August 2022 PNW Observations and Discussion - 1956 Redux!1!!1!

[Dave]

7 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

And the Eugene/Springfield metro area wasn’t even forecast to get any thunderstorms. They literally blew up in like an hour.

I hope you finally saw your bolts. I saw at least 50 of them but I was standing outside like an Oregon idiot. 

[Front Ranger]

28 minutes ago, Kolk1604 said:

I feel like you guys don't post these enough. (Or I just miss them lol)

Hoping for a good show tonight/tomorrow, but i'm over this heat. 

18z GFS (Usually don't subscribe until fall, but i'm ready to go!) 

 

Busted warm for today...

[Front Ranger]

26 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

That's wild, I don't think I've ever witnessed a hail stone that big here in CO.

I'd imagine some damage to cars and roofs.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Dylan Robichaud with a great tweet

 

[Doinko]

Hoping for some storms to pop up near the Portland metro area, but I'm happy with the two lightning strikes I saw today!

[Timmy Supercell]

1 minute ago, Front Ranger said:

That's wild, I don't think I've ever witnessed a hail stone that big here in CO.

I'd imagine some damage to cars and roofs.

I had a few stones 1" in Klamath Falls 8/5/2020. That was their last severe t'storm warning even, on that day.

Here I'm waiting for my first official hailstorm in northeastern KY.

[Perturbed Member]

Just now, Timmy Supercell said:

I had a few stones 1" in Klamath Falls 8/5/2020. That was their last severe t'storm warning even, on that day.

Here I'm waiting for my first official hailstorm in northeastern KY.

How are you liking your new climate?

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

Hoping for some storms to pop up near the Portland metro area, but I'm happy with the two lightning strikes I saw today!

The night is still young…based on what happened in Eugene I think it’s gonna be a good one for many folks. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Beautiful sunset and then a direct hit from a nice thunderstorm. 0.33" of rain.

[Doinko]

Something just suddenly popped up near Salmon Creek!

[BLI snowman]

Big flash of lightning here.

[Dave]

31 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I live less than a mile from there. For once, I was in the bullseye.

[smerfylicious]

9 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

Flower's are bloomin' this year!  How is everyone else's gardens doing?  Flowers here are great, my strawberries are doing great, my hot chili peppers are doing great, onions, sweet chard, lettuce, rhubarb are doing good, but my tomatoes aren't doing a whole lot, nor my figs or blueberries. 

 

 

Niiice! My garden has revived!

 

[Doinko]

Just now, TacomaWx said:

The night is still young…based on what happened in Eugene I think it’s gonna be a good one for many folks. 

I'm not gonna sleep properly tonight am I...

[MossMan]

8 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

Flower's are bloomin' this year!  How is everyone else's gardens doing?  Flowers here are great, my strawberries are doing great, my hot chili peppers are doing great, onions, sweet chard, lettuce, rhubarb are doing good, but my tomatoes aren't doing a whole lot, nor my figs or blueberries. 

 

 

Nice!! My landscaping color has struggled a bit this season due to the cold wet spring. The heavy wet snow in April also did a number to it. And my Blueberries have been way slower to ripen. Last year everything was pumping color and veggie garden wise. However the blackberry bushes have gone insane this year. 

[Timmy Supercell]

1 minute ago, nwsnow said:

How are you liking your new climate?

It's not bad. I like that we get rainfall on a dependable basis throughout the year. 

Summers are not as hot as the deep south. 

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Big flash of lightning here.

I was watching the lightning map and thought that was a mistake 

[Doinko]

Raining again

[TigerWoodsLibido]

5 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

I'm not gonna sleep properly tonight am I...

Just wait til the regular season…this is a nice dress rehearsal for the amount of cigarettes and weed that will need to be smoked after viewing cold and snowy model runs in the fall-winter.

[smerfylicious]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Nice!! My landscaping color has struggled a bit this season due to the cold wet spring. The heavy wet snow in April also did a number to it. And my Blueberries have been way slower to ripen. Last year everything was pumping color and veggie garden wise. However the blackberry bushes have gone insane this year. 

