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Hiked Mailbox Peak today.

I find it incredibly ironic that someone is putting the fork into this summer while that said someone would be in absolute upheaval if anyone put a fork into winter on December 4th. Oh the irony!

It’s June 3rd? That’s like sticking a fork in Winter on December 3rd.

Wearing the memory goggles

Dumping rain in downtown Portland right now. 60 degrees. Stayed dry for most of the parade though.

Dumping rain here…0.31” so far tonight…will probably be close to average for the month by midnight. Foggy heavy rain and 60 degrees gotta love it.

For those keeping track, the trees/shrubs are finally leafing out here! Very humid and damp day here today right along with the rest of the Northwest. Currently 49F and raining.

Uhhh

Some great rain showers throughout the region!

A bit wet at times but the fish were biting.

I’m just glad the city isn’t starting to turn brown by May 15th for once. May be lush and fire-free into July at this rate.

I imagine that is the place to be in a snowstorm.

The first time I experienced shelf/roll clouds

Omg the 12z was wet!!!

If it’s going to rain this much we may as well set records lol. Almost everyone I talk to IRL hates this pattern so it’s nice to be on a forum with those that can appreciate it. I would prefer some drier periods mixed in but it is what it is.

Wow 18z shows about 7.1" here. I will say it is a bit of an outlier versus the ensembles when it comes to precip... On the other hand, any signs of warmth are fading quickly from the ensembles.

NASCAR Xfinity Series is racing down in Portland. First NASCAR race among the top three divisions since the Trucks raced in the 90s. Excellent race so far, pouring down rain! Typical Pacific Northwest weather! So pumped! Hope NASCAR keeps coming back or gets a track up here someday. As for me, beautiful day. Cold, cool, ocean breezes, overcast! Good day!

Fish must be biting this morning.

I was looking at May PDO. It was like the 4th most negative in May since the 1890s. Only 1999, 1964, 1950, and 1910 were lower since 1894. There was an incredibly negative PDO stretch in the early 1890s.

The following work week looks active and wet across the majority of our C/S Sub...quite the cut-off from N/S across the IA/MN border per the 0z Euro... Not quite with the 0z GFS... Next weekend will feature a +PNA pattern which usually sets up a NW Flow Pattern and that is what will happen. Unusually chilly air will be draped across our entire Sub, all awhile, a Monster 591dm SW Ridge fires up insane Heat for the SW. This is brutal heat and likely will prompt Heat Warnings for next weekend.

I’d jump on board but unfortunately my weather.com app only goes out to day 29. Might have to wait until tomorrow

We say 17.5 inches that event (in my front yard)-- definitely the it spot for snow in the Portland area. Sucks though for accessibility when it does get snow or icy, certainly a double-edged sword.

63/54 day here, mostly cloudy with rain at times. Have only picked up about .15” so far, but there are some pretty heavy echoes moving up from the south. Looking like a wet evening for the starlight parade. Some great model trends today too.

This guy gets a weenie tag for mowing the lawn during a tornado.

I was so hoping you’d see this

July 2016 is the bar for a “bad summer” now? Man there’s going to be some serious whiplash if another 1983 or 1993 happens anytime soon. Not that I want a repeat of those two… just saying, lol

I think we are going to break the June rainfall record by June 20th. Looks really juicy and wet coming up. Yay trees!

We may have to send Jim away for preference conversion therapy.

It’s all going to be okay.

00z GFS is still crazy wet

It's actually wetter than the 18z for next weekend.

#reddingisthenewpasco

0.48” of rain on the day, but overall not a bad evening. Light rain and 55, getting a few outdoor chores done and it feels quite pleasant.

Next weekend rain totals on the 12z Euro...I wouldn't go east if I were you. Head south to Shasta or something!

There’s a thin layer of fog on the water tonight. Haven’t seen that before.

If 18z verified they better lift the fireworks ban for the Fourth of July!!!

It definitely was in January 2017, some places in the West Hills saw 18+ inches I think.

Yeah plenty of mountains within the Spokane metro area. Portland city limits even peak at about 1200’ in the West Hills.

18z was truly awesome.

I’ve seen a 28°F low in Sunriver in July before. But sometimes I forget that Eastern WA is generally much lower than central/eastern OR and NE CA. Waterville (Jim!) is the highest city in WA and it’s at only 2600’. We have a lot of towns above 4k and some even up to 5k with places like Chemult at 4700’ and Lakeview at 4800’. Generally not too many above 5k I think until you get down to Reno metro.

Looks like it’s going to be raining soon. I really get the feeling we’re gonna break the June rainfall record at my location this month. Unless the faucet just shuts off like it has the last couple of years in the second half of the month which I get the feeling isn’t gonna happen this year. We need another 1.87” which I think we will get.

Welcome to the Jungle....

Worst case scenario would be a sudden flip to hot right afterwards and a rapid simultaneous snowmelt on all the major watersheds. Historically that's how we see the biggest flooding on the biggest rivers.

Summer 2016 was sooooo cold.

July 2016 was pretty close to 1991-2020 normals, on the coolish side most places. We had some pretty big heatwaves in august 2016 though. Today’s record high at SLE is 99 set during a fairly brief but impressive heatwave in... 2016.

Left at 3:30am to beat the crowd, got there at 4:45, sumitted at 7:45. Very good intuition! My knees are jello.

But you have to account for warmer global SSTAs as well. Because *differential heating* is how ENSO influences global circulation. So the 2022 ENSO is in all likelihood stronger than 1999 was at this point in time.

Looks like we are putting a fork in summer lake fun this season.