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

[TacomaWx]

Just enough to wet the ground here but there’s more precip to the south so maybe we will get on the board later. 

[GHweatherChris]

It precipitated here, nothing measurable, currently 71 after a high of 77.

[MossMan]

Massive change over the last 40min or so. 67 and getting darker by the second. 

[Cloud]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

LOL @ anyone claiming Niña is fading. She’s about to come roaring back, more pissed off than ever.

 

Who was saying Nina’s fading?  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like we did get 0.01” of rain today. 70/54

[Anti Marine Layer]

Looks like Seattle and Portland both made it to about 75 today as the never ending low continues to spin around off the coast.

[NWbyNW]

Completely overcast and just started sprinkling.  Very muggy and not that nice feeling. 66F outside and 77F inside... what gives?!  

[Deweydog]

Lovely day.

Appears there are several more to come.

[MossMan]

63 and sprinkles. Was 75 and sunny an hour ago. Good lord. 

[T-Town]

32 minutes ago, MossMan said:

63 and sprinkles. Was 75 and sunny an hour ago. Good lord. 

Sprinkles and 70 here. It would seem that the same dynamic that gives you six inches of snow while I get 38 degree rain continues to apply in the summer as well. Trade offs…

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Sprinkles and 70 here. It would seem that the same dynamic that gives you six inches of snow while I get 38 degree rain continues to apply in the summer as well. Trade offs…

Still 72 degrees in North Bend after a high of 78.   I am always surprised at how fast his location cools off in the summer.

Had a brief shower here... then the sun came back out... another round of sprinkles incoming.  

[Frontal Snowsquall]

4 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

That's insane!

Here's an explanation for why the sky was green.

For an explanation of the sharp contrast in colors, AccuWeather Meteorologist Isaac Longley points to the late-afternoon fuel source of the storms.

"Thunderstorms tend to occur later in the day due (to) the sun's energy during the day helping to fuel them," Longley stated. "As we know, the sun appears more red later in the day as it approaches the horizon."

Once light underneath tall thunderclouds is introduced, the combination of red sunlight and blue lights leads to the green colors engulfing the sky.

"Light underneath a tall thundercloud appears blue due to the scattering by water droplets," Longley said. "When the blue light is illuminated by the red light from the setting sun, it appears green, which is why some thunderstorms have that greenish hue to it."

https://news.yahoo.com/south-dakota-skies-green-amid-001944655.html

[Cascadia_Wx]

75/58 day here. Mostly overcast with scattered showers at times, a little muggy.

[The Swamp]

nice heavy rain shower

so blessed

[Phil]

22 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

That's insane!

Here's an explanation for why the sky was green.

For an explanation of the sharp contrast in colors, AccuWeather Meteorologist Isaac Longley points to the late-afternoon fuel source of the storms.

"Thunderstorms tend to occur later in the day due (to) the sun's energy during the day helping to fuel them," Longley stated. "As we know, the sun appears more red later in the day as it approaches the horizon."

Once light underneath tall thunderclouds is introduced, the combination of red sunlight and blue lights leads to the green colors engulfing the sky.

"Light underneath a tall thundercloud appears blue due to the scattering by water droplets," Longley said. "When the blue light is illuminated by the red light from the setting sun, it appears green, which is why some thunderstorms have that greenish hue to it."

https://news.yahoo.com/south-dakota-skies-green-amid-001944655.html

I don’t think that explains it. The storms occurred at ~ 330pm, well before sunset.

My suspicion is light was being refracted by hail. I’ve noticed hail cores often have that greenish hue to them, and have never seen such colors in the absence of hail.

[TacomaWx]

Getting a decent soaking rain now! 

[NWbyNW]

Some decent showers in the south south moving northward.  A band is clipping Vancouver Island right now and a good amount over the Oregon Cascades.  

[Blizzard777]

3 hours ago, T-Town said:

Funny that it’s set in the year 2022. I didn’t remember that. 

Lol….didn’t even notice that!   
 

Spitting rain currently but not a bad day for the most part 

[T-Town]

3 minutes ago, Jginmartini said:

Lol….didn’t even notice that!   
 

Spitting rain currently but not a bad day for the most part 

Gonna need to watch it again soon. Charleton Heston had a good run in the late sixties, early seventies. 

[Cloud]

Today turned sideways quick. Heavier showers rolling through

[TacomaWx]

Looks like another band of rain is developing down in Oregon that should work it’s way up north later this evening. 0.04” today now. 

[The Swamp]

I'm wondering if we can get rain added to each day this week.

