June 2020 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[TigerWoodsLibido 5758]

Late December snow and a white Christmas is what we need.

 

It'll happen down here in the south valley again at some point, too. It all flips one day. I had gone some 5 years without experiencing a 4"+ snowstorm and then 2-25-19 happened.

[Frontal Snowsquall 2622]

I’m going with morning clouds maybe some drizzle and then afternoon sun for the July 4th holiday. Temps near 70°.

I remember an Indepedence Day like that growing up, glad they are few and far between.

[Frontal Snowsquall 2622]

[TigerWoodsLibido 5758]

Up to 90F. First of the year for Springfield and subsequently the hottest day of the year to this point.

[Frontal Snowsquall 2622]

Up to 90F. First of the year for Springfield and subsequently the hottest day of the year to this point.

As of 2pm most West side locations up here have already hit 90 with Scappoose leading the way at 91. Going to be a hot one today.

 

[James Jones 498]

Today's really overachieving, though maybe the high clouds coming in will cap things a bit. Feels pretty nasty out there.

[TacomaWaWx 4623]

Just got to 78 here....we just might hit 80 today. I was thinking we would get up to 82 or 83.

[Omegaraptor 2440]

Hillsboro is at 93 already. Humidity is not all that low either with a DP of 63.

[GeorgeWx 235]

[Timmy_Supercell 2315]

Hillsboro is at 93 already. Humidity is not all that low either with a DP of 63.

 

So heat and snow, ok. Anything else back to donut hole.

[TigerWoodsLibido 5758]

So heat and snow, ok. Anything else back to donut hole.

 

This winter is gonna be 16-17 on steroids. That one gave most everybody something.

[Omegaraptor 2440]

So heat and snow, ok. Anything else back to donut hole.

Mainly NW flow gets donut holed here. HIO averages drier in spring and summer than PDX, but actually slightly wetter in winter when most of the rain comes from SW flow.

 

NW flow winter months usually end up drier, though (see Jan 2013).

 

As far as t-storms and snow... bad luck comes in streaks and we’re in one.

[Timmy_Supercell 2315]

Mainly NW flow gets donut holed here. HIO averages drier in spring and summer than PDX, but actually slightly wetter in winter when most of the rain comes from SW flow.

 

NW flow winter months usually end up drier, though (see Jan 2013).

 

As far as t-storms and snow... bad luck comes in streaks and we’re in one.

 

Definitely the flip of a switch at times. Some years only a couple thunders occur more than 1 year in a row, other times groupings like 2008-2009 I record 7-8 t'storms in Hillsboro 2 years back to back. 

 

2003-2004 was another nice group of years for thunderstorms there. 

[Timmy_Supercell 2315]

Looking back at my notes, wow in 2003 I wrote down 11 thunderstorms in Bethany (almost my current annual average here!).

Strangely only 2 the next year, but a really nice one happened on 06/18/2004.

 

8 in 2008 and 8 in 2009, two most active years in a row when I lived in Hillsboro.

[MossMan 10747]

Sprinkles currently.

[Eujunga 1106]

An overachieving (of course!) 91º today.

 

No more than a handful of 90º+ days this summer would be nice.

[TT-SEA 4239]

85 at SEA and here today.

[dolt 1365]

Currently 90 with a dp of 64. It would not surprise me if it's the highest dp we see all year.

[Requiem 2649]

Watch Portland get slammed this winter because I'm moving down to Eugene 

 

Let's hope we get a 16-17 type winter!

[Timmy_Supercell 2315]

96 for a high. Already a hotter day than all last year (94) and it's only June. Maybe I'm due for a 100 this year, haven't seen one since 07/02/2013 when it reached 101.

[TacomaWaWx 4623]

78/55 here today

[Jginmartini 3956]

84/54
Currently 73* with high clouds 

Dp not so bad here.....53*

[TigerWoodsLibido 5758]

Watch Portland get slammed this winter because I'm moving down to Eugene 

 

Let's hope we get a 16-17 type winter!

 

EUG got like 5-7" in early Jan 2017 too. Was even better down in Douglas County. I have a feeling this coming winter we are gonna get smacked with a 1990-style Arctic front all the way down to Medford, with more banding, too.

[dolt 1365]

Watch Portland get slammed this winter because I'm moving down to Eugene 

 

Let's hope we get a 16-17 type winter!

Sweet. The UofO? It'll snow here this winter. If not, I'm sure TWL has a ziplock bag of snow in his freezer from Feb 2019 that he'll share with you.

[dolt 1365]

EUG got like 5-7" in early Jan 2017 too. Was even better down in Douglas County. I have a feeling this coming winter we are gonna get smacked with a 1990-style Arctic front all the way down to Medford, with more banding, too.

A bit more than that, but neither significant snowfalls lasted for shitt. They were mainly 1 day wonders. Definitely no arctic blasts.

[TigerWoodsLibido 5758]

A bit more than that, but neither significant snowfalls lasted for shitt. They were mainly 1 day wonders. Definitely no arctic blasts.

 

Nope, lots of Cross-Cascade Gradient and backdoor action with that winter.

 

It's also the last time EUG had a sub-freezing high. Jan 14, 2017.

[..... 900]

Looks like a parade of Upper Level Lows will continue to clip Washington from the north for the foreseeable future.

 

When Tim says we are stuck in a rut, you can't argue with that.

