BLI snowman

That was actually @Sunriver Slush Zone. Nice girthy hands from his many mountain climbs. RIP.

Propping up one outlier run in the face of so much overwhelming data? Almost feels like..... Maybe Phil can help him escape from there, though.

Phil downplaying was the final ingredient, I believe.

Sidewalk egg frying the next day!

June 14 is the last daily record at PDX under 90 until September 28. Feels like that's about to change in a big way!!!!!!!

Heat is definitely moving

It wasn't just 2008-2011 in that era. Warm seasons 2005, 2007, and 2012 were all a noticeable difference from this decade. A month like June 2012 or September 2005 would feel pretty alien now.

Yeah, the August 2023 heatwave was a beast and was absolutely on the level of any non-2021 heatwave for the Portland metro. Of course I'd wager that a 2023 level event will be more of an every 5-10 year occurrence now for us moving forward. 2021 level events will still be extremely rare, and then there's that happy space in between the two that we'll probably see every 15 or so years (e.g. PDX up at 110-111).

Yeah those localized downpours there in May/June last year somewhat masked what was a pretty historically dry April-September for the metro. They changed the thermometer and the rain gauge!

I think when someone literally says "here" in their comments it's usually understood that it's not meant to be reflective of every other "here" in the PNW.

Yeah the Cedar Lake station is at 5.16" historically in June. It's definitely not anything like July or August from a precip standpoint. So getting over an inch as some model runs have been showing (but not the 12z Goofus) should be the expectation everywhere.

Almost like there are lots of different climates in the region!

Yes, I'm going by the closest long-term station to my area (about 5 miles away). How weird. PDX averages 1.6" in June. It too has a long ways to go.

You realize that Battle Ground and northern Clark County is generally a lot wetter than PDX and SEA, right? https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?wa0482

Historically June averages 2.40" of precip here. It's a slightly wetter month here than September. Have a long ways to go to reach that.