snow drift

28 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

Is that a November map?  

11 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

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

It wasn't bad. I experienced 1983 and 1993. 1993 was awful. July 1986 was miserable, too. There's nothing like wearing a winter coat on the 4th of July. You should try it. All those years had warmth in May.

6 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

How many top warm months or warmest months on record have they seen in the spring and summer in recent years?

April and May this year were top tier cold after a la niña winter. Hence my listing of 1984, 1996, 2008, 2011, and 2012. I'm focusing on years I experienced. I could be here all day listing years otherwise. July 1981(4th coldest), 1983(7th coldest), 1986(2nd coldest), 1987(15th coldest), 1992, and 1993(coldest)were all colder than average. Every May preceding those Julys was average or warmer than average except 1981. The three warmest summers on record are 2021, 2015, and 1998. I experienced the 2nd coldest winter in 1978-79. 1948-49 is the coldest. The five coldest years are 1985, 1955, 1964, 1996, and 1993. I experienced 3/5. Honestly, I'm usually more concerned about a warmer than average May. 2016 is a good example. July was colder than average that year. You pay for a warm May. Without a doubt, we have seen a lot of warm springs over the past decade. It had to change eventually. Keep in mind, a cooler spring doesn't necessarily lead to a cooler July-August.

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

1984 is something to hang some hope on.  That year was pretty ugly in May and June.

1984 was a mess. It's the 3rd coldest May in Spokane. 1996 is the 2nd coldest. 1991 was the coldest June on record. 

49 minutes ago, MossMan said:

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

1984, 1991(not a la niña), 1996, 2008, 2011, and 2012 all worked out in July and August. There is still hope.

17 minutes ago, Timmy Supercell said:

The entire week after Winter Break in '04 was off to kids at the Beaverton School District. Same with the whole week before Break in Dec 2008. Same district, but different school. 

The feeling I had hopping out of bed to watch the ticker tape on the television listing schools was pretty fun.

Every kid's dream..

I'm always amazed how tornadoes can find the lone trailer park in a mega metropolis of thousands of houses.🌪

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I think they meant it busted in a positive direction. 

I like busts in a positive direction.

We had two tornadoes spawn from a thunderstorm in early May. The storm was rather vanilla. It featured a few rumbles of thunder and some rain. The two tornadoes caught everyone by surprise, but they were only little guys. They were both rated at F0. They were so cute though. When they get bigger, they plan on moving to Kansas or Oklahoma.

1 minute ago, BLI snowman said:

We thank you. Since immediately following, that winter flipped to Nino split flow death, and they had to pump in artificial snow during the Vancouver Olympics while Phil's driveway turned into a Black Diamond ski run  

It reached 32@KGEG on the 29th. It was pretty marginal. January was a split flow fiesta.🌶🏜 ¡Ole!

Severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Lewiston. A flash flood warning has been issued for the area just north of Grand Coulee Dam.

2 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

That was a classic gorge fueled event. All rain from Salem-south and Longview-north, but we had just enough depth with a little cold pool to stay snow for the PDX metro. It was an overrunning event that occurred on the back end of a little inversion during the heart of the season.

Sent you some high octane cold via the KGEG-PDX express.

1 minute ago, Kayla said:

Incoming! Decent chance I get hit by my second severe warned storm of the season with this one.

Score

5 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

Just found this: https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/paststorms/20091229/dec2009_snowpns.txt

Some places like Hillsboro had 5 inches apparently! 

I remember the Portland NWS issued a WSW for parts of the area. I saw it on the news.

PDX picked up 2.5 inches of snow on 12/29/2009. Good stuff.

2 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

I've heard of a snow event in late December 2009 that seems to have been a big bust, did the models not catch on or was it something to do with the forecasting?

I recall Portland having a nice little surprise snow event in December 2009. It caught many of the forecasters by surprise.

3 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Cold January!

That winter was a fascinating case study in the basic timeline of our inversion season in the PNW. Check out Pendleton's temps that winter. It was thoroughly ridgy basically the whole way through. But the cold/foggy ridging turned on a dime in the 2nd week of February and never looked back, flipping literally overnight to warm/sunny ridging on the 9th of February.

This year was kind of similar. January was a classic inversion. In February it broke due to the higher February sun angle. After that it was intensely sunny. I can't recall a sunnier February. February is normally one of our gloomier months.

4 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

It's the worst feeling watching it all drift away!

Just like winter when snow is all around but there is a giant hole at your location.

2 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

Omak to Oroville look to be the big winners.

5 minutes ago, T-Town said:

We’re not doing observations today. Just arguing. Please keep up. 

I don't know if this is an advanced rhetoric forum or a weather forum. I'm so confused.

1 minute ago, RentonHillTC said:

Pouring here but seems like the action is mostly in okanogan highlands to the east today. Up to 3.62 inches so far YTD which is more than I recall having all of last year?? Of course it’s not the best at measuring snow melt but I think we only went into summer with 1.5 or something 

You must be in Twisp. 

Currently 73 with the sun trying to break through the thick cloud shield.

8 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

From January 21 to February 18, SEA had an astoudingly low 5 days with measurable rainfall, during one of the wettest stretches of the year!

This broke the previous record low of 8 days set in the infamously dry winter of 1977. 

Wow!

1977 was a +PNA snoozer.

1 minute ago, MV_snow said:

I think overall, everyone on this forum would be happier if all the WA posters moved to OR and vise versa. Especially with the N/S gradient we’ve seen in recent years. There are some exceptions of course; while some WA posters like troughy patterns in the spring and summer, I think every single OR poster likes troughy patterns.

That might work. Most of the Oregon posters seem to favor cooler and wetter weather. Andrew seems to be doing well in his location this year, though. Nature has opened the skies and showered him with abundant blessings.

1 minute ago, RentonHillTC said:

My dad graduated from Renton high school in 1964. He now lives in Everett. My grandma and two of my uncles lived out their lives in the Renton Highlands. They all passed away in the last 11 years.

2 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

happens to the best of us

I removed my reply and sent an apology.