On the 7th month of... July PNW 2022 (Preferance Wars)

[The Blob]

Merry summer to all. May the July gloom keep the SAD continuing.

[Phil]

June was a big ouch for 80% of the US.

PNW and AZ/NM were the big winners.

h/t to Brian B for the map.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Marine layer has moved in this morning with a low of 56. 

[TT-SEA]

Already sunny here this morning. 

The 06Z ECMWF goes out through Monday evening.   It shows less rain than the last few runs and it lifts out a little faster than the 00Z run.    Still generally cloudy and cool on Sunday and Monday though.  

[Timmy Supercell]

Here's to hopefully a normal July for you guys. 

July has run probably the largest anomaly from mean where I used to live.. 

2 of the last 8 years had a top 2 July at KLMT.

July 2021
Avg High: 91.7 (+7.7) (#1)
Mean: 71.0 (+4.9) (#2)

July 2014
Avg High: 90.6 (+6.6) (#2)
Mean: 71.5 (+5.4) (#1)

[Timmy Supercell]

12 minutes ago, Timmy Supercell said:

Here's to hopefully a normal July for you guys. 

July has run probably the largest anomaly from mean where I used to live.. 

2 of the last 8 years had a top 2 July at KLMT.

July 2021
Avg High: 91.7 (+7.7) (#1)
Mean: 71.0 (+4.9) (#2)

July 2014
Avg High: 90.6 (+6.6) (#2)
Mean: 71.5 (+5.4) (#1)

And uh.. actually 3 of the last 9 were top 3... I forget July 2013 was hot too (Mean - 70.3, #3). That was a warmer month than July 2015 or 2017.

[Meatyorologist]

8 hours ago, Deweydog said:

Came across this recipe for chicken cacciatore recently:

https://www.savingdessert.com/chicken-cacciatore/

That looks delicious.

[Phil]

OT but def one of the strangest Junes in memory imby.

No measurable precip on 27/30 days..unheard of here. And most of the precip (2.9”) fell on 1 night, due to training thunderstorms. Earth soaked it up like a dry sponge. The rest (~1.5”) fell in 2 other brief t-storms.

Safe to say, the biosphere ain’t happy right now. Goes to show how even near average rainfall can result in a very negative soil moisture balance if distributed poorly.

[Phil]

Holy crap. Any of y’all catch this?

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

4 minutes ago, Phil said:

Holy crap. Any of y’all catch this?

 

Lack of marine layer clouds has its advantages. 

[Phil]

1 minute ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Lack of marine layer clouds has its advantages. 

Mr. Marine Layer would know all about that.

[Guest administrator]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

Holy crap. Any of y’all catch this?

 

It was lovely to look at. We had a pretty damn fine display last year too, with the light lingering to 11:45 or so.

[Phil]

4 minutes ago, administrator said:

It was lovely to look at. We had a pretty damn fine display last year too, with the light lingering to 11:45 or so.

That’s awesome man. Have never seen noctilucent clouds before.

[RentonHill]

1 hour ago, Meatyorologist said:

That looks delicious.

My father in law (who’s actually sweltering in Italy right now) auctions off a huge Italian dinner every year for their church. And chicken cacciatore is always his main course. We honestly got pretty sick of it a couple years ago. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Perfect way to start July. 

[Timmy Supercell]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

OT but def one of the strangest Junes in memory imby.

No measurable precip on 27/30 days..unheard of here. And most of the precip (2.9”) fell on 1 night, due to training thunderstorms. Earth soaked it up like a dry sponge. The rest (~1.5”) fell in 2 other brief t-storms.

Safe to say, the biosphere ain’t happy right now. Goes to show how even near average rainfall can result in a very negative soil moisture balance if distributed poorly.

It rained on at least 10 days in June here, though both of us had a warm one either way.

[bainbridgekid]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Already sunny here this morning. 

The 06Z ECMWF goes out through Monday evening.   It shows less rain than the last few runs and it lifts out a little faster than the 00Z run.    Still generally cloudy and cool on Sunday and Monday though.  

Love seeing this. It’s such a thread the needle situation with so much heavy rain so close but seeing the Euro back off at this stage is really good news.

