May 2020 Weather discussion for the PNW

[Frontal Snowsquall]

[Frontal Snowsquall]

77/48 here

currently 73*

winds have died down a bit from this afternoon.

This weather make me wants ice cream!

Drive down here tomorrow for some East Wind Drive-In Ice Cream!

[Blizzard777]

Drive down here tomorrow for some East Wind Drive-In Ice Cream!

Good excuse to exercise the car!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Absolutely gorgeous evening. 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

So much dust and pollen I could only see Mt. Rainier peaking out from behind Mt. St. Helens 150 miles away. 

 

[Phil]

ITS SNOWING IN MAY.

[Jesse]

So much dust and pollen I could only see Mt. Rainier peaking out from behind Mt. St. Helens 150 miles away. 

 

I apologize for my offensive comments, Andrew. :/

[GHweatherChris]

ITS SNOWING IN MAY.

Where?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I apologize for my offensive comments, Andrew. :/

Accepted.

[Phil]

Where?

Here. I’ve never seen anything like this.

 

Got video too!

[GHweatherChris]

Here. I’ve never seen anything like this.

 

Got video too!

Weird, temps in your area look a bit too warm.

 

But, cool to hear.

[Jesse]

Accepted.

That looks like a cool place though Andrew, where did you go?

 

You know what Andrew, it kind of looks like the hills above Silverton, OR.

[El_Nina]

Great looking 18z run.

Will be kinda glad when this hot and dusty weather moves through. Allergies have been terrible today, every wind gust is just a cloud of pollen.

79/54 today with gusty East winds and very dry air.

Mine have subsided since the Douglas firs stopped producing pollen. I was glad once it finally rained and knocked it down, hopefully it can do that next week.

[Jesse]

Mine have subsided since the Douglas firs stopped producing pollen. I was glad once it finally rained and knocked it down, hopefully it can do that next week.

It’s the grass pollen that kills me for a few weeks this time of year. Usually it’s not until late May/early June but I think all of the warm and dry weather has sped things up.

[El_Nina]

It’s the grass pollen that kills me for a few weeks this time of year. Usually it’s not until late May/early June but I think all of the warm and dry weather has sped things up.

I guess all of the extremely cold lows didn't do anything to slow it down, not very surprising since highs were warm still.

[Jesse]

I guess all of the extremely cold lows didn't do anything to slow it down, not very surprising since highs were warm still.

I think the chilly lows were stunting things a bit through about mid-April, but since then everything has really taken off, with generally warm weather and just enough rainfall to get things growing but still drier than average.

[Jesse]

Have to wonder if PDX sees its first 60+ low of the season tonight if winds keep up.

[BLI snowman]

Weird, temps in your area look a bit too warm.

 

But, cool to hear.

 

D.C. is renowned for its 45 degree snowstorms.

[BLI snowman]

Have to wonder if PDX sees its first 60+ low of the season tonight if winds keep up.

 

 

56.

[Phil]

D.C. is renowned for its 45 degree snowstorms.

It’s 39° here.

 

FWIW, we had a snow squall w/ a 53°F starting temp just a few years ago. Tropopause is very shallow with these dynamic TPV events. Deep mixing/dry advection. Snow showers at 45°F isn’t abnormal at all.

[El_Nina]

Still up at 70 degrees currently. Been a pretty breezy evening.

[ShawniganLake]

ITS SNOWING IN MAY.

Your loss is our gain.

[El_Nina]

Currently sitting at 26.30" for 2020. Well below average for rainfall.

May has a lot of hope, though. Already at 1/2 of average and one downpour could drop almost a half inch this time of year. Hoping for some huge totals like that next week.

[Jesse]

Currently sitting at 26.30" for 2020. Well below average for rainfall.

May has a lot of hope, though. Already at 1/2 of average and one downpour could drop almost a half inch this time of year. Hoping for some huge totals like that next week.

Yeah just a couple more days to get through and we hopefully get back to some good stuff.

[MossMan]

Such a lovely mild and cloudless evening!

Had a high of 77 after a low of 44.

Currently 57.

[Phil]

Your loss is our gain.

Invert that and I agree.

[GHweatherChris]

Such a lovely mild and cloudless evening!

Had a high of 77 after a low of 44.

Currently 57.

Still 68 here, love it!!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Got up to 84F.  Nice, warm day.  Another one tomorrow. 

[Phil]

That’s a 2008-12 type pattern showing up on the EPS during week 2. Both in the tropics and across the WHEM middle latitudes.

 

Haven’t seen those often since 2013, even during the “cooler” regimes.

[El_Nina]

Still up at 65.

[Deweydog]

Warm out!

[TT-SEA]

SEA managed to get up to 80 after 5 p.m. and it was still 70 at 11 p.m.

 

81 here today so I guess there is more UHI out here in the wilderness.

[ShawniganLake]

78 here today. Low of 41F.

[TT-SEA]

Its 70 right now in North Bend after midnight.

[Tyler Mode]

The wind is making all the difference this morning.  It's 66 at my house, yet less than two miles away it's 49.

[FroYoBro]

Got down to 64 here. Brrrr.

[Jesse]

56.

60.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

60.

I saw that this morning and knew you would be despondent.

[Jesse]

I saw that this morning and knew you would be despondent.

It’s a unique pattern. Looks like their earliest on record by about five days.

 

The 65 at Troutdale is even more surreal.

[El_Nina]

Down to 64 here this morning.