Any tips for starting blueberries? I have a "rare for USA" variety that I failed to get the seeds to germinate on twice already.

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

I'm not gonna sleep properly tonight am I...

I might try to squeeze in a couple hours but this is such a rare occurrence (even rarer than snow sometimes) gotta stay up and track it. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

30 minutes ago, nwsnow said:

Ground is all covered now, starting to accumulate. Sticking to everything. 

Gotta love the smell of that summer rain. 

The lightning also produces ozone and it helps clean out the air. Nothing better than smelling the clean crisp air just after a thunderstorm. 

[Doinko]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I was watching the lightning map and thought that was a mistake 

Yeah that one came out of nowhere

[BLI snowman]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I was watching the lightning map and thought that was a mistake 

Just a one and done so far but getting some nice big drops of rain at least.

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, BLI snowman said:

Just a one and done so far but getting some nice big drops of rain at least.

Gives me the feeling something could pop off up here sooner than expected. Lots of lightning offshore but for now not a ton going on over western OR. 

[Doinko]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I might try to squeeze in a couple hours but this is such a rare occurrence (even rarer than snow sometimes) gotta stay up and track it. 

And for snow I usually just wake up and see how much I get, can't really do that for thunderstorms!

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, Doiinko said:

And for snow I usually just wake up and see how much I get, can't really do that for thunderstorms!

Really hard for me to sleep during convective or snow events. First half of February 2019 was rough on the sleep schedule. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

16 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

That's wild, I don't think I've ever witnessed a hail stone that big here in CO.

I'd imagine some damage to cars and roofs.

I have. 3–4" in diameter. Did quite a bit of damage.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Just now, TacomaWx said:

Really hard for me to sleep during convective or snow events. First half of February 2019 was rough on the sleep schedule. 

All of Feb 2019 was balls to the wall insanity on some of those model runs.

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

Really hard for me to sleep during convective or snow events. First half of February 2019 was rough on the sleep schedule. 

Feb 2019 was annoying here for the first storms trending north and the second ones at the end of the month trending south but I still managed an inch on the 4th and around 3" on the 25th which was nice.

[The Blob]

28 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

Flower's are bloomin' this year!  How is everyone else's gardens doing?  Flowers here are great, my strawberries are doing great, my hot chili peppers are doing great, onions, sweet chard, lettuce, rhubarb are doing good, but my tomatoes aren't doing a whole lot, nor my figs or blueberries. 

 

 

My blueberries and strawberries did well this year. Tomatoes are taking off but still need a lot of time to ripen. My garden is still being put in so I expect next year or the next it'll be a jungle.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

13 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

I'm not gonna sleep properly tonight am I...

I'm pulling an all nighter! 

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Doiinko said:

Feb 2019 was annoying here for the first storms trending north and the second ones at the end of the month trending south but I still managed an inch on the 4th and around 3" on the 25th which was nice.

We did amazing here. 22” of snow that month. Then some light non accumulating snows a few times in the second half of the month and 1” of snow in early March. Just was an amazing stretch of winter weather. Could be a long time before we see something like that again. 

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

We did amazing here. 22” of snow that month. Then some light non accumulating snows a few times in the second half of the month and 1” of snow in early March. Just was an amazing stretch of winter weather. Could be a long time before we see something like that again. 

23" is crazy! I'm wasn't too annoyed though because we did have 18" of snow here 2 winters beforehand and a lot of it stuck around for a good bit of time while most of the Sound didn't get that much. However it would be nice to see 7"+ in the next few winters we haven't had that since then.

[TacomaWx]

[TacomaWx]

C’Mon mike do a livestream! 

[FroYoBro]

8 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

I'm pulling an all nighter! 

It’s over. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Still going strong near Eugene.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

5 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Still going strong near Eugene.

Pretty sure Veneta has been seeing a lot of lightning over the last couple hours.

[Dave]

I know I don't speak for TWL, but I absolutely love thunderstorms. To get large hail and lightning galore, well to me it's just as nice as a 6" snowstorm and three days of subfreezing temperatures. I'm pretty happy. I also remeasured the hail and it was about 1.4". Pretty sweet.