May 2020 Weather discussion for the PNW

[Front Ranger]

When is yours?

 

#AboveTheFray #AboveTheForecast

 

Frozen turkeys and dead civil rights leaders is all he ever needed.

[Front Ranger]

It will probably be a little warmer than average at the absolute coolest. If we do get anything in the way of active weather and clouds at any point, a long stretch absurdly warm lows will be sure to prop things up handily. In other news, good chance the sun comes up tomorrow.

 

I suggest you pay less attention to PDX and more to OLM. It will change your life.

[Deweydog]

Frozen turkeys and dead civil rights leaders is all he ever needed.

What’s your forecast for our pandemic summer?

[Deweydog]

It will probably be a little warmer than average at the absolute coolest. If we do get anything in the way of active weather and clouds at any point, a long stretch absurdly warm lows will be sure to prop things up handily. In other news, good chance the sun comes up tomorrow.

Whoa daddy! Way to stick your neck out there...

[Front Ranger]

What’s your forecast for our pandemic summer?

 

Not enough heat to knock out the virus. 

 

Honestly, haven't given it much thought. 

[Deweydog]

Not enough heat to knock out the virus.

 

Honestly, haven't given it much thought.

I don’t blame you for sitting a few plays out after that dumpster fire of a winter forecast. Win some lose some...

[Jesse]

It was a serious forecast. Looks like it’ll be wrong on the good side. Weather is full of surprises!

Mikey likes it!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Pouring.

[Front Ranger]

I don’t blame you for sitting a few plays out after that dumpster fire of a winter forecast. Win some lose some...

 

Or in your case, lose some lose some more. 

 

Who wants to head to the casino?

[Dave]

I've camped in the rain too many times to count. My worst memory was when a thunderstorm hit while we were rafting. When we returned, my tent was in a puddle 4 inches deep. My friend named it lake dolt. Everything was so wet that it took 3 hours to get the fire going. We were freezing.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Also, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say summer “peaks” near or before July 4th in the PNW this year. The warmest temperatures of the year might occur in June (I’m not counting September in this projection, though).

Time for another Summer Forecast Contest!

[Phil]

[Phil]

I tried to warn you during your run up to January 2018...

January 2018 and January 2020 were certainly swings and misses, in patterns otherwise ripe with potential.

[Deweydog]

[Deweydog]

[Farmboy]

Here's mine-

 

It'll be a pleasant summer. Lol...

[Jesse]

Mikey died of the Rona.

Would be poetic justice at this point.

[TT-SEA]

Would be poetic justice at this point.

 

Wishing death on someone.    Nice Jesse.   

[Front Ranger]

Here's mine-

 

It'll be a pleasant summer. Lol...

 

As long as everyone gets enough vitamin D, what could go wrong?

[Jesse]

Here's mine-

It'll be a pleasant summer. Lol...

Just one raindrop and you’ve got yourself a busted forecast, though. Lol...

[Deweydog]

Would be poetic justice at this point.

78% of COVID fatalities have involved admitted heat misers. The other 22% lied.

[Farmboy]

Just one raindrop and you’ve got yourself a busted forecast, though. Lol...

Nah, a few raindrops might be welcome, just no all-day rains...

[Jesse]

Nah, a few raindrops might be welcome, just no all-day rains...

...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

0.62" on the day. 3.01" for the month. 

[Phil]

Nah, a few raindrops might be welcome, just no all-day rains...

You’re fuucked brother.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I've camped in the rain too many times to count. My worst memory was when a thunderstorm hit while we were rafting. When we returned, my tent was in a puddle 4 inches deep. My friend named it lake dolt. Everything was so wet that it took 3 hours to get the fire going. We were freezing.

 

June 2018 we camped up by Mt. Adams and it poured pretty much the entire weekend. Lots of thunderstorms too. But the best was last August 4th camping at Delintment Lake in Harney County. Lines of strong to severe thunderstorms training over the area for hours. Torrential downpours and hail for hours, probably 2-3" of rain. Unreal amounts of lightning. My 2 year old daughter took a nap the entire time, then when it ended she immediately woke up and went outside the tent to play. 

