I hear ya. The house we lived in during my teen years was quiet and semi-remote: owls & coyotes at night, sound of wind through the Ponderosa pines. That said, kids have townhouse buddies they play with. They barely got inside the house to drop off their school stuff and were back out the door to play with friends. That whole cat’s in the cradle thing is becoming real. But yes, next time a big ol’ ridge parks over us in July, I won’t care.

Subsurface warm anomalies are so outrageous CPC had to widen its color bar by 2°C. Even then it’s still maxed out. This week vs last week.

I have a sneaking suspicion the insane summer warmth will continue barring some well overdue off years... Though I agree with you on the winters

The enhanced warm season warming relative to the cool season in the PNW was a consequence of intradecadal variability related to changes in the IPWP structure and associated seasonality of ITCZ structure there. That mode of variability has begun to rapidly quasi-invert since 2024. Going forward (on an intradecadal timescale) it is likely that warming in the PNW will be focused during the cold season with summers probably not changing much or even cooling slightly relative to the post-2013 averages. In essence the overall amplitude of the seasonal cycle in the PNW will generally flatten over the coming decade with fewer seasonal extremes. Which I assume is probably better for the regional biosphere.

Always beautiful Tim!!!