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  1. Thought some of you here might enjoy this so I'll post this photo of the severe warned storm that tracked right over my house this afternoon. Awesome structure and hail color which resulted in nickel size hail and strong winds. Lots of damaged cars this afternoon... http://i63.tinypic.com/ogc4eu.jpg
    6 points
  2. Cool shot of the rain shafts coming across the Sound - view from Alki.
    4 points
  3. I chased Memorial Day down in Kansas. The original plan when I left the house was to go to eastern Colorado, but on the way there I took a slight detour to check out the storms that were already in north central Kansas by late morning. I figured those would eventually move on and I could continue to the west. However, they kept redeveloping and strengthening and eventually the SPC put out a tornado watch from these storms onto the west into eastern Colorado. Unfortunately for me this day, I had my car and wasn't in my chase partner's truck so that meant trying to avoid the hail at all costs. I ended up being on the east side of the storms in Kansas along I-70 and was basically stuck there as the storms kept developing and forming over the interstate with large hail. I finally had to make a break for it after almost an hour, and made it through the storms unscathed despite some hail. At this point the landspout fest was on in Colorado and I was still an hour away. However, as I at least initially tried to get to Colorado, I met this fast moving left mover that crossed the highway in front of me. One of the cooler looking storms I've ever seen and it even managed to drop golf ball sized hail in front of me. Looking back, I'm glad I had my car on this trip as that night when i was heading home and had to avoid the frickin SEMI that was in the middle of the interstate, having my little Nissan Altima made it easier to swerve than the big Nissan 4Runner that my chase partner and I normally take. So I missed the landspouts, but lived to see another day.
    4 points
  4. When Tim and I agree on something, it’s probably a safe bet that you’re wrong. Just saying.
    2 points
  5. Just like clockwork, the Arctic ice preservation pattern is getting underway. Here's to another good summer up there. Ice melt enthusiasts are starting to get disappointed again. http://sites.uci.edu/zlabe/arctic-temperatures/ It seems backwards to me when the apocalyptic people actually want to see a period like 2007-2012 up there again.
    2 points
  6. I knew we got hit pretty good here. Ended up with 3.00” and multiple roads and underpasses flooded. Crazy part is the majority of that rain fell in under an hour. Really hoping going forward we can get some “normal” rains instead of these deluges we’ve experienced this month.
    2 points
  7. Interestingly, 1956 is the only year on record where June was cooler than May at PDX. And it did that by a whopping .02 of a degree, so they were virtually equal. We'll see. If Phil's epic-mega-blast-Juneuary-of-the-millennium stretch verifies then it may very well happen again!
    1 point
  8. That's a fairly broad and run of the mill trough, with the most significant height anomalies well to our SE.
    1 point
  9. Satan doesn't control the weather, silly, you and Tim do. Wait a second.....
    1 point
  10. I'm guessing I now belong in this forum. Moved to Rupert Idaho just over a month ago. The thunderstorms have been amazing. Yesterday and today have been quite active. Had an amazing cloud pass over Saturday. I was told it was a shelf cloud. Very cool looking! I got an awesome picture but can't figure out how to load it here. I've read how to in the past on the Northwest forum but can't remember. Got it loaded on the Fox 12 blog a few days ago though!
    1 point
  11. If the HPRCC maps show a below normal June for most of the region on the 20th, I give you a passing grade.
    1 point
  12. It’s still raining here, which is nice. Have picked up about 0.05”, which is five times more than PDX.
    1 point
  13. Well at least Sunday is trending drier. Crippling drought still on the table. Count the little victories.
    1 point
  14. Speaking of Mt. Hood, it snowed down to Timberline today. You can see a little dusting on the roof:
    1 point
  15. What hurts the most about this is the month of May is by far our rainiest month climatology speaking... this spells some significant trouble down the line if June-August are even below or just slightly below normal precipation-wise and normal to above normal temperature-wise. It’s even more ridiculous seeing areas in the Midwest that have gotten absolutely dumped on lately, while we are begging for any type of widespread moderate rain around Eastern Nebraska.
    1 point
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  17. Here’s to a June full of 2-3 day per week rains from midnight to 3am, sunny daytime hours, pleasant evenings, and a 3 day record breaking heatwave mixed in!
