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Man its been a while since there has been one of these multipage preference wars/I'm right you are wrong wars. LOL!

I fuckking love the PNW rain or shine, this place is beautiful as all hell. Our climate isn't for everyone, but it's the whole reason this varied biome is even imbued with the wonderful scenery it has; its clean air, Douglas Firs, vibrant mycobiome, abundant fauna, plentiful edible plants, natural rivers and estuaries, and alpine lakes and glaciers. And it's certainly not worth fighting and throwing pot shots at one another. I feel like I'm the 50th one to say this in the history of this niche microcommunity, but seriously, can't we just sit back and enjoy the privelege we all share in living here and embrace it? 2015 or 1955, this place is a goddamn paradise.

Down to 38 now, low for the day so far. Best dynamics with the trough going a little south of here, so we may be just to far north for snow. Central Oregon Coast Range and Lane County foothills under a winter weather advisory above 1500’.

Since I woke up to the moment I typed this, it has rained non-stop all day. Heavy rain and normal rain. Even hail! It has been raining almost non-stop since Friday and it's wonderful! Here are some heavy rain and hail vids. Second one has hail pounding the sunlight window. Absolutely pouring! I can't believe that this amount of rain is coming down! It feels and looks like late fall or winter! 45F!! also had two instances of rolling thunder! It was very loud and rumbled a long time. 1512623768_2022-05-0710_58_53.mp4 728895862_2022-05-0711_00_06.mp4

Just had another Hail storm, some marble sized

I wouldn't trade our climate for anything (well, okay I'd take 2 more feet of annual sea level snowfall in the winter). I'm really into glaciers (and mountains and sunsets and forest and lakes and tall trees and more) and our cool weather with abundant precipitation is the reason that we have the only real glaciers in the lower 48. Sure there are a couple piddly ones in MT, ID, OR, and CA (excluding the somewhat larger ones on the volcanoes), but it's only in WA that we have in my opinion what is a truly alpine feeling landscape. And as compared to some of the areas further north with glaciers, we usually have at least a couple months every year to reliable get out and see/explore them. What a place to live!

Thankfully the control run is an outlier. Maybe we’ll finally get a summer without western death ridges.

Thought I’d come back to post this. 11” of new snow at Timberline so far and it’s going hard. Deep snow warnings on the website. Have no reason to believe it’s not powder. Spring passholders getting some real value!

Cool

Right. Because we all know that light beer does not taste great.

Perfect weather today. Low 70s sun and light wind. Upper 80s all next week with isolated storms! Des Moines NWS says we should finally be out of the cold and dreary weather for the rest of the spring.

Could end up being one of the snowiest April/May combos on record for much of the Oregon/WA Cascades. I know Mount Baker had record snowfall with like 140" for April and I find it hard to imagine that it also wasn't close to record for the Oregon Cascades as well. And May has been remarkable as well.

Reality starting to set in for some...

Bruh I didn’t say anything about a drought…just like seeing records break there’s no drought here. I get it your grapes and garden are dying none of us can control it.

Well, as was the case several other times this season, Sky Harbor missed the century mark by 1 degree yesterday (99F). We will try one more time today and then will have to prob wait till next weekend when a much stronger SW ridge builds into the region. A significant "cool" down is heading for the valley early next week with temps in the 80's. It's funny saying "cool" when those kinda temps are summer-like. Last night, I ventured out to Scottsdale with an old friend of mine to celebrate his 40th B Day. It was a gorgeous evening and the city was busy with all sorts of people out 'n about.

Looking like a nice shot of late season snow for the Cascades tonight through Monday. Some padding to the seasonal totals and should help make up for the very dry and sunny mid January through mid February period up there this year

Pretty sure I don't want to wade into this, but I found this interesting map quantifying "gloom" or "dreariness." From Brian Brettschneider like usual.

It’s been a blast…body a bit tired from all the hiking but so worth it. Been conditioning for this for a while and so far so good. 4Runner has had some exercise as well! Also found this cool flash flood spot ( better then Universal a studios…lol!).

The wide c-zone around Everett has been crazy persistent. Its still dumping in the same places we drove through about 10 hours ago.

Under a Winter Weather Advisory here. Expecting 6-12" of snowfall from tomorrow morning through Monday morning. Trees/shrubs are still completely dormant so thankfully we shouldn't have any sort of damage. Our grass is officially awake and green again though! Lows look to drop into the teens on Tuesday morning. Records are in the low 20's next week so definitely possible that some record lows could fall. Snowfall bullseye looks to be centered right over Gallatin County.

Pea sized hail? Happens quite frequently in the spring. Happened on probably 15 days in April alone. I don't even pay attention to it. Never does damage or bother anything. It's always pea sized and happens when it's cold. Can't ever remember any hail when it was warm and humid even when we get a rare thunderstorm in the summer. That is always when I saw hail growing up in MN... on warm summer days.

Pretty wild. Has to be one of the coldest first weeks of May in awhile. Pretty chilly year to date so far for much of the country.

We drove through it... and was going to mention that I hope you were getting rain since it never rains there! It went from 58 and sunny in Bellevue to 46 in Bothell and 42 in downtown Everett with torrential rain. The sun came out again right when we passed Randy's "office".

funnel clouds and a tornado in the Spokane area last night, wild weather. also got woke up by a hail storm at about 3am this morning

Interesting what the link to the article started.

Heat Advisories are in place for Texas, the Cockroach Death Ridge is starting to develop in the Southern Plains . . .

The latest drought monitor shows much more rain is needed in Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas. The 10 day from the CPC shows more help coming for Nebraska but conditions will worsen for Texas.

