Pacific Northwest Weather - May 2023

[LowerGarfield]

It was 73F at 4pm and we opened the windows. Looks like in SE WA as well as Lewiston, it's been about five degrees cooler than expected.

[LowerGarfield]

Really clouding up...t-storms expected later. Glad it wasn't too hot today.

[TT-SEA]

SEA will not have a May without reaching 70.  Did it on the second day.  Small victories.   Still have the mess that was last May in my mind.    

[MossMan]

Went from 50’s to hot in an hour! Scorching here at soccer practice! 

[TT-SEA]

So glad we got a couple warm days this week... the ECMWF shows highs struggling to reach 50 in Seattle on Friday and Saturday.    That is vomit-worthy in May.

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

So glad we got a couple warm days this week... the ECMWF shows highs struggling to reach 50 in Seattle on Friday and Saturday.    That is vomit-worthy in May.

How does the 18z Euro lightning map look like for the storms Wednesday and Thursday morning?

[LowerGarfield]

My wife said we had a little rain in the gauge. I thought maybe a trace so I didn't investigate until now. We had about a third of an inch .32 or .33. It must've been last night but I haven't seen it rain here the last few days and I didn't hear anything last night. But I know I checked it on Sunday and yesterday was clear all day.

[TT-SEA]

11 minutes ago, Doinko said:

How does the 18z Euro lightning map look like for the storms Wednesday and Thursday morning?

Nothing tomorrow morning... but Thursday morning looks pretty crazy down there.

[Anti Marine Layer]

6 hours ago, Phil said:

+AMO is off the charts now. Analogous to the Pacific/+NPMM horseshoe back in 2015.

Would be nice to have another 2015-like summer here. 

[Doinko]

Looks like Hillsboro had a random gust to 36mph this morning. How did that happen?

[TT-SEA]

27 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

Would be nice to have another 2015-like summer here. 

I think he meant its the opposite of 2015.  

[hawkstwelve]

Let's go Kraken!!

[TT-SEA]

20 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

Let's go Kraken!!

That was incredible... it was 2-1 when I went to clean up the kitchen.   Came back a few minutes later and see its 4-2 and thought it was a misprint on the screen.   Had to rewind and watch all 3 goals.  

[Requiem]

52 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Looks like Hillsboro had a random gust to 36mph this morning. How did that happen?

Thunderstorm outflow 

[Ken in Wood Village]

Idaho is getting hit hard. I hope West of the Cascades gets in the action tomorrow night into Thursday morning

[Omegaraptor]

60 degrees, mostly clear skies, prevailing NW wind, and a slight smell of cow manure. It’s a classic Corvallis late spring evening!

[TT-SEA]

Still 68 in North Bend... and SEA went back up from 65 to 66 in the last hour.    

[Ken in Wood Village]

I thought this was interesting. Did anyone experience the strong winds last night? 

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Recently seen off the coast of Dildo, Newfoundland (I am not making this up):

[NWbyNW]

I was wondering why the sky has looked so hazy, brown/orange the past few days.  Finally figured it out.  It is wildfire smoke mainly from the southern US.  It isn't mixing low, but hanging along the Cascade Crest making things look gritty and hazy. 

 

 

[MossMan]

Lovely evening. Currently 58 after a high of 68. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

I think he meant its the opposite of 2015.  

Let’s hope.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

28 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Recently seen off the coast of Dildo, Newfoundland (I am not making this up):

That’s hilarious. The GODS have a sense of humor. 

[Cold Snap]

70/48 spread for the day today IMBY.

[ShawniganLake]

Topped out at 81F here today.  Pretty much a perfect day.  Warmest of the year by 5F. 

[Deweydog]

Great game!

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Great game!

Yes it was!   

[Cascadia_Wx]

67/49 day here. Mostly cloudy early with clearing later. Lots of neat convective looking clouds around at points today.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

High of 73.4˚F here today. Tomorrow should be similar.

[LowerGarfield]

No tstorms today here but tomorrow will be a bit too warm.

[Phil]

11 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

65 degrees here with barely a cloud in the sky.    Taking time to be outside and get some sun.   Our cottonwoods have taken on their summer look now with deep green, glossy leaves all filled out.    The big leaf maples are the only trees left without leaves now (always the slowest)... but they have very large buds so it shouldn't be too much longer.

