May 2020 Weather discussion for the PNW

[El_Nina]

0.43" today brings May to 0.98". Normal for May here is just over 2 inches.

[Winterdog]

Turned out to be a nice day. .11” early with a fair amount of sunshine. Had 1.52” of precip for this event. Ready for some dry, sunny, and warm weather.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Also kind of like a nuclear explosion...I wonder if that’s the reason why it was called the “Trinity” test.

Interesting observation, I'll have to look into that.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

 

Hot next weekend

Beautiful!! CANNOT WAIT!!

Great timing as well for the weekend. The beaches are going to be crowded once again.

[MossMan]

Already down to 41 degrees!

[Tyler Mode]

33 this morning in Battle Ground.

[Farmboy]

I'm in Sisters, OR for a few days and boy is it cold here. Enjoying my coffee inside while it's 25° outside.. Here a couple pics I took of my hike the other day to Peterson Ridge overlook. First pic is North and Middle sister, Second is Three Fingered Jack, third is Mt. Washington, I think... Planning to do Black Butte either tomorrow or Thursday.

[TacomaWaWx]

39 this morning...2nd morning in the 30s this month already. Haven’t had a morning in the 30s in May since 2013...but now we’ve had 2 this month.

[TacomaWaWx]

Excited for this first real heat spell of the warm season. Going to have to head out to the peninsula again this weekend...set up some tents and a campfire on the water. Can’t wait!

[Timmy Supercell]

Today 4 years ago. One of my better storms.

 

May the Fourth be with everyone!

 

[Jesse]

Chilly morning for May. Hit 36 here with some light frost. Even PDX appears to have hit 39, which would be their coolest May temp in several years if verified.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Got down to 36F.  Chilly night.

[Phil]

[TacomaWaWx]

You people are insane. Lol.

That’s what I’d do for a cold trough or storm system. Not a stupid heat wave.

I’ve gone camping pretty much every time of the year around here in every weather...even in November up in the cascades. I still enjoy camping in the rain or snow...but my favorite time of year to camp is definitely the summer time when it’s in the 80s.

[Phil]

[Phil]

I’ve gone camping pretty much every time of the year around here in every weather...even in November up in the cascades. I still enjoy camping in the rain or snow...but my favorite time of year to camp is definitely the summer time when it’s in the 80s.

Respect. At least you play all fields.

[TacomaWaWx]

Alright, respect. At least you play all fields.

me and my brother actually went camping up in greenwater a couple years ago in January...ended up getting 4 inches of snow and some freezing rain accumulation overnight. As long as you have the right gear you can do anything...it’s just expensive to get all the proper winter gear.

[TT-SEA]

You people are insane. Lol.

 

That’s what I’d do for a cold trough or storm system. Not a stupid heat wave.

 

 

You just cannot accept that our weather is different.  

 

This "heat wave" will probably result in mid 70s by the water where is he camping with low humidity and chilly nights.   That will be extremely pleasant for camping and the best weather of the year so far.

 

That is enjoyable weather by your standards as well and better than camping in damp, cold weather.    But you hone in on the term "heat wave" as we use the term... and immediately change the meaning to your most horrific weather with temps in the upper 90s and dewpoints in the 80s.   This makes no sense and sounds very silly to people in the PNW.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Low of 34 this morning. My wife was complaining about my snoring so I went out and slept on the porch, felt lovely. 

[Timmy Supercell]

You people are insane. Lol.

 

That’s what I’d do for a cold trough or storm system. Not a stupid heat wave.

 

Speaking my language! 

 

Of course I think we can have both heat and storms, just not 100 degree weather or 50 degree showers in July...

[ShawniganLake]

The colder and wetter the better when it comes to camping. 35 with sleet is my favourite. Though freezing rain would probably be awesome too. The thought of camping in a 70 degree May sunshiney heat wave literally makes me puke. No thanks. I’m gonna stay quarantined in my basement bunker.

[Jesse]

The colder and wetter the better when it comes to camping. 35 with sleet is my favourite. Though freezing rain would probably be awesome too. The thought of camping in a 70 degree May sunshiney heat wave literally makes me puke. No thanks. I’m gonna stay quarantined in my basement bunker.

