Pacific Northwest Weather -June 2023

[Cascadia_Wx]

Welcome to the first month of meteorological summer.

Chilly start to June this morning with a low of 41 so far here.

[TT-SEA]

Pinned!  

Thanks to Jesse for starting the new thread like he did for May.   

[Skagit Weather]

Ended May with a couple wildfires up here in the North Cascades on the west side. One near Shannon Lake south of Mount Baker got to about 80 acres this weekend while a small fire started by a careless Memorial Day camper burned just off of Diablo Lake yesterday and almost forced the evacuation of my work before it was put out. If we don't get much rain in June it could get a whole lot worse.

At Diablo Lake it ended up having the second warmest average high temp of any May in the last 110 years (75F) behind only 1958 (76.3F). That 75F is the average high temperature there on July 4.

[Anti Marine Layer]

As usual, Jesse cannot bear the June thread being created by anyone other than him, and he is very uncreative with titles.

[TT-SEA]

10 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

As usual, Jesse cannot bear the June thread being created by anyone other than him, and he is very uncreative with titles.

I don't blame him on the title... creative titles have typically been a curse for that month.    I am pretty superstitious now about even starting the new monthly topic.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

20 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I don't blame him on the title... creative titles have typically been a curse for that month.    I am pretty superstitious now about even starting the new monthly topic.  

Wasn’t last December’s title basically a pre-touchdown end zone dance over having no 50+ temps that month? Christmas Day involved a 60-burger for Eugene!

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Wasn’t last December’s title basically a pre-touchdown end zone dance over having no 50+ temps that month? Christmas Day involved a 60-burger for Eugene!

I think I remember '1954 Redux!' in the title for a summer month last year... ended up being the complete opposite.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

I think I remember '1954 Redux!' in the title for a summer month last year... ended up being the complete opposite.

Dang, now I’m kicking myself for not pre-empting Jesse and creating a “2021 Redux” thread for this month.

[Meatyorologist]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

It was also colder than normal for most of the last 6 months before May.   

Not the 2nd coldest wet season though...

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Meatyorologist said:

Not the 2nd coldest wet season though...

Extended persistent cold for months... that should make the cold weather fans happier than just one extreme event.  

[Deweydog]

It’s my birthday month. Gift’s accepted. Go Knights.

[the_convergence_zone]

Maybe we’ll get 4 or 5 days of Juneuary this year…

 

 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, the_convergence_zone said:

Maybe we’ll get 4 or 5 days of Juneuary this year…

 

 

A few rainy days is not really Juneuary... its just June.    That name should be reserved for when it's a frequently gloomy and damp month and never really warms up.  And that does happen.    It has been earned in years past.    Appears we are going to start June this year with 10 straight days of sunshine.

[Anti Marine Layer]

6 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

It’s my birthday month. Gift’s accepted. Go Knights.

It's also rainbow flag month.

[AmunRAEL]

52-55° Sunny skies here at Eastside Tacoma neighborhood.

[SnowySeeker]

Low of 45 this morning. Currently 50 degrees.

[Omegaraptor]

55 at CVO after a low of either 39 or 40.

Looks like the final precip total for May at CVO is 0.17", today should be our 22nd day in a row with zero precipitation

[Darrington Troll]

Can we just fast forward 4 months and get back to model riding?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

A slightly above normal June would be a miraculous win. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

20 minutes ago, Darrington Troll said:

Can we just fast forward 4 months and get back to model riding?

It's been a pretty predictable pattern the last 15 days

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

11 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

A slightly above normal June would be a miraculous win. 

A June not colder than Downtown LA's coldest on record (Average high: 71.10 F) would be pretty miraculous this year.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Started the month with a low of 37. Brrrrr

[Omegaraptor]

Pretty crazy how many people live in this awful wretched climate. Are they all insane?

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 minute ago, Omegaraptor said:

Pretty crazy how many people live in this awful wretched climate. Are they all insane?

