June in the Parched PNW - 2025 Edition

[iFred]

26 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Right before sunrise the aurora pulsed

 

 

Really hoping for some magic tonight.

[iFred]

Beautiful day at the Everett farmers market.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Hey @iFred

I was wondering if there’s any plan to enable Progressive Web App (PWA) support. This would allow users to add the forum to their device’s Home Screen for easier access, similar to a native app.

[ShawniganLake]

26 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

Looks like 2021

Not really. No. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

41 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

Looks like 2021

Not nearly as diabolical at this point. 

[Blizzard777]

1 hour ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Right before sunrise the aurora pulsed

 

 

That’s so cool ! Nice capture 

[iFred]

1 minute ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Hey @iFred

I was wondering if there’s any plan to enable Progressive Web App (PWA) support. This would allow users to add the forum to their device’s Home Screen for easier access, similar to a native app.

@hawkstwelve and I are waiting for v5 of the underlying software.

[SouthHillFrosty]

1 minute ago, iFred said:

@hawkstwelve and I are waiting for v5 of the underlying software.

Ok bet thanks. I only asked because I am looking at incorporating it into something I was building. 

[Phil]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

A week ago the GFS was insisting the system yesterday was going to carve out a huge trough parked over the west coast for days... but that won't be happening and instead the pattern remains quite progressive.    It will probably trend the same way for next weekend as well.   The 12Z GEM keeps things progressive and builds another ridge.

 

The 12z GEM (and majority of guidance in general) will fail to properly retrograde the ridge until it is closer in time, which results in an underestimation of the meridional extent of the W-Canada troughing after ~ 6/10.

[Phil]

1 hour ago, Omegaraptor said:

Maybe with the timing difference it might resemble the troughing in late June 2021. We’ll see.

Yeah, and maybe a slight timing difference last winter would’ve resembled January 1950.

[Phishy Wx]

Nice Anal log

 

 

[Phil]

3 hours ago, ShawniganLake said:

Okay. The first half of June won’t be anything like 2008 in the PNW?  Feels pretty likely we are running several degrees above normal by mid month. 

I’m not convinced the first half will be exceptionally warm in the WA/BC lowlands. Even a minor westward adjustment in that ridge axis will significantly increase the low level onshore component.

Oregon is significantly more likely to run large positive departures in this pattern. Either way, the dryness looks like the larger anomaly IMO.

[Deweydog]

Just a lovely June 1th.

[BLI snowman]

12z Euro was abject trash.

[Front Ranger]

5 hours ago, BLI snowman said:

We'll be damned lucky to get any measurable precipitation this month. Fully expecting departures in the +3 to +4 range as well.

Well, your call for Portland area to see less than .25" in May busted. Here comes round 2!

[Front Ranger]

[ShawniganLake]

5 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Only 2 weeks away.  

[ShawniganLake]

23 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

12z Euro was abject trash.

Very strong 2008 vibes.   

[ShawniganLake]

[Groundhog]

45 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

12z Euro was abject trash.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. What’s treasure in June is trash in December.

[Front Ranger]

40 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Only 2 weeks away.  

10-14 day ensemble mean.

[T-Town]

Yes please. A little early for the big dry to commence, but that looks pretty nice. 

[BLI snowman]

2 hours ago, Front Ranger said:

Well, your call for Portland area to see less than .25" in May busted. Here comes round 2!

Less than an inch of rain at MFR, RBG, EUG, SLE, HIO, SPB, OLM, and CLM. Two of those are in the Portland area. Seems like the call for a very dry May worked out well.

 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Looks like the AC will be going in before next weekend at this point. NFL players gonna get started.

[TT-SEA]

Fun day of boating on St Croix river with my wife's sister and her family.   Temp has been low 80s all day but sun filtered by smoke.   People don't seem mind the smoke as the river was packed.  The St Croix and Lake Minnetonka are where you see huge boats and yachts in the Twin Cities area.   Similar to Lake Washington in Seattle.   I am sure some people on here would describe a day like this in WA and OR as hell on earth.  

