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

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, T-Town said:

It cleared out nicely here. Up to 70 degrees. Pretty nice. 

Ended up being a spectacular 4th and it's absolutely gorgeous this evening.    Nice to have model trends work in our favor for once.   

[Doinko]

4 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

Pretty interesting stat here.  The largest daily minus departures for each month at SEA from Dec to present.

Dec ... -20

Jan ... -14

Feb ... -14

Mar ... -8

Apr ... -13

Jun ... -8

Jul ... -10

Might have to go back a long time to find anything colder.

Not as cold compared to average in Portland sadly, we had

-11 in Dec, -11 in Jan, -12 in Feb, -8 in Mar, -10 in Apr, -10 in May, -8 in June.

Extreme max departures:

+12 in Dec, +8 in Jan, +11 in Feb, +10 in March, +8 in Apr, +4 in May, +16 in Jun

Still kind of annoyed that the Arctic blast didn't make it all the way south, and a bit more snow would've been nice (I had around 4 inches), but we still managed a subfreezing high and the snow starting on the night of the 25th was enough for me to count it as a white Christmas!

[Cloud]

A stunning 4th! What a beautiful day to celebrate America’s birthday! 

[NWbyNW]

Beautiful day.  67F is the high.  But how patriotic does this get?  I was looking around and noticed these blotches in a tree. I zoomed in and there we have it, two regal American Eagles!  Right on Independence Day! Perfect timing boys.

[Cloud]

3 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

Beautiful day.  67F is the high.  But how patriotic does this get?  I was looking around and noticed these blotches in a tree. I zoomed in and there we have it, two regal American Eagles!  Right on Independence Day! Perfect timing boys.

I saw one this morning as well right over my house. But unfortunately it was being chased by azzhole crows

[Doinko]

Unrelated and probably a very obscure fact, but does anyone know what the coldest winter with a trace or less of snow at PDX is? Thought that would be interesting to look into.

[Timmy Supercell]

80 degrees, fireworks and katydids having a conversation. It's gonna be loud the next 3 hours

I'm just glad this isn't the hottest Fourth I've ever seen, since we get muggier in the summer.

[Omegaraptor]

Watching Guy Fieri with my family because who else. One of the restaurants he went to was in PASCO. Must be Tim’s go-to spot!

[Timmy Supercell]

KLMT had its coolest 7/4 since 2000 today, 67 for a high. They have all been 75 or higher from 2001-2021, and without precipitation. It rained there today as well, 0.04". Apparently not from t'storms. Just regular rain, which is also hard to do on any July day there. 

[TT-SEA]

Looking at the 500mb map... you would never guess this ended up being spectacular 4th.  

Its still raining and cold up north on Vancouver Island in the same wrap around moisture band that was over Seattle yesterday.   We really lucked out today.

 

[TT-SEA]

Side note... the temp is still rising this evening at SEA.   Up to 72 now at 7 p.m. which is the high for the day.  

[BLI snowman]

41 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

Unrelated and probably a very obscure fact, but does anyone know what the coldest winter with a trace or less of snow at PDX is? Thought that would be interesting to look into.

Probably 1914-15, even though PDX wasn't around yet. Pretty cold December that year. 

[BLI snowman]

Gorgeous afternoon!!!!

[Cloud]

29 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Looking at the 500mb map... you would never guess this ended up being spectacular 4th.  

Its still raining and cold up north on Vancouver Island in the same wrap around moisture band that was over Seattle yesterday.   We really lucked out today.

 

You willed your way to a perfect 4th! Very much a Tim-effect

[Phil]

Happy 4th y’all.

 

 

[Omegaraptor]

Sprinkling in Sunriver now. Probably will only be a trace but it’s the second time I can recall precip on the Fourth. The other time was also in Sunriver.

Unfortunately could not make it to Klamath as my buddies over there just got into a new job situation and their hours at the beginning don’t give them a free Fourth unfortunately.

[GHweatherChris]

38 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Looking at the 500mb map... you would never guess this ended up being spectacular 4th.  

Its still raining and cold up north on Vancouver Island in the same wrap around moisture band that was over Seattle yesterday.   We really lucked out today.

 

Living in the moment is very helpful, weather models can skew your thought process if you allow it.

[Phil]

40 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Looking at the 500mb map... you would never guess this ended up being spectacular 4th.  

Its still raining and cold up north on Vancouver Island in the same wrap around moisture band that was over Seattle yesterday.   We really lucked out today.

