June 2024 Pacific Northwest Weather

[LowerGarfield]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

on our 5th Thunderstorm of the day, this one a gulley washer

Are you close to the cell with half inch hail? Issued about 40 minutes ago?

[snow_wizard]

15 minutes ago, Thermal Trough said:

Now we just gotta have Alaska roast like that in the winter!

Seems like I read somewhere that AK was actually warmer than present during the little ice age.  That means the cold would have been magnified here beyond the drop from lower global temps alone.

[Slushy Inch]

More amplitude this run.

[snow_wizard]

Finally seeing some high SOI numbers.  We'll see if this gives the Nina a little kick in the arse.

 

[Slushy Inch]

Gfs looks hot

[snow_wizard]

5 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

More amplitude this run.

The key is going to be how much the Aleutian Block is able to suppress any heat or force a trough to retrograde the ridge.

A likely outcome is the heat gets here for a while and then gets crashed by something being forced down from the NW.

[snow_wizard]

Just now, Slushy Inch said:

Gfs looks hot

This is still a tricky one.

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

This is still a tricky one.

North sound still manages to stay way cooler somehow.

[snow_wizard]

The ICON has been insistent on a more western ridge position.

[GobBluth]

The gfs going back to the hotter solution over the weekend probably ends up bringing the event to a quicker conclusion anyway.

[Phishy Wx]

21 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

That's some old school lingo right there. 

raining again, 6th storm of the day blew through about 30min ago

[Phishy Wx]

22 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

Are you close to the cell with half inch hail? Issued about 40 minutes ago?

there have been a few, one with hail went just north of me, we had pea sized hail around 6pm

[MossMan]

Looks like I will be ending the month at 5.34” of rainfall. 

[BLI snowman]

1 hour ago, SnowWillarrive said:

 I hate dry season here. 

Mediterranean climates definitely suck.

The absence of water for long periods is simply barftastic. I'd happily trade a good 50% of our winter precip for more in the summer.

[BLI snowman]

I could definitely live with the duration on the 00z GFS.

Would love to take that 107 down to a 97, though.

[Christensen87]

I never really look at the weather app on my phone, but my partner says it shows 100s over here this next weekend. Wish me luck!  

[the_convergence_zone]

1 hour ago, snow_wizard said:

My raspberries are at peak right now, and this weather is perfect for them.  A lot of times some of them get burned from the sun if the timing of hot weather is unfavorable.

Huge crop of strawberries for me. 

My honeybees also had a fantastic few weeks, the blackberry blossom season is actually on schedule this year and it didn’t get cut off early by a warm spell or washed out with a big rainfall. 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, snow_wizard said:

The ICON has been insistent on a more western ridge position.

Result seems to be the same here regardless of how the upstream pattern changes.

Western ridge = I torch

Western trough = I torch

Flat flow = I torch.

It’s been the common denominator all year.

[Phil]

3 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

on our 5th Thunderstorm of the day, this one a gulley washer

Lmao. You’ve had more thunderstorms in one day than I’ve had all year. Didn’t have a single thunderstorm in June, for the first time in my life.

Never experienced a pattern like this before.

[NWbyNW]

The forecast for Everett isn't horrible.  I just don't want it to get that much hotter.  Wish we had some rain before and after the fourth of July.  People are dumb with flammable things like fireworks.  Any chance of rain in the long range? I can't look right now.

 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

30 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Huge crop of strawberries for me. 

My honeybees also had a fantastic few weeks, the blackberry blossom season is actually on schedule this year and it didn’t get cut off early by a warm spell or washed out with a big rainfall. 

I’ve picked 50 lbs of strawberries in the last week. Unfortunately my raspberries all succumb to disease. I don’t know what it is. Cherries and raspberries I can’t grow. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

July thread?

[snow_wizard]

The ECMWF models show that onshore flow is really going to mitigate the coming hot weather.  Looks like a few hot days and then a good push.

[snow_wizard]

26 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

July thread?

Too early.

[ShawniganLake]

33 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

I’ve picked 50 lbs of strawberries in the last week. Unfortunately my raspberries all succumb to disease. I don’t know what it is. Cherries and raspberries I can’t grow. 

Botrytis perhaps.   It’s pretty common 

[snow_wizard]

51 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

The forecast for Everett isn't horrible.  I just don't want it to get that much hotter.  Wish we had some rain before and after the fourth of July.  People are dumb with flammable things like fireworks.  Any chance of rain in the long range? I can't look right now.

 

That looks low to me.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

5 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Botrytis perhaps.   It’s pretty common 

Nope, not that. This kills the cane

[snow_wizard]

38 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

I’ve picked 50 lbs of strawberries in the last week. Unfortunately my raspberries all succumb to disease. I don’t know what it is. Cherries and raspberries I can’t grow. 

I have great luck with raspberries, but can't seem to get my strawberries going.  I just planted them last year so maybe another year to really get them in full swing.  My raspberries are freeking insane though.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

8 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I have great luck with raspberries, but can't seem to get my strawberries going.  I just planted them last year so maybe another year to really get them in full swing.  My raspberries are freeking insane though.

We planted bare root last spring. This year is out of control. 

[Thermal Trough]

12 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

I like the fact we're supposed to get a pretty chilly night before it gets hot.  Good chance to get the house nice and cool.

It’s good we’re going to go into this heat wave slowly.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Ended up with a 78/62 day here for the last day of June. Partly to mostly cloudy and kind of muggy early, clearing out toward late afternoon with a cooler breeze developing.

Looks like PDX ended up with a +2.0 for the month. +1.2 for VUO.

[Cold Snap]

23 hours ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

My family did that itinerary several years ago, it was a lot of fun, do you go up to Glacier Bay (I think I am remembering that correctly).  What cruise line are you on?

I don’t think I do go up to Glacier. I’m on the Celebrity Edge.

[NWbyNW]

On 6/30/2024 at 11:05 PM, NWbyNW said:

The forecast for Everett isn't horrible.  I just don't want it to get that much hotter.  Wish we had some rain before and after the fourth of July.  People are dumb with flammable things like fireworks.  Any chance of rain in the long range? I can't look right now.

 

Crud, the forecast has become hotter since yesterday...

 

[YahRaEl]

85.5° high in Spanaway today

[Cascadia_Wx]

12 hours ago, YahRaEl said:

85.5° high in Spanaway today

GOD IS COMING