It's Gonna Be May 2025 Pacific Northwest Weather

[Meatyorologist]

I've been catching up on Minnesota weather history to see what the high (or low) water marks are for the climate. Just came across March 1843, which blows our Jan 1950 way out of the water. Andrew would be proud. A monthly average of just an astonishing 4F, an ungodly 27F below normal. Temps well below zero nearly all month right down to the turn of April. Insane.

[Meatyorologist]

What the hell dude, lmao

[Groundhog]

The season of meandering, city-off lows is here. After a hectic tax season, taking a long weekend in Kelowna next weekend. Low to mid-70s would be perfection. 

[MrWeatherTalk]

9 hours ago, StormchaserChuck1 said:

Hawaii is where I want to live. Love it. You should convince your wife to check out Kauai sometime.. 

We desperately need a Hawaii weather thread since half the posts here are about that. :) 

[TT-SEA]

Nice damp morning across the east side.   Amounts are probably meager but at least we didn't completely waste this trough.

[TT-SEA]

Calm with low visibility and light rain here...  our Japanese maples always droop low with weight of the water on the leaves in this situation.     

[T-Town]

32 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Nice damp morning across the east side.   Amounts are probably meager but at least we didn't completely waste this trough.

.02 here overnight. Hopefully we can get a break in the rain to let things dry out. 

[MossMan]

.05” here!! 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

8 hours ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

BUILD THE 8000 FT WALL ALONG THE WEST COAST. STOP THE MARINE LAYER INVASION. 

Already exists, and is quite effective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse_Ranges

Barstow awaits you!

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Barstow_CA

[Rubus Leucodermis]

27 minutes ago, MossMan said:

.05” here!! 

.42" here, .27" since midnight.

But only thin high clouds now. Bet the rest of the day ends up dry.

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

Literally didn’t rain at all last night at home. 

[MossMan]

The sun is coming out and I just finished washing my truck! 

[Phil]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Calm with low visibility and light rain here...  our Japanese maples always droop low with weight of the water on the leaves in this situation.     

The Japanese maples around here could use some water. There are leaves already falling off some of them.

Trees in general aren’t doing well this year due to the dryness. Foliage is thinner than normal and leaves are a bit smaller. Need some of that North Bend magic.

[fubario]

13 hours ago, iFred said:

Another beautiful day in Oahu.

I think my wife is convinced that at the very least we need to spend some extended time here.

80º with trade winds easing a bit. Had some early morning showers which were actually quite lovely. I could see how an atmospheric enthusiast of the highest order might actually enjoy the nuances and microclimates offered by Islands.

Always thought the weather on Oahu was super boring growing up there. But I moved here and realized it's waaay more boring except for the occasional snow event and a couple of t-storms. lol Btw, it rains WAAAAAAY more in Hawai'i than the PNW! The difference is, you can drive 10 miles and find sun. The microclimates are amazing! I spent younger years growing up in Hawai'i Kai (East side, mostly dry) and the other half in Kailua (Windward side...rained nearly every day...mainly in the morning). Very different climates about 8 miles away separated by the Ko'olau mountains that capture the moisture from the trade winds. There are also occasional brushes with hurricanes. I went through both, Iwa and Iniki (which destroyed Kaua'i, btw). 

My favorite microclimate is on Big Island, the Kona side. Mauna Loa blocks the trade winds which promotes afternoon convection. It does get "voggy" when Pele is doing her thing, but it makes for the best sunsets! Btw, the Big Island has 12 of the 13 climate zones on earth (arid, desert etc.) including glacial! 

[fubario]

4 hours ago, MrWeatherTalk said:

We desperately need a Hawaii weather thread since half the posts here are about that. :) 

I'd have a lot more to contribute lol

[TT-SEA]

44 minutes ago, Phil said:

The Japanese maples around here could use some water. There are leaves already falling off some of them.

Trees in general aren’t doing well this year due to the dryness. Foliage is thinner than normal and leaves are a bit smaller. Need some of that North Bend magic.

Its been pretty dry here as well over the last 3-4 weeks.  

[Edmonds Husky]

We got a little bit of rain overnight it seems. Mostly cloudy right now. Gonna be cooler today but this coming week should be warm and dry again.

[iFred]

6 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

I've been catching up on Minnesota weather history to see what the high (or low) water marks are for the climate. Just came across March 1843, which blows our Jan 1950 way out of the water. Andrew would be proud. A monthly average of just an astonishing 4F, an ungodly 27F below normal. Temps well below zero nearly all month right down to the turn of April. Insane.

Just imagine how dry that air must have felt.

[iFred]

1 hour ago, fubario said:

Always thought the weather on Oahu was super boring growing up there. But I moved here and realized it's waaay more boring except for the occasional snow event and a couple of t-storms. lol Btw, it rains WAAAAAAY more in Hawai'i than the PNW! The difference is, you can drive 10 miles and find sun. The microclimates are amazing! I spent younger years growing up in Hawai'i Kai (East side, mostly dry) and the other half in Kailua (Windward side...rained nearly every day...mainly in the morning). Very different climates about 8 miles away separated by the Ko'olau mountains that capture the moisture from the trade winds. There are also occasional brushes with hurricanes. I went through both, Iwa and Iniki (which destroyed Kaua'i, btw). 

