Biggest key to avoid smoke is pretty clearly avoiding 2+ month stretches of very little rainfall. If the PNW can manage 1-2 soaking rains/month from June-September, shouldn't be a major issue.

Adding an extra 20 inches of snow won’t do anything long term for our summer outlook. Unless it’s some super snow

That was a second year Nino, though. Those have a warmer signal for the PNW over the historical record than first year Ninos. Especially if we're talking a very strong Nino.

18z GRAF. That's a thunderstorm for PDX.

Spring green up and leaf out progressing nicely this week.