June (July) 2020 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[Jesse]

Beautiful night out. Looking forward to the moonrise in 5-10 minutes.

 

65 degrees currently.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Cool evening down to 51.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Down to 59F in town. Perfect weather again.

[GeorgeWx]

[GeorgeWx]

Summer weather like this is what I signed up for when I chose the PNW as my getaway destination.

agree, where did you live before?

[TT-SEA]

74/55 at SEA today... exactly climo for the high and the low.    

[Tyler Mode]

My coolest average high temp for the first 5 days of July since 2012.  72 degrees.  Then there was 2015 which started with 5 days in the 90s and an average of 94 degrees.

[Tyler Mode]

Something I find interesting, my mean temperature (61.6) for June has been the same the last 3 years, however, they were all achieved different ways.

 

You can't just look at temperature to judge how the month was overall.

 

2018: Average high 75, well above normal, but the average low was 48, well below normal. Typical during a drier than normal month, and it was the driest June I've recorded.

2019: Similar to 2018, the average high was 74, 1 degree above normal, but the low was 1 degree below normal. This yielded the same mean temp.

2020: Opposite of 2018 and 2019, June was very wet. This means cloudier than normal skies which keeps the overnight low temps warmer, but the daytime high temps cooler.

[TT-SEA]

Something I find interesting, my mean temperature (61.6) for June has been the same the last 3 years, however, they were all achieved different ways.

 

You can't just look at temperature to judge how the month was overall.

 

2018: Average high 75, well above normal, but the average low was 48, well below normal. Typical during a drier than normal month, and it was the driest June I've recorded.

2019: Similar to 2018, the average high was 74, 1 degree above normal, but the low was 1 degree below normal. This yielded the same mean temp.

2020: Opposite of 2018 and 2019, June was very wet. This means cloudier than normal skies which keeps the overnight low temps warmer, but the daytime high temps cooler.

 

 

Exactly.

 

A couple people on here talk about monthly departures like its an absolute criteria for everyone who likes warm weather.    The monthly temp stats are interesting but don't tell me much without seeing the details.    A month that ends up warmer than normal but had rain on 70% of the days is far from ideal in my opinion.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

[Phil]

That 00z EPS is the scariest looking model run I’ve ever seen. Good god.

[Blizzard777]

Fascinating wave of clouds moving in.

Correction.....it’s actually moving west

Low of 54*

currently 57*

[ShawniganLake]

That 00z EPS is the scariest looking model run I’ve ever seen. Good god.

I know I was up all night. Couldn’t sleep because of it

[Phil]

I know I was up all night. Couldn’t sleep because of it

Night sweats. Literally.

[ShawniganLake]

Night sweats. Literally.

Hot and humid on the east coast? I’m assuming.

[Phil]

Hot and humid on the east coast? I’m assuming.

I don’t have the stomach to look at it right now.

 

Something like that, yeah.

[BLI snowman]

Night sweats. Literally.

 

 

I have an old box fan in my garage that I can loan you. Probably won't need it here.

[Blizzard777]

Tyler Mode assignment! 

Would be great for your weather calendar!!!
 

https://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/third-time-the-charm-how-to-spot-comet-neowise-gracing-our-skies-this-month

[TacomaWaWx]

Low of 55 this morning. Up to 57 and starting to clear out already.

[GobBluth]

That 00z EPS is the scariest looking model run I’ve ever seen. Good god.

Comparing the 00z vs yesterday does seem to kill off any chance that the 4ch builds nw. Instead it looks like it just bypasses and retrogrades entirely out into the pacific.

[TacomaWaWx]

We’re certain it’s July now right? Kinda reminds me of last July as well...decently cool and wet the 1st half last year.

[Jesse]

We’re certain it’s July now right? Kinda reminds me of last July as well...decently cool and wet the 1st half last year.

Looks pretty rainy over the offshore waters.

[TacomaWaWx]

Looks pretty rainy over the offshore waters.

I know it’s not a super soaker but still decent by July standards.

[Jesse]

12z GFS shows a decent warm up down here before the system early next week moves in. Low 80s on Friday and mid 80s on Saturday.

[Timmy Supercell]

From July 5 to July 14 2015 was an incredible stretch of thunderstorms in Klamath Falls. 8 out of those 10 days (5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th) I had storms in town. It had potential to break the record consecutive # of thunder days in the area (record is 9 consecutive thunders in 2009, May 28 - June 5). The setup was just perfect in southern Oregon, made some of the heat that summer tolerable.

 

These were not dry storms, one of the days I can remember shopping at Haggen around 1pm, when I exited the store there's a stream of water an inch high on roads. Pouring so hard we had to move the car closer to the front entrance as to not get all the groceries wet.

 

 

Two of the days I had vicinity severe, one of them with a shelf cloud to my north (moving south) and the storm was bowing on doppler radar.

 

[weatherfan2012]

I don’t have the stomach to look at it right now.

Something like that, yeah.

only thing it really garrentees is we are going to suck with the heat for a while here

[TacomaWaWx]

64 and partly cloudy here. Don’t think we will hit 70 again today but should be upper 60s atleast. Looking at this mornings model runs...the next 10 days don’t have any noteable heat to speak of. First half of meteorological summer has been pretty pleasant and much closer to normal so far than some summers in the 2010s.

[Omegaraptor]

Completely socked in and 67 at mid-day... forecast high was 74 with clearing. Satellite looks like a winter inversion day.

 

If the weather outlook doesn’t start improving by July 10th or so, might have to consider taking a trip to the east side.

[Jesse]

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Still completely cloudy here in Salem. Oh the humanity. A cloudy day with pleasant temperatures. 

[Omegaraptor]

If we were getting some convective activity and thunder (an actually interesting pattern) I wouldn't mind at all.

 

GFS looks gorgeous next week.

[Jesse]

If we were getting some convective activity and thunder (an actually interesting pattern) I wouldn't mind at all.

 

GFS looks gorgeous next week.

You seem to think it’s a sufficiently “interesting” pattern maybe 1% of the time. Just saying.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

66F with cloudy skies. Very nice day!

[Omegaraptor]

You seem to think it’s a sufficiently “interesting” pattern maybe 1% of the time. Just saying.

 

This year has been largely devoid of anything interesting weather-wise. One vicinity thunderstorm with no visible flashes from here, no significant wind, no significant rain events, and no temperatures below 26 (at PDX). The highlight of this year so far is half an inch of wet slop in March.

 

Summer 2019 had plenty of interesting patterns that delivered convection and thunder. And also a very pleasant summer in general. Remember the 6/27 storm? Constant thunder and lightning here for over an hour. It was epic.

[Phil]

If we were getting some convective activity and thunder (an actually interesting pattern) I wouldn't mind at all.

Rough one here this evening.

 

https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/timeseries.php?sid=KDCA&banner=NONE&hfmetars=1

[SilverFallsAndrew]

PDX could eek out a 70 today.

[Omegaraptor]

Rough one here this evening.https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/timeseries.php?sid=KDCA&banner=NONE&hfmetars=1

I am beyond jealous at those windspeeds.

 

The temperature and dewpoint combo... yeah no.

[Phil]

I’m surprised guidance isn’t warmer out there in the LR.

 

The coming intraseasonal state would typically favor a warm spell of sorts. If this one can’t pull it off, I honestly don’t know what will.

[GobBluth]

I’m surprised guidance isn’t warmer out there in the LR.

 

The coming intraseasonal state would typically favor a warm spell of sorts. If this one can’t pull it off, I honestly don’t know what will.

Euro tries to get there in 9 days.

[TT-SEA]

Dinner outside in Issaquah... sunny and 72.   Perfect evening.