    1 point
  18. Carl Spackler must have moved to Richland. http://komonews.com/news/local/man-trying-to-torch-gophers-ignites-20-acre-fire-in-e-wash-neighborhood
    1 point
  19. Not in Oregon! You could always move here.
    1 point
  20. That's crazy. Don't know if I've experienced rain rates quite that high in the Midwest. Nice 70 degree dew points there!
    1 point
  21. That's more rain than we've seen all DAY!
    1 point
  22. You are twisting it up to be bigger than it is, though. We should all know by now Phil is a broad stroke guy. He does a great job with major features, which is about the best you can expect weeks in advance.
    1 point
  23. Tbh, I sort of went time traveling last night, and I’m not all the way back yet. I’m sorry if I’m being a bigger d**k than I realize.
    1 point
  24. If I were you I'd always be so happy in the weather department. Couldn't imagine what it's like to look at the models and always see them trend your way.
    1 point
  25. You have got to be one of the most consistently level headed and positive posters here. Kudos.
    1 point
  26. OT, I just recorded a truly insane downpour, one of the craziest I’ve ever seen. Dumped 2.25” of rain in 15mins, about 1.8” in 10mins. The 5min rainfall rate approached a foot/hr, and the absolute maximum was almost 20”/hr.
    1 point
  27. #WarmAndRidgy GEFS D1-5/D5-10. EPS D1-5/D5-10/D10-15. Warm-up days 5-8, sandwiched in between rounds of troughing:
    1 point
  28. High of 93 coming, may break out my parka! Cool front baby!
    1 point
  29. It's also been WAAAAAAAAAY cooler in the past, too.
    1 point
  30. Showers incoming up this way too. Cool - only 62 at 3:30.
    1 point
  31. I see Nanaimo is reporting a thunderstorm, which isn’t too far from where I’m at in Duncan currently.
    1 point
  32. Sunny. Nice day. I’m not sure if any stations keep stats on hours of sunshine around southern Vancouver Island, but I can’t imagine this month not being a record.
    1 point
  33. FWIW, here is the latest 12z EPS 15 day PNA forecast. There's a strong signal for some ridging to return next week but it doesn't last long as a troughier pattern returns.
    1 point
  34. http://mp1.met.psu.edu/~fxg1/NARR/1985/us0606.php
    1 point
  35. Just had nickel size hail roll through with our first storm of the day. Severe Thunderstorm Watch just issued: "URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 140 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 150 PM MDT Thu May 31 2018 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Montana * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until 1000 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to develop this afternoon, initially across western and southern Montana, and spread east-northeastward through late afternoon and evening. Strong shear and a very moist environment will support the potential for large hail and damaging winds. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles northwest of Butte MT to 25 miles southeast of Miles City MT. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update"
    1 point
  36. Phil drops a d****** truth bomb from well above above the fray!
    1 point
  37. Love how the one dog initially moves in for a closer look, while the other one immediately flees in terror.
    1 point
  38. Cliff Mass posted about a dust devil/whirlwind on Lake Sammamish on Monday. Pretty cool video. http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/
    1 point
  39. It'll be interesting to see if there will be any weather-related words on the spelling bee finals right now on ESPN8 The Ocho (ESPNU)
    1 point
  40. You can have a year that is technically wetter than normal, with the precip anomalies bunched up in one half of the year, and still have very long, abnormal warm season drought. That has happened a handful of years recently, especially down here. A near unprecedented run of hot and dry summers.
    1 point
  41. It might take a lot of that for some here to get through the rest of the warm season...
    1 point
  42. We did it...Chicago just experienced it's wettest May on record with 8.21" of rain. Yesterday's rainfall out in the western burbs was what you'd expect from a subtropical storm. Meantime, I'm going to enjoy the dry and seasonal weather starting tomorrow...one more day of running the A/C today with temps approaching near 90F and humid. Friday could be a bit chilly near the lake...interesting to note, that on the graphic below, the year ('78) had an ENSO neutral summer, which ended up having a weak Nino for the following Winter.
    1 point
  43. I saw a billboard today and it said. “Please Mother Nature, send us some rain”
    1 point
  44. Very heavy cell hit. Yard flooded, power flickered, house shaking thunder.
    1 point
  45. That's what I thought this pic was from when I first saw it. Serious Stovepipes right there!
    1 point
  46. Hate to say it to ya but take this central CONUS ridge up and drop it off in the PNW or the west on your way there if you don't mind buddy.
    1 point
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