June Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Geos]

Looks like a strong CZ sets up south of Mossman late Saturday.

 

 

[El Nina]

When did Eugene get a radar?

 

Hint... they didn't.

Trouble noticing sarcasm?

[MossMan]

Moderate rain for the last several hours! Wet!

[Deweydog]

Wet here too.

 

Sticking to cars and grass and homeless people.

[MossMan]

Wet here too.

 

Sticking to cars and grass and homeless people.

Have you gotten the measuring tape out and checked the accumulation on all of those surfaces yet?

[ShawniganLake]

Pretty dry here. 0.07”. Most of that fell around midnight last night.

[TT-SEA]

Pretty dry here. 0.07”. Most of that fell around midnight last night.

.02 here.

 

Crippling drought continues.

[Farmboy]

.02 here.

 

Crippling drought continues.

 

 

Are the trees gonna make it?  This rain may not be enough to stave off tree-mageddon.

[TT-SEA]

Are the trees gonna make it?  This rain may not be enough to stave off tree-mageddon.

 

 

Not sure how they will make it to our very wet August. 

 

Could be a few weeks of 70s and 80s with sun at times... enough to kill most living things.

[James Jones]

Not sure how they will make it to our very wet August. 

 

Could be a few weeks of 70s and 80s with sun at times... enough to kill most living things.

 

The I5 corridor might see a 1.4" mean instead of .8". Summer completely ruined, any concerns of drought mitigated.

[MossMan]

Still pouring!

[Farmboy]

Not sure how they will make it to our very wet August. 

 

Could be a few weeks of 70s and 80s with sun at times... enough to kill most living things.

 

I think they're building a bio-dome to preserve the most 'at-risk' plants and animals until the climate normalizes.

[Phil]

Still pouring!

Jealous af. We just finished practice and I’m sweating my skin off. #IWant50DegreeDrizzle

[BLI snowman]

I probably won't even be leaving my room these next 48 hours. I'm not sure how you people can possibly do anything else right now.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Steady rain since 2.  Brown patch of grass in the backyard needs this badly.

[TT-SEA]

Steady rain since 2.  Brown patch of grass in the backyard needs this badly.

 

Pick one of these up at Home Depot.    It is a water delivery system.   You can provide water for thirsty plants and grass... we have the technology!   What an age we live in.   

 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Pick one of these up at Home Depot.    It is a water delivery system.   You can provide water for thirsty plants and grass... we have the technology!   What an age we live in.   

 

 

Oh believe me the hose has been getting things plenty wet.  Just haven't been able to get the duration part down.

[El Nina]

Feels nice this evening.

[TT-SEA]

So, I'm sure I can count on you guys that are making snarky comments about dying trees to come down to Eugene and help me cut down and haul out some of the numerous firs on my property that have already died due to the heat and drought of the last 5 years.

Could have died from extreme cold!

 

Adversity makes for a stronger forest.

 

We cut down trees all the time on our property to open up sunlight or views. And in a couple years there are more to take down. They grow like weeds.

 

And we use them for firewood... no reason to haul them away.

 

Lots of people around here place ads and let people come and take down trees and haul them away for their own firewood. Don't have to pay them at all.

[seattleweatherguy]

Not much rain here so far

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Pretty dry here. 0.07”. Most of that fell around midnight last night.

 

Was dry most of the day but the rain is picking up a bit now, up to 0.12" on the day.

[TT-SEA]

Live view from our window here... a fog shrouded Rattlesnake Ridge and healthy forest.   I swear those trees behind our shed grow 2 or 3 feet per year.

 

[Jesse]

Sooo....

 

If we had a fairly cold fall and we were transitioning into winter would you suspend your yearning for cold, sexy weather for the sake of #fairandbalanced?

You are the only fair and balanced poster here.

 

And if we were able to pull off a fairly cold fall (unlikely to ever happen again) I certainly wouldn't be grousing about the lack of cold weather.

[Jesse]

This rain could be a game changer.

[TT-SEA]

This rain could be a game changer.

How so?

 

Not very impressive so far.

 

I am genuinely disappointed. I would love to see widespread significant rain right now.

[Deweydog]

This rain was probably a game canceller.

[MossMan]

Still raining!

[MossMan]

Walked down to the main road to check the mail a bit ago...no sign of tree death around here!

[ShawniganLake]

Was dry most of the day but the rain is picking up a bit now, up to 0.12" on the day.

I worked in Victoria today. It was dry enough for mowing, which was nice. Rain is picking up a bit this evening, which is perfect timing for me.

[El Nina]

Live view from our window here... a fog shrouded Rattlesnake Ridge and healthy forest. I swear those trees behind our shed grow 2 or 3 feet per year.

 

Those are some gorgeous hemlocks.

[Timmy]

LeBron is a game changer

[BLI snowman]

Good 00z GFS run. Lots of systems, some heat too. Yay for variety.

[Jesse]

Good 00z GFS run. Lots of systems, some heat too. Yay for variety.

Agreed. Sounds like June.

[Jesse]

Pick one of these up at Home Depot. It is a water delivery system. You can provide water for thirsty plants and grass... we have the technology! What an age we live in.

 

 

You realize it needs to be raining somewhere, or have rained somewhere at some point for that hose to work, right?

 

And one garden hose can not make up for drought conditions.

[MossMan]

Heavy rain!

[Jesse]

Heavy rain!

It rained in your very rainy microclimate! The region’s drought concerns have been alleviated!!

[TT-SEA]

You realize it needs to be raining somewhere, or have rained somewhere at some point for that hose to work, right?

 

And one garden hose can not make up for drought conditions.

It rains all the time in the PNW. Not a problem.

 

And a hose can be helpful for those brown spots in the lawn when the rain stops for a couple weeks after raining on the majority of days for 9 straight months.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Score!

 

[TT-SEA]

No, "adversity" makes for different native vegetation.

 

By your logic, the "strongest" Douglas firs should grow in the Sahara Desert.

 

I like my fir trees.  I don't want them all to die.  If I wanted a native desert landscape, I'd stay in SoCal forever.

 

Plus, there's this weird persistent phenomenon where you project what's going on in your own backyard microclimate as if it applies to everyone.  It doesn't.

 

Dumb post.    Adversity does make for a stronger forest.    Fire is also beneficial to a forest and an integral part of the natural cycle.   The Sahara Desert comment is just dumb. 

 

And the sarcastic comment from farmboy that prompted your scorn was specifically about the trees in my area.  

 

Regardless... what you want is completely irrelevant to nature.    Scolding us is irrelevant.    We don't control it.

 

It was a VERY wet rainy season up here in WA and BC.   The rain has let up for a few weeks.   Big deal.  Maybe you need to keep moving north?    

[TT-SEA]

00Z ECMWF is nice.

 

Another decent rain event for WA and BC on Wednesday into Thursday and then warm and sunny starting Friday through the weekend and beyond.   Highs next weekend on the ECMWF surface maps are in the 80s up here... but near 100 from Portland southward.