Pacific Northwest Weather -June 2023

[BLI snowman]

Up to 0.26" here. Far beyond my wildest dreams.

Better still, my murderous allergies could actually subside for 24 hours or so.

[TacomaWx]

Only managed 0.11” this morning was hoping for atleast double that…but some rain is developing to the east so hopefully that helps up the total. 

[Doinko]

Been raining almost all day, really nice surprise

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Took until noon for the rain to begin, but it's been raining since then. Was expecting only a few sprinkles so it has already overperformed expectations.

Only 0.02" so far. Hoping for more.

[Tyler Mode]

.25" and hoping it dries out from now on...graduation tonight!

[Phil]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Big trough over the middle of the country by Thursday on the 12Z ECMWF and yet they still have highs around 90 in places like Iowa and Missouri and Kansas.   And look at Texas with temps way into the triple digits without a ridge overhead.    

I think your temps are much more dependent on 500mb heights than ours.

[MossMan]

23 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Took until noon for the rain to begin, but it's been raining since then. Was expecting only a few sprinkles so it has already overperformed expectations.

Only 0.02" so far. Hoping for more.

Yeah I was already up over .20” when I was at home for lunch a few hours ago, a refreshing surprise! 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

Only 0.02" for me. Not surprising, the models are always wrong on amounts for me. 

[Front Ranger]

Haven't gotten warmer than 77 so far this month. Glorious.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Haven't gotten warmer than 77 so far this month. Glorious.

Please return your stolen PNW summer and do so NOW.

[LowerGarfield]

Steadier rain now but still light, Ateast I'm up to .20 so far and counting. Very good.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

0.10" and counting. Judging by the radar, some parts of Vancouver Island, including the fire that has closed the highway to Port Alberni, have received a decent drenching already.

[Cold Snap]

High of only 56 IMBY so far today. Currently 54.8. 

[TT-SEA]

Check out the radar loop around Olympia... legitimately have cells moving in the completely opposite direction.   One layer moving to the SE and one layer moving to the NW.    Very strange and interesting.

https://atmos.uw.edu/current-weather/northwest-radar/

[TT-SEA]

Still raining lightly here... up to .60 now.    

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Check out the radar loop around Olympia... legitimately have cells moving in the completely opposite directions.   One layer moving to the SE and one layer moving to the NW.    Very strange and interesting.

https://atmos.uw.edu/current-weather/northwest-radar/

Think I’ve seen something similar to this before and always just assumed it was mid-high level moisture or clouds. 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Think I’ve seen something similar to this before and always just assumed it was mid-high level moisture or clouds. 

I am sure its at different levels.    I have seen it in the winter when the moisture shield from an incoming system overrides a c-zone from a departing system.    But usually the higher level moisture is just virga.  I think the activity around Olympia is actually producing rain at both levels today.

[T-Town]

2 hours ago, TacomaWx said:

Only managed 0.11” this morning was hoping for atleast double that…but some rain is developing to the east so hopefully that helps up the total. 

Stuck in the snow hole again. Looks like it may be flurrying now though. It'll be dark soon and then i can stare at the streetlight. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

4 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Stuck in the snow hole again. Looks like it may be flurrying now though. It'll be dark soon and then i can stare at the streetlight. 

Snow in Tacoma?

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

Snow in Tacoma?

Yes. 

[T-Town]

Sticking!

[T-Town]

10 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

Snow in Tacoma?

Yeah. Pretty wet though. 

[LowerGarfield]

Looks like it's over here. I had .27 today. So not bad to get over a quarter inch this afternoon. Still about 68F.

[TacomaWx]

28 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Stuck in the snow hole again. Looks like it may be flurrying now though. It'll be dark soon and then i can stare at the streetlight. 

Splat test was negative on this side of town but precip is picking up! Thought we might be done with the rain after this morning. 

[T-Town]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Splat test was negative on this side of town but precip is picking up! Thought we might be done with the rain after this morning. 

Me too. Nice little surprise. 

[MossMan]

.32” so far on the day. 55 with light rain currently. 

[SnowySeeker50]

High of 55 today. Currently 53 and cloudy.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

https://twitter.com/EliotJacobson/status/1667165187894558721

[HuskyMaestro]

Only reached 57 here, really enjoying the brief sweater weather before the warmup. Pretending that it's fall with a cup of joe under gloomy skies ️

[TacomaWx]

57/53 here so far up to 0.15” today. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

0.04 today. Finally a decent chunk of rain coming through. Sure hope to achieve 0.25 out of this system

[Cascadia_Wx]

What a nice day. Big time overachiever both for precip and cool temps. 

60/54 spread here with .18” precip so far. Light rain at times much of the morning and afternoon.

What’s nice is that this event was barely even on the radar a few days ago. Hopefully we can get a couple more setups like this in the next few weeks. 

[MossMan]

Moderate rain and darkish out and it’s awesome!!! 

[MossMan]

Up to .43” on the day! 

[Cold Snap]

Up to 0.14” for the day now.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Raining nicely now. 0.19" so far. A delightful evening, listening to it fall.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

0.30"!

[Anti Marine Layer]

So ends the 30-day above normal streak.

[Anti Marine Layer]

If rain is melted snow, does the snowpack become rain when it melts?

[Slushy Inch]

9 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

If rain is melted snow, does the snowpack become rain when it melts?

Water is melted snow.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Looks like we ended up with about 0.00” which was perfect for the baseball team that somehow overcame an 8-0 deficit and won 9-8.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

0.45" for the day. Looks like I will get a half inch or more for the event.

[ShawniganLake]

0.3” of rain this evening 

[ChristheElohim]

Up to .32" of rain fell here so far in Spanaway between yesterday thru so far this morning. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

0.25" since midnight, 0.70" total.

[TacomaWx]

Picked up 0.18” yesterday and another 0.04” since midnight here raining still very noice. Good soaking rain from NW OR up to SW BC. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

I'm impressed, .53" yesterday, with most of it coming the last few hours of the day, then we have gotten .2" today.  Still drizzling now, kinda ruins my planned yard projects for the day, but I am not going to complain!!!

[TacomaWx]

Love it how everyone’s just as excited for this summer rain than some snow events we’ve had in the winter lol. 

[Phil]

44 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

I'm impressed, .53" yesterday, with most of it coming the last few hours of the day, then we have gotten .2" today.  Still drizzling now, kinda ruins my planned yard projects for the day, but I am not going to complain!!!

Lucky bastard.

[MossMan]

Wet trees!
Heavy drizzle currently. 

.19” so far on the day, .64” storm total so far.