.

[TT-SEA]

00Z ECMWF takes away the rain in Seattle and the EPSL that the 12Z and 18Z runs showed.

[Christensen87]

Water is currently receding. 
 

 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

If this is bad for Hawai’i then the Oregon beaches are fuckked.

[StormchaserChuck1]

Just now, Christensen87 said:

Water is currently receding. 

Pretty sunset there

[TigerWoodsLibido]

3 minutes ago, DiploManOfTheHour said:

Doesn't seem like much is going on there. I'm new here, but you seem to struggle with negative thoughts. 

I’ve lived an extremely sad life. Sorry to be an alarmist. Please PM me and I’ll answer more.

[StormchaserChuck1]

NW is pretty warm at the end of the 0z GEFS

[SnowWillarrive]

39 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

If this is bad for Hawai’i then the Oregon beaches are fuckked.

Probably a nothing burger. Just like our arctic blasts becoming impotent in recent years.  #lowlibido 

[LowerGarfield]

1 hour ago, MV_snow said:

Looks like the entire west coast is under a tsunami advisory (which I think basically just means stay out of the water) except for the far NorCal coast which is under a warning (significant inundation possible). What is it about that part of the coast that could make it worse?

The Crescent City, Ca area is suspectible to damaging Tsunamis. In 1964, something like 11 people were killed there and 30 blocks of the city were completely destroyed. The underwater geography funnels and amplifies tsunamis toward the city. My aunt and uncle used to live there although outside of the Tsunami risk zone  They built a fancy seawall there a few years ago.

 

The 1964 tsunami has a connection with my old town in Cannon Beach, that's why 101 takes the high ground now and why the Sandcastle Contest exists, to get people back to the coast. 

In 2011 a Japanese fishing boat was found nearby and the cities bonded over trauma and rebuilding from tsunamis and a cultural exchange program.

[Cold Snap]

Tsunami has reached Port Orford, OR.

[ClarkCountyChill]

2 hours ago, DiploManOfTheHour said:

Doesn't seem like much is going on there. I'm new here, but you seem to struggle with negative thoughts. 

Andrew?

[Cold Snap]

Kahului recorded a seven foot wave. That’s pretty serious.

[NWbyNW]

Definitely recommend people check the Westport live cam if you are watching for tidal changes or waves.  Doesn't appear anything has changed to the naked eye yet. 

https://www.experiencewestport.com/live-westport-webcam

[Meatyorologist]

Wow that fell apart fast. Models barely have a cohesive impulse now. Not going to get an EML overhead with that, so even if we do get easterlies, precip should evaporate right off the mountain.

It's been an extremely boring stretch of Seattle weather for a few years now

[Meatyorologist]

The 2010s were awesome for thunderstorm activity. Almost every time I hung out with my friends I was tracking thunderstorm chances. Just the complete opposite case this decade. Only a handful in five years. Just hurts as a weather lover

I'd say "at least no fires" but the mountains will still get lightning no matter what

[Front Ranger]

5 hours ago, ClarkCountyChill said:

Andrew?

There is something a bit trollish about this character. Living in Pasco, rooting for 110, talking about "needing 300 days of sunshine"...

[iFred]

7 minutes ago, DiploManOfTheHour said:

I do not believe it is outside the mainstream to like sunny/warm weather. My girlfriend has been vacationing in Destin, Florida this week and sent me this picture yesterday. The water temperature is 87F there right now. She has been having the time of her life. 

Do you live in Pasco or Spokane?

[BLI snowman]

14 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

There is something a bit trollish about this character. Living in Pasco, rooting for 110, talking about "needing 300 days of sunshine"...

I smell dirty socks. 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

I smell dirty socks. 

Agreed.

[BLI snowman]

2 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

The 2010s were awesome for thunderstorm activity. Almost every time I hung out with my friends I was tracking thunderstorm chances. Just the complete opposite case this decade. Only a handful in five years. Just hurts as a weather lover

I'd say "at least no fires" but the mountains will still get lightning no matter what

This decade has been exceptionally blah for warm core activity. Last year did give us the two summer events at least, but we haven't had a really high end light show yet this decade. 

