June 2022 - Summer Begins

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Seems an interesting way to describe the 3rd driest March 1 to July 31 period on record, in over 120 years of recordkeeping, but maybe that’s just me.

We had over a foot of rain here from April 1 - June 15.   And it rained on close to the normal number of days.   As of June 15... it did not seem too unusual here.     Of course June 15 - July 31 was much drier... and I was actually begging for rain.

[Phil]

38 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

...Not to mention the Summers of the aughts weren't exactly all that chilly either. We haven't had a truly cold summer since 2001.

2000 and 2001 were some of our coolest summers on record. Central US ridge with bicoastal troughs is the ultimate NW flow pattern here. Boatloads of thunderstorm action as well.

Haven’t seen anything like it since. The climatology of the Atlantic Hadley Cell has changed so dramatically since then it’s probably impossible today.

[Phil]

32 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

1980 held off until July for some places like SLE. Was a pretty cold summer but then on the back end it also delivered Portland's latest 90+ on October 5.

Doesn't look like many good 80+ opportunities coming up in the next 10 days, but by the end of June it really just takes a little crack of daylight to get there.

That summer was the epitome of death for the rest of the CONUS, though. The PNW was a tiny bubble of blue in an ocean of blood red.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looking good 

[BLI snowman]

1 hour ago, Omegaraptor said:

Fun fact, the monthly average temp for June 1980 was colder than Christmas 1980.

Yep that Christmas pattern was nutso. Repugnant winter that year.

Edited June 14, 2022 by BLI snowman

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Dozens of people died throughout Oregon, Washington and British Columbia thanks to the extreme, prolonged heat. Kind of like a child’s play version of a typical marine layer related death toll for coastal Orange County.

Marine layer killed Kobe Bryant. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

13 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

We had over a foot of rain here from April 1 - June 15.

Given your climate averages over 8"/mo, hardly unusual.

[BLI snowman]

8 minutes ago, Phil said:

That summer was the epitome of death for the rest of the CONUS, though. The PNW was a tiny bubble of blue in an ocean of blood red.

Yeah, same with 1966 which was nasty most everywhere else. Sadly we paid for both with awful winters. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

7 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Looking good 

WOW! That looks like an improvement over even the 00z EPS! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Marine layer killed Kobe Bryant. 

Oh wow. Too soon bro. Did you know he was also accused of rape? 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Given your climate averages over 8"/mo, hardly unusual.

Exactly... it was wet and green here.   It does not matter if we had a foot of rain or 16 inches.   

 

 

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Exactly... it was wet and green here.   It does not matter if we had a foot of rain or 16 inches.   

 

 

 

Our high school football field took months to recover from flooding rains one El Nino year. Students also had to slop across it and were still blamed of tardiness. 

[Meatyorologist]

10 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Exactly... it was wet and green here.   It does not matter if we had a foot of rain or 16 inches.   

 

 

 

Your area is kind of an anomalous exception.

Here insolation and ambient warmth are starting to outpace the rain. Very exposed grass is starting to turn a bit tan.

[TT-SEA]

Also... we have had 2 drier than normal years here since 2010.   

I don't like extremes.    I don't like heat and smoke and I don't like it raining on 74 out 78 days.    Particularly when it should only be raining on half the days here.

[Doinko]

How accurate are CoCoRaHS snow reports? A station near me recorded 4.8 (3.8 inches of that late in the month)  inches of snow last December, which seems reasonable enough but I didn't really pay too much attention to how much snow we exactly got.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

16 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Also... we have had 2 drier than normal years here since 2010.   

I don't like extremes.    I don't like heat and smoke and I don't like it raining on 74 out 78 days.    Particularly when it should only be raining on half the days here.

After seeing how you described what was by any measure a dry spring (compared to long-term norms), I feel confident that whatever the weather is doing somehow your description would make it appear on the wet side.

“It rained again in Kennewick today. That makes it eight months in a row with rainfall recorded at some point. Moreover, every June in the past ten years has recorded rain. I thought when I moved to the Tri-Cities I’d be leaving the rain, rain, rain behind….”

[Phishy Wx]

 

[TT-SEA]

20 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

After seeing how you described what was by any measure a dry spring (compared to long-term norms), I feel confident that whatever the weather is doing somehow your description would make it appear on the wet side.

“It rained again in Kennewick today. That makes it eight months in a row with rainfall recorded at some point. Moreover, every June in the past ten years has recorded rain. I thought when I moved to the Tri-Cities I’d be leaving the rain, rain, rain behind….”

This is so silly.   You want me to take into account everyone's experiences into my own personal feeling on the weather here.  

Such a ridiculous discussion.    I didn't like the summers of 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2021 because it was far too dry and everything was burnt and there was smoke in most of those years.     And I voiced that opinion.    

There were no such issues last spring here.   Not even close.  I said last spring was drier than normal.   

[TT-SEA]

12Z ECMWF... sad deal.   Normal high is in the low 70s through this period.    

 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Anyone got any duct tape?

[MossMan]

Would have been a blast on the jetski! Phil! When is the next ice age and when will it melt again? In my lifetime? 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, MossMan said:

Would have been a blast on the jetski! Phil! When is the next ice age and when will it melt again? In my lifetime? 

I have read a great deal about those Missoula Floods... absolutely fascinating stuff.

[TacomaWaWx]

Cloudy and cool again today up to 63. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF... sad deal.   Normal high is in the low 70s through this period.    

 

Noice! Wouldn't want to have anyone get heatstroke during the weekend.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Noice! Wouldn't want to have anyone get heatstroke during the weekend.

Whew!

[Deweydog]

10 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Would have been a blast on the jetski! Phil! When is the next ice age and when will it melt again? In my lifetime? 

MLK 4069.

[Cascadia_Wx]

[Anti Marine Layer]

20 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Anyone got any duct tape?

[BLI snowman]

20 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF... sad deal.   Normal high is in the low 70s through this period.    

 

 

 

(Released a few months before the chilly Nina summer of 1999)

 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

 

 

(Released a few months before the chilly Nina summer of 1999)

 

Very clever.  

Side note... it was 90 degrees here on this day in 1999.   

[Phil]

25 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF... sad deal.   Normal high is in the low 70s through this period.    

 

Count yourself lucky.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

Count yourself lucky.

Yeah... there are few really messed up days in there.    I would rather have 67 than 107.   

[Doinko]

10 minutes ago, Phil said:

Count yourself lucky.

Those low temps...

[TT-SEA]

18Z GFS showing a balmy high of 53 in Seattle on Saturday... and it does not even show rain during the afternoon.    Just very thick low and mid level clouds.    I imagine that is going to be an unusually low solar radiation day around Seattle... ECMWF only show 56 that day.    Even a rainy day should be able to hit 60 at this time of year.

[TT-SEA]

Then it flips on Sunday... with Seattle around 70 while in the 50s down in western OR.  

[Phishy Wx]

14 minutes ago, Phil said:

Count yourself lucky.

gross dude

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Then it flips on Sunday... with Seattle around 70 while in the 50s down in western OR.  

A high of 57 at SLE would be a -18 departure.

[Phil]

8 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

Those low temps...

Actually could be worse. We’ve had lows in the mid-80s.

Verbatim it’s a dry heat. Hence the elevated high temps.

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

A high of 57 at SLE would be a -18 departure.

Spokane had a -22 departure on the high yesterday.

[BLI snowman]

22 minutes ago, Phil said:

Count yourself lucky.

Looks like you guys are getting your turn for late June magic!