I'm looking at perfect weather today with sunshine and light winds and a high of 72. Another nice day tomorrow and then the heat is on next week, near record highs are possible Tuesday through Thursday with highs in the low 90s.

Average annual cloudiness. Western WA and the NH mountains take the jackpot.

Checking in on the wet PNW! 1.32 for the month and currently 50* I’m currently situated in Montrose Colorado….never heard of the place or the Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park. So I went! Photographs do not capture the sheer depth of this canyon! Yikes 71* currently and sunburn a bit

Not sure. Didn't have one last year, that's for sure. We also didn't have any snow left on the low mountains in May in my area, and there's still plenty on Mt. Stickney.

Been through several rounds of hail today. Started around 9 am, had another a few hours later, then had another around 4. Very active day, and I don't think we reached 45.

Major dumpage and 39 degrees. Merry Christmas!

Can't beat this weather tonight up in the TC. Upper 60s and partly cloudy with a light breeze. Late dinner tonight. Out on the patio with sirloins, sweetcorn and veggies over the charcoals. And a cold one. The neighborhood was lit up today with people out walking their dogs and enjoying the great weather. Well deserving after the long stretch of miserable weather.

Moving forward temps look to remain cool, but I think we are done with the constant deluges.

Yea but it seemed to really escalate the past 24 hours or so...LOL!

Nice improvement in the 12z EPS for week-2.

Correct. Just give me a fresh amber out of the keg and I'm good. I used to love Pelican's but they only have it at the pub and tap-room now.

47 and socked in here still. Rain mostly confined to the foothills.

Sadly, it’s time for the pressure cooker to start to rattle down here. We’ve had quite a time down here from the killer cold a couple yrs ago to heat. Our power people are sending warnings about brown outs and power outages. Wtf is wrong with these people. ANY moron knows population has exploded so yeah, power demand will be up. Duh. Currently overcast. 70* High of 94* today. Humidity 60%. Yeah. Moving into summer pretty quick.

And the Snoqualmie Valley up against the Cascade foothills is way wetter and cloudier than Seattle obviously. Probably closer to the west slopes of the Olympics. The rain/cloud shadow effect drops off quickly moving east from the Seattle metro

The official H/L at Grand Rapids yesterday was 60/44. I live just NW of Grand Rapids and I was on the NW edge of the rain fall yesterday and I recorded 0.09" of rain while the airport had 0.17" of rain while areas to the south received more such as Kalamazoo were 0.60" fell. There will be a chance of some frost on Sunday morning but then it looks to be the start of the 2022 growing season. We are in the 2022 growing season. Well let’s hope we are done with killing frost for this year different areas have much different planting times. In Michigan we have cold winters and sometimes late springs, depending on which part of the state you live in. Timing for warm-season, cool-season, and tender crops in a Michigan varies greatly and relies heavily on soil temperature and frost dates. For the start of the growing season we have to know what date on average do you have the last 32° reading. Here is a list of some of the last 32 days in our area with the average date, the earliest date and the latest date. Grand Rapids May 1st April 6, 1925, latest June 4th 1945. Lansing average May 11th April 8, 1886, July 15, 1863. Since 1900 the dates are May 8, April 12, 1952 and June 11, 1972. At Muskegon the average in May 4th the earliest is April 9, 1987 and the latest is June 22, 1992. At Holland the dates are May 6th April 13,1916 and June 11, 1972. At Kalamazoo the dates are May 3rd April 8,1896 and May 27, 1993. So for the most part we are now past the average last 32 date and way past the earliest. Not all vegetable crops require the same season or temperatures to grow. Warm-season crops are those that grow best during the warmer parts of the season. These include sweet corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and melons. All of these are tender crops that are susceptible to frost damage or even death by frost. Cool-season vegetables, on the other hand, prefer the cooler temperatures of fall and spring. Many are frost-tolerant, some to temperatures as low as 20. Onions, peas, spinach, leafy lettuces are all cool-season vegetables. Many cool-season vegetables can handle planting times as early as the soil thaws and is workable, usually late March through early April in southern Michigan and three weeks later in the most northern parts. Tender, warm-season crops, however, require much warmer soil temperatures and must wait until the danger of frost has passed. Planting on Memorial Day is a good rule of thumb, but frost dangers occur frequently throughout much of Michigan in spring. If you plant around mid to late May, keep an eye on the weather forecast and cover your seedlings or transplants. If there is a low below 40 in the forecast or a frost advisory is issued. Checking the soil temperature helps ensure your ground is ready for various types of seeds. Different crops grow best at different soil temperatures. Tomatoes and corn need a soil temperature of 55 or better. Cold-tolerant crops will germinate and grow at a soil temperature of around 45 degrees. We will have a rapid leaf growth in the next week and by next weekend we should have most trees fully leaf out. The rest of the month we will have to keep a eye on any nights that are clear and cool

Even this last decade of "hot summers" down in Eugene would be a godsend for a large majority of the populated US. Most other places have to regularly contend with 80°F DP's or (god forbid 'and') air temps in the 100s. Aside from late June and mid August, the weather was just normal hot down there; 88-95 and dry as all hell. Bad for fires, great for an escape from NOLA or Phoenix.

In plenty of summers this area has some of the most pleasant weather on the entire planet so there's that.

Western-WA is cloudier than the majority of the country 10 out of 12 months in the year. Lowest annual UV index of anywhere else in the lower-48. It’s a very cloudy climate. That’s just a fact.

June is also very cloudy in western WA.

Still the cloudiest climate in the country in April/May.

I guess it’s been raining so much Tim’s sarcasm meter is THIS much

It's in the Mid-90s right now in Orlando, the Tropical Humidity is making it worse . . .