September a journey back to June weather?
August is set to go down as much warmer than normal, breaking a streak of three months that were quite the opposite.
But the long range forecasts just issued by the NOAA's Climate Prediction Center Thursday indicate our warm month streak will likely end at just one.
Their 30-day forecast for September indicated a significant chance of a cooler-than-normal conditions across much of the far West Coast with an even higher chance of cooler than normal temperatures along and west of the I-5 corridor in Washington and Oregon.
Left: Blue=Cooler than normal / Brown=Warmer Right: Green=Wetter than normal/Brown=Drier
This essentially mimics what they had for June and July, which verified fairly well and shows that the big heat ridge of high pressure that had moved west into our neck of the woods for August, will drift back into the central and Eastern U.S. as it had earlier in the summer, baking them and leaving us a bit cooler. They are also indicating that ocean temperatures just offshore remain cooler than normal, also a limiting factor in temperatures in the absence of a big heat ridge around.
On the other hand, the long range forecast also says we have a very high chance of being drier than normal across the Pacific Northwest.
But once we get past September, the long range forecasts for fall and winter take on a very El Nino flavor, with very high chances of a warmer and drier December through April.
The favorite pastime around this area is to complain about the weather. It gets so old listening to it. If you must have sunshine all the time then move to AZ. NEWSFLASH, this is the Pacific Northwest, a maritime climate, this weather isn't something that just started happening, so get over it, learn how to live your life without weather induced mood swings... or just pack up and move, please.
I just had an irritating discussion with a friend of mine tonight. She insists that 2012 was the warmest and sunniest in Seattle. I felt like ripping her a new one... First off... when it's sunny for only the last hour or two of each day doesn't mean it's been a "sunny" day but people here count that as a sunny day. It's been dark, cloudy and not all that hot most of the summer in Seattle in 2012. Like the last two years before it... it's kinda sucked. Just as the summer gets going in August... the Autumn returns rather quickly. Today it was very cool outside and I had to wear a jacket. There were a few minutes here and there in the afternoon where the sun peeked out but didn't stay for more then those few minutes. They counted that as being sunny today!!! It was dark and cloudy all damn day and cool to boot... that's not summer... people!!!!Â
Matt Greoning, the creator of the Simpsons, who is from the Pacific Northwest said it best... "the people up there are in such denial of the weather."
We've had our 2 weeks of summer!
Summer is over! Overcast  is here to stay (Aug, Sep, Oct) till winter.
I have heat rash. Everyone I know was grumpy, angry and hot. There were no kiddie pools, fans, floaties or ice anywhere--and most especially, no a/c. In most places where the heat goes over 95+, there's a/c. People who want the heat are welcome to leave. I'm glad it's in the seventies again.
IMHO, it should be partly sunny and 58 year 'round, except for the three weeks around X-Mass when it should be 25 and snowy... Maybe I should move to England!  ;)
"Right:Â Green=Wetter than normal/Brown=Drier"
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I clearly see brown sitting on washington???
NO! Â Not two Junes in one summer!
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Aw, and summer just started! Let's keep the heat and clear skies for a while! Any clouds and rainfall that return are in direct violation of an eviction notice!