June 2022 - Summer Begins

[T-Town]

5 hours ago, RentonHillTC said:

Wine is my favorite snack food

 

Greatest Onion article of all time. 
 

https://www.theonion.com/im-like-a-chocoholic-but-for-booze-1819583778

[Kayla]

9 hours ago, BLI snowman said:

Definitely, but late September can even more often be persistently wet/coolish. I had a high in the 40s here on September 29, 2019. There's a big range to the list of possibilities at that point. Places like Salem have been to 90 as late as October 10 before, but they also have seen snow in the Willamette Valley as early as October 12 before back in 1881.

Yeah the extreme side definitely favors more Fall like weather in September.

I'll never forget September 2019 out here. Had a 30/24 day with heavy snow on the 29th and then of course October...If only we could have seen that pattern in Dec/Jan.

[TT-SEA]

Starting to think we will have a meandering ULL over western WA or to the east (which is worse) for the holiday weekend.  Basically a rudderless pattern after this weekend so the models will be all over the place, but the EPS and GEFS are definitely going in that direction.

There are elements of late June and early July in both 2008 and 2010 right now.   Both years were wet and cool through about 6/20 and then had a warm spell during this same week.   2008 was better afterwards (for people who like sun) but only because the center of the troughing and the ULLs stayed just to the west and north through early July.   In 2010 the troughing came fully inland and it was wet and cool from 6/29 through 7/5.

 

[FroYoBro]

Smoking weed and playing basketball sounds way more fun than drinking beer on a boat. 
 

 

[MossMan]

Wet deck. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

55 degrees and severe clear. 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

55 degrees and severe clear. 

Heavy drizzle here.    But severe clear is coming back soon.

[Phishy Wx]

today's the day, do we tie the record for latest 80 at KGEG or break it?  Forecast is 79.

 

interesting the record of 6/22 was set in 2011

[SilverFallsAndrew]

11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Heavy drizzle here.    But severe clear is coming back soon.

Other than the brief heat spike, the models look about as good as they could right now. 

[FroYoBro]

Warm start to the day here. Already 65 degrees and full sunshine. Yesterday started with some clouds that broke up around 9:30am. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Euro shows us hitting 90 one day then crashes pretty quickly. Looks decently wet for early summer towards the end of the run too. Could actually be a pretty fun dynamic stretch of weather. We will see how much precip we get the next couple days before the heat spike shows up. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Low of 58 this morning and cloudy. Unless we get a midnight low easily the warmest low of the year so far. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

11 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Funny you should mention that.   My son just spent 20 minutes telling me about their friend and his girlfriend who came with them today on the boat.   These two people don't drink... they just smoke weed.   Like constantly.    Every waking hour.   They were never like this in high school but they went to Western in Bellingham and I guess that is the culture there.    So they get on the boat and everyone is relaxing and they have beer in a cooler and the music is playing and the sun is shining but these two people were like caged animals.   All they could talk about was getting off the boat to go get cheesy bread and find a random basketball court somewhere to eat and smoke weed and shoot hoops.   My son it was crazy... they just could not relax.   Not sure how they are doing in college... but they both graduated high school with honors were basically straight A students.    My son said he feels like he doesn't even know them any more.  

My son has several friends at Western, and he made the same observation about them, any time they got together when he was home for the holiday, it was inevitable that there would be a smoke session.  He said it was pretty lame that they did not feel like they could ever get together without lighting up.

[TacomaWaWx]

15 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

My son has several friends at Western, and he made the same observation about them, any time they got together when he was home for the holiday, it was inevitable that there would be a smoke session.  He said it was pretty lame that they did not feel like they could ever get together without lighting up.

I used to smoke a lot of weed in high school but now it’s just an occasional thing lighting up. I have a couple friends who are major potheads smoking all the time and every time I see them they just have to smoke weed. I can see the benefits of doing it once a day in the evening to help you sleep but taking a huge bong rips all day long from the time you wake up is waaay too much. 

[Cloud]

Drizzly and gloomy morning. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

9 hours ago, Omegaraptor said:

California and Colorado are known for lack of marijuana consumption. Or is it lack of sunshine? Hmmmm

All depends on the attitude. College drinking culture is IMO everything wrong with college. I hate it. But on the other hand Spain, Italy, Portugal are the biggest wine drinkers in the world and yet have very low alcoholism rates. From what I understand they generally see wine more as a food item rather than something just to get drunk from… much healthier approach.