My favorite microclimate is on Big Island, the Kona side. Mauna Loa blocks the trade winds which promotes afternoon convection. It does get "voggy" when Pele is doing her thing, but it makes for the best sunsets! Btw, the Big Island has 12 of the 13 climate zones on earth (arid, desert etc.) including glacial! 

I've always wanted to see what the saddle was like in mid winter.

[Phil]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

It’s been pretty dry here as well over the last 3-4 weeks.  

Problem has been the relentless westerly flow this spring. We haven’t had a single cloudy/rainy day since February.

The precip that has fallen has been spotty/convective with sun+warmth+downsloping wind leading to excessive evaporation. Throw in the residual stress from heat/drought in 2024 and it’s probably the most stressed I’ve seen trees since the 2008 drought.

This ULL coming Sun-Tues is our first break from upper level W/NW flow since it was cold enough to snow. If we screw this up it’s going to be a rough summer for the biosphere. The pattern progression in the LR is very dry for this region, and I’m very skeptical of seasonal models/outlooks projecting a wet summer. I’m not seeing that at all.

[MossMan]

My Japanese Maple has really come on over the last two weeks. 

[TT-SEA]

2 hours ago, iFred said:

I've always wanted to see what the saddle was like in mid winter.

We drove over the saddle in December and multiple times in February over the years.     Always had wind swept fog and cold.    Like another planet with no vegetation up there.

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

*MODERATE RAIN*!!!

[T-Town]

14 minutes ago, KeyPeninsula_Wx said:

*MODERATE RAIN*!!!

I thought maybe you were seeing some rain. Hopefully it can drift this way. 

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

5 minutes ago, T-Town said:

I thought maybe you were seeing some rain. Hopefully it can drift this way. 

It didn’t last too long but it’s the heaviest rain I’ve seen in awhile. In a normal spring it would be a fairly uneventful shower lol 

[T-Town]

3 minutes ago, KeyPeninsula_Wx said:

It didn’t last too long but it’s the heaviest rain I’ve seen in awhile. In a normal spring it would be a fairly uneventful shower lol 

Yeah I was watching it drizzle across the water earlier and trying to will it this way. Didn’t work. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Memorial Day weekend is 3 weeks away and I'm sure some people will be rooting for cloudy weather and rain.

[DareDuck]

.26” in Bend with this storm, happy our region received a nice soaking. We had a brief thunderstorm yesterday evening with lots of thunder and some lightning. A rainy chilly morning and a high of only 51° so far. 28° cooler than this time yesterday. 

[Eastwind]

20 hours ago, BLI snowman said:

Lotta lightning today in the Bluegrass State. Severe warnings and all. Life went on pretty much as normal.

Makes our regional freakouts over our "was that a plane or was it thunder?" level storms seem all the more hilarious.

Looks like gonna be a wet Kentucky Derby!  

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

6 minutes ago, DareDuck said:

.26” in Bend with this storm, happy our region received a nice soaking. We had a brief thunderstorm yesterday evening with lots of thunder and some lightning. A rainy chilly morning and a high of only 51° so far. 28° cooler than this time yesterday. 

Enjoy the damp dark dreary delightful drizzly day.

[Eastwind]

45 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

Memorial Day weekend is 3 weeks away and I'm sure some people will be rooting for cloudy weather and rain.

I like your signature!

[Meatyorologist]

Today is what spring is all about!

[Meatyorologist]

It's one of those days where I'm having a tough time concentrating on conversation because I'm seeing unique cloud formations everywhere I look. It's truly an obsession

[SunAndSnow]

Rained a bit overnight, cloudy and 62° today. Azaleas are on their last leg but the rhodies are just getting started. 

[T-Town]

6 minutes ago, SunAndSnow said:

Rained a bit overnight, cloudy and 62° today. Azaleas are on their last leg but the rhodies are just getting started. 

Love the yellow. Vibrant. 

[Meatyorologist]

Looks like a decidedly warmer than average first half of May setting up east of the crest. Unusually tight thermal gradient between the intermountain west and the Pacific for this time of year; almost 30dam thickness deficit across 200 miles from the 7th to the 13th alone. From this gradient we get a sizeable jet and a tremendous thunderstorm pattern for the Blue mountains of northeastern OR (site of initiation) and north/eastward into Spokane and Boise and all of ID on a recurrent diurnal basis for over a week. Also stout marine layers on the coast, save for extreme NW WA on the Olympic peninsula where disturbances sideswiping the region and the colder air aloft could mix out the clouds.

A pattern change toward a cooler and potentially wetter one is still on track for the 11th and beyond, starting in the NW and progressing SE as a sharp trough progrades into the continent. Warm season circulations seem to be dominating early after the speedy dismantling of the NH SPV this March.

[T-Town]

Definitely a cloudscapes kind of day. 

[T-Town]

You can see the rain on Fox Island. Pretty neat. 

[Edmonds Husky]

Have any of your allergies been going crazy lately? It seems like they always do for me after it rains here. 

[LowerGarfield]

Have about 0.05 of rain for the day but wish we could have more.