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Scattered showers/storms will continue periodically throughout the week as temperatures hold near or just slightly below seasonal norms for mid-August.
Read the full AWN Weekly Outlook ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/outlook

We want to wish a happy to our hardworking crew. A big thank you to AWN interns Evan, Matthew, and Megan, and shoutout to Macaden from Yakima Valley College for helping to keep our network up and running this summer!

While visiting our Naches station today, the smoke plume from the continued to billow just to our west. We’d like to use this visit as a reminder to practice good fire safety and to thank all firefighters and first responders across the state.

HIGH FIRE DANGER WEDNESDAY: Gusty winds and low RH along the east slopes of the Cascades into the Columbia Basin will facilitate modest to locally rapid fire growth. To our southeast, scattered thunderstorms are likely to cause new fire starts which may contribute more smoke to the region down the road. A few thunderstorms may clip southeast Washington from late afternoon through the evening.

Temperatures will cool slightly this week, but fire danger remains high, and smoke will continue to impact the state for the foreseeable future.
AWN Air Quality Webpage ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/?p=121851
Full Weekly Outlook ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/outlook

Intense heat will persist through the week in central and eastern Washington while slight relief arrives west of the Cascades midweek.
🥵 Worker Heat Awareness ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/?p=123351
🍎 Fruit Surface Temperature ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/?p=128251
🐄 Cattle Comfort Index ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/?p=120250

Sad to report we experienced some vandalism over the 4th of July holiday. A technician visited Mattawa on Friday to find the solar panel was recently stolen. Fortunately, plenty of sun had our battery well charged and our field team replaced the solar panel this morning without experiencing data loss!

OPEN HOUSE: Come meet the AWN Team at our open house co-hosted by CPAAS on July 12. We will begin at the Roza at 2:15, then relocate to WSU Prosser IAREC for the remainder of the program. We hope to see you then!
MORE INFO ➡️ https://treefruit.wsu.edu/events/

The first true summer heatwave arrives this week with widespread triple digits for most of central and eastern Washington by the weekend. Even a few western Washington locations could flirt with 100. Stay cool and hydrated!
READ MORE ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/outlook

Unsettled pattern will bring up and down temperatures, rain, wind, and a few thunderstorms across Washington this week.
Read the full AWN Weekly Outlook ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/outlook

With the installation of the 50th air quality sensor in our network, we've added Air Quality Index to the dropdown menu for the Google map on our website. Additional sensors will be added throughout the summer!

This week is Smoke Ready Week in the northwest, and today, our field team installed the 50th air quality sensor in our network at Gramling! Be sure to check out US National Weather Service Spokane Washington and Washington State Department of Natural Resources for more information. We'd also like to thank Washington State Department of Labor & Industries for their support of our air quality network.
AWN AQI webpage ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/?p=121851

Warmth continues for much of the week east of the Cascades while a few disturbances bring clouds and isolated to scattered rain in western Washington. The final weekend of Spring is looking increasingly cooler and showery.
READ MORE ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/outlook

We got the first "cherries are available in the break room" email of the season today! Which variety is your favorite? 🍒

Northwest cherry growers hopeful 2024 harvest will steady ship after several tumultuous years This year’s cherry harvest forecast has many Northwest growers hopeful for a return to normal, after extreme weather and poor market conditions have led to lackluster crops every year since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Welcome (back) to the network: Sunnyside!
Today, our field team completed the new and upgraded Sunnyside Mesonet station. The new location is about a mile south from the previous site. Sunnyside users on our website should note the new station ID: 100419

You might've noticed a new name next to the AWN Weekly Outlook last week. Our summer intern, Evan Haag, will be taking over forecasting duties for the next few weeks. This week's write up starts cool and windy but hints at some triple digits by the weekend. Please give a warm welcome to Evan in the comments!

Read the full AWN Weekly Outlook here ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/outlook

Be sure to join us this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. for May's installment of Weather With AWN. Today's meeting will discuss weather-guided irrigation management. See you then!

Join the Zoom meeting here:

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AWN User Alert: Data disruption at Sunnyside Tier 1 Mesonet site.

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Welcome to the Network: Clyde!
Our first new Mesonet installation of the season fills a much-needed gap south of the Snake River in the western fringes of the Palouse.
Data is now available ➡️ weather.wsu.edu

Mostly quiet weather is expected this week with a quick warm up, then cooler conditions this weekend through next week.
READ MORE ➡️ https://weather.wsu.edu/outlook

Did you see the Northern Lights this weekend? Check out these awesome photos taken by AWN staff members from Pullman to Mt. Vernon to Sumner and share your own photos in the comments!

With mostly clear skies over the PNW Friday and Saturday, you might just catch a glimpse of the aurora! Best chance appears to be late Friday after midnight, though prolonged solar storms like these could continue the show into early Saturday night. Solar storms are difficult to predict, so keep an eye on the forecast for your best chance to see the northern lights!

A G4 Watch has been issued for May 11...

If you missed any of our first three Weather With AWN Zoom meetings, the recordings are all now available on YouTube! Be sure to like and subscribe as we will be posting future Weather With AWN meetings here along with other weather content periodically!

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