Amazing storm in Bend today. Over .5-.75” across a lot of town. Near quarter size hail, tons of CG, and even hail fog. Going on almost two hours of hearing thunder.
This enhanced convection over the WPAC/dateline is typically associated with +TNH/western ridging. I’m honestly surprised it isn’t more pronounced on guidance.
The drier pattern is manifesting as expected, but the mean ridge axis is farther west than you would climatologically expect. The reason for that is probably related to the enhanced Indian Ocean convection (which is likely to be the dominant low frequency signal this summer).
But until subsidence returns to the dateline (and it will), the drier PNW pattern is likely to continue.
https://climateatlas.org/
Here is a really cool site. Puts nearly 30,000 weather stations across the globe on a map to easily view the climate averages in almost any area. Also offers the option to filter stations in a manner similar to SC-ACIS.
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