June 2019 Weather Discussion in the PNW

[Phil]

Lol

Buzz buzz buzz.

[TT-SEA]

Side note... 12Z ECMWF also shows a weak marine push on Friday morning with low clouds for most of the lowlands through noon and high temps about 2-3 degrees cooler than the 4th.

[Phil]

Side note... 12Z ECMWF also shows a weak marine push on Friday morning with low clouds for most of the lowlands through noon and high temps about 2-3 degrees cooler than the 4th.

You’re hyper-focused on the 4th of July, my brother.

 

What are you doing on that day which requires an inferno heatwave?

[Dave]

They’ve emerged here too. It’s insanely loud especially when the sun is shining.

 

FWIW you’re probably hearing katydids as well during the overnight hours. For now it’s a chorus of five species during the day....“scissor grinder” cicada, dog day cicada, “swamp” cicada, Lynne’s cicada, and Robinson’s cicada. There are two more species that emerge later in July.

 

These are the “annual” cicadas, btw (they emerge every year). The periodical cicadas emerge every 13 or 17yrs depending on the brood. There are ~ 15 periodical broods scattered about.

Yep. There's frogs, crickets, cicadas, and god knows what else.

[TT-SEA]

You’re hyper-focused on the 4th of July, my brother.

 

What are you doing on that day which requires an inferno heatwave?

 

I always track holidays... might as well report what it shows so other people have the information as well.

 

Where did I say that I require an inferno?   That is strawman hyperbole right there.   75-80 and sunny would be ideal.   All day marine layer clouds would be "depressing" as you said yesterday.   There is no chance of an inferno at this point.   

[TT-SEA]

SEA up to 73 now... BFI and RNT are at 74.   

 

I am guessing the high of 75 for all 3 stations that the 12Z ECMWF shows for today will be a little bit cool.

 

Today looked cool and cloudy and a little wet a few days ago in the models.   But now we are going to be on the lake later today.    That is "nice".  

 

Just normal 850mb temps results in perfect summer weather...

 

[TT-SEA]

Some convection firing already along the Cascade crest near Snoqualmie Pass.    It appears to be moving to the NNE and should not have any impact on the lowlands today.   Makes for a pretty sky to the east though. 

 

[TT-SEA]

Wow... this is crazy.   Anchorage will be much warmer than Seattle.   And not for just one day... but consistently so.

 

[TT-SEA]

Even more impressive... considering its Juneau.

 

[TT-SEA]

Good news for Phil though... Hippa Island is completely immune to any warmth regardless of the pattern.   

 

[TT-SEA]

Bad news about the heat in Alaska is that there are now fires and lots of smoke and it could end up close to the PNW.    It seems that no matter what our weather does... fires in CA or BC or AK can ruin our air quality anyways.

 

[Guest CulverJosh]

Storms firing up. Hoping for a direct hit later.

[Phil]

Bad news about the heat in Alaska is that there are now fires and lots of smoke and it could end up close to the PNW. It seems that no matter what our weather does... fires in CA or BC or AK can ruin our air quality anyways.

 

Just need to get a few weeks of GOA troughing to scour that s**t out. Might happen in late July. [crosses fingers]

[TacomaWaWx]

12Z ECMWF still showing a decent rain even on Tuesday into Tuesday night...

 

decent for early July Hopefully it pans out.

[TacomaWaWx]

70 degrees as of 1:30pm. Beautiful Sunday afternoon.

[TT-SEA]

70 degrees as of 1:30pm. Beautiful Sunday afternoon.

 

That is just about the coolest spot in the region.   

 

 

 

SEA is at 75.

 

And right on the water... Bremerton is at 79 and Gig Harbor is at 80.   Even Vashon Island is at 77.

[Front Ranger]

Low to mid 70s every day here in Mexico City, with brief rain showers on a couple evenings.

 

Other than that, a hellish shithole.

 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Summer starts on 7/4 now??

I believe so.

[TT-SEA]

12Z EPS...

 

5-10 mean:

 

 

10-15 day mean:

 

[MossMan]

Is it going to snow this winter?

Well I hear the upcoming El Niño could be a El NoGo and the sun is still dead...so possibly?

[MossMan]

Low to mid 70s every day here in Mexico City, with brief rain showers on a couple evenings.

 

Other than that, a hellish shithole.

 

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Probably still cleaner and safer than Seattle!

[TT-SEA]

77 at SEA now... and 79 in Issaquah.

 

Heading out to the lake... should be around 80 or in the low 80s.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

[TacomaWaWx]

That is just about the coolest spot in the region.

 

 

 

SEA is at 75.

 

And right on the water... Bremerton is at 79 and Gig Harbor is at 80. Even Vashon Island is at 77.

interesting I was looking at that earlier didn’t realize how much cooler it was earlier. It’s at 73 degrees now overall really pleasant nice day with some NE breezes pushing through.

A lot of times it’s cooler here during the summer when we had the heatwave a couple weeks back in the south sound area we were one of the coolest spots.

[BLI snowman]

Low to mid 70s every day here in Mexico City, with brief rain showers on a couple evenings.

 

Other than that, a hellish shithole.

 

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Have you been kidnapped yet?

[Front Ranger]

Have you been kidnapped yet?

The rest of my enterouge was kidnapped but I managed to escape.

[Blizzard777]

Storms firing up. Hoping for a direct hit later.

I’m not seeing anything in La Pine yet

[TT-SEA]

Long wait for trailer spots to open up... have to sit here. Wish we had a lake house!

 

[TacomaWaWx]

74 degrees here as of 4pm. Warmest day we’ve had in about 2 weeks here. Feels like real summer weather today not so much on Monday and Tuesday it seems. Hoping for as much rain as possible here the next couple days.

[High Desert Mat?]

Jesse, I’m in Stevenson for the night. Restaurant recommendations?

[High Desert Mat?]

So every time my gf and I go to the valley she always says it’s so humid there in the summer lol. I know it’s not since it’s always dry in the summer. She says her hair gets frizzy and feels hotter when in all reality it’s usually hotter in Central Oregon. Any ideas guys or is she crazy lol?

[Guest CulverJosh]

Pdx: 82 temp, 27% hum

 

Redmond: 80 temp, 25% hum

[BLI snowman]

Jesse, I’m in Stevenson for the night. Restaurant recommendations?

 

There's like three restaurants there and I think one of them is a Subway. Walk down the street and see what looks best.

[Omegaraptor]

So every time my gf and I go to the valley she always says it’s so humid there in the summer lol. I know it’s not since it’s always dry in the summer. She says her hair gets frizzy and feels hotter when in all reality it’s usually hotter in Central Oregon. Any ideas guys or is she crazy lol?

 

Just anecdotal, but when I go east of the Cascades my lips tend to chap and dry out because of the lower humidity. As soon as I go back west, they rehydrate. This seems to happen even in summer. Could just be dust.

 

My lips also dry out when we get strong dry east wind events in winter, so there's that.

[TacomaWaWx]

75 and sunny as of 5:45pm.

[Blizzard777]

A few echos popping up over here near La Pine Or.

[TT-SEA]

SEA made it to 81.

 

83 here in Issaquah.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

SEA made it to 81.

 

83 here in Issaquah.

PDX got up to 84. What a weekend and a way to end June.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

79F at EUG. Made it up to 83F. Beautiful out today, wish my kids weren't sick.

[TT-SEA]

Sand bar sort of back now... at least functional.

 

Lake Sammamish almost down to normal summer level.