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Some blue skies again in Salem. Maybe that will kick things off... Today has definitely under performed so far for much of the valley. 

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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I scoured the Hallmark aisle today at the ol’ Kroger and was struck by the fact there are absolutely no offerings when it comes to the La Niña spring sympathy market.

Don’t forget your moms, folks!

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52 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

April showers bring May flowers. 

What do May showers bring?

Probably more ***t weather, troughing and below average temps. Then 2 months of summer, and then the rain and clouds return.

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It is very windy here on campus actually. There's a huge crane that moves uncomfortably close to some of the buildings during real windy periods-- designed that way, but occasionally disconcerting nonetheless lol 

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1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

And for those familiar with local wet season lore, Lake Goodwill on 117th is BACK!

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Looks severe droughty.    

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49/42 on the day. (Good god) 
Currently 48 and cloudy.

.24” so far on the day, 2.25” for the month. 

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Elevation 580’ Location a few miles east of I-5 on the Snohomish Co side of the Snohomish/Skagit border. I love snow/cold AND sun/warmth! 

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11 minutes ago, Phil said:

He knows what’s up.

 

Everyone knows that.  Not exactly rocket science.

Side note... 2008 and 2011 look quite appealing actually.   We have had wet springs since then.    April and May were much wetter than normal in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018.    We are familiar with wet springs in Seattle.    The persistence of the rain has been unusual... much more so than 2008 and 2011.    

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9 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Everyone knows that.  Not exactly rocket science.

Side note... 2008 and 2011 look quite appealing actually.    The rain was much less persistent.    We have had wet springs since then.    April and May were much wetter than normal in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018.    We are familiar with wet springs in Seattle.    The persistence of the rain has been unusual... much more so than 2008 and 2011.    

Just wanted to mention that May 2018 was the driest on record in Seattle.

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5 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Just wanted to mention that May 2018 was the driest on record in Seattle.

Check out April.    Top 5 wettest.  

The April/May period has been wetter than normal in several years during the last decade.   We are familiar with wet springs.

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5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Check out April. 

Right, your post said a wet April and May.

It was a wet April, largely just confined to the first half. And then the rain shut off around the 18th and a 5 month summer promptly began. Definitely not a classic wet PNW spring by any means with the historically sunny and dry stretch towards the end.

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2 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Right, your post said a wet April and May.

It was a wet April, largely just confined to the first half. And then the rain shut off around the 18th and a 5 month summer promptly began. Definitely not a classic wet PNW spring by any means with the historically sunny and dry stretch towards the end.

That second part was lovely after being inundated with rain in April.   Variety is the spice of life. 

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46 minutes ago, Eujunga said:

Yes, back to our regularly scheduled under-performance here. 0.08" on the day against a forecast of 0.25"-0.50". But it's quite breezy.

Salem got blasted by a heavy shower mid afternoon though. Up over 1/2” today. 

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

That second part was lovely after being inundated with rain in April.   Variety is the spice of life. 

Indeed. Thus why this spring's gloomfest is a beautifully nourishing relief after the last 9 years of Mediterranean style excrement.

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5 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Right, your post said a wet April and May.

It was a wet April, largely just confined to the first half. And then the rain shut off around the 18th and a 5 month summer promptly began. Definitely not a classic wet PNW spring by any means with the historically sunny and dry stretch towards the end.

And those “wet” springs in 2013/14/17/18 weren’t all that effective because it’d rain a bunch at once, followed by long stretches of death ridging that quickly dried the biosphere.

I’ll bet soil moisture content ends up higher with a pattern like this that’s less “wet” but cloudier w/ more marine influence…something that has been missing in late spring/early summer over the last decade.

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8 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Indeed. Thus why this spring's gloomfest is a beautifully nourishing relief after the last 9 years of Mediterranean style excrement.

Haven't had anything like that up here.  

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14 minutes ago, Phil said:

And those “wet” springs in 2013/14/17/18 weren’t all that effective because it’d rain a bunch at once, followed by long stretches of death ridging that quickly dried the biosphere.

I’ll bet soil moisture content ends up higher with a pattern like this that’s less “wet” but cloudier w/ more marine influence…something that has been missing in late spring/early summer over the last decade.

Interestingly... climo at SEA does not show 31 days with rain in May.  Only 11.    And its usually significantly warmer per climo.  And we had absolutely no soil moisture issues this year.        

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This spring reminds me of those formative years in the mid-late 90s. 

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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20 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

This spring reminds me of those formative years in the mid-late 90s. 

Yeah... that was pretty bad stretch in there.   There were some spectacular springs in the first part of the 20th century.    

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8 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

VUO up to 0.77" on the day. Nice!

I sure hope we can get into a more clear period while the cold air mass is still in place to get some nice min temps though.  This cold weather has been more of the gloomy variety than I was really wanting.  Hard to not be impressed by the long period of well below normal temps no matter how you slice it.

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Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I sure hope we can get into a more clear period while the cold air mass is still in place to get some nice min temps though.  This cold weather has been more of the gloomy variety than I was really wanting.  Hard to not be impressed by the long period of well below normal temps no matter how you slice it.

Dont run the 10 day cloud loop on the ECMWF.    Any clearing in the next 10 days will be very minor.   That is not going to change.      But we need the rain so it's all good.  😀

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Wow!  A pair of -7 departures for SEA over the last two days.  This has been one cold azz spring since March.

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Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Dont run the 10 day cloud loop on the ECMWF.    Any clearing in the next 10 days will be very minor.   That is not going to change.      But we need the rain so it's all good.  😀

Oh yeah....I forgot....

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Death To Warm Anomalies!

 

Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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