Deep midsummer look here now. Thick, fully-emerged foliage on all species.

Ironically the flip to cool/wet accelerated things dramatically. The dryness was holding it back before.

[Phil]

 

[Cold Snap]

Just dropped below 60 for the night. Currently 59.8.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Mostly clear with a low of 49 here so far.

[Meatyorologist]

I think there's a good shot at a thunderstorm this evening into overnight in the Puget Sound region. CAMs are pretty ademant on some impressive instability and decent shear. Just need those showers off the Cascades to organize.

[FroYoBro]

Sunny start to the day here. Let’s get those surface temperatures nice and warm for a light show later! 

[TT-SEA]

Sunny morning here... high clouds lifted north right at sunrise.     ECMWF shows the convective activity remaining south of here tomorrow morning mainly across SW WA but the low clouds make it northward by morning for a much cooler day tomorrow and then what looks like stratiform light rain on Friday.    Heading to Pullman on Friday morning for graduation weekend. 

[BLI snowman]

Lots of fog here. Juiced atmosphere!

[T-Town]

53 and sunny here. Beautiful morning.  

[Olive1010]

Any t storms expected in portland oregon this evening

[Phishy Wx]

another decent round of T-Storms last night around 10pm again.  Lots of Lightning, wind.  got about .1 in the gauge.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Already 65.5 °F after a low of only 57.2 °F. Gonna torch hard this afternoon.

[Phil]

51 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Lots of fog here. Juiced atmosphere!

Sounds like a bust incoming.  

Tongue in cheek of course, heh. I’m sure the rules are different out there. Out here fog/low clouds are a death omen for severe potential outside of rare cold season setups.

[Phil]

Getting some PNW-style cold core hail showers this AM. Loving this pattern!

How on earth can ANY wx-enthusiast prefer dull, stagnant ridging to dynamic troughs? I’ll never understand it. There’s simply no logic to it.

[FroYoBro]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

Getting some PNW-style cold core hail showers this AM. Loving this pattern!

How on earth can ANY wx-enthusiast prefer dull, stagnant ridging to dynamic troughs? I’ll never understand it. There’s simply no logic to it.

Tim doesn’t enjoy weather. He enjoys his lifestyle. 

[TacomaWx]

After struggling to hit 50 at times a lot of this spring…have struggled to get down into the 40s the past week during the overnight hours. Low of 50 this morning and up to 56 now. Beautiful day out there but where are the thunderstorms?! Models haven’t looked too promising up in western WA…but with convection models are usually meaningless anyways. 

[BLI snowman]

24 minutes ago, Phil said:

Sounds like a bust incoming.  

Tongue in cheek of course, heh. I’m sure the rules are different out there. Out here fog/low clouds are a death omen for severe potential outside of rare cold season setups.

It'll burn off soon. Like most of our southerly flow setups here in the valleys west of the Cascades, this setup isn't really so much about surface based convection anyways.

That being said, convective models are a mixed bag for us. Gonna be a close shave on whether we have enough elevated instability later tonight and tomorrow morning for things to go boom. Not expecting much but the potential at least for some heavy rain is high. 12km NAM really tags us in SW WA tomorrow afternoon.

 

[TT-SEA]

12 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

Tim doesn’t enjoy weather. He enjoys his lifestyle. 

I enjoy tracking weather and love nice weather here.    When we lived in San Diego I enjoyed stormy weather way more.    I would take off work to enjoy a rainstorm down there.    But that happens so often up here that its lost its novelty.   Now nice weather is where its at for me.   Weenie tag me all you want... just being honest.  

[TT-SEA]

The weekend is actually looking fairly dry now on the 12Z GFS and 12Z GEM.   Seems like the models are trending much farther offshore with that next ULL coming down over the weekend.

[Phishy Wx]

22 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I enjoy tracking weather and love nice weather here.    When we lived in San Diego I enjoyed stormy weather way more.    I would take off work to enjoy a rainstorm down there.    But that happens so often up here that its lost its novelty.   Now nice weather is where its at for me.   Weenie tag me all you want... just being honest.  

yeah I got bored with the wx when we lived in Long Beach.  Got up to the Sierra as much as possible in the winter.  Came to EWA and while generally boring in Summer, at least I have winters to look forward to