Jump to content

Pacific Northwest Weather - May 2023


Recommended Posts

4 hours ago, Deweydog said:

image.png

It's Tim AND Mossman's Daddy.

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

00z GFS sure looks nice. Have no faith that will verify though.

Would be quite a blessing for the holiday weekend. Tim needs to start researching escape options in the Yakima area. 

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Would be quite a blessing for the holiday weekend. Tim needs to start researching escape options in the Yakima area. 

Getting a nice cool down after such a prolonged (unprecedented) stretch of early season heat would make a lot of sense. But hard to imagine us getting that lucky. Plus Fill thinks it won’t happen.

  • Sad 1

Summer ☀️ grows while Winter ❄️  goes

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Getting a nice cool down after such a prolonged (unprecedented) stretch of early season heat would make a lot of sense. But hard to imagine us getting that lucky. Plus Fill thinks it won’t happen.

Credit where credit is due, he nailed the mid-May heatwave. That being said it would be unprecedented for him to continue this run of quasi-accuracy. 

  • lol 1

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Credit where credit is due, he nailed the mid-May heatwave. That being said it would be unprecedented for him to continue this run of quasi-accuracy. 

Lmao.

I don’t doubt a quick cooldown but I don’t think it’ll last long. More like a head fake followed by another week or so of ridging, then after that a more zonal/progressive pattern with some staying power.

  • Like 1
  • Excited 1
foto26446a4f1f801ef3b3d1564dea31df66.png
"Western troughing literally kills people at this time of year. And in the most gruesome of ways."
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, Anti Marine Layer said:

Snow in the Cascades?

Maybe the higher peaks, but not super cold. Just damp and pleasant. Kids are gonna love it. 

  • Like 1

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Meatyorologist said:

I was working at the PCC on Aurora/Greenlake at the time. I snuck out to watch the whole thing in the parking lot. One of the best lightning storms I've ever witnessed. Intense, loud, closeby bolts of lightning. I was right in the epicenter. Still can't believe I didn't get fired...and I stayed another 2 years there!

What dept. at PCC? 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Supposed to be a smokey day here in Kansas City tomorrow. Canadian smoke.

  • Excited 1
  • Sick 1

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

9/7/19....a day that will forever be in my memory.  My commencement ceremony was earlier that day, and we had just finished eating at Fogo de Chao in Bellevue, and I had racked up a respectable bar tab....feeling no pain.  I caught the first few flashes of lightning as dinner was finishing up, and by the time I got up from the table, the storm was overhead.  I stood out on the sidewalk cheering on each flash of lightning and clap of thunder.

I made a compilation of the close strikes I’ve filmed in recent years. Still have more to add from my archive, was procrastinating but all this thunderstorm talk might just push me to do it. 😆 

 

  • Like 4
foto26446a4f1f801ef3b3d1564dea31df66.png
"Western troughing literally kills people at this time of year. And in the most gruesome of ways."
Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Would be quite a blessing for the holiday weekend. Tim needs to start researching escape options in the Yakima area. 

Is that similar to people "escaping" to the coast for cooler weather?    

Some rain would lovely right now.   Not sure if I have mentioned it... but I prefer balance.   We can't seem to find that.   One extreme or the other.  

Side note... one of my son's friends from WSU is from Yakima and his degree was in agriculture and he is going to be working in the fruit industry there.  Brilliant kid.     

**REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED**

Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 hours ago, JLightnin said:

What dept. at PCC? 

Deli. Worked as dishwasher and then front counter worker.

Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 40

Link to comment
Share on other sites

35 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Is that similar to people "escaping" to the coast for cooler weather?    

Some rain would lovely right now.   Not sure if I have mentioned it... but I prefer balance.   We can't seem to find that.   One extreme or the other.  

Side note... one of my son's friends from WSU is from Yakima and his degree was in agriculture and he is going to be working in the fruit industry there.  Brilliant kid.     

Is he going to go work for Monsanto or Archer Daniels Midland and spend his career slowly poisoning us? 
 

Seriously though, a dear friend just moved to Yakima because her in laws are in failing health and live there, a very selfless move because we all know her quality of life just took a big hit. 

  • Like 2
  • Facepalm 1

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The Canadian smoke has settled into the Kansas City metro area behind the passage of a cold front. The first pic was last night, the 2nd is now… 

3601B7A2-963E-4A59-B5E7-BA88D5AA38C6.jpeg

B6B3DD38-42C3-49D6-9D2A-4625586439DC.jpeg

  • Like 1
  • Excited 1
  • Snow 1
  • Sick 2

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

9 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It's Tim AND Mossman's Daddy.

That would have been more like my uncle (my dads brother) he was a hardcore slalom skier back in the day. He would call me every Friday evening during the summer asking if I could meet him at the lake at 7am…As a teenager that was hard to wake up that early and you should feel sorry for me! 

