The Swamp

The fires are bad. I get that. Some burning/fires is normal and natural and needed. There will be a flip side of this coin. Hopefully life and property are spared.

It's great for this year but don't you think all this rain and cool weather will just provide more fuel for next year? What then?

What a day today. It rained pretty hard here in The Swamp. Not sure if it was localized or what. The in laws live out on Meridian and said it just sprinkled. Let me tell you something, it rained like a mo fo here for quite a while. Like a cold November rain. Sure was nice having a few nice summer days though.

Maybe Tim IS Cliff Mass?

Can we please get some soaking rain for the 4th? My god everything is so warm dry sunny and summer like. Fingers crossed.

Looks like Eastern Washington is going to roast. 90° on tap.

ECMWF is all over the map as to how this pattern eventually breaks down. This morning it had the low centered over Oregon. 12z has it coming in north of Washington. Probably end up passing well to our north and just adds some cooling but no rain. Fingers crossed.

We may have a few nice days but me thinks around the 29th that low just sits over Oregon and probably gives us more clouds and gray while the rest of the country basks in glorious summer weather.

Never fear the ECMWF comes to the rescue around the 29th.

yeah, but that's the GFS

The ECMWF definitely wants that ULL to start crashing the party about the 28th or 29th. If the timing were to speed up then perhaps we get back to building higher heights for the 4th of July. GFS is off in it's own world and has the low centered over Minnesota. Man it's performance has be awful. American made.

Headed to Chelan in a couple weeks. Probably have a few nice days and then back to shitty clouds and rain before the 4th.

I must have missed something? A refresh of below normal temps? We haven't had a single sunny stretch in almost two months and certainly no one on this blog would say we've been anywhere near normal or even above. Are you jinxing an upcoming dry and warm stretch? I've seen how you jinx things in the winter. Delete your post........LOL!

yeah, that's not gonna last - give it a day or two for the clouds to be added and some rain

Dumping rain in the swamp.

The pattern we have been in for what seems like an eternity will eventually ease and some nice summer weather will take hold. It will feel like a much shorter summer this year though as we have lost so many potential days with 70's and sun to endless clouds and extremely wet weather. A very strange pattern we've been in for sure.

I can get behind this statement 100%.

What do you think someone saying Climate Change is? It's a very political word and phrase. I was just updating on the new terminology.

Just canceled my trip to Yellowstone and Jackson. I guess they had a 1000 year rainstorm that washed out all the roads in the northern loop of the park. Thank god for good cancellation polices. But D**n, have you seen the video. Some serious damage to the roads. Wow!

It's not Climate Change anymore. The new slogan is Climate Crisis from the lefties.

Mother Nature is doing it's part in the PNW to thwart "climate crisis". Hell, maybe the forest fires start a month later this year? I don't know but I doubt what we are going through now will have much affect on anything. Living through a historical moment. Let it rain man. Let's break some D**n records so I can tell my grandkids some day about that one spring where it rained for three straight months. Weeeeeeeeee!

I’ve had to cut my grass so many more times this year with all the rain. That only increases my contribution to the “climate crisis” firing up the gas mower. Learned this new phrase a week ago. Global warming no more. Now it’s Climate Crisis. Is it gonna rain soon? Been dry all day D**n it. We need more rain.

Let's set a record baby. Let it rain! And I wonder, still I wonder, who'lllllll stop the raaiiiinnnnnnnn?

I appreciate the info. I did not know that. Thank you.