May Winter Continue 2022 PNW

[snow drift]

9 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

The stoicism of last summer is such a distant memory now

You are welcome to love cool and showery weather in the spring and the summer. I never want you to ever change. I respect your preferences, but not everyone agrees with you. Please respect mine, ok? Do we have a deal?

[snow_wizard]

3 hours ago, snow drift said:

The future hasn't happened yet. We'll see. A cool la niña spring is pretty common. There's no guarantee it continues throughout the summer.

I should have stipulated the summer is indeed uncertain given recent trends.  I was pretty much thinking overall for the next year.  Usually when cool weather gets locked in with a Nina it takes a Nino to stop it.  I think this year will be our best shot at a cool summer for the next few years.

[snow_wizard]

23 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Here is a look at the foliage today. We getting there...

It's way behind schedule.  Normally at this time of year it's hopeless for me to keep up with the growth of our lawn.  This year...no problem so far.

[snow_wizard]

52 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

62/47 today. 

I thought last night would get colder.  The clouds reformed too quickly.  At any rate last month had 20 or 21 lows below 40 here.  Pretty high standard for April.  I expect there will be some more and maybe a frost or two this month as well.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

17 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Not sure if that pic is representative of your entire area... but the trees are all leafed out up on Rattlesnake Ridge well above us.   The west end of the ridge as viewed from North Bend is mostly deciduous trees which is the result of being clear cut in the 1980s.    Those deciduous trees probably go up to 2K in elevation and I noticed earlier this week that the entire canopy is now green up there.     

I went to the state park and we are a bit ahead of where they are it seems. More direct sunlight here. 

[TT-SEA]

22 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

It's way behind schedule.  Normally at this time of year it's hopeless for me to keep up with the growth of our lawn.  This year...no problem so far.

Based on my Facebook memories the vegetation is just about exactly where we were at in 2013 at this time.    We are ahead of 2008 and 2011.   Close to 2017 and 2018 as well.   And way behind 2015 and 2016 of course. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

65/47 spread today, cloudy in the morning then mostly sunny in the afternoon before high clouds started moving in this evening. Really pleasant one 

[LowerGarfield]

I finally checked my gauge from and I had .82 just from yesterday. It doesn't seem like much but for my semi-arid county that's a fair amount.

[TacomaWaWx]

9 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Based on my Facebook memories the vegetation is just about exactly where we were at in 2013 at this time.    We are ahead of 2008 and 2011.   Close to 2017 and 2018 as well.   And way behind 2015 and 2016 of course. 

Heard on the news there was some guy in the Covington area picking newly formed leaves and buds off the trees. 

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, LowerGarfield said:

I finally checked my gauge from and I had .82 just from yesterday. It doesn't seem like much but for my semi-arid county that's a fair amount.

That’s a pretty decent soaking over there. Haven’t had more than 0.77” in a single day since 2/28 here. 

[snow drift]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

65/47 spread today, cloudy in the morning then mostly sunny in the afternoon before high clouds started moving in this evening. Really pleasant one 

You win. I don't want conflict or trolling. I wish everyone on this board the best. I won't post anymore.

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, snow drift said:

You win. I don't want conflict or trolling. I wish everyone on this board the best. I won't post anymore.

Oh come on man he wasn’t even trolling you hard. Why let someone drive you from the forum if you want to be here? Just put him on ignore if you don’t like him. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

10 minutes ago, snow drift said:

You win. I don't want conflict or trolling. I wish everyone on this board the best. I won't post anymore.

Neither do I. And given the degree that this will likely be taken out of context I’m probably the one who should be saying goodbye.

[Meatyorologist]

7 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Neither do I. And given the degree that this will likely be taken out of context I’m probably the one who should be saying goodbye.

Banned. Fired out of a cannon. Sailed away on a ship without a steer. Thrown into a pit. Gone. Into the wind. Burnt to a crisp. Disseminated into the wind. Kicked out of a plane. Defenestrated. Demolished. Destroyed. Blasted.

[Anti Marine Layer]

4 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

3rd consecutive nice Sunday...

North Bend is a pretty place.