[MossMan]

.03” on the day, 2.12” for the month, and 29.64” on the year.

Had a high of 63 and a low of 45.

Currently 52.

[Jesse]

.03” on the day, 2.12” for the month, and 29.64” on the year.

Had a high of 63 and a low of 45.

Currently 52.

56/50 with .26” of rain here today.

 

I was cooler AND wetter than you.

[Jesse]

June 2018 we camped up by Mt. Adams and it poured pretty much the entire weekend. Lots of thunderstorms too. But the best was last August 4th camping at Delintment Lake in Harney County. Lines of strong to severe thunderstorms training over the area for hours. Torrential downpours and hail for hours, probably 2-3" of rain. Unreal amounts of lightning. My 2 year old daughter took a nap the entire time, then when it ended she immediately woke up and went outside the tent to play.

 

Sounds like some great trips Andrew. I remember you mentioning that the area you camped on Adams was Horseshoe Lake. I love the NW side. We were camped at Killen Creek when that anomalously cold trough moved in at the end of August 2008. Chilly rain gave way to some snow mixed in on our hike, all snow above 5,000. Then a hard frost the next morning. A very memorable trip.

 

I also recall hearing that Sarah Palin had been chosen as McCain’s running mate on my dad’s old FM radio sitting at the picnic table one evening at the campsite. I had no idea who she was at that point and thought the announcer had said Sarah Palim.

[Front Ranger]

Sounds like some great trips Andrew. I remember you mentioning that the area you camped on Adams was Horseshoe Lake. I love the NW side. We were camped at Killen Creek when that anomalously cold trough moved in at the end of August 2008. Chilly rain gave way to some snow mixed in on our hike, all snow above 5,000. Then a hard frost the next morning. A very memorable trip.

 

I also recall hearing that Sarah Palin had been chosen as McCain’s running mate on my dad’s old FM radio sitting at the picnic table one evening at the campsite. I had no idea who she was at that point and thought the announcer had said Sarah Palim.

 

My brothers and I camped in that area in summer 2015. Was very warm and dry. 

[Jesse]

My brothers and I camped in that area in summer 2015. Was very warm and dry. 

That was the summer of the massive Cougar Creek complex fire, which burned up much of the south and east flanks of the mountain.

 

I think we made it up to the Goat Rocks once that year, but not Adams.

[MossMan]

Already down to 47 degrees.

[GHweatherChris]

Great day for golf today at Tumwater Valley Golf Club, just a couple sprinkles but mostly sunny and warm.

[MossMan]

Exactly 4 months ago I was doing some night plowing, this evening was equally enjoyable with a dry end of the day!

[HighlandExperience]

Thinking of going backcountry skiing at Mt Hood in the morning. You think the mountain will be clear? Morning looks iffy.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Exactly 4 months ago I was doing some night plowing, this evening was equally enjoyable with a dry end of the day!

19-20 was a classic north/south winter. We didn’t have a single day with a high temp below 40F from Dec 1 thru the entire remainder of the cold season. If someone wasn’t following the weather here, they would have had no idea anything was out of the ordinary just a couple hundred miles to the north.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I have a good pic from the cascade creek fire on Mt Adams in September 2012. Incredible thunderstorm activity the night that started.

 

Upslope machine really got going last night. 0.45” of rain since midnight.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

[jakeinthevalley]

[TacomaWaWx]

Low of 49 here this morning...temp in the 40s since 5/7. No rainfall since about this time yesterday morning.

We’re at 1.07” of rainfall this month...and also at exactly 7” of rainfall for spring 2020. Still slightly on the dry side compared to average for spring...but we should finish closer to 8” at the end of the month headed into meteorological summer. Much better than the final total of 4.25” in the spring of 2019.