 

Hopefully one of those lows will clip us on the 2nd or 3rd and skeee daddle by the 4th.

[GHweatherChris 3650]

Entire 18z GFS run shows maybe 5/100ths of total rainfall here. Nice!!

[..... 900]

Entire 18z GFS run shows maybe 5/100ths of total rainfall here. Nice!!

Those 5/100ths will likely fall on July 4th around 8:30pm.

[dolt 1365]

Currently 90 with a dp of 64. It would not surprise me if it's the highest dp we see all year.

I stand corrected. DP is now 66. Gonna be a warm evening. Too bad there are no triggers to set off some storms.

[TigerWoodsLibido 5758]

Airport says it hit 92F at 4:54. Hot one!

[Requiem 2649]

Sweet. The UofO? It'll snow here this winter. If not, I'm sure TWL has a ziplock bag of snow in his freezer from Feb 2019 that he'll share with you.

 

Mhm! Go Ducks! Hopefully it will, but if not I have the next four years haha

[GHweatherChris 3650]

Those 5/100ths will likely fall on July 4th around 8:30pm.

Thats ok.

[SilverFallsAndrew 15379]

Hit 86 up here. Ugh

[dolt 1365]

Mhm! Go Ducks! Hopefully it will, but if not I have the next four years haha

Let me know if you need any Eugene info. I've been here for, well, a long time.

[TigerWoodsLibido 5758]

Eugene has changed a lot since I was at UofO. So many more apartment buildings.

[dolt 1365]

Eugene has changed a lot since I was at UofO. So many more apartment buildings.

Yep. There are a ton of new ones. All of them populated with out of towners.

[Frontal Snowsquall 2622]

Hillsboro is at 93 already. Humidity is not all that low either with a DP of 63.

Hillsboro and Vancouver were the hot spots around the Metro area, both got to 94. PDX and Troutdale got to 93.

[TigerWoodsLibido 5758]

Yep. There are a s**t ton of new ones. All of them populated with out of towners.

A lot of foreign students?

[Frontal Snowsquall 2622]

[TigerWoodsLibido 5758]

Still 80F at almost 9PM.

[Timmy_Supercell 2315]

January 10-11, 2017 all over again but more widespread.

 

Despite how much an anomaly Feb 2019 was, I did not have a single storm as big as Jan 3-4 2017 here. That was like mega. lol

 

And I still can't believe how consistent 16-17 was regionally, because Portland's storm was a week after mine. 

[TigerWoodsLibido 5758]

Despite how much an anomaly Feb 2019 was, I did not have a single storm as big as Jan 3-4 2017 here. That was like mega. lol

 

And I still can't believe how consistent 16-17 was regionally, because Portland's storm was a week after mine. 

 

That's the one that dropped several inches down here too. Was a weird setup with a cutoff low approaching from the SW.

[dolt 1365]

A lot of foreign students?

Yes. Also, Californians.

[VancouverIslandSouth 1741]

There hasn't been a thunderstorm in the 4.5 years I've lived here (although I think one hit while I was away in May 2017 because I remember reading about someone getting hit by lightning and thinking how incredibly unlucky they must have been for that to happen in a place like this). Our local tornado count exceeds our local thunderstrom count this year. It'd be nice to see tomorrow's rain event overperform for a change.

[Timmy_Supercell 2315]

That's the one that dropped several inches down here too. Was a weird setup with a cutoff low approaching from the SW.

 

In Feb 2019 it was more an even distribution of snowfall for me over the course of the month. But places like Central OR, Tacoma WA, Roseburg and even Redding had storms dropping significant snow at one time. Someone that used to frequent one of the facebook groups who lives I think just south of Bend, reported he had >2 foot depths at his place. Unreal. My max depth in 2019 was 9.5".

[..... 900]

Anyone here been to Hood River Oregon? Thinking about a road trip. Does Covid have it all closed up?

[GHweatherChris 3650]

There hasn't been a thunderstorm in the 4.5 years I've lived here (although I think one hit while I was away in May 2017 because I remember reading about someone getting hit by lightning and thinking how incredibly unlucky they must have been for that to happen in a place like this). Our local tornado count exceeds our local thunderstrom count this year. It'd be nice to see tomorrow's rain event overperform for a change.

So.. there has been a thunder storm since you lived there, more than once actually.

[TacomaWaWx 4623]

In Feb 2019 it was more an even distribution of snowfall for me over the course of the month. But places like Central OR, Tacoma WA, Roseburg and even Redding had storms dropping significant snow at one time. Someone that used to frequent one of the facebook groups who lives I think just south of Bend, reported he had >2 foot depths at his place. Unreal. My max depth in 2019 was 9.5".

That was a wild month. Max depth was 20” on 2/11. 22 total inches that month. First storm on 2/4 only gave us 2”...but we picked up 9.0” on 2/8-2/9 and 5” of snow in just 2 hours on 2/10. Then 6” in the overrunning event on 2/11. Craziest winter weather I’ve seen in my lifetime.

[Timmy_Supercell 2315]

Our local tornado count exceeds our local thunderstrom count this year.

 

If you're counting the whole PNW not really. There can be days where thunderstorms cover the stretch of a region and 2 or 3 funnels, perhaps 2 tornadoes result from it. 

 

And keep in mind May 30th was about as good as a northwest storm outbreak gets. That was a BIG one.