my God, this forum has devolved into the worst of the worst. It's always emotional and reactionary in here, but it seems that the rational and seasoned members have pulled back to make way for the kids.
I'm going to step back for the day too. It's just too much uninformed nonsense.
I am excited for a lot of you guys, because it seems like this is your first time tracking a PNW winter storm. I remember my first time.
This enhanced convection over the WPAC/dateline is typically associated with +TNH/western ridging. I’m honestly surprised it isn’t more pronounced on guidance.
The drier pattern is manifesting as expected, but the mean ridge axis is farther west than you would climatologically expect. The reason for that is probably related to the enhanced Indian Ocean convection (which is likely to be the dominant low frequency signal this summer).
But until subsidence returns to the dateline (and it will), the drier PNW pattern is likely to continue.
https://climateatlas.org/
Here is a really cool site. Puts nearly 30,000 weather stations across the globe on a map to easily view the climate averages in almost any area. Also offers the option to filter stations in a manner similar to SC-ACIS.
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