It was a nice climate before climate change changed it.

[Omegaraptor]

1 minute ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

It was a nice climate before climate change changed it.

Oh that explains why so many Californians are leaving the state.

[Cold Snap]

Made it down to 40 this morning. Currently 52.7. The low this morning is actually colder than the coldest low in May IMBY. Got down to 41 on the 10th.

[Anti Marine Layer]

39 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

Oh that explains why so many Californians are leaving the state.

Partially. The other reason is Governor Gruesome.

[AmunRAEL]

60° Eastside Tacoma

61° Lakewood 

62° Spanaway

58° Downtown Tacoma

61° Federal Way 

[Phil]

2 hours ago, Darrington Troll said:

Can we just fast forward 4 months and get back to model riding?

And finally an El Niño/-QBO winter.  

[Phil]

Back from CO. Wish I could’ve stayed longer, so much I didn’t get to do. Definitely plan on going back.

[Phil]

Adjacently OT, but still have not had a single 70+ dp reading here in 2023! A throwback to the weather I remember during my elementary school years (early 2000s), which is when my interest in weather was sparked. How long can it last?

Also a remarkable diversion from post-1998 climate trends. And nothing like the recent El Niño onset years (2015, 2018, etc), which already felt like August before the summer solstice.

Hopefully a good omen.

[Omegaraptor]

Visited a winery in the Willamette Valley last weekend. They said in mid-April their grapes were about two weeks behind schedule, now they are two weeks ahead.

[Slushy Inch]

Take this with a grain of salt. OPs have been going with a heatwave in the extended for a while now.

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

1 minute ago, Slushy Inch said:

Take this with a grain of salt. OPs have been going with a heatwave in the extended for a while now.

 Not surprising summer has been well underway for the last month now. 

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

Besides a few glimmers of false hope on some of the models in the long range recently…it’s Looking like no meaningful rainfall on the way for the next 10 days. That hopefully this means summer will come to an end in late august or September this year instead of October like 2022. Meteorological summer just started but it doesn’t feel much different than most of the last 10 years. 

[High Desert Mathew]

I know there’s an El Niño for this upcoming winter but since the La Nina’s the past three years haven’t exactly planned out just like typical La Nina’s, any very early guesses on the winter weather coming up in a few months? Just curious to what you guys think since this weather is sooooo boring. 

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

Just now, High Desert Mat? said:

I know there’s an El Niño for this upcoming winter but since the La Nina’s the past three years haven’t exactly planned out just like typical La Nina’s, any very early guesses on the winter weather coming up in a few months? Just curious to what you guys think since this weather is sooooo boring. 

My guess is warmer and maybe a bit wetter than last year. But not necessarily a wet year either. Don’t think we see any great lowland winter weather events west of the mountains but will be better east of the mountains per the norm. 

[AmunRAEL]

1 minute ago, High Desert Mat? said:

I know there’s an El Niño for this upcoming winter but since the La Nina’s the past three years haven’t exactly planned out just like typical La Nina’s, any very early guesses on the winter weather coming up in a few months? Just curious to what you guys think since this weather is sooooo boring. 

I think we might get one good cold shot and snow shot most likely towards February and possibly a wet/stormy October otherwise very El Nino like Mild and pretty Dry, less mountain snowfall and not much in lowlands tho again Feb maybe get a little.

[AmunRAEL]

Summer won't be as extreme as say the last 3 summers or 2015 but still generally warmer than average and drier than average. 

[AmunRAEL]

I still think SEA ends up with about average snowfall most likely from Feb for this winter mostly likely like that ranges from maybe 2" below average to maybe 2" above average but overall should stay about normal. Rainfall more towards average tho maybe less in some spots but not regionally. Temps should average a couple of degrees above average Oct-March but could have a cold shot February particularly 2nd-3rd week. Not to say one or two episodes can't happen Nov, Dec or Jan but very unlikely.