Friday night into Saturday afternoon is quickly turning into an actual cohesive rain event on today's model runs. Might get a little over a quarter inch, which is a lot better than the splitty wave of unmeasurable drizzle they were advertising just yesterday. As Tim says, might as well get what we can out of it!

Back to the PNW after a lazy return home. If you ever have the desire to chase tornados make Oklahoma City your pivotal point and home base. Most airbnbs and hotels do not have tornado shelters but they do generally have a safe spot…..lol and ouch. Enjoyed numerous storms but tornadoes all touched down around us at night so no visuals. My cousin was a bit nervous when we chased during the day time so I remained a safe distance from all the storms. Unfortunately this hampered my ability to get to the SW corner of the storm for the action. Anyhow, learned a bunch about chasing and had a great time! The culinary experience on the road was amazing as well

Going into summer can be a drag here. The exact opposite is true for the back half of summer and early autumn though.

Didn’t feel like late May today. So dark

Hmmm. Just looked up the Oregon white oak. Apparently they can be found up to extreme SW BC. I've never seen them north of Tacoma though. They might be mostly scrub bushes north of there.