Oh Monty.

[El_Nina]

Got down to 38 here this morning.

[Jesse]

I’ve gone camping pretty much every time of the year around here in every weather...even in November up in the cascades. I still enjoy camping in the rain or snow...but my favorite time of year to camp is definitely the summer time when it’s in the 80s.

Do you camp in a tent? It can get pretty uncomfortable when it’s in the 80s, tent cooks like a little oven if it’s in the sun. 50s/60s are my ideal camping temp.

 

Luckily we either camp high in the mountains or on the coast, so that seems to be the most common high temp range, even in the summer.

[ShawniganLake]

[TT-SEA]

I haven’t been camping in years. But when I did I preferred warm sunny weather. . The tent cools off instantly in the evenings anyways.

 

 

It will probably be in the upper 90s with suffocating humidity along the shores of the 50-degree Puget Sound for TacomaWaWx this weekend... completely insane that someone would want to be camping in that nightmarish weather.     Who camps in a heat wave?   Phil is so right.    We have the exact same climate as DC.   

[Timmy Supercell]

Chilly morning for May. Hit 36 here with some light frost. Even PDX appears to have hit 39, which would be their coolest May temp in several years if verified.

 

Low 20's again here just like yesterday. Not quite record but pretty close. In 1959 was 20 degrees.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Do you camp in a tent? It can get pretty uncomfortable when it’s in the 80s, tent cooks like a little oven if it’s in the sun. 50s/60s are my ideal camping temp.

 

Luckily we either camp high in the mountains or on the coast, so that seems to be the most common high temp range, even in the summer.

Who lays in the tent at 4pm though?

[TT-SEA]

12Z GEFS:

 

 

[TacomaWaWx]

Do you camp in a tent? It can get pretty uncomfortable when it’s in the 80s, tent cooks like a little oven if it’s in the sun. 50s/60s are my ideal camping temp.

Luckily we either camp high in the mountains or on the coast, so that seems to be the most common high temp range, even in the summer.

Well even if it gets up into the 80s or 90s during the day at nighttime it cools off enough to get sleep comfortably around here outside. I pretty much basically use my tent for sleeping at night not so much during the day.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

12Z GEFS:

 

 

 

Looks like the warm season is upon us here.

[Jesse]

Looks like the warm season is upon us here.

The GFS ensembles are actually pretty variable. Someone just has a new thing they are obsessing over now.

 

[Jesse]

Liking that agreement for another shot of wet weather on the back side of the warm spell. I wouldn’t even care if another ridge built in afterward if we could get that.

[Jesse]

Who lays in the tent at 4pm though?

If it was above 80 outside I can’t think of anything else you’d want to do.

[TT-SEA]

The GFS ensembles are actually pretty variable. Someone just has a new thing they are obsessing over now.

 

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Nobody is obsessing over anything.   I did not say anything about the GEFS... the maps are also valuable and its just more information.   Even though the GEFS is generally not that reliable overall.   

 

And it does show a break down early next week for a few days when you run the loop.    

[GeorgeWx]

Excited for this first real heat spell of the warm season. Going to have to head out to the peninsula again this weekend...set up some tents and a campfire on the water. Can’t wait!

It would be the weekend for it.

[wx_statman]

Hi guys, I hope everyone is doing well. Wanted to share with you all my first published paper, out this month in AMS Journal of Climate. I looked at 30 years of lightning data for the western US and associated it with driving weather patterns/meteorological variables (large scale stuff anyway, not derived parameters like CAPE or lifted index or whatnot). Give it a glance if you want!

 

https://twitter.com/wx_statman/status/1256296265907728385

[GeorgeWx]

The colder and wetter the better when it comes to camping. 35 with sleet is my favourite. Though freezing rain would probably be awesome too. The thought of camping in a 70 degree May sunshiney heat wave literally makes me puke. No thanks. I’m gonna stay quarantined in my basement bunker.

Ha I thought you were serious at first

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like most Willamette Valley locations bottomed out in the 34-39 range. 

[Jesse]

Seems the Euro has been slowing down the breakdown of the ridge. Kind of a strange pattern with a skinny ridge over us whose top cuts off about midway through the weekend.