Pacific Northwest Weather - May 2023

[Ken in Wood Village]

Those storms up in the Port Orchard area have some really high cloud tops. The Portland radar can pick them up. That's over 150 miles

[Cold Snap]

34 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

That’s a crap load of lightning for west of the cascades. And 30 k tops, a rare occurrence.

Yeah that must be where I’m seeing the lightning from. There’s a decent light show out in that direction right now. Though it seems like it would be closer with how the lightning looks.

[Slushy Inch]

3 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Yeah that must be where I’m seeing the lightning from. There’s a decent light show out in that direction right now. Though it seems like it would be closer with how the lightning looks.

I think round 2 is what we see down south. I hope it delivers.

[Slushy Inch]

9 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

Those storms up in the Port Orchard area have some really high cloud tops. The Portland radar can pick them up. That's over 150 miles

Woah, I’ve never seen that radar pick something up that far north.

[Cold Snap]

42 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Snow is better during the day, lightning is better at night. Do you agree? And windstorms better during day as well.

Another thing about thunderstorms is that they don’t have to be right over you to see the show! Especially at night!

[Ken in Wood Village]

6 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Woah, I’ve never seen that radar pick something up that far north.

I know, right..lol. I said the same thing when I saw it on the Portland radar. Those cloud tops are very high. It explains why there is a lot of lightning. Not just cloud to ground lightning but cloud to cloud lightning too that won't be picked up on my lightning detector. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

High of 73.4˚F IMBY today, exactly the same as yesterday.

[TacomaWx]

This one was spectacular. 

 

 

 

 

[runninthruda206]

Seeing the lightning near port orchard from my west facing window in Fremont! 

[Ken in Wood Village]

Looks like some more showers/thunderstorms are reforming. I did a close up on one so you can see what I'm talking about. 

I hope I don't miss out on all this action. I need to go to bed. I have to get up early. I also have a medical procedure tomorrow afternoon. I'm not looking forward to not eating after my morning breakfast Have fun watching the thunderstorms tonight. Hopefully there will be some in my area either tonight or tomorrow morning Goodnight

[TacomaWx]

[Olive1010]

Bro I had my game delayed from lightning at thprd, also, i just saw lightning from that longview storm

[ShawniganLake]

45 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

High of 73.4˚F IMBY today, exactly the same as yesterday.

A little cooler over here when compared to yesterday. Still warm though. 77F high. 

[Hawksfan2008]

For those who haven’t seen storms yet. Keep in mind models did not pick up on most of this. Step outside and you can feel it in the air. We’re just getting started. 

[Deweydog]

HEADS UP WOODLAND!!

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

For those who haven’t seen storms yet. Keep in mind models did not pick up on most of this. Step outside and you can feel it in the air. We’re just getting started. 

The storm near mount rainier might be heading into the south sound. Looks pretty significant at the moment. 

[Olive1010]

@Hawksfan2008 will there be t storms tonight and tomorrow?

[Slushy Inch]

3 minutes ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

For those who haven’t seen storms yet. Keep in mind models did not pick up on most of this. Step outside and you can feel it in the air. We’re just getting started. 

Looks like central sound will be missed but you never know.

[Hawksfan2008]

Just now, Slushy Inch said:

Looks like central sound will be missed but you never know.

Central sound is more 2am timeframe according to NAM/HRRR 

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Hawksfan2008 said:

Central sound is more 2am timeframe according to NAM/HRRR 

Looks like an organized band is moving in off the cascades and will be pretty decent for areas Tacoma south. 

[Doinko]

9 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

HEADS UP WOODLAND!!

Just saw a big flash from that

[Hawksfan2008]

 

[Doinko]

The HRRR looks great for Portland

[Olive1010]

You think will have more t storms?

[Phishy Wx]

no t-storms tonight.  booooo

[Slushy Inch]

53 minutes ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

 

Didn’t quite have triggering mechanism up north unfortunately.

[Slushy Inch]

Most models going for another warmup mid May.

[Slushy Inch]

Calm down ridgezilla. Let’s save 90s for Summer. Jeez. I have no AC.

[Slushy Inch]

This one might make it into the central sound eventually.

[Ken in Wood Village]

5 hours ago, TacomaWx said:

This is really impressive. Another way you can look at this is, it would take either 3 Mt. Hood's or almost 3 Mt. Rainier's to be as tall as those thunderstorms. That's the only reason why the Portland radar could pick them up that is impressive for the PNW.

Again, this is the screenshot I took from the Portland radar of those storms up near Puget Sound. 

There are showers on the East side of Oregon as you can tell from the radar. They are not producing lightning for now but that can change in a heartbeat. Let's hope we can get some activity this morning

[Ken in Wood Village]

Well, that was quick

[Ken in Wood Village]

Sorry about the car noise. My roommate is leaving

[Deweydog]

I’m woke!

[Timmy]

18 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

I’m woke!

4 flashes in 2 minutes. That cell just erupted 

[TacomaWx]

Clouds definitely have that unstable look this morning…we will see what happens later on today. Low of 49 this morning after a 74/50 temp spread yesterday. 

[Doinko]

Another cell forming in the middle of Portland

[Ken in Wood Village]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

Another cell forming in the middle of Portland

I think this is the cell your talking about. I haven't seen lightning yet but I am in Wood Village, waiting to start work at 6am.

[Ken in Wood Village]

Here is a Satellite picture of lightning. You can see more thunderstorms on the East side of Oregon. The movement is to the Northwest, hopefully we will see more storms this morning

[Doinko]

Loud thunder

[Doinko]

Huge cloud to cloud blly just above

[Ken in Wood Village]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

Huge cloud to cloud blly just above

I just saw a lightning flash from Wood Village  

[Ken in Wood Village]

This is looking Southeast from my work in Wood Village. Looks like more showers and maybe thunderstorms could be forming

[Ken in Wood Village]

More thunderstorms are forming to my Southeast

[Doinko]

 

[Doinko]

Some more pictures

 

[TT-SEA]

Dry and quiet here this morning.    Not sure there will be any convection up here with this system.   

Based on the models... I am really hoping tomorrow is soaking wet.   The next systems on Sunday and Tuesday appear to be headed into Oregon and then its back to ridging.    Tomorrow is the only significant rain shown here on 00Z ECMWF and 06Z GFS runs.

[Ken in Wood Village]

I'm missing all the action because I'm inside without windows

[Cascadia_Wx]

Hearing some very loud thunder heading out the door this morning.

[FroYoBro]

Didn’t hear any more thunder last night, but I was in a pretty deep sleep. Radar still looks pretty active though this morning! 

[Doinko]

A lot of lightning in the cascades