Edited by MossMan
  • Like 2

Elevation 580’ Location a few miles east of I-5 on the Snohomish Co side of the Snohomish/Skagit border. I love snow/cold AND sun/warmth! 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

19 minutes ago, MossMan said:

That would have been more like my uncle (my dads brother) he was a hardcore slalom skier back in the day. He would call me every Friday evening during the summer asking if I could meet him at the lake at 7am…As a teenager that was hard to wake up that early and you should feel sorry for me! 

At least he wasn't getting you up to work...

  • Like 1

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Is he going to go work for Monsanto or Archer Daniels Midland and spend his career slowly poisoning us? 
 

Seriously though, a dear friend just moved to Yakima because her in laws are in failing health and live there, a very selfless move because we all know her quality of life just took a big hit. 

You must be so fun in social settings!  Always find the most depressing way to view things. 

  • Excited 1

**REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED**

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

You must be so fun in social settings!  Always find the most depressing way to view things. 

I think it's a question that could/should be asked. I had a classmate in high school who started a job as a pharmaceutical salesperson after college. Everyone celebrated her for the "great job," but no one was willing to talk about what she was actually doing. Working for an industry that kills hundreds of thousands of Americans a year while extracting great profit. Truth must be spoken to power.

  • Like 1
  • lol 1
  • scream 2
  • Weenie 1

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

06z GFS was nice. Maybe we get something of a spring after all. 

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

44 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I think it's a question that could/should be asked. I had a classmate in high school who started a job as a pharmaceutical salesperson after college. Everyone celebrated her for the "great job," but no one was willing to talk about what she was actually doing. Working for an industry that kills hundreds of thousands of Americans a year while extracting great profit. Truth must be spoken to power.

Revolution now!

  • Excited 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

15 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I have a good friend who moved to NYC a few years before the pandemic. He seems to really enjoy it, is a nurse, and engaged to a former Ms. Belize.

Was in Chicago recently, wonderful city if you stay in the right areas. I usually go to DC 1-2 times a year, absolutely love it. Cities like PDX and SEA are the real hellholes. 

I love Chicago too.  I don't see Seattle being bad,  spent a couple weekends right downtown for concerts in April.  also there for Biz 3-4 times a year.  Seems fine to me.  sure it has some homeless.  what city of that size doesn't?

I don't go to Portland as often (twice a year) and stay in the Pearl area.  seems fine.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, Phishy Wx said:

I love Chicago too.  I don't see Seattle being bad,  spent a couple weekends right downtown for concerts in April.  also there for Biz 3-4 times a year.  Seems fine to me.  sure it has some homeless.  what city of that size doesn't?

I don't go to Portland as often (twice a year) and stay in the Pearl area.  seems fine.

Portland was a gorgeous clean city circa 2005.

  • Like 1

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

9 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

06z GFS was nice. Maybe we get something of a spring after all. 

Maybe some variety per that run.

gfs-deterministic-KSEA-daily_tmin_tmax-4476000.png

**REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED**

Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Maybe some variety per that run.

gfs-deterministic-KSEA-daily_tmin_tmax-4476000.png

Look at that. A run we all can live with.

  • Like 1

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Can't tell yet in the Seattle area due to low clouds... but the view from Bellingham where there are no low clouds shows that the high level smoke is gone and the sky is deep blue again.

Screenshot_20230519-084722_Chrome.jpg

  • Like 1

**REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED**

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Some good info from BS. 

No description available.

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Saw a pic of our garden on FB from this day in 2015 and it is as far along or maybe even a little better now than it was back in 2015.  We planted about 3 weeks earlier in 2015 compared to this year (4/6/15 vs 4/29/23) so its pretty impressive that the garden is at the same stage as one of the warmest springs ever.   It has been growing very fast over the last 10 days.  

  • Weenie 1

**REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED**

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Oh dear...

gfs_mslp_pcpn_frzn_nwus_33.png

  • Shivering 1

Snowfall                                  Precip

2023-24: 39.5"                   2023-24: 76.88

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 73.43"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Meatyorologist said:

Deli. Worked as dishwasher and then front counter worker.

Did PCC have Deli Drama™️ too? One of my first jobs was at Safeway and I was the deli and meat counter dish washer and was about as entertaining you’d see on TLC these days.

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Oh dear...

gfs_mslp_pcpn_frzn_nwus_33.png

Not sure I believe the GFS with that second low diving down so deeply.   The 12Z GEM looks quite different on that same day with the second trough being pulled up into Canada rather than diving down the west coast.    The EPS is leaning that way too.    We will see. 

gem-all-namer-z500_anom-5199600.png

  • Rain 1

**REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED**

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...

×
×
  • Create New...