June 2022 - Summer Begins

[Kayla]

17 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

Finally out of 'drought' in Spokane!

Same here. Only took a 500 year flood to do it!

[TacomaWaWx]

Euro and gfs had us fairly dry in Tacoma this weekend with about 0.10” of precip but have slowly gotten wetter. Both are 0.40-0.50” now. 

[Omegaraptor]

29 minutes ago, Kayla said:

Looks like we'll continue to keep that 4CH in check!

 

The 4CH is still strong it's just shifted way off to the east towards NM/TX. Arizona gets a prolific monsoon and California avoiding the blowtorch is a godsend for preventing another 2020/2021 fire season.

[Kayla]

3 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

The 4CH is still strong it's just shifted way off to the east towards NM/TX. Arizona gets a prolific monsoon and California avoiding the blowtorch is a godsend for preventing another 2020/2021 fire season.

I wouldn't really call that a 4CH though. Lately we've just been seeing whole bunch of SE ridging. And from the looks of it it's going to stay that way for at least the next couple of weeks.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

53 minutes ago, Kayla said:

Same here. Only took a 500 year flood to do it!

We’ve all had some pretty crazy dice rolls these last few years. Last June’s heat dome for example.

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, 1000'NorthBend said:

Impressive downpour currently in North Bend, with ~10 to 15 mph wind gusts.

Just missed us up here... had a few raindrops but can see the dark clouds in that direction.

[BLI snowman]

Nice Euro run, with a persistently cool look to the end of the month while the rest of the country fries.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

10 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Nice Euro run, with a persistently cool look to the end of the month while the rest of the country fries.

I'm just hoping this SE ridge becomes a persistent feature beyond summer. West coast was stuck under a forever ridge for 7-8 years, maybe its their turn. 

Edited June 16, 2022 by SilverFallsAndrew

[TacomaWaWx]

64 and partly cloudy here…had a rain shower a bit ago to push us to 0.05” on the day and 3.32” for the month. Still some shower activity to the south. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Also noticed the drought map looks better in Oregon. 

[BLI snowman]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I'm just hoping this SE ridge becomes a persistent feature beyond summer. West coast was stuck under a forever ridge for 7-8 years, maybe its their turn. 

To be fair the SE ridging has been pretty endless in most recent winters, just not the summers so much as they have definitely been more agreeable relative to average for them since that 2010-12 stretch. It seems like we pretty much trade off every few years, so hopefully this marks the start of another multi-year stretch like that.

[BLI snowman]

9 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Also noticed the drought map looks better in Oregon. 

Poor Prineville!

[TacomaWaWx]

4 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Poor Prineville!

Maybe we can get some monsoon energy into the region this summer to help out with that. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

51 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Also noticed the drought map looks better in Oregon. 

Holy shit we’re almost out of drought conditions even here in the upper (south) Willamette Valley!! Hell yes!!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Holy we’re almost out of drought conditions even here in the upper (south) Willamette Valley!! Hell yes!!

Up here the drought has been beaten back to the Cascade Crest!

[Meatyorologist]

6 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Holy shit we’re almost out of drought conditions even here in the upper (south) Willamette Valley!! Hell yes!!

I think you actually are out already! Yellow is 'abnormally dry' territory on those NOAA drought maps.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Ah, more rain showers. Had been dry for at least 12 hours and was getting so parched out there.

[NWbyNW]

At around 2pm, it started hailing.  That is weird.  It lasted few minutes before it transitioned to showers.  It's 67F.  

 

Some maps.  Overall it looks cooler, but precipitation will be average to below average. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Nice soaker tomorrow. 

[Meatyorologist]

Vancouver really scored back in December. Too bad the upper level progression didn't advect this further south like in Dec 1990.

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, Meatyorologist said:

Vancouver really scored back in December. Too bad the upper level progression didn't advect this further south like in Dec 1990.

4 degrees is crazy, and they're so close to the water! I hope it makes it all the way down to California next time though, we haven't seen a regional arctic blast since 2013 I think

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Nail in the south valley drought coffin.

[Skagit Weather]

3 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Vancouver really scored back in December. Too bad the upper level progression didn't advect this further south like in Dec 1990.

I'm pretty happy it made it down here. Skagit/Snohomish county honestly has been the dividing line for a number of events in the last couple years. Here were my high, average, and low for the last week of December. That 17F day on the 27th was by far the coldest day I've ever experienced here. And 3 straight days with lows in the single digits was also a record for my station.

[TT-SEA]

15 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Nice soaker tomorrow. 

Soaking a dripping wet sponge... should make a big difference.   

[Rubus Leucodermis]

11 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Vancouver really scored back in December. Too bad the upper level progression didn't advect this further south like in Dec 1990.

Yes, it really was a top tier cold snap for us. It was almost surreal how cold it was the morning of the 27th. And more snow fell in the first week of January, too!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

13 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Vancouver really scored back in December. Too bad the upper level progression didn't advect this further south like in Dec 1990.

That's astounding. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

5 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

I'm pretty happy it made it down here. Skagit/Snohomish county honestly has been the dividing line for a number of events in the last couple years. [edited]

Not just for the last couple of years, either. I have seen it happen basically ever since moving to this region. No, it doesn’t always happen, but at the same time it is a recurring theme that does sometimes happen. One of the reasons why I was excited to move north from Seattle.

[Phishy Wx]

19 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

4 degrees is crazy, and they're so close to the water! I hope it makes it all the way down to California next time though, we haven't seen a regional arctic blast since 2013 I think

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for that one in 2013.  people were freaking when it got near/below freezing

[Clancy MT DW9972]

3 hours ago, Kayla said:

Same here. Only took a 500 year flood to do it!

Crazy how quickly these floods came roaring in!!  Especially after being unusually cold since May.  You didn't get flooding at your place did you? 

[Meatyorologist]

19 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

That's astounding. 

It'll be either WA or OR's turn this winter, I can feel it. January 2023. Dew has psychic abilities

[Doinko]

3 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

It'll be either WA or OR's turn this winter, I can feel it. January 2023. Dew has psychic abilities

South/West Portland down to Salem haven't done amazing recently for snow. Would be nice to see those areas get something good next year.

[Omegaraptor]

7 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

It'll be either WA or OR's turn this winter, I can feel it. January 2023. Dew has psychic abilities

Winter events since Feb 2017 have definitely favored WA over OR overall. It's definitely Oregon's turn for something big.

[Doinko]

Beaverton/Tigard/Tualatin has been screwed a lot recently, but in the big storm in December 2008, they got a lot of snow. I think Beaverton had like 23-25 inches that month based on reports, similar to what my area seems to have had.

[Deweydog]

6 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

It'll be either WA or OR's turn this winter, I can feel it. January 2023. Dew has psychic abilities

Unfortunately I don’t feel as strong about January as I did about last December.

I do feel strong about about PDX’s 90-less July though!

 

[Doinko]

I had my turn in 2016/2017 with 18 inches of snow, but it would be nice to see something good like that again.

[Meatyorologist]

It's over?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I feel strongly about next winter. January though? I wouldn't bet on it. 

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I feel strongly about next winter. January though? I wouldn't bet on it. 

You can't.  It's impossible to ignore the ongoing January curse.  I think next winter will be good regardless though.

[TT-SEA]

I find the 18Z GFS to be pleasing after Sunday.    Likely won't work out that way though.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

You can't.  It's impossible to ignore the ongoing January curse.  I think next winter will be good regardless though.

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