[Cascadia_Wx]

8 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Banned. Fired out of a cannon. Sailed away on a ship without a steer. Thrown into a pit. Gone. Into the wind. Burnt to a crisp. Disseminated into the wind. Kicked out of a plane. Defenestrated. Demolished. Destroyed. Blasted.

This post was brought to you by Monster Energy drinks 

[LowerGarfield]

35 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

That’s a pretty decent soaking over there. Haven’t had more than 0.77” in a single day since 2/28 here. 

It's nice because I was expected .25-.5 per NWS a few days prior and ended up with only .08 that day.

[TacomaWaWx]

37 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Neither do I. And given the degree that this will likely be taken out of context I’m probably the one who should be saying goodbye.

You better not leave. 

[Deweydog]

[RentonHill]

Peach trees we planted last year in twisp just about to bloom

[MossMan]

Be careful all you storm chasers. 

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

Several April records broken in Eastern WA.

[MV_snow]

4 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Today is the 4th day since April 8th without precip in North Bend.   Pretty amazing run of wet days that will go for at least another week (to get to a month).   Its usually good to get this out of the way early in the warm season.   It never keeps up this pace.    Even in 2010... 30 days was as long as it could go but that was mid May through mid June. 

Nice thing about this stetch... 3 of the 4 dry days have fallen on Sunday.    

We have gotten a decent amount of sun here despite the troughy pattern and rain most days. This time of year, I actually prefer deep troughs with the showers and sunbreaks vs. marine layer days or warm front drizzle. But I would not complain about a stronger ridge for a few days at this point either.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Nice evening out. Mostly cloudy and 57. Love the smell in the air on the evenings of mild spring days with rain on the way.

[Phil]

SNOW

 

[The Blob]

Finally got my raspberry bed done. The days that have been nice and that I've been awake for kind of remind me of 2018.

[TT-SEA]

12 minutes ago, MV_snow said:

We have gotten a decent amount of sun here despite the troughy pattern and rain most days. This time of year, I actually prefer deep troughs with the showers and sunbreaks vs. marine layer days or warm front drizzle. But I would not complain about a stronger ridge for a few days at this point either.

Definitely... deep troughs are not bad.  Regardless when I see stretch of 30 days with rain almost every day then I know a pattern change is coming.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

16 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Be careful all you storm chasers. 

Rest in power 

[Deweydog]

Ruth!!!

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

Ruth!!!

You saw the ending of Ozark huh (promise I won’t give any spoilers out to anyone)

[Deweydog]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

You saw the ending of Ozark huh (promise I won’t give any spoilers out to anyone)

Yup. Trying to keep it ambiguous.

Very appropriate ending though.

[Thunder98]

49 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Be careful all you storm chasers. 

RIP

[snow_wizard]

1 hour ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

Several April records broken in Eastern WA.

Impressive stuff!

[snow_wizard]

12 minutes ago, Thunder98 said:

RIP

The interesting thing about the pic is it leaves you wondering if they knew were going to die when they took it.  It almost looks like it.  Haunting.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Gfs sux 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

6 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The interesting thing about the pic is it leaves you wondering if they knew were going to die when they took it.  It almost looks like it.  Haunting.

In retrospect it is haunting, but I don’t think they knew.

[Thunder98]

It’s even more heartbreaking that all three were college Meteorologist students. The youngest victim was only 19 and the other two were in there 20’s. Very tragic.
 

https://abc7chicago.com/three-storm-chasers-killed-ou-meteorology-students-oklahoma-crash-teen/11809244/

[Phil]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Gfs sux 

The more I look at it, the more I think the GFS is on dope. Again.

The way it handles the Aleutian TPV between hr108 and hr144 is reminiscent of what it was doing a month ago in the GOA. I’ll wager a hefty sum it doesn’t get absorbed west like that.

[Meatyorologist]

7 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Gfs sux 

Nice through hr170, then goes nuts with the ridging. Would rather be good in the short range and bad in the long range than the other way around.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Nice through hr170, then goes nuts with the ridging. Would rather be good in the short range and bad in the long range than the other way around.

We can have something other than cold troughing for a few days... its going to be OK.