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Saw some mountain goats yesterday up at Lake Colchuck. One was acting a little aggressive...

What a fantastic day! Broke in the new BBQ! Quickly cooling off this evening however.

This is unreal...Courtesy of Brian Schmidt

This place is a ghost town. Been going back through old threads from way before I joined. February, 2014 and December-January, 2016-17 are particularly enjoyable reads and bring back a lot of nostalgia from the last significant snow events we had here way back in 2017 (already feels like forever ago).

1.37” of rain and plenty of damage at my house.

Almost totally dry on the 12Z for Oregon

PDX could make a run at 85 today.

Cheering for wall to wall sunny and warm...

MPX removed all mention of thunder late this morning due to unfavorable conditions....and now it’s storming pretty good. The best thing about weather is that it might never be fully understood. Haha.

I've long known that large expanses of corn such as in the Midwest and areas of the southeast (corn and rice) can evap to moderate or enhance broad areas of climate or warming (increases nighttime lows) in the summer. Late June 2 years ago when I went out to Dauphin Island, AL, as soon as the sun hit the corn, you could literally see the vapor coming off of it. It was neat to see. In years like this one where there has been a copious amounts of rain, that's what I struggle with also out here in the hardwoods of eastern Oklahoma. Many decades ago, there weren't such vast expanses of high evap crops or such intricate irrigation systems in either of these areas but I've yet to find a study stating the contribution to us average temperatures from agriculture. Odd.

Glad to see Omaha getting a decent hit with heavy rain finally. We're getting some good stuff here too. Severe weather wise this was a bust, but the gust front delivered severe winds and can't ever complain about rain when we get it. Beggars can't be choosers in a dust bowl year like this. I have a bone or two to pick with multiple NWS offices, but I do that rant tomorrow. I think I'm done on here for the night. Hope you guys enjoyed seeing me talk to myself in here!

Departures after day 1. SEA: -1 OLM: -3 PDX: +1 CQT: 0 DEN: +12 DCA: +10

Thanks for the info WxStatsman! Will be checking out various states east of Rockies for dubious readings in the next few weeks.

Thanks for posting that! It sadly, reaffirms what I have feared. This will be a hell of a summer for the southern plains. I agree with the hurricane concerns as well. This is deadly heat and to hit in June is dificult to adjust to. Keep us in your forecasts guys ! Thanks

Looking that way. Wet June's are key to a slow fire season. Feast or famine I guess. Dry and fires or flooding, mudslides, and washouts. Lake Okanagan is at record levels and still rising.