Possibly correlates to our summers going off a cliff but it may also just be some bad luck, since even the warmest years in the past (1958) occasionally produced some nice setups. With such a relatively small sample size of events to begin with, I think it might just be a bit of happenstance. Obviously the big maxi-ridge drydown of our warm season doesn't help. 

 

[BLI snowman]

24 minutes ago, DiploManOfTheHour said:

I do not believe it is outside the mainstream to like sunny/warm weather. My girlfriend has been vacationing in Destin, Florida this week and sent me this picture yesterday. The water temperature is 87F there right now. She has been having the time of her life. 

Had to stay home with the wife and kids? 

[Cold Snap]

Power is out here lol.

[Cold Snap]

Looks like there was a pole fire in Duvall. Can’t say this is the first time that happened.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 hour ago, DiploManOfTheHour said:

I do not believe it is outside the mainstream to like sunny/warm weather. My girlfriend has been vacationing in Destin, Florida this week and sent me this picture yesterday. The water temperature is 87F there right now. She has been having the time of her life. 

Is your 4-seamer still over 90 mph?

[Front Ranger]

The 3km NAM is now pretty much the only model that shows much of anything for any of the lowlands this week.

[fubario]

Checked with my family on Big Island this morning...only some slight flooding from tsunami on Hilo side, apparently. Thankfully. Hilo has been taken out a couple times by tsunami, btw. They have a museum with some interesting documentation of those events, if you ever find yourself in Hilo.

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

1 hour ago, Cold Snap said:

Looks like there was a pole fire in Duvall. Can’t say this is the first time that happened.

Same thing happened here on Monday. Car crash though not a fire. Had no power at my house for 14 hours. Had to bust out the generator. 

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

25 minutes ago, fubario said:

Checked with my family on Big Island this morning...only some slight flooding from tsunami on Hilo side, apparently. Thankfully. Hilo has been taken out a couple times by tsunami, btw. They have a museum with some interesting documentation of those events, if you ever find yourself in Hilo.

Yeah thankfully it wasn’t as bad as some of the predictions. Hilo is a very cool area…doesn’t get visited as often being on the wet side of the island. 

[ShawniganLake]

Smoke from the fire in the olympics moved overhead last night.  Smoky red sunrise this morning and the sunlight has a noticeable orange glow to it today. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

Lots of high level smoke here this morning giving everything a "lovely" orange hue.

[Andie]

13 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

It was about 5:00 pm in Honolulu when you posted that. So probably just rush hour traffic.

The ring of fire has been shaking lately.  This is unique. 
I'm curious if its related to the volcanoes or recent plate movements.  

[ClarkCountyChill]

It’s early yet, but today has a high cloud shocker vibe to it. At least for NW Oregon/SW WA.

Had a 90/58 day yesterday. Mildish low of 61 this morning, current temp is 68 with high and mid level clouds moving in from the ESE.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

21 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Smoke from the fire in the olympics moved overhead last night.  Smoky red sunrise this morning and the sunlight has a noticeable orange glow to it today. 

It's pretty bad at my place. Luckily it is still just overhead and has not changed AQI.

[iFred]

2 hours ago, BLI snowman said:

Had to stay home with the wife and kids? 

"Business Partner"

[ClarkCountyChill]

Kind of a shame it looks like we could slip through this pattern the next couple days without any widespread storms on the west side.

[TT-SEA]

12Z ECMWF brings back a little activity for the Seattle area... this actually comes early tomorrow morning and not Friday morning as it was showing yesterday.

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, Andie said:

The ring of fire has been shaking lately.  This is unique. 
I'm curious if its related to the volcanoes or recent plate movements.  

its related to what it has been doing since the beginning of time

[ShawniganLake]

Decent model consensus on some rain chances next week.  By then it will be pushing 6 weeks without rain here, unlikely that continues too much longer.