My son and I were talking this weekend about now that he is out of college, his whole perspective on drinking has changed.  He said he is looking forward to going to a bar and just hanging out with friends and having a couple of pints to relax, which is the exact opposite of college.  I'm guessing the bars and liquor stores around Bozeman have seen a noticeable drop in sales with him gone.

I think for Europe, its not taboo the way it is here.  It's not uncommon for a 14-15 year old kid to have a glass of wine with their parents at dinner. 

My company has had a few contracts with Airbus as the customer over the years, so I had several co-workers who spent time over in Europe at Airbus manufacturing facilities.  They have cafeterias for the employees, and several of them had wine or beer on tap amongst the usual beverage selections. My coworkers said it was the craziest thing.  About 15 years ago with one of our previous European owners, the employee handbook left the door open for having a drink during work hours.  It did have language about not being intoxicated at work.  We never questioned it, the speculation around the water cooler was that since most of our customers were European or Australian, the program team would be able to join them with a beer or glass of wine at lunch without risk of running afoul of HR policy.

[MossMan]

My body says NO ABSOLUTELY NOT AND IF YOU DO YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE IN PURE HELL FOR TWO DAYS STRAIGHT to anything past one drink about once a month or more than one occasional edible. I guess it’s a good thing. 

[TacomaWaWx]

19 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Drizzly and gloomy morning. 

Just started drizzling here. 

[The Blob]

Woke up to sun and 65°, it's going to be a great day till I have to go to work.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Patches of blue sky showing through here. No drizzle, though things were damp in the garden this morning, so evidently some fell overnight.

[Skagit Weather]

Looks like Stevens Pass should melt out later this week (as of yesterday it was at 4.7" of snow water equivalent). This will end up being in the top 5 latest melt outs at the pass in the last 40 years and could end up tied for the second latest. Median is June 6th so about 3 weeks later than normal.

2011: July 1
2008: June 25
1999: June 25
2012: June 24
1997: June 23

2022: June 24/25th?

 

Meanwhile it looks like most other stations in the North Cascades are in the 75th to 85th percentiles. So high snow, but not unheard of. It will be interesting to see how much melts out in the next couple days during the heat.

[Phil]

36 minutes ago, MossMan said:

My body says NO ABSOLUTELY NOT AND IF YOU DO YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE IN PURE HELL FOR TWO DAYS STRAIGHT to anything past one drink about once a month or more than one occasional edible. I guess it’s a good thing. 

You’re lucky in that regard. I don’t get hangovers so there are no consequences that would dissuade me. Got myself into deep trouble on multiple occasions and had to rehabilitate both times. No bueno.

[RentonHill]

2 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

Looks like Stevens Pass should melt out later this week (as of yesterday it was at 4.7" of snow water equivalent). This will end up being in the top 5 latest melt outs at the pass in the last 40 years and could end up tied for the second latest. Median is June 6th so about 3 weeks later than normal.

2011: July 1
2008: June 25
1999: June 25
2012: June 24
1997: June 23

2022: June 24/25th?

 

Meanwhile it looks like most other stations in the North Cascades are in the 75th to 85th percentiles. So high snow, but not unheard of. It will be interesting to see how much melts out in the next couple days during the heat.

Drove over monday night. Still  a ton of snow up there. Looked like a helluva lot more than a few inches but thats probably a good median vs the deep spots/bare spots. Like, they could have an upper chair open if they still wanted (probably not but you know what i mean)

 

[Deweydog]

27 minutes ago, Phil said:

You’re lucky in that regard. I don’t get hangovers so there are no consequences that would dissuade me. Got myself into deep trouble on multiple occasions and had to rehabilitate both times. No bueno.

I’ve also never had a hangover and could see how it could pretty easily get me into trouble if I allowed it to. Tons of alcoholism on my mom’s side of the family.

My wife tried an edible once and became really worried that if she didn’t move her legs every few seconds they would turn to concrete. They didn’t.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

My body says NO ABSOLUTELY NOT AND IF YOU DO YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE IN PURE HELL FOR TWO DAYS STRAIGHT to anything past one drink about once a month or more than one occasional edible. I guess it’s a good thing. 