[LowerGarfield]

High today was about 72 or 73F. No AC needed today through Tuesday at least here, maybe even Wednesday. 

[Phishy Wx]

our Nest decided we still needed AC today.  i'm not going to fight AI or it might strangle me in my sleep

[T-Town]

28 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Fun day of boating on St Croix river with my wife's sister and her family.   Temp has been low 80s all day but sun filtered by smoke.   People don't seem mind the smoke as the river was packed.  The St Croix and Lake Minnetonka are where you see huge boats and yachts in the Twin Cities area.   Similar to Lake Washington in Seattle.   I am sure some people on here would describe a day like this in WA and OR as hell on earth.  

I was surprised at the number of big expensive boats we saw in Bellingham. Bellingham is nice but kind of out of the way for the big expensive boat crowd. 

[T-Town]

1 minute ago, Phishy Wx said:

our Nest decided we still needed AC today.  i'm not going to fight AI or it might strangle me in my sleep

Nest, turn off the AC. Im sorry I can’t do that Dave. 

[iFred]

4 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

our Nest decided we still needed AC today.  i'm not going to fight AI or it might strangle me in my sleep

It isn’t really AI, but they use a lot of really cool weather and grid data to give optimal timing for cooling.

[Chewbacca Defense]

49 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Fun day of boating on St Croix river with my wife's sister and her family.   Temp has been low 80s all day but sun filtered by smoke.   People don't seem mind the smoke as the river was packed.  The St Croix and Lake Minnetonka are where you see huge boats and yachts in the Twin Cities area.   Similar to Lake Washington in Seattle.   I am sure some people on here would describe a day like this in WA and OR as hell on earth.  

But....what was the water temperature? 

[Chewbacca Defense]

20 minutes ago, T-Town said:

I was surprised at the number of big expensive boats we saw in Bellingham. Bellingham is nice but kind of out of the way for the big expensive boat crowd. 

I'd be curious how many are owned by Canadians or Seattle-ites who could not find mooring down there.  As it is, from what I have heard its difficult to find mooring up here.

[T-Town]

5 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

I'd be curious how many are owned by Canadians or Seattle-ites who could not find mooring down there.  As it is, from what I have heard its difficult to find mooring up here.

Could be I suppose. Im not a boater, just stayed at the Bellwether which overlooks the marina and was surprised at the number of fancy pants boats. 

[Phil]

3 hours ago, BLI snowman said:

Less than an inch of rain at MFR, RBG, EUG, SLE, HIO, SPB, OLM, and CLM. Two of those are in the Portland area. Seems like the call for a very dry May worked out well.

 

Dry but not extraordinarily so.

[MossMan]

10 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Could be I suppose. Im not a boater, just stayed at the Bellwether which overlooks the marina and was surprised at the number of fancy pants boats. 

Meh. Those people don’t know what fancy pants luxury boats are…Now my boat…It’s the Cat’s Meow! 31 year old Sea Ray luxury right there! I mean check out that carpet! Looks extra fancy when I’m towing it with my 20 year old Cadillac Escalade! And all of it purchased for under $20k combined! 

[Phil]

What is burning in Canada this time? The sun went from a faint red disk at 5pm to entirely obscured by 630pm this evening.

[Phil]

I guess this explains it.

 

[iFred]

41 minutes ago, Phil said:

What is burning in Canada this time? The sun went from a faint red disk at 5pm to entirely obscured by 630pm this evening.

Wow thats way worse than anything seen in Seattle a couple years ago. Are you guys getting ash fall now too?

[ShawniganLake]

57 minutes ago, Phil said:

What is burning in Canada this time? The sun went from a faint red disk at 5pm to entirely obscured by 630pm this evening.

Wide swaths of the boreal forest from NE BC to NW Ontario. 
 

Already 300,000 acres burned in BC.  Probably much more as you head east.  

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

But....what was the water temperature? 

67.   Pretty chilly but kids got in.