Pacific Northwest Weather - May 2023

[TT-SEA]

90 in North Bend now.   Storms appear to be really popping now in the central Cascades.    I expect there will be thunder here soon.   Also watching out for flash flooding if we get .25 of rain.   

[Front Ranger]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Already been at least 86 there today... at noon.

Aware, Tim.

[TacomaWx]

86 now…feels really muggy. Radar is looking more interesting by the minute at this point but still going to take a bit more time it’s early. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

84 at SLE with light SSW winds. Not sure they hit 90 today. A pleasant 66 in Redmond, OR with THUNDER. 

 

[Ken in Wood Village]

This cloud formation is right on my doorstep

[SnowySeeker50]

Radar is starting to bloom.

[Slushy Inch]

Michael Snyder noticed that the hrrr isn’t picking up the thunderstorms developing.

 

[Blizzard777]

More bubbling ! 
Officially home even though it feels just like the mid west! 
84* 

[TT-SEA]

Some bubbling clouds here now... and some vertical development to the north and east.

 

 

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, SnowySeeker50 said:

Radar is starting to bloom.

First lightning of the day in the lowlands with that storm. 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, SnowySeeker50 said:

Radar is starting to bloom.

Wow!    That was fast.

[Cascadia_Wx]

35 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

New normal. 

I’d like to think this will buy us some summer coolness, but our warm season climate is probably far too sadistic for that these days.

Edited May 15 by Cascadia_Wx

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

I’d like to think this will by us some summer coolness, but our warm season climate is probably far too sadistic for that these days.

That would be a true blessing. 

[T-Town]

88 and muggy here. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Can’t remember the last day we didn’t wildly overachieve temp wise. Wouldn’t surprise me to see 90s through Thursday at this point.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Can’t remember the last day we didn’t wildly overachieve temp wise. Wouldn’t surprise me to see 90s through Thursday at this point.

There was that day a couple weeks ago we stayed in the 50s, oh but I think PDX got up to around 70 that day.

[the_convergence_zone]

Sun came back out and I immediately shot up to 88.2 which is above yesterday's high of 87. 

Radar looks encouraging, looks like a big one is about to blow up over the Middle Fork close to @TT-SEA.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Sun came back out and I immediately shot up to 88.2 which is above yesterday's high of 87. 

Radar looks encouraging, looks like a big one is about to blow up over the Middle Fork close to @TT-SEA.

Getting really dark toward Mt Si right now.  Blazing sun here still.

[SnowySeeker50]

The cloud cover the last 3 hours has really kept the temperature down, probably won't hit 90 today. The first action is now approaching overhead, maybe we can get some lightning out of it

[TacomaWx]

You can pretty clearly see it the storm to the east. High cloud bases should make for interesting photos like the storm a couple weeks back. You 

[SouthHillFrosty]

1 hour ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

Tempest

Welcome to the club! It works great except for wind. My wind reading is never works correctly. Outside of that, it’s great!

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

There was that day a couple weeks ago we stayed in the 50s, oh but I think PDX got up to around 70 that day.

Tough to walk a fine line between loving cool anomalies and being totally catty to PDX posters. You walk it well though Andrew.

[TT-SEA]

Thunder here now... from cell to NE.    

[Ken in Wood Village]

I'm up at Crown Point

[Phishy Wx]

up to 82 now

 

looks like they up the t-storm chances to 40%

bring it on

 

[Ken in Wood Village]

There is some lightning coming from that shower that I took at Crown Point 

[T-Town]

My phone is wishcasting. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

There is some lightning coming from that shower that I took at Crown Point 

Stay safe up there. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

PDX up to 91 now along with Olympia. First time ever PDX has had four 90 degree days in May.

[Seattle]

Sun came back out and temp has spiked. Up to 91 right now, which ties yesterday's number.

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, T-Town said:

My phone is wishcasting. 

Based on satellite and radar I’d say we’re in a pretty good spot. Just hit 87 a few minutes ago warmer than yesterday and it feels very hot with the humidity. 

[TT-SEA]

Our garden has been in hyper growth mode the last few days.    Planted 16 days ago and everything is way up.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

Looking at the Olympics from Sequim. Starting to really explode. 

[TacomaWx]

Usually don’t hear the words “severe” or “flash flooding” from the NWS.

[Cascadia_Wx]

8 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

PDX up to 91 now along with Olympia. First time ever PDX has had four 90 degree days in May.

So endlessly exciting and fascinating!!!

Edited May 15 by Cascadia_Wx

[SnowySeeker50]

The shower seems to be weakening right after it spawns so I guess we need to wait for the next one to get some rumbling. Radar looks nice

[LowerGarfield]

Had several booms of thunder this afternoon and a decent soaking. Lost power for about 5 seconds at 2pm, enough to reboot the computer. Down to 67F with the cells going through.

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, SnowySeeker50 said:

The shower seems to be weakening right after it spawns so I guess we need to wait for the next one to get some rumbling. Radar looks nice

The cell to my north looks like it's going to miss my area.   Hearing distant thunder for quite awhile and power just flickered but sun is trying to come back out now.   

[MossMan]

89 degrees currently! Haven’t heard anything yet but my noise sensitive dog definitely knows it’s coming…

[Seattle]

Up to 93! And I see quite a number of corroborating stations in NE Seattle. UW up to 91 as well. It's HOT.

KSEA seems to be back in the sun as well with a jump on the interobs to 88.

[LowerGarfield]

Had .35 inches of rain between 2-3:30. For my semi arid climate, I will certainly take it.

[TacomaWx]

Getting a temp spike despite the clouds moving in. 88 here and at SEA as well. 

[Hawksfan2008]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

The cell to my north looks like it's going to miss my area.   Hearing distant thunder for quite awhile and power just flickered but sun is trying to come back out now.   

Saw the strike that caused that. It was really impressive! 

[TT-SEA]

New ECMWF weeklies...

 

[Slushy Inch]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

New ECMWF weeklies...

 

Maybe more monsoon moisture in June

[jcmcgaffey]

Big time lightning here on Snoqualmie ridge at the golf tourney. This photo from my golf cart. It screwed up my phone when taking  

[RentonHill]

Just now, jcmcgaffey said:

Big time lightning here on Snoqualmie ridge at the golf tourney. This photo from

my golf cart. 

ho lee ***!!!

[Omegaraptor]

Anvil!!!

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, jcmcgaffey said:

Big time lightning here on Snoqualmie ridge at the golf tourney. This photo from my golf cart. It screwed up my phone when taking  

Wow!   

[Chewbacca Defense]

Made it up to 89 so far, the cloud formation I posted earlier moved off but I am seeing a much more impressive (for the PNW) anvil top through the trees to my SE.