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They stole the Laker's soul, burned it, and then flushed it down the toilet.

That was the point, sir. Although PDX will still be the outlier on the opposite end, with a warmer anomaly than anywhere else. Should end up as a pretty average month overall.

At least half these top 15 QB picks will almost certainly be busts. Could actually see this being one of the bustiest drafts ever for QBs. Nix vs Wilson vs Stidham QB battle should be interesting for Broncos. Lol.

Calling it right now. SLE will pull off a below normal April, making it three in a row. PDX will NOT.

I am taking all the drops this weekend.

One of those jingles indelibly burned into my brain forever.

DB is the most popular Oregonian thing around here. I get to be the guy who knew the band before they got big.

I recently discovered an amazing Hawaiian place here in Denver. I will be poorer for it. But it's healthier than any of these burger joints!

Much more angst when the inevitable prolonged rainy stretch shows up in the models, though. Even when you "luck out" and are out of town for most of it!

What's crazy is May/June 2011 was actually cooler at OLM. And April-June was significantly cooler than 1971. Generational spring/early summer.

The 51/42 SEA saw on 5/12/22 will long live in infamy. Record cold max, beating out the 53 seen in 1999.

I was thinking the same thing, and it's definitely true for the warm season overall. But for April and to a lesser extent May, he should be well aware of how chilly it can be at times. April 2023, April/May 2022...even in 2021 there was a raw high of 50 on this date, and May ran -.6 at SEA. Mid 60s don't become the norm until mid May. Which, granted, is only 3 weeks away.

Record cold maxes are in the mid 40s this time of year for SEA...

This is really the only MacDonald's I ever crave.

Something tells me this won't lead to prices dropping back down, though.

But even in god-forsaken CA, you can still get a $1.50 hot dog and soda at Costco!

In a lot of places, fast food prices have inflated more than any other type of food - mainly because the cost of labor has skyrocketed.

300+ hour precip maps are back! But at least even the semi-realistic near term looks fairly wet.

It's more notable when PDX isn't the warmest station in the metro area. 1-3 degrees seems standard at this point.

You may have just solved the obesity epidemic, Andrew.

Have you tried their pieshakes?

May 2010 was frigid for the western half of the country.

Not so sure about that. That time frame for 2024 somewhat reflects the lingering winter pattern. The past month hasn't been as warm. Certainly not as warm as April 2010 was. You'd think if the anomaly pattern represented the "summer pattern establishing" it would be growing stronger as we get closer to summer, not weaker.

Yeah, I don't think 2012 is a good analog, was just looking at semi-recent years with hot summers in the middle of the continent. Seeing if there was any indication the summer pattern would be getting established by now.