Pacific Northwest Weather - May 2023

[TT-SEA]

16 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Great stuff. This is crucial to keep in mind, and really should be shouted from the highest roof top. I am printing out your “Most people like the stuff I like” t-shirt as we speak. Will ship it to you once I grab a Big Mac and large diet coke from McDonald’s and finish season 7 of The Bachelor.

Andrew generated this response on here with his 99% of people are wailing and despondent over the current weather BS.   Of course you loved his completely illogical posts and take offense at the logical responses.   Must stay in our tribes!   

[Cascadia_Wx]

12 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

The hot weather does feel nice in its own way today, it's really not that serious. The problem lies in how much of this kind of weather we have seen in recent memory.

As for this present afternoon, it has been many months since we hit 90F, so it feels pleasant. Will get old soon enough though, I'm sure. Especially when the heat starts to get into the house...

Agreed. Today is not at all unpleasant at face value (although not great for strenuous physical activity like hiking). Any unpleasantness has more to do with the context of warmth in our climate in recent years, and the damage it has done to our region.

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Good day to stay inside and watch game 7  between the Celtics and 76ers and do some deep cleaning. Certainly would not want to be outside on a day like this.

Pool? Lake? Ocean?

[MV_snow]

26 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Great stuff. This is crucial to keep in mind, and really should be shouted from the highest roof top. I am printing out your “Most people like the stuff I like” t-shirt as we speak. Will ship it to you once I grab a Big Mac and large diet coke from McDonald’s and finish season 7 of The Bachelor.

Dude, what’s your problem? My post was in response to the whole “99 percent of the region is weeping” or whatever BS was posted earlier. We can all enjoy some nicer weather in Spring without worrying about the ecosystem dying or the entire region going up in flames.

For the record, I like variety in Spring and would be concerned if we didn’t get any decent precip in June, but it’s way too early for the sky is falling narratives we see consistently by the usual suspects on here whenever a ridge pops up in the warm season.

[FroYoBro]

90 degree day #3 here!

[Meatyorologist]

25 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Andrew generated this response on here with his 99% of people are wailing and despondent over the current weather BS.   Of course you loved his completely illogical posts and take offense at the logical responses.   Must stay in our tribes!   

I think my latest post was reasonable.

[Meatyorologist]

5 minutes ago, MV_snow said:

For the record, I like variety in Spring and would be concerned if we didn’t get any decent precip in June, but it’s way too early for the sky is falling narratives we see consistently by the usual suspects on here whenever a ridge pops up in the warm season.

The casual warm season ridge in question:

[Cold Snap]

90 burger has been achieved IMBY.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

First official 90F burger for EUG

[MV_snow]

6 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

The casual warm season ridge in question:

Interesting, thanks for sharing that. I guess I wasn’t thinking it was similar to June 2021 since while there are some daily records falling, it’s not absolutely shattering all-time records like that ridiculous event. Is it just due to the position of the max heights being a little further north vs. June 2021?

[Meatyorologist]

Just now, MV_snow said:

Interesting, thanks for sharing that. I guess I wasn’t thinking it was similar to June 2021 since while there are some daily records falling, it’s not absolutely shattering all-time records like that ridiculous event. Is it just due to the position of the max heights being a little further north vs. June 2021?

That's a good part of it. Also the weaker sun, higher moisture content at the surface, and the overall cooler airmass. Remember that those graphs are depicting deviations from average; averages that are much cooler right now than they will be at the end of June when that heat wave fried us in 2021. That airmass was significantly hotter--the hottest ever observed here. This today would be pretty decent by late July standards.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Well shit.

[Anti Marine Layer]

28 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

First official 90F burger for EUG

Thought there was one in April. 

[MossMan]

Was the perfect temp for working on the boat in the garage. Interior is now clean and mouse urine/feces clear! Smells much better. 

[NWbyNW]

Wowie.  It is a toasty 77F out there and it feels like it today.  Nice ocean breeze though still. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

39 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

First official 90F burger for EUG

No way your 96 is accurate, though. Overexposed.

Edited May 14, 2023 by Cascadia_Wx

[Cascadia_Wx]

I am surprised to see the WV outpacing areas further north today.

