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Big time lightning here on Snoqualmie ridge at the golf tourney. This photo from my golf cart. It screwed up my phone when taking

Caught one!

Watching the horizon blow up today. Time lapse underway

Good evening from Port Angeles Quite the view of the straights this evening. I’ve been watching the winds blow in from the west. Very slow process as it worked its way east. I Stupidly enjoyed this . I’m also attaching a pic of Devils Punch Bowl on lake Crescent . Pretty amazing spot here in the PNW !!!

Had a nice night up at Mt. St. Helens despite the lack of aurora. A lot of snow left at Johnston Ridge and the trees are just budding out there. A frosty morning at Coldwater Lake which was just stunning with the fog.

Action may be fading tonight but still saw a lot of distant bolts here.

Has been wonderful out here.

One of the best thunderstorms since I've moved here in 2010. .76" of rain 28 mph wind gust and epic lightning! It was amazing!

I'm up at Crown Point

me coming into the forum seeing posts about "ufo's" and "bees"..

Yeah, good for you, I wish I could just enjoy this, but as I said yesterday, its every D**n year at this point... If this was May 2008 it would be interesting and exciting. 15 years later its just another hot month in a sea of them.

This is the hardest I’ve ever seen it rain. I just recorded .56” of rain in the last 6 minutes with a a rain rate of 7.11 in/hr. Insane downpour with abundant lightning.

Pretty dynamic first day with the weather station. What a ️ show that was.

I think this is an incredible shot. I walked outside and saw this

For those craving year round snow/ice at lower elevations, the Guler Ice Caves near Trout Lake may be worth checking out. Just bring a head lamp and watch your step. Also did a quick pit stop at Panther Creek on the way home.

You couldn't ask for a more beautiful Memorial Day. Beautiful, sunshine, and 66F here in Everett. Cool breeze and lovely.

Only been in Colorado Springs 3 days but I think I’m already smitten. Open views, snowcapped terrain, light traffic, interesting weather, etc. Already had a small hail shower and some thunder since I’ve been here. Air is light, no humidity, cardio workouts are more challenging due to altitude (plus it’s easier to get a buzz on, haha). Definitely #1 on my “move-to” list now.

Sunset last night.

My goodness, what an impressive lightning show in SE Thurston County. Going for several hours now. This is the best thunderstorm outbreak we’ve had since the Microburst on 5/4/17.

Feels like summer, first grilling of the season!

Summer vibes today Fosho

Fun for all!

Today really felt like a perfect weather day! Warm and sunny, but not too hot. Also lots of really pretty cloud formations over the mountains from convection firing up. Beautiful!

What the Euro is showing would be one of the few ways we can get svr warned sfc based warm core convection west of the Cascades. Super rare, it happens once anywhere in this part of the region maybe every few years?

Can't link the tweet for some reason but nice picture from the storm.

Truly Gods country in Curry and Coos Counties.

It’s good to be Bella.

We spend the afternoon in the Fairhaven historic district ( just south of Bellingham). Cool fun location. Explored the buildings and shops. Of course had ice cream Cloud cover this morning with some blue sky in between. Cool and breezy as well

Stationary cloud formation this morning up in Ferndale Wa Fascinating

Early summer + El Nino means early fall. You have all been warned.

The last couple of days have been a nice change of pace. Cool, comfortable and not covered in sweat. God takes care of his children.

I unfortunately looked at it Saturday cause the dog wanted to swim. Huge thunderstorm over north shore at that time.

One of those thunderheads just blew up over where I am in Mazama. Probably 10-20 flashes a minute with quite heavy rain and a bit of hail. I tried to capture some bolts with my camera, but I only got one blurry one before I had to retreat into my car due to the rain. Still going strong overhead.

Rhodies have peaked. The ones in the backyard really bloomed this year. The one in the front barely had any flowers.

This cloud formation is right on my doorstep

Fixed

Had no idea the Kraken were playing so early. Way too summery for hockey but they won! Game 7 coming up.

I remember when we used to just call them "high pressure systems." "Heat Dome" is one of those sciency-sounding terms that seem to have developed a kind of weird emotive resonance with the non-sciency pop culture crowd. Seems like it shows up in almost every weather and climate change story. "Polar Vortex" and "Atmospheric River" are a couple of others. I've seen nature shows on TV that give the term "Atmospheric River" a sort of mystical woo-woo quasi-religious significance. I remember when we just called them "Pacific storms," but that was before we knew much about them, and much of the modern technical understanding hadn't been developed yet.

It finally rained here! A tiny, but potent, cell popped over me late this afternoon. It quickly went from nothing to heavy rain, strong wind, and pea-size hail. I picked up 0.27" of rain.

Currently at Lake Tapps... perfect evening.

Down in Iowa for the weekend. Perfect weather with 80s and sun. Quick life update. Last Saturday my fiancee and I tied the knot! Officially married. We had a small backyard ceremony up at the MN home with family and a few close friends. The weather was perfect with low 70s and sunshine with light wind. It was a blessed day!

Commencement Bay today! Glacial flour making it down into the Sound. Kinda cool on this smoky day

No booms yet but a cool sky! Currently 67 degrees.

Scappoose looking east. Nice show!

89 degrees currently! Haven’t heard anything yet but my noise sensitive dog definitely knows it’s coming…

Just a friendly reminder to stay away from trees during a thunderstorm.

Congratulations, soldiers. We fought the good fight today and won. KSEA managed to avoid 90F today. That's worth a cold beer on the porch.

That 18z RGEM is actually really intriguing. It shows what looks like an outflow driven convective band from the SSW. Modest shear means fast tower buildups, if skies can remain clear. Very unusual convective meteorology on display tomorrow for western WA and OR. More akin to a continental climate.