I’m not quite that dramatic, I just naturally get bored of being on drugs. It’s really, really, fun and enjoyable occasionally, but so are many things, and if I’m lying around stoned out of my gourd all the time I miss out on those other things (and getting stoned just naturally tends to get old/tiresome/boring, as does anything done to excess). I realize I’m lucky that way and that there are others who just have to be a lot more careful with recreationally partaking of consciousness-altering substances.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

1 hour ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

My son and I were talking this weekend about now that he is out of college, his whole perspective on drinking has changed.  He said he is looking forward to going to a bar and just hanging out with friends and having a couple of pints to relax, which is the exact opposite of college.  I'm guessing the bars and liquor stores around Bozeman have seen a noticeable drop in sales with him gone.

I think for Europe, its not taboo the way it is here.  It's not uncommon for a 14-15 year old kid to have a glass of wine with their parents at dinner. 

My company has had a few contracts with Airbus as the customer over the years, so I had several co-workers who spent time over in Europe at Airbus manufacturing facilities.  They have cafeterias for the employees, and several of them had wine or beer on tap amongst the usual beverage selections. My coworkers said it was the craziest thing.  About 15 years ago with one of our previous European owners, the employee handbook left the door open for having a drink during work hours.  It did have language about not being intoxicated at work.  We never questioned it, the speculation around the water cooler was that since most of our customers were European or Australian, the program team would be able to join them with a beer or glass of wine at lunch without risk of running afoul of HR policy.

I used to drink a lot when I was in college but after I graduated I rarely do now. If I ever need an alcoholic beverage, I drink red wine due to its health benefits. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I used to drink a tremendous amount. From about age 22 to 33. But then I decided to stop. I never had hangovers back then, but now if I have one drink I will be dragging the next morning. It's like once I quit, my body just couldn't handle it anymore... Which is probably fine. 

[Phishy Wx]

2 hours ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

My son has several friends at Western, and he made the same observation about them, any time they got together when he was home for the holiday, it was inevitable that there would be a smoke session.  He said it was pretty lame that they did not feel like they could ever get together without lighting up.

well some people can't get together without drinking.  Not much difference honestly.  I've been a cannabis user for over 30 years.  successful career, home, married, blah, blah, blah, whatever.  it is what you make of it and totally about how responsible and determined you are to succeed.  I use Cannabis TO relax.  You just got to know the correct strains to get.  I prefer Indicas.

[Phishy Wx]

back to wx

 

looks like a 90 burger on the forecast next Monday maybe

[Rubus Leucodermis]

14 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

well some people can't get together without drinking.  Not much difference honestly.  I've been a cannabis user for over 30 years.  successful career, home, married, blah, blah, blah, whatever.  it is what you make of it and totally about how responsible and determined you are to succeed.  I use Cannabis TO relax.  You just got to know the correct strains to get.  I prefer Indicas.

I don’t think its that simple. Some people’s brains are just wired to become addicts. I have a friend who just can’t understand how I get bored of getting stoned. “But you LIKE getting stoned! Why wouldn’t you just want to get stoned again and again and have as much pleasurable experience like I do?” (He had to give up pot entirely, because if he uses it he is basically powerless over it, and it WILL take over his life.)

Just because some people can use drugs and not have it hijack their entire lives doesn’t mean everyone can.

Postscript: And it’s not just pot. Some people can’t drink booze responsibly, either, and if they try, it will end up taking over their lives.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Fun fact: I have smoked with two members of this forum. 

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

You’re lucky in that regard. I don’t get hangovers so there are no consequences that would dissuade me. Got myself into deep trouble on multiple occasions and had to rehabilitate both times. No bueno.

Are you diabetic?

[Cloud]

It’s coming!

 

[Cloud]

The 12z showed W.WA and particularly around the Central Sound area being the hottest location on Monday with temps in the mid to upper 90s. Not sure I buy into it yet, but it will be HOT.  

[Phil]

14 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Are you diabetic?

Nope. My A1C is actually pretty low. No one in my family tree has/had it either. Maybe some genetic reason for that.

Mental/cognitive problems run rampant, though.  Alzheimer’s, insanity, depression, etc. I have the third one.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

17 minutes ago, Cloud said:

It’s coming!

 

I think you guys got a good chance on Monday.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

36 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Fun fact: I have smoked with two members of this forum. 

Fun fact: I have smoked with one member of this forum.

[FroYoBro]

I would never meet any of you degenerates. The only friend I need is Jesus. ️

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Thoughts?

[Phil]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Thoughts?

BS.