May Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Farmboy]

What's really stupid is they shot and killed the mountain lion. We moved into his habitat. He had every right to attack suburban sprawl.

 

Any wild animal who attacks people is immediately marked for extermination.  Once they get the idea that they can attack people and win, then you've got big trouble...

[Geos]

Sitting at about 70 with partly sunny skies. 

[El Nina]

Pretty day

[Front Ranger]

Any wild animal who attacks people is immediately marked for extermination.  Once they get the idea that they can attack people and win, then you've got big trouble...

 

Exactly. If that cat attacked anyone else (and it's much more likely to than one that hasn't), the state would have blood on their hands for not doing anything about it. 

 

Even if they relocated it somewhere else, it could still end up attacking someone and you're looking at lawsuits.

[Front Ranger]

What's really stupid is they shot and killed the mountain lion. We moved into his habitat. He had every right to attack suburban sprawl.

 

Should have attacked some over-watered lawns instead of mountain bikers.

[Farmboy]

Can someone tell me a good model for judging marine layer depth and duration?  I'm trying to decide whether or not I'm going to do a multi day hike on the southwest side of the Olympics.  I'll be around 2,000 feet in elevation in the south-central area of the Olympics and I don't really want to go if it's going to be socked in with a marine layer the entire time- because of the scenic nature of the area, it wouldn't be worth it.  This will be Thursday-Sunday I'm thinking....

[TT-SEA]

Can someone tell me a good model for judging marine layer depth and duration?  I'm trying to decide whether or not I'm going to do a multi day hike on the southwest side of the Olympics.  I'll be around 2,000 feet in elevation in the south-central area of the Olympics and I don't really want to go if it's going to be socked in with a marine layer the entire time- because of the scenic nature of the area, it wouldn't be worth it.  This will be Thursday-Sunday I'm thinking....

 

Not going to be real good there.

 

The best model by far is the ECMWF low cloud map on WB.

 

Saturday and Sunday looked socked in there.

[Farmboy]

Not going to be real good there.

 

The best model by far is the ECMWF low cloud map on WB.

 

Saturday and Sunday looked socked in there.

 

 

I don't have WB, but would the GFS 6-hour average low cloud fraction be similar?  Probably not as good as the Euro I'd imagine...

[TT-SEA]

Well... the day is almost over and the status hung tough in central King County once again.  

 

A week straight of clouds and lots of drizzle now.    

 

Its been much sunnier in Seattle near the Sound and over the eastern part of the county up to Snoqualmie Pass.

 

But for central King County this past week has been the worst case scenario for low clouds.  

 

[El Nina]

Well... the day is almost over and the status hung tough in central King County once again.  

 

A week straight of clouds and lots of drizzle now.    

 

Its been much sunnier in Seattle near the Sound and over the eastern part of the county up to Snoqualmie Pass.

 

But for central King County this past week has been the worst case scenario for low clouds.  

 

yeah

[MossMan]

What's really stupid is they shot and killed the mountain lion. We moved into his habitat. He had every right to attack suburban sprawl.

The animal was not right, reports say it was nearly 100lbs underweight so something was up with it.

[Jesse]

18z gives the ULL a little more in the way of watery teeth. Good ensemble support too. Hopefully the start of a trend...

 

Hard to imagine a ULL absorbing into the jet like that with basically zero precip in the lowlands, which is what some runs have been showing.

[TT-SEA]

The animal was not right, reports say it was nearly 100lbs underweight so something was up with it.

 

I think they said it weighed 100lbs... and normal is around 140lbs.

[Tyler Mode]

About the nicest day we've had here in a while.  The clouds burned off early, yet it stayed a very nice 72 for a high.  Originally I was thinking low 80s today.

[Farmboy]

18z gives the ULL a little more in the way of watery teeth. Good ensemble support too. Hopefully the start of a trend...

 

Hard to imagine a ULL absorbing into the jet like that with basically zero precip in the lowlands, which is what some runs have been showing.

