Pacific NW August 2014 Discussion

[Phil]

Don't expect the modeling to hold with the MJO genesis event currently in the IO. There's a CCKW moving into the ATL domain as well.

[Deweydog]

Don't expect the modeling to hold with the MJO genesis event currently in the IO. There's a CCKW moving into the ATL domain as well.

#westernwhatthefuckever

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Well over half an inch of rain today.

[Jesse]

Finally! A refreshing, well-defined front. Skies are clearing at PDX with NW winds and a DP down to 50.

 

Still cloudy out here. High of 67 today with some heavier showers in the afternoon.

[Jesse]

Looks like PDX may see their warmest August in history. Only way to dodge it by a hair would be to fall below 60 before midnight, and have a low below 58 and a high below 73 tomorrow.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like PDX may see their warmest August in history. Only way to dodge it by a hair would be to fall below 60 before midnight, and have a low below 58 and a high below 73 tomorrow.

 

Looks like PDX had a low of 58.

[Jesse]

Looks like PDX had a low of 58.

 

Yeah. But they did fall to 58 before midnight as well which was practically a miracle.

 

Assuming they hit about 74 today they will have the new record warmest August in the bag. Should be an average of about 73.1, dethroning August 1967 (72.9) and also making August 2014 their third warmest month in history, behind July 1985 (74.1) and July 2009 (73.6)

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I still say, expect the unexpected this fall/winter. Probably won't be a great winter up here again, but I think the lowlands will score at least once in a big way.

[TT-SEA]

When wouldn't you say that about winter??

[TT-SEA]

The drive from Tigard to McMinnville is very nice.

[Jesse]

Low of 54 here. In the upper 60s now. This weather feels awesome.

 

12z Euro is nice. Sharp trough midweek with some chilly nights likely in its wake, then a decent warm offshore flow episode over the weekend followed by another deep trough.

 

Classic September weather.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Interesting. I was looking at July and it was easily the warmest month on record at SLE. Depending on how things shake out August will be about the same. By far the warmest August on record for SLE. The top two warmest months of all-time since 1892. Persistence! 

[Jesse]

Interesting. I was looking at July and it was easily the warmest month on record at SLE. Depending on how things shake out August will be about the same. By far the warmest August on record for SLE. The top two warmest months of all-time since 1892. Persistence!

For SLE at least I think drastically increased UHI in recent years has been a factor. Didn't that station used to be quite rural?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

For SLE at least I think drastically increased UHI in recent years has been a factor. Didn't that station used to be quite rural?

 

yes the area around the airport there has built up a lot in the past 10-15 years. It is still toward the SE edge of Salem, but definitely not on the very edge of town as it used to be. In the past 5-10 years several big box stores have gone up right next door.

 

11 60+ lows this August. That is pretty unheard of. Not all of that was UHI, but some of it may have been.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

75 at PDX. Top warm August in the bag.

[Jesse]

yes the area around the airport there has built up a lot in the past 10-15 years. It is still toward the SE edge of Salem, but definitely not on the very edge of town as it used to be. In the past 5-10 years several big box stores have gone up right next door.

 

11 60+ lows this August. That is pretty unheard of. Not all of that was UHI, but some of it may have been.

 

Yeah, probably some UHI blended what was in and of itself a very warm and humid month. 

 

Guess we can only get cooler from here, right?

[Jesse]

75 at PDX. Top warm August in the bag.

 

Today is overachieving there. Upper 70s wouldn't surprise me.

 

Partly sunny and 72 out here with a breeze. Feels absolutely amazing.

[TT-SEA]

My kids playing bocce ball at a winery just north of Newberg.    I could retire here... beautiful.    Very impressed.

 

[chinook]

The drive from Tigard to McMinnville is very nice.

Outside of the traffic...then yeah.

[Deweydog]

The drive from Tigard to McMinnville is very nice.

...if you have a death wish.

[TT-SEA]

...if you have a death wish.

Was nice today. Both ways.

[Deweydog]

Was nice today. Both ways.

Admittedly they have made some improvements but 99W had long been a hair-raising drive. ODOT has employed some cracker jack traffic engineers over the years.

[Deweydog]

Nice day.

[TT-SEA]

Admittedly they have made some improvements but 99W had long been a hair-raising drive. ODOT has employed some cracker jack traffic engineers over the years.

 

 

Yeah... I was referring more to the scenery.

[BLI snowman]

Yeah... I was referring more to the scenery.

 

Never heard Newberg described as scenic before....

[Phil]

Kinda random, but check out the weird paths these condensation droplets took on our bedroom window:

 

http://catchmypicture.com/f/y4z70T/800.jpg

 

 

Dewpoint was 78 this morning..very soupy.

[TT-SEA]

Never heard Newberg described as scenic before....

 

The surrounding area with the rolling hills and vineyards is very scenic.    There are places that look like they were taken right out of the Italy.

 

http://s18.postimg.org/5aq95a0rd/10410132_687878474613697_4752524778371553129_n.jpg

 

http://s13.postimg.org/9uh6z059j/10419544_687879284613616_7713912387904214945_n.jpg

[Deweydog]

Kinda random, but check out the weird paths these condensation droplets took on our bedroom window:

 

http://catchmypicture.com/f/y4z70T/800.jpg

 

 

Dewpoint was 78 this morning..very soupy.

More like 78,000!