Forecast for Thursday and Friday looks great but so did today four days ago.

Seems like the trend we are in goes something like this.........day four and five looks great with abundant sun and warm.  Wake up the next day and clouds have crept into the forecast.  Next day they add raindrops to the forecast.

Looks like they have rain now for tomorrow.

Hoping we can get rain added Thursday and Friday too.

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, The Swamp said:

I'm wondering if we can get rain added to each day this week.

Forecast for Thursday and Friday looks great but so did today four days ago.

Seems like the trend we are in goes something like this.........day four and five looks great with abundant sun and warm.  Wake up the next day and clouds have crept into the forecast.  Next day they add raindrops to the forecast.

Looks like they have rain now for tomorrow.

Hoping we can get rain added Thursday and Friday too.

Really has been that way.   Other people have mentioned it to me wanting an explanation.  

[TT-SEA]

13 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Today turned sideways quick. Heavier showers rolling through

Completely missed my area again.   We got about 10 raindrops and now it's getting brighter.   I am sad. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Incredible blessings in southern Oregon today! 

[Cloud]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Completely missed my area again.   We got about 10 raindrops and now it's getting brighter.   I am sad. 

We got a trace from the earlier band at about 4pm. This one is heavier and produced 0.01 so far.

[TT-SEA]

SEA dropped to 70 with the first band... then jumped back up to 75 at 6 p.m. and now down to 67 in the second band.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Up to 0.11” on the day. Temp down to 60.

[Blizzard777]

2 hours ago, MossMan said:

Massive change over the last 40min or so. 67 and getting darker by the second. 

Slip sliding away slip sliding away  

[RentonHill]

@Jginmartini Played gearhart links today. Second off the tee at 7am and it was cool and calm with a few raindrops, but just about perfect links golf weather for scoring. Shot 77 in 2.5 hours….if only every round etc etc

[Meatyorologist]

whet!

[Deweydog]

2 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

@Jginmartini Played gearhart links today. Second off the tee at 7am and it was cool and calm with a few raindrops, but just about perfect links golf weather for scoring. Shot 77 in 2.5 hours….if only every round etc etc

Love that course. Especially the back nine. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

I don’t think that explains it. The storms occurred at ~ 330pm, well before sunset.

My suspicion is light was being refracted by hail. I’ve noticed hail cores often have that greenish hue to them, and have never seen such colors in the absence of hail.

Could be, looks like nobody knows for sure. Here is what one study says. The article goes more in depth as to the reasoning.

A 1993 study from Penn State University contends that there simply needs to be a strong thunderstorm with a large volume of precipitation and the right alignment of the sun and thunderstorm to turn the sky green. Researchers calculated hail's contribution to the green color was actually small.

https://weather.com/science/weather-explainers/news/green-sky-thunderstorm-hail

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, The Swamp said:

nice heavy rain shower

so blessed

Good news is that this is a mild night type of pattern this week... your garden likes occasional rain, warm nights, and a little humidity in the air.  

[MossMan]

Wet deck.

[Cloud]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Good news is that this is a mild night type of pattern this week... your garden likes occasional rain, warm nights, and a little humidity in the air.  

We got a ton of slugs coming out at night this summer. And some are freaking massive! Even on Saturday there was a garden snail. 

[LowerGarfield]

Topped out here at about 82F around 3 or 4. Currently 73 degrees and partial cloud cover.

[TacomaWx]

Looks like there’s another decent shower coming this way. Even though Tim and a few people aren’t big fans of the rain it ended up well timed with a nice dry 4th with rain on the 3rd and the 5th. 
 Really nice to get decent rainfall amounts in the cascades of WA/OR today again all the way into southern OR and northern CA too. Should really help us out when we do start to dry out eventually. 

[Phil]

19 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Could be, looks like nobody knows for sure. Here is what one study says. The article goes more in depth as to the reasoning.

A 1993 study from Penn State University contends that there simply needs to be a strong thunderstorm with a large volume of precipitation and the right alignment of the sun and thunderstorm to turn the sky green. Researchers calculated hail's contribution to the green color was actually small.

https://weather.com/science/weather-explainers/news/green-sky-thunderstorm-hail

Interesting. Problem is, given the fact this storm occurred only 2hrs after solar noon, it’s impossible that a low solar angle was responsible.

Also, the sun was behind the storm, not in front of it. So that explanations fails too.

Droplet size is interesting. I hadn’t thought of that. Though if that’s the case, I don’t see what would make this storm unique.

[Deweydog]

Petrichor!