What did the 6z Euro spit out for highs Sunday and Monday?

[RentonHill]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Already sunny here this morning. 

The 06Z ECMWF goes out through Monday evening.   It shows less rain than the last few runs and it lifts out a little faster than the 00Z run.    Still generally cloudy and cool on Sunday and Monday though.  

If Omak gets an inch of rain I’ll cut my **** off

[TT-SEA]

12 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

Love seeing this. It’s such a thread the needle situation with so much heavy rain so close but seeing the Euro back off at this stage is really good news.

What did the 6z Euro spit out for highs Sunday and Monday?

65 both days at SEA.

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS total rain through Monday evening...

 

[Phil]

42 minutes ago, Timmy Supercell said:

It rained on at least 10 days in June here, though both of us had a warm one either way.

Actually finished -0.3°F here. Plains ridging often correlates to NW flow here. Especially during the first half of summer.

[Eastwind]

6 hours ago, Phil said:

June was a big ouch for 80% of the US.

PNW and AZ/NM were the big winners.

h/t to Brian B for the map.

For June:

SEA: -0.9 with 184.1% normal rainfall.

PDX: +0.9 with 189.6% normal rainfall.

So around average temperatures with almost double the normal rainfall. Almost got to 200%.

 

[TT-SEA]

Nice start to July here...

[Deweydog]

Happy Canada Day to our friends in Canada!

 

[Omegaraptor]

Low of 39 in Sunriver this morning. Now 64

[MV_snow]

12 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

Low of 39 in Sunriver this morning. Now 64

I love central OR. We stayed in Bend last week for a few days. Sitting out in the shade and wind in 85 degrees was about the chilliest 85 degrees I’ve ever experienced.

That climate is way more up my alley, but we’re not able to move due to family reasons.

[RentonHill]

@Phil! happy birthday

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Starting to clear out a little here in Salem. 

[BLI snowman]

2 hours ago, Phil said:

Holy crap. Any of y’all catch this?

 

Noice. Quite rare at this latitude. Snowy winter incoming!

[BLI snowman]

8 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Starting to clear out a little here in Salem. 

Sorry dude. Still reveling in the clouds here.

[Skagit Weather]

Ended up with 4.28" of rain last month. That made it comparable in precipitation to December (4.35") and March (4.34") and just half an inch below January (4.82"). Currently my only two days with over an inch of rain this year are also from June.

[Omegaraptor]

38 minutes ago, MV_snow said:

I love central OR. We stayed in Bend last week for a few days. Sitting out in the shade and wind in 85 degrees was about the chilliest 85 degrees I’ve ever experienced.

That climate is way more up my alley, but we’re not able to move due to family reasons.

I’ve talked about this before… but 90 degrees here or pretty much anywhere on the high plateau from Bend to Tahoe legit doesn’t feel hot at all. A typical 85 degree day in Portland area feels stuffier. The air is just so bone dry.

[RentonHill]

heres where we're at with the 12z GFS

I'm going to be in Gearhart for the 4th. Astoria meteogram might was well be an ocean temp buoy. 

[Deweydog]

43 minutes ago, MV_snow said:

I love central OR. We stayed in Bend last week for a few days. Sitting out in the shade and wind in 85 degrees was about the chilliest 85 degrees I’ve ever experienced.

That climate is way more up my alley, but we’re not able to move due to family reasons.

We considered Bend at one point but I’m allergic to roundabouts.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

If I moved to Central Oregon it would probably be LaPine. North of Bend is just too deserty for me. But my wife grew up in K-Falls, so she's not a big fan of the high desert. 

Edited July 1, 2022 by SilverFallsAndrew

[bainbridgekid]

12z Euro total rain through 11pm Monday. Much better!

 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, RentonHillTC said:

@Phil! happy birthday

Haha. I’ll believe it when I see it. Almost always ends in disappointment.

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

Kinda disappointed the euro took away our rainstorm here in the south sound but it kinda makes up for it with an overall showery pattern the days afterwards. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

32 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

12z Euro total rain through 11pm Monday. Much better!

 

Better or wetter or both?

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

Got down to 55 this morning 65 and a nice day now.