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7 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:
That's a lot to ask for in this climate.
The Puget sound area and central Oregon are wildly different climates.
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4 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:
Yeah I honestly don’t mind the ridging and warmth in the summer as long as it’s not extremely hot like 90+ and as long as there is a decent rain every couple of weeks. Once I’m acclimated to 80 degree temps it’s really not that bad.
I’m even ok with 90+ as long as it comes in 3-4 day spurts or so. With buffers of marine layer days and highs in the 70s. Throw a cutoff low t-storm pattern in there followed up by some deep marine layer drizzle to keep the fire threat down. Dynamic summers can be fun and enjoyable.
The 7-12 day spells of stagnant, smoky heat with even the lows barely getting below 65 for days on end are pretty awful though. But maybe we just need to learn to embrace them if they’re a new part of our climate.
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7 minutes ago, T-Town said:
I like warmth and ridging in the summertime. It’s just a little early to flip that switch to on.
So do I. Although I like said warmth and ridging broken up with marine layer days and maybe even some rain every 2-3 weeks. But even heatwaves can be fun as long as they aren’t June 2021, July 2022 or August 2023 repeats.
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1 hour ago, Front Ranger said:
I mean, we can go with PDX records are all that matter if you want. But you yourself have many times pointed out how unrepresentative the airport is of your area and much of the metro. Thought that was something we agreed on.
I do agree overall, but I’m still going to refer to the major recordkeeping station in my area. Don’t need someone chasing me around with and asterisk every time I mention a stat there without typing up a disclaimer
And it’s not like last May was cold everywhere else. It was hot and dry regionally.
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18z sure looked nice. Let’s hope the models flip back some. Worth noting the EPS hasn’t really been on board for some of the crazy ridging the GFS has been showing at times the last 24 hours.
The 12z Euro was ridgier in the 6-10 day range than past runs, though.
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10 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:
The point was you say "we" saw a record hot May in 2023, but it was far from the whole metro - just PDX. Some months have been legit record hot across the whole area, but that wasn't one of them.
Obviously it was very dry and warm, but the whole record month thing doesn't hold as much weight when it's a station seeing 50% more of them than other places.
Sounds like nitpicking to me.
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Looks like PDX is up to 60 after going one entire day without hitting it.
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47 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:
Not sure how many on here live at PDX, but I do know that last May was not record warm such places as downtown Portland, Vancouver, and Battle Ground.
As usual, what is your point? It was still a hot and dry May, and now we’re looking at the possibility of another one.
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We would have a solid head start on an all-time record warm May if the 12z GFS verified. Been awhile since our last one, almost a whole year!
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Just now, GHweatherChris said:
Not funny
Is she ever?
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Shaky ensemble support, but it’s ridging so it’ll probably happen.
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4 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:
I wouldn't call mostly 0 to +2 with pockets of 0 to -2 moderately above normal across the board. It's not perfectly average, but this spring has been pretty darn close for most lowland locations.
And that will be even more the case by Tuesday.
I see a lot more yellow on that map than I do green for OR/WA. Seems pretty straightforward. Now let’s spend the next four hours debating it.
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4 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:
No one has said it’s been a wall to wall blowtorch. But as that map shows, it’s been moderately above normal across the board. And we have had some significant ridging events, mid-March being the most notable.
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Looks like some models want to immediately return us to a regime dominated by ridging, much like we saw in the mid-March to mid-April timeframe. Would be par for the course. Was hoping this cool and wet pattern would have a little more lasting power, but that’s asking a lot these days.
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Ended up with a 54/49 spread yesterday. Light to moderate rain at times much of the day, with little in the way of sunbreaks.
Ended up with close to .70” on the day.
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56 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:
Calling it right now. SLE will pull off a below normal April, making it three in a row.
PDX will NOT.
In this case, SLE will be the outlier, since most other station in NW Oregon/SW WA should end up above average for the month.
Glad you have identified an Olympia, Oregon though!
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19 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:
we haven't gotten a single drop over here, will be turning on sprinklers on Saturday
Sometimes I’d swear the whole eastern half of the state was in some sort of giant rain shadow.
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2 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:
So gross. You win
I’m gonna go ahead and call this post the @Frontal Snowsquall food pyramid.
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23 minutes ago, YahRaEl said:
Anyone feel different since the April 8th Solar Eclipse or is it just me???
That wasn’t the moon. That was the People’s Mothership, piloted by Hillary Clinton and her crew of transgender lizard people, blocking out the sun just long enough to zap us all with a fresh batch of 7G. If you think that was the moon you’re just letting big astronomy guide you around by the nose.
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It’s been a beautiful day here. Steady moderate to light rain since sunrise with a high of just 54 so far. Have picked up close to .60” of precip. Looks and smells great out there.
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10 minutes ago, Phil said:
wtf is that? It looks like a cake made of salmon with guacamole icing.
One of the pleasures of life
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Wow, new page already. I got this one @Frontal Snowsquall Looks so good
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April 2024 Weather in the PNW
in West of the Rockies
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Just had some incredibly heavy rain move over. Picked up close to 1/2” in 5 minutes. 52 degrees currently.
Ended up with a 59/49 spread here today. Partly to mostly cloudy and breezy with showers at times.