July 2019 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[TT-SEA]

Looks like an ugly winter day in Portland!

 

[Requiem]

https://twitter.com/palmquac/status/1145852595983880192

[Jesse]

Just heard thunder here.

[Deweydog]

Boltz.

[Omegaraptor]

My guess is that my house doesn’t see one single drop of rain tonight. And not until September.

[Jesse]

Now raining torrentially with frequent thunder and lightning. That was quick.

[Requiem]

My guess is that my house doesn’t see one single drop of rain tonight. And not until September.

 

Have you thought about taking a drive over to Hillsboro and experiencing it firsthand?

[Jesse]

Wind is picking up now. Almost a little brother version of last Wednesday’s storm.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

I love how it seems to expanding as time goes on.

Yeah... it expanded way east and is also a little farther west at the same time.

Yeah, what a way to welcome in July.

 

[Jesse]

Just had some 35-40mph winds from the west with heavy rain. Wow.

[Jesse]

Winds have gone ape sh*t here.

[Deweydog]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FONN-0uoTHI

[Requiem]

Winds have gone ape sh*t here.

This is a treat even not actually getting any rain- the sky is absolutely gorgeous and the crows know that something’s up.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

https://twitter.com/palmquac/status/1145852595983880192

Wow, his dad needs to count his blessings tonight. Glad he's safe.

[Jesse]

Nearly a half inch of rain at PDX in the last hour. More than they got in all of June. They are now above average for July!

 

About .70” here. Still raining moderately but the wind has slacked off. Lots of distant thunder too.

[Requiem]

Crazy, both "halves" of this thing are still intensifying in portions.

[Guest Sounder]

A little surprised no severe warnings have been put out for anything tonight. Looks like some pretty significant tree and power line damage in NE PDX. Seems like some of these cells would be meeting the warning criteria anywhere where storms like that are a little more common.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Crazy, both "halves" of this thing are still intensifying in portions.

Just heard a loud boom out here. Starting to pick up here.

[Phil]

View of that storm cell via super-res on RadarScope.

 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Finally getting something out here in Gresham.

 

[Phil]

You can see how the outflow boundary is igniting new convection as it propagates SE (including the cell over Gresham now). Similar style to the bay/river breeze storms we get here on stagnant muggy days.

 

The hail core also cycled at least three times.

[Phil]

A little surprised no severe warnings have been put out for anything tonight. Looks like some pretty significant tree and power line damage in NE PDX. Seems like some of these cells would be meeting the warning criteria anywhere where storms like that are a little more common.

I think it would be just under criteria for wind, but possibly warned if it were a busy holiday or something.

 

Base velocity is suggestive of 35-40kt downdraft winds in the hail core.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

63F and cloudy in Springfield.  Wonderful and cool day. Love it!!

[Frontal Snowsquall]

My guess is that we would have to reach the low 80's in the valley today to really get some vertical motion primed. I am afraid the westerlies will be too deep and rapidly stabilize the mid levels. Of course I could be wrong, but I am not sold on elevated convection this evening

Good call. PDX got into the low 80s and that helped ignite the thunderstorms.

[BLI snowman]

3rd thunderstorm day in the last 7 here. Nice!

[TacomaWaWx]

Really nice afternoon up at lake cushman today! Just got back in to Tacoma. Clouds have rolled in here. Was pretty gusty in the mountain valley this afternoon in the Olympics with lots of terrain based cumulus buildup. Was pretty breezy along the way from hoodsport to Tacoma and still is fairly breezy SW winds here.

[MossMan]

Lovely evening...70 and sunny currently.

[Blizzard777]

Loving all the reports from PDX!!!

[Omegaraptor]

We got one piddly little shower and that was it. Goodbye rain, see ya in October or maybe September if we're lucky.

[TacomaWaWx]

Sounds like most of people around PDX except omegaprator got some interesting action this evening that’s really cool! You guys have been lucky recently there. Was glad we got a storm in the south sound last week but the t-storms over the last week in PDX have been awesome.

[Timmy Supercell]

Why is my last place of residence getting more exciting t'storms than K-Falls this year? 

[TT-SEA]

Lovely evening...70 and sunny currently.

 

Still 76 here after a high of 82.  

[Requiem]

We got one piddly little shower and that was it. Goodbye rain, see ya in October or maybe September if we're lucky.

 

I didn't get anything either...but I still found that very exciting.

[Requiem]

Sounds like most of people around PDX except omegaprator got some interesting action this evening that’s really cool! You guys have been lucky recently there. Was glad we got a storm in the south sound last week but the t-storms over the last week in PDX have been awesome.

 

Hmm, a change from this past winter, isn't it?

[TacomaWaWx]

Hmm, a change from this past winter, isn't it?

haha yeah I guess so. Maybe we will get some good t-storms up here this summer. PDX is kicking the Seattle areas a** when it comes to t-storms this year so far.

[Deweydog]

This is a great sign for winter.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Why is my last place of residence getting more exciting t'storms than K-Falls this year?

You lived in PDX before?

[BLI snowman]

This is a great sign for winter.

 

Nice thunderstorm back in early July 2008...

[Omegaraptor]

This is a great sign for winter.

 

I appreciate your optimism, but I'll believe a cold and snowy winter when I see a cold and snowy winter. After two bad ones in a row, my expectations aren't high.

[Timmy Supercell]

You lived in PDX before?

 

Not quite but I lived on the west sides of the metro almost half my life. Hillsboro from 2004-2010 and lived in Bethany from 1999-2004.

 

Hillsboro/Forest Grove just had some nice storms and hail a little while ago.