~Summer Around the Pacific Northwest~
RED FLAG WARNINGS will be in effect on Wednesday, 11am-11pm for the northern zones * Air Quality Alerts also continue until further notice for parts of our forecast area * Click here for all the latest details.......
Exclusive Inland NW Summary Issued: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 @ 11:45am
WRITTEN BY: Climatologist Bob Lutz
(Summaries are issued as needed and will be updated more frequently during times of active weather)
SHORT-TERM FORECAST
A mostly westerly (zonal) air flow continues to dominate the pattern here in the Northwest, which will serve to keep our temperatures near normal and produce locally breezy afternoons. In addition, this will help moisture to finally slide south out of Canada on Wednesday & Thursday, which will produce the chance of some scattered shower & thunderstorm activity, with the highest chances being in the northern zones. Some storms will produce dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning along with gusty outflow winds, all of which will heighten wildfire concerns again! Thereafter, mostly dry conditions will return to all areas by the weekend, along with temperatures that will remain close to normal for mid-August standards.
LONG-TERM FORECAST
The overall pattern is still showing signs of change for the 3rd week of August!! Subtropical moisture will continue to move north at times in a mostly south to southwesterly flow, which should give our region another chance of some shower and possible thunderstorm activity. At the very least, expect more in the way of cloud cover and higher humidities, which will certainly help with all the firefighting efforts around the Northwest!! In addition, temperatures will remain close to or even slightly below normal under this modified pattern.
General Short-Term Model Agreement: GOOD
General Long-Term Model Agreement: GOOD
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