 

Same out here. 89°F with a dewpoint of 55°F is a huge win by our standards. Excellent timing too, as the swamp gunk advects back in tomorrow.

[Timmy Supercell]

10 minutes ago, Phil said:

Same out here. 89°F with a dewpoint of 55°F is a huge win by our standards. Excellent timing too, as the swamp gunk advects back in tomorrow.

DP's a little higher, but I'm pretty surprised at the lack of mosquitos so far how we're starting off July.

[Phil]

1 minute ago, Timmy Supercell said:

DP's a little higher, but I'm pretty surprised at the lack of mosquitos so far how we're starting off July.

Yeah relatively few out here as well.

Though they usually don’t get real bad until late July. And of course all of August, which is the heart of bug+humidity season. It’s a real gross time of year.  

[Timmy Supercell]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

Yeah relatively few out here as well.

Though they usually don’t get real bad until late July. And of course all of August, which is the heart of bug+humidity season. It’s a real gross time of year.  

But that's not to say I haven't seen them yet this year. There were around in May here, then just sort of flew off somewhere else!

[MossMan]

So glad we got yesterday's goofest out of the way! Today was perfect compared to that crap fest! Samish Bay and Lake Goodwin! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Nice evening. 

[T-Town]

Good one tonight. 

[MossMan]

Perfection! 

[TT-SEA]

King County fireworks ban?     Yeah...that is being ignored.   Its as loud as ever out here at nightfall on the 4th.

[Anti Marine Layer]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

King County fireworks ban?     Yeah...that is being ignored.   Its as loud as ever out here at nightfall on the 4th.

That's what happened here when Newsom banned all fireworks including professional ones in 2020.

[TacomaWx]

Fireworks still ongoing amazing night. 

[MossMan]

68/52 on the day, currently 54. 

[TacomaWx]

68/48 today here no rainfall. Could be chilly again tomorrow morning 59 here with some clearing.

[snow_wizard]

So much for the Covington fireworks ban.  Not as many as before the ban, but still impressive.

[snow_wizard]

7 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

68/48 today here no rainfall. Could be chilly again tomorrow morning 59 here with some clearing.

48 in July has to be quite rare there.  It only dropped to 52 here BTW.  Only reached 69 for the high in spite of lots of sunshine.

[NWbyNW]

From Bellingham to Medford, Portland to Seattle,  Brookings to Metaline Falls! Everett to Eugene, Jordan Valley to Omak! Tacoma to Spokane! Aberdeen to Coos Bay!! Happy Independence Day one more time from me!  Loved seeing all the photos and videos above!  What a great community we got here!  Every single one of ya! 

[Deweydog]

Happy birthday, America!

Love you and all your flaws, flawed preferences!

[Frontal Snowsquall]

7 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

A beautiful 76F out there today. Couldn’t ask for better weather on the 4th. 
 

Been absent lately with my sister in law in Indiana having had a seizure and they found a mass on her brain. Needless to say our family is making some long-term decisions as to how soon we will be moving to the Midwest.

 

Uncertain times indeed. I hope y’all are well.

I'm praying for your sister and your whole family Bryan. With the advancement of medical technology and medication I've hoping she will make a full recovery. It great you are putting family first.  

[Meatyorologist]

8 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

A beautiful 76F out there today. Couldn’t ask for better weather on the 4th. 
 

Been absent lately with my sister in law in Indiana having had a seizure and they found a mass on her brain. Needless to say our family is making some long-term decisions as to how soon we will be moving to the Midwest.

 

Uncertain times indeed. I hope y’all are well.

I feel so badly for you man. You above all else deserve all the BS you have to deal with the least. You have my honest sympathies.

[Phil]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

King County fireworks ban?     Yeah...that is being ignored.   Its as loud as ever out here at nightfall on the 4th.

There’s a thick smog still hanging around here as a result of all the fireworks being set off. People were shooting them off deep into the night.

[TacomaWx]

1 hour ago, snow_wizard said:

48 in July has to be quite rare there.  It only dropped to 52 here BTW.  Only reached 69 for the high in spite of lots of sunshine.

We got down to 47 in early July 2018…but yea overall getting down into the 40s is fairly difficult in July or august here. 

[The Blob]

We ended up on the Morrison Bridge for watching fireworks. 

[Doinko]

1 hour ago, TacomaWx said:

We got down to 47 in early July 2018…but yea overall getting down into the 40s is fairly difficult in July or august here. 

Eugene hit 38 degrees in early July 2018, their all time record low for July. Surprising to have happened in 2018!