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Having actual Pacific energy to work with and a fairly progressive wave train rather than big omega block type patterns setting up shop for weeks at a time has been the key.

I mean, technically yes.

My son has a 5k, his first at the end of June in the mountains. I told him if it's as hot as it was in 2021 or smokey, we probably will not attend.

People die during major arctic blasts as well…Unfortunately it happens at both extremes all around the world.

May 26 high: 70 F 2024 average high for Downtown LA as of May 26: 70.23 F Average high for remainder of May 2024 required to tie last May: 67.40 F Average high for remainder of May 2024 required to average 70 F for the high: 68.80 F

Gorgeous skies post storm. IMG_2133.mov

8:28 pm, just prior to the storm, at the Prairie Home Cemetery just east of Holdrege Nebraska.

Another day, another storm. Looks like close to 0.50” in 15 minutes this evening. IMG_2129.mov

We won't talk about this family friendly +PNA pattern though. Such wholesomeness

So let's get this straight. Rooting for La Niña is now ALSO rooting for: -Accelerated global warming -Ruined holiday plans -People in the midwest getting gored by flying ejecta The propaganda runs deep here!

The deck is finally drying out a bit! .30” on the day.

Yeah the burst swaths in some of these can be narrow. It’s the norm to have significant damage in one place but almost nothing just a block away.

I noticed it went tornadic somewhere in WV after passing through here.. The wind wasn't more than 35mph here but much higher just to our north.

That MCS is hauling a**. Already just 50 miles from here and warned for 70mph winds and a possible tornado. Should weaken as it outruns the better forcing but it’s been resilient, tracked over 1000 miles already.

True that. Western troughing literally kills people at this time of year. And in the most gruesome of ways. Though I think it’ll be more of a temporary reprieve than anything. Sometime between 6/15-20 we’ll probably transition back to -PNA as MJO return to E-Hem and western ridge retrogrades back offshore.

The middle of the country will be just as happy as people in the PNW when the pattern finally changes.

Yeah reminiscent of 2008 or 2011 in that respect. Old school. Recent niña like springs haven’t had the favorable pattern like this year.

Moderate Risks are sort of common this year.

Max of 54.1˚F IMBY today, with on and off (mostly on) rain. Sitting at 0.71" for the day and 2.91" for the month.

Another day, another tornado outbreak....

Tomorrow won't be +5 on the high around Seattle. Climo if we are lucky.

Absolutely stunner out there today, perfect spring day. Topped at 73 which feels like 90 after spending a couple weeks in the extreme cold and wind at Denali, just 5 days ago I was out in the -30s with gusts in the 80s. Looking forward to more days like this!

Still lots of junk over Oxnard

Not always, no. Think about how averages work. The average daily high is the absolute maximum over a 24hr period. The average temp at 00z is only that snapshot in time. So days with midnight highs (or earlier highs, etc) would have a lower temperature at 00z. The entire average is lower because the 24hr maximum doesn’t always occur at 00z.

This is wrong. 5 p.m. is usually the high. Stupid.