May Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[El Nina]

Who ended up with more snow this winter, SEA or PDX?

[Farmboy]

Lol... that doesn't smell bad.

 

Smells can be subjective...  I can't stand the smell of that stuff, plus I'm allergic to it, so...  It was so bad I had to leave the campsite, came back some time later and they were still at it that's when their dogs charged me...

[El Nina]

Smells can be subjective...  I can't stand the smell of that stuff, plus I'm allergic to it, so...  It was so bad I had to leave the campsite, came back some time later and they were still at it that's when their dogs charged me...

You definelty should have reported them then, that's quite ridiculous.

[Deweydog]

Who ended up with more snow this winter, SEA or PDX?

Huh?

 

Neither station dropped below 43 degrees last winter.

[The Swamp]

I was being facetious but carrying a gun everywhere in case of animal attacks seems a bit much in the 21st century.

No. It's not a bit much. It's smart.

[The Swamp]

The billowing clouds of that stinky crap that had been drifting over to my campsite for a few hours...

That's just "modern medicine".

[Guest happ]

No. It's not a bit much. It's smart.

 

Okay    

[El Nina]

Huh?

Neither station dropped below 43 degrees last winter.

I've seen it snow at 60 degrees.

[Farmboy]

You definelty should have reported them then, that's quite ridiculous.

 

 

I probably would've if there had been a forest ranger.  Budget cuts...

[El Nina]

I probably would've if there had been a forest ranger.  Budget cuts...

Yea that's when it gets tough cause you have to decide whether or not to take matters into your own hands at that point. Really sucks that people get away with disrespectful crap like that nowadays, I think it's because there's no authoritative presence anymore.

[BLI snowman]

Who ended up with more snow this winter, SEA or PDX?

PDX by almost double.

 

SEA is the new PDX.

[MossMan]

Who ended up with more snow this winter, SEA or PDX?

Yeah how much did SEA end up with? I ended up with 22”.

[BLI snowman]

Yeah how much did SEA end up with? I ended up with 22”.

4.0"

 

Probably not going to get much more.

[El Nina]

PDX by almost double.

SEA is the new PDX.

I have a lawyer telling me it never got below 43, and now a snowman is telling me it did snow, quite a bit even. Who do I believe?

[TT-SEA]

00Z GFS on board with a nice holiday weekend... particularly Sunday and Monday.    And with troughing by the middle of next week.

 

The 00Z GEM agrees with the GFS about the weekend but not about the troughing next week. 

[BLI snowman]

I have a lawyer telling me it never got below 43, and now a snowman is telling me it did snow, quite a bit even. Who do I believe?

Dewey may be the most honest lawyer I've ever seen.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

I do. Your average June forecast would be preferable to the cold-anomalies some others here are hoping for...

I think the first half of June will be below average but it I see flip back to warmer than normal the 2nd half of June. Then it should be warmer to hotter than normal the rest of the summer.

[Front Ranger]

00Z GFS on board with a nice holiday weekend... particularly Sunday and Monday. And with troughing by the middle of next week.

 

The 00Z GEM agrees with the GFS about the weekend but not about the troughing next week.

Cancel NOW.

[TT-SEA]

Cancel NOW.

 

Thanks for the reminder.   One day left to make the call.   Leaning heavily towards cancelling.  

[GHweatherChris]

Thanks for the reminder. One day left to make the call. Leaning heavily towards cancelling.

This is so sad, book reservations just in case, then battle between keeping em or cancelling em, what is the ******* point?

[Front Ranger]

This is so sad, book reservations just in case, then battle between keeping em or cancelling em, what is the f***** point?

The only fitting way to remember our fallen soldiers is with sunshine.

[TT-SEA]

This is so sad, book reservations just in case, then battle between keeping em or cancelling em, what is the f***** point?

 

Not sad at all... sort of fun actually.      

[TT-SEA]

The only fitting way to remember our fallen soldiers is with sunshine.

 

00Z ECMWF definitely has me waiting until the runs tomorrow.  

 

Marine layer days on Saturday and Monday on that run.   While its in the upper 80s on Sunday and Monday on the other side of the mountains.   Tempting!  

[TT-SEA]

00Z ECMWF also shows a full latitude trough by day 8...

 

[BLI snowman]

00Z ECMWF also shows a full latitude trough by day 8...

 

 

 

Ugh,

[TT-SEA]

Ugh,

 

00Z ECMWF shows a total of .01 at PDX over the next 10 days. 

 

SEA fares much better with .10   

[BLI snowman]

00Z ECMWF shows a total of .01 at PDX over the next 10 days. 

 

SEA fares much better with .10   

 

1992 also stayed pretty dry and warm into June.

 

Afraid it was a stormy 4th of July, though 

[TT-SEA]

00Z EPS was more robust with the trough than the 12Z run in the 8-10 day period.

 

It was still warm again in the 10-15 day period.

[Kayla]

Sharing is NOT caring up here.

 

Sidebar... I thought I'd share with you I got my FAA part 107a drone certification a couple weeks back. I have no idea what I'm gonna do with my new knowledge of sectional charts and calculating stall speeds but it's up there!

 

Nice! Are you just using it as a hobbyist or are you planning on doing some other work with it? Kind of a silly certification but the FAA had to do something and that was the best they could come up with. The main takeaway should be just some general knowledge of airspace and traffic patterns to avoid air traffic.

 

Most importantly, keep it below 400' as helis commonly fly at 500' AGL (including yours truly!)

[TT-SEA]

There has not been a single below normal day yet this month at SEA, WFO SEA, BLI, or OLM

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Who ended up with more snow this winter, SEA or PDX?

I can tell you which part of the PNW had the least...

[Front Ranger]

There has not been a single below normal day yet this month at SEA, WFO SEA, BLI, or OLM

 

SEA and OLM both have a chance to tie their driest May on record, if no more falls this month. .12" and .15" respectively. OLM's record came just two years ago in 2016.

[Phil]

00Z EPS was more robust with the trough than the 12Z run in the 8-10 day period.

 

It was still warm again in the 10-15 day period.

It’s moving towards a cooler solution, though. Lots of members with troughing well-established by D15.

 

Today’s D15 00z (top) vs yesterday’s D15 12z (bottom).

 

 

[High Desert Mat!]

Cloud tops are exploding all around me this morning. Looking like quite the active afternoon coming up.

[TT-SEA]

Suddenly tomorrow is now looking a solid marine layer day up here... probably very little break up.

[Jesse]

GFS is spitting out a little convection down here, later this evening.

[BLI snowman]

GFS is spitting out a little convection down here, later this evening.

 

The hi-res models are the way to go in these capped/no-forcing type convection setups we've been having this spring. They all show nothing west of the mountains today.

[TT-SEA]

The hi-res models are the way to go in these capped/no-forcing type convection setups we've been having this spring. They all show nothing west of the mountains today.

 

 

FWIW...

 

[Jesse]

The hi-res models are the way to go in these capped/no-forcing type convection setups we've been having this spring. They all show nothing west of the mountains today.

Should probably look at the high res stuff more. I rarely do.

[Jesse]

Euro seems almost too good to be true.