May Winter Continue 2022 PNW

[Cascadia_Wx]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Bloody cold for this time of year.  This trough is a beast.

I’m sure clouds and precip are playing a role in keeping temps down there today

 

[TacomaWaWx]

4 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Yeah, we’ll see. We’ve had a lot more sun today than I expected so it’s all good. 

The models have been indicating our area specifically for shower activity later this afternoon…but yes today overall has been much better than yesterday. Dont have constant 30-40mph gusts this afternoon so it feels warmer. 

[MossMan]

THE SUN!!!!! And now a sweltering 45 degrees! 

[Cascadia_Wx]

PDX holding at 49 as of 1pm.

47 here, clouds are thinning a bit but it seems like more precip is rotating in rim the south 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

53F with the occasional shower. Nice day!

[Blizzard777]

Active weather out here!!!

Baker City Oregon

 

[MossMan]

Almost fell asleep sitting in the sun on the deck. Felt amazing until this happened just now. 

[Kayla]

Pretty impressive midday accumulations on all surfaces for almost mid May! About 4" already.

[Blizzard777]

Loving this drive!!!! 
snow, wet snow and graupel 

39*

 

[T-Town]

14 minutes ago, Jginmartini said:

Loving this drive!!!! 
snow, wet snow and graupel 

39*

 

Very cool. Looks nice and green too. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

29 minutes ago, Kayla said:

Pretty impressive midday accumulations on all surfaces for almost mid May! About 4" already.

New Year's Day in a week. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

EPS looking good. A little break from the troughing later this week then we get another dip. Still no weeks of death ridging in sight, which sets this year apart from pretty much every year since 2013 at this point 

[Meatyorologist]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

EPS looking good. A little break from the troughing later this week then we get another dip. Still no weeks of death ridging in sight, which sets this year apart from pretty much every year since 2013 at this point 

Forgot this was even possible. Still feel like we’re going to pay for this later

[snow_wizard]

This what Table Mountain looked like from Nelson Hill yesterday which is where my mine is.  Never seen the like in May.  The Wenatchee Mountains are much drier than the Cascades so normally have a much earlier melt off.

 

[snow_wizard]

1 hour ago, T-Town said:

A little chilly but hard to complain. 

Do you get much output from the solar panels?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

38 with a hail shower. Got down to 34 this morning, snowed a little, but didn't stick. 

0.16" of precip on the day. 

[Deweydog]

21 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Forgot this was even possible. Still feel like we’re going to pay for this later

January 2023.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Currently 33 with light snow at John Day, OR. 

 

[T-Town]

13 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Do you get much output from the solar panels?

Mostly in the summer where I don’t really need it given we don’t have AC. The previous owner paid for it though so I’m happy to get whatever they provide. 

[Phil]

3 hours ago, MossMan said:

Meanwhile…

Temp down to 39. 

Lucky dog.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Up to 5.47" of rain on the month. Average for the entire month is about 4.25", This is already our wettest May since 2013, May was wet every year 2009-2014 up here. All time wettest May is 1960 with 10.50", we'd need to get into the 7-8" range to hit the top 10. 

[TacomaWaWx]

54 here under a decent amount of sunshine. Showers have been to the NW of here for hours but haven’t made much progress this way yet. 

[TacomaWaWx]

59 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

This what Table Mountain looked like from Nelson Hill yesterday which is where my mine is.  Never seen the like in May.  The Wenatchee Mountains are much drier than the Cascades so normally have a much earlier melt off.

 

I camped up at the top of tabletop mountain a few years ago. Pretty amazing views up there love that area. 

[TacomaWaWx]

1 hour ago, Meatyorologist said:

Forgot this was even possible. Still feel like we’re going to pay for this later

It’s hard to gauge how summer will play out based on the springtime weather. Spring 2017 was pretty wet but that summer ended up very warm and dry. Then you have 2019 with a very dry spring but that summer was one of the better ones in recent years in terms of precip and temps. I get the feeling this summer will probably be different than most of the ones we’ve had the last decade though. 

[Phil]

I think I understand what Tim is talking about re: overcast skies this late in the season.

The cool temperatures are magnificent, but it wouldn’t hurt to see some sunlight every now and again. Still preferable to heat stroke, though!

Sun comes back out here tomorrow. Not sure about up there but I assume it won’t be long.

[snow_wizard]

2 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I’m sure clouds and precip are playing a role in keeping temps down there today

 

Yeah....but 28 in the middle of the day?  That is straight up incredible.

[snow_wizard]

19 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

It’s hard to gauge how summer will play out based on the springtime weather. Spring 2017 was pretty wet but that summer ended up very warm and dry. Then you have 2019 with a very dry spring but that summer was one of the better ones in recent years in terms of precip and temps. I get the feeling this summer will probably be different than most of the ones we’ve had the last decade though. 

This is a case of not only wet, but abnormally cool.  Many times our very wet springs aren't all that chilly.

[T-Town]

Rain is in the neighborhood. 

[snow_wizard]

Latest ECMWF shows considerable clearing for the Puget Sound region tonight.  Might get pretty nippy.

[Anti Marine Layer]

19 minutes ago, Phil said:

I think I understand what Tim is talking about re: overcast skies this late in the season.

The cool temperatures are magnificent, but it wouldn’t hurt to see some sunlight every now and again. Still preferable to heat stroke, though!

Sun comes back out here tomorrow. Not sure about up there but I assume it won’t be long.

You can get sunburned on an overcast day too.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Dropped to 36 with this most recent shower. High so far only 42.

[Phil]

3 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

You can get sunburned on an overcast day too.

I got my worst ever sunburn on an overcast day.  

[Phil]

GFS loves its cutoffs. Forever and always.

Every time a CCKW goes to cross the Pacific it loses its marbles.

[smerfylicious]

Stevens Pass looks like it could stay open another few weeks lol. Don't remember the last time there was a 100" base in May.

Leavenworth is cozy and the mountains are snowcapped.

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

I think I understand what Tim is talking about re: overcast skies this late in the season.

The cool temperatures are magnificent, but it wouldn’t hurt to see some sunlight every now and again. Still preferable to heat stroke, though!

Sun comes back out here tomorrow. Not sure about up there but I assume it won’t be long.

Try 45 days of generally cloudy with rain almost every day and cold while the days get longer. 

And then have some guy 3,000 miles away telling you every day that you should always want it cold and wet and cloudy... and you are freak for wanting to see the sun and you should move to Houston.   

We need a few non-troughy days mixed in each week.   Its been way too much winter weather in the spring.    

[TigerWoodsLibido]

20 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Try 45 days of generally cloudy with rain almost every day and cold while the days get longer. 

And then have some guy 3,000 miles away telling you every day that you should always want it cold and wet and cloudy... and you are freak for wanting to see the sun and you should move to Houston.   

We need a few non-troughy days mixed in each week.   Its been way too much winter weather in the spring.    

I'd recommend Dallas or Austin if it's gonna be Texas.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

I'm hoping the region continues to see below normal temps and wetter than normal conditions into July and August.

[TacomaWaWx]

1 hour ago, T-Town said:

Rain is in the neighborhood. 

We had a brief rain a bit ago but mostly just some cool looking clouds. 

[TacomaWaWx]

55/40 today 0.01” of rain. 2.10” so far this month. There’s some showers in the area but looks like they’ll miss us. Overall ended up being a very nice day. 

[TacomaWaWx]

3 minutes ago, Eujunga said:

As I've said before, even old-school normal would be totally acceptable.

The nice thing about the recent patterns is there’s been no north/south gradient. April was actually wetter for the most part in western OR than up here…and this month has been pretty uniform across the area so far.