August 2015 in the Pacific Northwest

[Deweydog]

5pm update dagger!

[FroYoBro]

5pm update dagger!

Tie ball game!

[Jesse]

5pm update dagger!

 

You mean to tell me that it rose from 88 at 4pm to 90 at 5pm under full mid-August sunshine?

 

I think that one took us all by surprise.

[Deweydog]

You mean to tell me that it rose from 88 at 4pm to 90 at 5pm under full mid-August sunshine?

 

I think that one took us all by surprise.

Grouchy 90 degree Gus...

[Jesse]

Grouchy 90 degree Gus...

 

98.6

 

So are we off the hook for the other six now?

[Deweydog]

98.6

 

So are we off the hook for the other six now?

Absolutely.

 

F-you, science.

[Jesse]

Absolutely.

 

F-you, science.

 

What scientific formula pegs us for another six?

 

Fall ball theorem?

[Deweydog]

What scientific formula pegs us for another six?

 

Fall ball theorem?

Study up on Bill James, my boy.

[Jesse]

Study up on Bill James, my boy.

 

He was born October 5, 1949.

 

That was a VERY chilly autumn month in the PNW. Fall balls inside your body cavity cold!!

[Deweydog]

He was born October 5, 1949.

 

That was a VERY chilly autumn month in the PNW. Fall balls inside your body cavity cold!!

Combine that with the fact fall 1949 was a strong nino and coming off one of our hottest summers on record and I think Mr. James is onto something!

[Front Ranger]

Doesn't look to good for surface based stuff but elevated stuff seems like a distinct possibility with a nice marine push trigger.

Yessir.

[Jesse]

Combine that with the fact fall 1949 was a strong nino and coming off one of our hottest summers on record and I think Mr. James is onto something!

Wait a minute!! I thought only cool summers were supposed to invariably lead to toasty Sept/Octobers?

[Deweydog]

Wait a minute!! I thought only cool summers were supposed to invariably lead to toasty Sept/Octobers?

You never pay attention in class.

[Deweydog]

Yessir.

In other words tomorrow night.

[Front Ranger]

In other words tomorrow night.

Timing will be tough to nail down. But overall, chances look better than they did a couple days ago for areas south of Portland.

[Deweydog]

Timing will be tough to nail down. But overall, chances look better than they did a couple days ago for areas south of Portland.

Time will tell and all that.

[Jesse]

You never pay attention in class.

All summers?

 

Fallballology!

[Jesse]

It would be funny if we hit 90 again tomorrow.

 

New record by 8/13 with another six in the chamber.

[FroYoBro]

It would be funny if we hit 90 again tomorrow.

 

New record by 8/13 with another six in the chamber.

I would die from laughter. It most likely will happen. 

[Deweydog]

All summers?

 

Fallballology!

It's hard to know what aggravates you more. Warm feeling air or team sports?

[Jesse]

It's hard to know what aggravates you more. Warm feeling air or team sports?

People demanding out of season warm feeling air for the sake of a team sport is an aggravation two for one!

[Front Ranger]

It's hard to know what aggravates you more. Warm feeling air or team sports?

 

His observations of this summer are reminiscent of a Blazer fan watching another season circle the drain.

 

Someday things will turn around. Maybe next year.

[Jesse]

His observations of this summer are reminiscent of a Blazer fan watching another season circle the drain.

 

Someday things will turn around. Maybe next year.

I hear Olympia high school's basketball team has been kicking a** the past few years, though. So there's always that.

[FroYoBro]

His observations of this summer are reminiscent of a Blazer fan watching another season circle the drain.

 

Someday things will turn around. Maybe next year.

Meyers Leonard will save us.

https://soundcloud.com/akbenson71/meyers-leonard

[Front Ranger]

Meyers Leonard will save us.

https://soundcloud.com/akbenson71/meyers-leonard

 

The Great White Hope. He could be the next Larry Bird. And next winter could be the next 1949-50.

 

Jesse has more in common with sports nuts than he ever knew.

[Deweydog]

People demanding out of season warm feeling air for the sake of a team sport is an aggravation two for one!

Take it as it comes, lil' brudder.

 

It's lovely outside by the way. In season, too!

[Deweydog]

Hellish evening in progress in Kelso. 90 to 70 in two hours.

 

#takethatshitOlympia

[Jesse]

Take it as it comes, lil' brudder.

 

It's lovely outside by the way. In season, too!

Just took a nice walk down at the Tualitan River wildlife refuge, big brudder.

 

Just because I am disturbed by the ease with which we are setting new warm records every month doesn't mean I can't enjoy a nice warm evening!

[Deweydog]

Just took a nice walk down at the Tualitan River wildlife refuge, big brudder.

 

Just because I am disturbed by the ease which which we are setting new warm records every month doesn't mean I can't enjoy a nice warm evening!

The blob does not judge.

[Jesse]

Hideously warm sunset:

[SilverFallsAndrew]

This summer on the heels of last has led me to decide that summer is my least favorite season. 

[BLI snowman]

Pretty good chance we see a 1934-35 type winter next year. Expect a very cold mid January guys.

[Deweydog]

July's PDO comes in at 1.84.

 

That's 11 in a row at 1 or above. This ties the record set twice in 1940 and again in 1941 when we ripped off an incredible 22 out of 23. Can we break the record? Come on, fellas. Let's go for it!

[ShawniganLake]

Pretty good chance we see a 1934-35 type winter next year. Expect a very cold mid January guys.

Pretty close to a big event around the Holidays that year too.  A lot of heavy wet snow fell on parts of SW BC but most of the arctic air was held just east of the coast. 

 

The January event was followed by a pretty impressive rain train, I imagine some pretty major flooding resulted. 

[Tyler Mode]

I'm loving waking up to these clouds today. I can't wait for the haze and smoke of summer to wash away and leave us the crisp, clear and cool days of fall...

 

On the upside, amazing meteor show last night.  We went out past The Dalles and there were some nice ones

[Tyler Mode]

It looks like the clouds hang over Portland too, so maybe they will actually be sub 90 today.

 

Every day the forecast  has warmed for the following day.  Today was suppose to be near 80, now it's 85-90.

[Deweydog]

Hope you're ok waiting until November. Fall ball!

 

We drove out to Bald Peak south of Forest Grove last night. Got a great show. Did you end up going to the Stonehenge Memorial near Maryhill? That's where we watched the Perseids from last year.

Ice burn's back!

[Tyler Mode]

Eh...I'll be heading to Alaska in a few weeks...Guaranteed fall???  I hope so.

 

We went to an abandoned house outside of The Dalles...nice quite place.  On the way there, the traffic into Rooster Rock SP was backed up onto the freeway.

 

Here's a pic of that house from back in March while we were aurora watching.

 

Hope you're ok waiting until November. Fall ball!

We drove out to Bald Peak south of Forest Grove last night. Got a great show. Did you end up going to the Stonehenge Memorial near Maryhill? That's where we watched the Perseids from last year.

[TT-SEA]

Eh...I'll be heading to Alaska in a few weeks...Guaranteed fall???  I hope so.

 

We went to an abandoned house outside of The Dalles...nice quite place.  On the way there, the traffic into Rooster Rock SP was backed up onto the freeway.

 

Here's a pic of that house from back in March while we were aurora watching.

 

 

That is a significantly enhanced photo.  

[Tyler Mode]

Not really, just the contrast and sharpness

That is a significantly enhanced photo.