[Posted Aug 15, 2024]
We’re halfway through August already! It’s the month when we start getting fed that first taste of Fall, though no falling yet. That’s a September thing.
For the wind, you would usually expect this month to be when we get some gusty winds and cooler breezes. In this first half of August though, it really hasn’t been too windy or gusty, with only 4 days with some actual winds that could make the forecast “Breezy”. Those days are the 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 14th, if you were wondering.
For the precipitation, it’s been dry, not bone dry, but water vapor dry. The only significant precipitation has been in our mini cold wave of the 3rd and 4th, were we got a total of 26.8 mm of rain on the two days, with the most on the 3rd.
For the temperature, so far we’re cooler than July, with the average temperature being 19.6, instead of 22. I think it is very probable that that will go down as we keep going through the month, as it looks like weaker heat waves and at least two more cold waves are coming up, while the first half had only one cold wave and stronger heat waves. I think we will end up at 19 or maybe 18 for the final result.
Overall in the past 15 days, it’s been a fight between two sides for temperature, with warmth on the first 3 days and the last week, and cold anywhere in between. The lowest high and low so far are 18.4 and 11.2, which actually happened three days apart, with the high on the 5th and the low on the 8th. The highest high and low were even more apart, with the highest high a mere 3 days ago, when we almost reached 30, only 3 fifths of a degree away, while the highest low was achieved near the start of the month with a low of 17.7, on the 2nd.
For the smoke, it’s not been too bad at all except for yesterday and today of course. On the first week, we had some very good air quality, with the averages hanging around 30. The second week was still okay, with averages near 60, but Wednesday was bad, with 127. Early this week has actually brought an improvement, with the averages going down to about 50. The only really bad stuff has been yesterday and today, with the averages in the 200s, with the worst being today.
Finally, for the forecast, it’s looking like sort of the same stuff. Two heat waves, and one or two cold waves. There is an interesting trend though, this was not even showing yesterday by the way, it looks like after a few warm days at the start of next week, we might actually end up with near to below average temperatures for the rest of the month. So far, after the cold wave we’re about to get, the next cold wave looks like the 21st – 25th, though that is still uncertain, and another is possible around the 30th. That is really hard to tell at the moment, but if it happens, and if it gets strong, we could see a 2-week long cold wave for mid next week all the way through the rest of the month. That is very hard to tell right now, so at the moment it is covered by a lot of question marks. I will make sure I get a post out when I know for certain when and how long were getting the cold wave.
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