May 2024 Pacific Northwest Weather

[TT-SEA]

2 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

They’ve been str8 killin it l8ly.

Only missing a disingenuous sappy religious reference.  Maybe next time!

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

1.20 since midnight here. Midnight high of 52 degrees and it is currently 49 degrees.

GOD IS GOOD!

 

There it is!  

[Cascadia_Wx]

10 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

1.20 since midnight here. Midnight high of 52 degrees and it is currently 49 degrees.

GOD IS GOOD!

 

That’s how I felt when I walked outside today.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Nice rollercoaster pattern on the 18z ensembles. I could definitely live with this.

[Cascadia_Wx]

12z EPS not quite as fun but the control gets there.

 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

2 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Probably be 80s next weekend... at least away from the water.

Like out here...

Here is what it shows down here for me. Highs will be at least 30 degrees warmer next weekend. Can’t wait!

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looks like a 55/51 at PDX so far. They are currently at 51. Hopefully they can drop into the 40s this evening.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2.1” in the bucket. 

[TT-SEA]

11 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Here is what it shows down here for me. Highs will be at least 30 degrees warmer next weekend. Can’t wait!

Looks like more of God's miraculous blessings next week.   

[Deweydog]

[Meatyorologist]

2 hours ago, Phil said:

It was a very strong niño, in some ways more-so than 2015/16 despite the lower ONI. The way it developed was also unique in the post-1976 era (pacific climate shift) in that it began as a niño-costero/EPAC event with the low frequency projection spreading westward from there, which is the opposite of how niños have developed since the late 1970s.

Where-as many if not most significant niños during the 1950s-70s developed similarly to the 2023/24 event (1972/73 being the most recent example).

Maybe we're setting up a 1950s-70s climate regime redux lololol

[T-Town]

A green and gray day. .22 on the day. 

[AlTahoe]

Snow stopped. 7.5" in 4 hours during the middle of the day in May is very impressive 

[Meatyorologist]

1 hour ago, BLI snowman said:

Very wet day today. Sorry for those up north who missed out.

Cool and damp out there. Everything's a little wet with drizzle, but nothing more than a light mist. I have more hope for tomorrow as models have increased rainfall coverage.

[TT-SEA]

@bainbridgekid randomly came across this video from Seattle in 1970 today and it showed some scenes from Opening Day from that year.  It was much nicer back then on the first weekend in May! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiXH1HQlK4I&t=610s

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Cool and damp out there. Everything's a little wet with drizzle, but nothing more than a light mist. I have more hope for tomorrow as models have increased rainfall coverage.

ECMWF also shows lots c-zone action on Monday focused right over Seattle.

[Meatyorologist]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

@bainbridgekid randomly came across this video from Seattle in 1970 today and it showed some scenes from Opening Day from that year.  It was much nicer back then on the first weekend in May! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiXH1HQlK4I&t=610s

61/44. No precip. -1.9F departure

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Rainfall standings with 5 hours left to go.

Salem

Tillamook

Florence

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Rainfall standings with 5 hours left to go.

Salem

Tillamook

Florence

Good summary... thanks for posting.   The forum censor won't attack you for posting this map.   But some of your maps definitely do not please him and he starts throwing a fit and mocking you.   Hope to see a bunch of them coming up! 

[TT-SEA]

23 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

61/44. No precip. -1.9F departure

63 at SEA... and 73 the next day.    And looks like it was a totally sunny weekend.   They had it good.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

17 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Rainfall standings with 5 hours left to go.

Salem

Tillamook

Florence

That’s a daily record at SLE. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

63 at SEA... and 73 the next day.    And looks like it was a totally sunny weekend.   They had it good.  

Things were better then. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

That’s a daily record at SLE. 

That is the way you do a rainy day.   Nicely done. 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Things were better then. 

And they had the Jimmy Carter era ahead!

[TT-SEA]

59 in North Bend this afternoon... just enough rain late this afternoon to wet the deck.  We will make up lost ground the 2 days though.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

16 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

And they had the Jimmy Carter era ahead!

Beginning of the end. 

[MV_snow]

Hard to believe it cracked 60 today with just some drizzle when models a few days ago indicated a sub-50 high was possible with 1” of rain. If this were snow, the Puget Sound weenie meltdown would’ve been off the charts!

[the_convergence_zone]

0.13” today with a high of 55. If this was winter it would have been a disaster to go from 0.75-1” of QPF at 2-3 day lead time to this.
 

Bring on the heat. 

[BLI snowman]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

But stayed below 90.   90 degrees there hasn't happened since 2008.    And also in 1963, 1964, and 1983.

I know, my point was just that you posted an obviously outdated chart of daily record highs. Not sure if there was agenda behind that or not. It looks like that chart hasn't been updated since 2016. SEA set two daily records in May 2020 and four in May 2023. There's been plenty of record heat in May recently.

Edited May 5 by BLI snowman

[TT-SEA]

10 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

I know, my point was just that you posted an obviously outdated chart of daily record highs. Not sure if there was agenda behind that or not. It looks like that chart hasn't been updated since 2016. SEA set two daily records in May 2020 and four in May 2023. There's been plenty of record heat in May recently.

Only place I know to look is WRCC site.   Didn't notice it stopped at 2016... but assumed 2023 was missing.  

[BLI snowman]

11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Only place I know to look is WRCC site.   Didn't notice it stopped at 2016... but assumed 2023 was missing.  

XMACIS is definitely the way to go. Select the Calendar Day Summaries and then check off 'Include Year of Occurrence'

[Phishy Wx]

we ain't got shiit.  hopefully tomorrow

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Rain continues.

[Phishy Wx]

it was 70 IMBY today, while cloudy

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Rain continues.

Radar is backfilling over your favorite metropolitan area.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Closing in on .90”’ for the day. Over 1.25” for this event. 47 degrees currently which is a new low for the day so far.

[Phishy Wx]

winter to summer in 350 miles

[MossMan]

0.00” so far on the day!

[RaleighHillsRunner]

5 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Portlands average first 80 is May 6th. About a week ago many in here thought it might happen today. 

Hey, that’s my birthday! Looks like this year will be about 25ish degrees cooler than that.

Today had interesting vibes; 49 degree rain with fully leafed out trees and a high sun angle. Long and light, wet and cold. Felt unique.

 

[Cold Snap]

Only managed to get 0.01” of rain but at least it did rain a bit. Hopefully there will be more the next few days because it looks like it might get dry for a while after Tuesday.