Memorial Day "winter weather alert" from the NWS (Dallas: camping, best)

[Hawk J]

It was sunny, no wind at 7:10AM this morning. Still partially sunny now at 39 degrees. 41 in Grants Pass
We got a little rain yesterday, most of the day was dry. No snow at 2000'. Grants Pass Daily Courier -- Downtown Web Cam

[kadylady]

We just got wind, a mixture of sun and clouds and a light rain, yesterday. We covered the tomatoes, which are already 1 1/2 ' tall with blossoms, last nite. Not sure if it actually got low enough for a freeze, tho.
Still hoping for more rain today. It looks beautiful out!

[Copsgirl73]

Originally Posted by PNW-type-gal

That is not true in Southern Oregon.

Usually down toward Medford it gets nice by late April, temps in the 70s and sunny, and overnight frost is not common. Over on my side, in the high desert, we can get frosts through mid-June, although not usually hard freezes or snow (they happen, but they are rare). Here as well it is usually sunny and mild in May, which I tend to think of as the beginning of summer. By June it is usually full summer.

Well the valley is still in the throws of spring. Its so hard beacuse when it was 80 a couple weeks ago it was too easy to get excted for summer, kiddie pools, bbq'ing and shorts. Yesterday it went back to pouring down rain and this morning it was 42*. Brrrr!

[Steve Pickering]

My garden survived, and infact the cool loving plants like peas, lettuce, and beans, seem to have doubled in size overnight.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

I suspect the next system will cause more trouble than the one on its way out.

The next one is likely to have a subtropical tap but its core will remain very cold.

That is the formula, right there.

[Steve Pickering]

Well it is sure cold and soggy here with sun breaks.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Here is the AFD for Nor Cal. Be especially vigilant if weekend plans involve the mountains. These late season systems are when we often read of deadly outcomes especially involving the larger Cascade peaks:

AS OF 2:38 AM PDT THURSDAY...AS PREVIOUSLY STATED A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CENTERED OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS MORNING. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS APPARENT ON THE CURRENT SATELLITE WATER VAPOUR IMAGE ENTERING THE BERING SEA. BOTH THE 0000Z GFS AND ECMWF HAVE INITIALIZED WELL WITH THESE FEATURES PUSHING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LOW NORTHEAST INTO CANADA SATURDAY. BOTH MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT A COOL TROUGHY PATTERN OVER OUR FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BOTH MODELS THEN INTRODUCE A NEW TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST COAST MONDAY BRINGING A POSSIBILITY OF RAIN TO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN WILL ARRIVE TO THE NORTH BAY AREA LATE MONDAY MORNING SPREADING SOUTH TO SAN FRANCISCO BY LATE AFTERNOON AND MONTEREY BY EARLY EVENING. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS FORECAST IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS OUT AND THE TIMING OF THE RAIN MAY CHANGE BY MONDAY. BY MID WEEK THE FORECAST MODELS ARE DEPICTING A DIRTY RIDGE SCENARIO WHICH WILL RESULT IN COOL ONSHORE FLOW AND POSSIBLY A SHOWER OR TWO THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.

[Hawk J]

Right now here on the mountain at 2000' it's Sunny, partly cloudy, no wind, 57 degrees.

59 in Grants Pass Grants Pass Daily Courier -- Downtown Web Cam

[PNW-type-gal]

We're at 4,400', on the other side of the Cascades and it is beautiful here today. Sunny but cool (52°) - although as long as you are in the sun, a t-shirt is fine. Nights are still quite cool, though, but the sky today is a brilliant deep blue, with clouds on the western horizon.

[Steve Pickering]

Again the Peas are loving this. My spinach, lettuce, mesclun, and chard doubled in height overnight.