 

Wonderful...

[Phil]

[The Swamp]

Rooting for rain and rain on Memorial Day weekend is just wrong.

[Front Ranger]

SEA's average high for the month so far is almost 71. Running slightly behind 1992's record, but it looks like it's toast with highs in the mid/upper 70s this week.

[Guest happ]

What's really stupid is they shot and killed the mountain lion. We moved into his habitat. He had every right to attack suburban sprawl.

 

You wouldn't feel that way if it was one of your relatives' flesh found in the stomach of a mountain lion. 

[OKwx2k4]

You wouldn't feel that way if it was one of your relatives' flesh found in the stomach of a mountain lion.

Mountain lions' lives matter.

[Jesse]

Nice day.

[ShawniganLake]

Just got on the ferry back to the island. It was warm in the desert. 88 when we drove thru Spences bridge.

[Front Ranger]

Tim forgot to post this earlier.

 

[TT-SEA]

Tim forgot to post this earlier.

 

ecmwf-ens_T850a_namer_11.png

 

 

I will do better than that... here is the day 10-15 blended mean.   

 

[Phil]

Those NATL SSTAs are still plunging.

 

Some -5C anomalies showing up in the subpolar domain, and -4C off the coast of Africa. And +5C in the middle latitude area sandwiches in between. Wow.

 

Climo period is 1981-2010. Real anomalies (not relative to the global anomaly).

 

[Deweydog]

Dennis Quaid was right all along!

[MossMan]

Nice day.

Very nice day!

[Timmy Supercell]

Was hoping that today would continue what would have been a fun stretch of storm days, but the universe does what it does best... 

 

I guess May 2013 truly was an unusual case.

[BLI snowman]

Very nice day!

Dare I even say it was extremely nice.

[El Nina]

Perfect evening for a run. Just the right temp where it wasn't too hot but I still sweat and got the toxins out.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Fantastic sunny day today. Tomorrow temperatures should climb back into the mid 80s again for PDX Metro.

[Timmy Supercell]

Perfect evening for a run. Just the right temp where it wasn't too hot but I still sweat and got the toxins out.

 

Today was definitely not the right day for me to be injecting toxins into my system (drinking).

 

Maybe after my hair of the dog in the morning tomorrow I'll get some well deserved convection?? 

[Phil]

Those NATL SSTAs are still plunging.

 

Some -5C anomalies showing up in the subpolar domain, and -4C off the coast of Africa. And +5C in the middle latitude area sandwiches in between. Wow.

 

Climo period is 1981-2010. Real anomalies (not relative to the global anomaly).

 

And this pattern keeps reinforcing those SSTAs.

 

[Front Ranger]

0z GFS shows very little rain for most the region through day 10.

 

Seasonable to cool after this week, though.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

The models seem to have trended warmer again in the medium range. Here is the 00z UKMET at day 6.

 

http://img.meteocentre.com/models/ukmet_amer_00/GZ_D5_PN_144_0000.gif

 

The 00z CMC also gets warm too for next week.

 

http://img.meteocentre.com/models/gemglb_amer_00/GZ_D5_PN_180_0000.gif

[Front Ranger]

Not the GFS.

[Phil]

Not the GFS.

Or the CMC ensembles. #cherrypicking

[El Nina]

Today was definitely not the right day for me to be injecting toxins into my system (drinking).

 

Maybe after my hair of the dog in the morning tomorrow I'll get some well deserved convection?? 

Unfortunately that violent release of toxins will be the closest you get to convection for awhile.

[Front Ranger]

Or the CMC ensembles. #cherrypicking

 

Canadian cherries are known to be among the best in the world.

[Phil]

Today was definitely not the right day for me to be injecting toxins into my system (drinking).

 

Maybe after my hair of the dog in the morning tomorrow I'll get some well deserved convection??

Lol, you’re plastered.

 

This actually gives Tim’s martini raincloud post a run for its money.