Edited May 14, 2023 by Cascadia_Wx

[Doinko]

We were at Cannon Beach this morning. Was pretty nice until this afternoon when it got slightly uncomfortably hot. Hopefully we see some thunderstorms tomorrow

[TT-SEA]

An actual trough on the 18Z GFS well within 10 days.    Some variety would be nice!

[Doinko]

2 hours ago, Doinko said:

Didn't even drop below 68 overnight. Looks like 85 home now

Just 5 miles away at Hillsboro they got down to 55, a 13 degree difference

[Eugene-5SW]

If the 95º at North Bend Airport (OR) holds up, it will be a new May monthly record.

[GHweatherChris]

KHQM hit 90 today, 95 here.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

26 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

An actual trough on the 18Z GFS well within 10 days.    Some variety would be nice!

Now you choose to trust the 18z?

[Ken in Wood Village]

I like how you can see the difference air masses on this satellite picture. There are thunderstorms on the extreme eastern side of Oregon. The dewpoint has climbed up to 50° at the Troutdale Airport. If it was winter and had these East winds, it would probably be in the single digits....lol.

[TacomaWx]

Stalled out at 86 for now. 90 isn’t looking likely at the moment but still a couple hours to go. Unofficial 88 at SEA. 

[SnowySeeker50]

Looks like the high for today will be 92 degrees.

[TT-SEA]

19 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Now you choose to trust the 18z?

No... just mentioning that is what it shows.

[Anti Marine Layer]

How hot is too hot for @Cascadia_Wx?

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Currently 86F in Victoria after a 62F low. This would even qualify as a warm day in July around here.

[Front Ranger]

3 hours ago, Deweydog said:

91 at the non-Tim North Bend is pretty nutty.

As he pointed out last week, that area often overperforms in this type of pattern.

Snoqualmie Falls has hit 90+ as early as 4/19 (1934), and five times earlier than today. So not one of the more nutty observations out there, imo.

The 91 at KUIL stands out more to me.

EDIT: Nevermind, misread which North Bend you meant. Yeah, that's nuts.

[Doinko]

Just now, Front Ranger said:

As he pointed out last week, that area often overperforms in this type of pattern.

Snoqualmie Falls has hit 90+ as early as 4/19 (1934), and five times earlier than today. So not one of the more nutty observations out there, imo.

The 91 at KUIL stands out more to me.

I think he meant the Oregon one on the coast

[Front Ranger]

50 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

KHQM hit 90 today, 95 here.

Looks like that's the all-time record high for May. The 2008 event only had highs in the low 80s there.

[Doinko]

The ODOT sensor at US 26 and OR 217 has had a 91/74 day so far with a current temp of 91, really crazy

[Slushy Inch]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

An actual trough on the 18Z GFS well within 10 days.    Some variety would be nice!

Warm weather weenies rejoice 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

55 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

No... just mentioning that is what it shows.

Just giving you sh*t cuz everyone attacked me when I quoted the last big change in a 18z

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Just giving you sh*t cuz everyone attacked me when I quoted the last big change in a 18z

Didn’t mean to make it seem like an attack sorry. Ensembles supports this run a bit.

[Blizzard777]

Arrived PDX yesterday and hopefully home tomorrow to enjoy some more T-Storms!   What a way to come back home with temps in the 90s! 
Federal Way currently 85* 

Did a little storm chasing on my way home.  Nothing severe but I was under a Tornado watch in Cozad Nebraska. Also stayed in a unique Airbnb in the Ozarks to see if I could attract a tornado . Rain and Thunder sounded cool in the silo ! 

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Currently 88F here in Victoria. Definitely going to be quite a few places over 90F up this way today.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, Blizzard777 said:

Arrived PDX yesterday and hopefully home tomorrow to enjoy some more T-Storms!   What a way to come back home with temps in the 90s! 
Federal Way currently 85* 

Did a little storm chasing on my way home.  Nothing severe but I was under a Tornado watch in Cozad Nebraska. Also stayed in a unique Airbnb in the Ozarks to see if I could attract a tornado . Rain and Thunder sounded cool in the silo ! 

 

Unique? Pfft, lots of people spend the night at a Silo Inn.

[GHweatherChris]

47 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Looks like that's the all-time record high for May. The 2008 event only had highs in the low 80s there.

Old all time at KHQM May high was 87 in 2007, yesterday became the new one at 89 and if the 90 is recorded today, that will be the new all time high for May.

Edited May 15, 2023 by GHweatherChris