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Happy October everyone!

Now that a new water year is upon us, let's commemorate '20-'21 water year! Plant of the year 2021 award goes to - Sagebrush!

Hey I got a new badge!!

Keep the politics off the observations topic please.

They just keep coming. Rarely is the ol Gitche Gumme This calm in October

The 12z ECMWF spit out a low of 35 for McChord on the 8th. Can't wait!

Just noticed this tree is crooked from the upstairs vantage point in our room. Used to be straight! I think the combination of dryness, the recent precip and winds may have tilted it…. May have been weakened by lack of rain over the summer. It’s actually a big one and may actually go down this fall/winter at the next windstorm.

I definitely understand that. Damaging as they may be they’re also beneficial to the ecosystem getting rid of weak/dead trees and limbs. Some things we just can’t control so I just enjoy the excitement and hope that nobody’s injured during it.

Hey, a fellow windstorm lover!! We are in the minority here but I am also looking forward to a great Windstorm!

I was just saying the other day that I thought the color change of the trees was slow this year. Last evening I took a drive around town and color has exploded. Already seeing some leaves that have fallen on yards. With the rain, the grass remains green and fairly lush for this late in the season. Always a great time of year as the seasons really start changing.

Last night’s take on rain - 3 1/2” ! This fell in under an hour. Could hardly breath the rain was so heavy. A lot of lightning. More rain on the way. 60% chance today. 80% tomorrow. Temps in the 80’s Lows mid 60’s.

My Dad grew up in Ashland, Kentucky. It’s pretty similar in size to Klamath. On the Ohio River. My aunt and cousins live in Ironton, Ohio across the bridge.

If we can hit 115 in late June, we can hit -115 in late November! Book it!

Uh, Jim, there are two words in the phrase “global warming.” From that same linked article:

1956 and 71 too.

Secured a couple of tickets to tonight’s M’s game… stadium will be packed as tickets are going fast and limited. really hoping the blue skies remains! GO M’s!!

60 and mostly sunny here. Gotta love sunny fall days just the perfect temps and beautiful sky.

Seem's like this, Twitter (#WAWX) (#ORWX) and Facebook's PDX WX Analysis is the best to stay up with the latest. NWS only makes discussions certain times of the day, Cliff Mass mainly writes forecasts on Friday's unless something very active is coming and all other sites don't really have much going on.

I need a big windstorm, I'm a windstorm lover much like Michael Snyder and look mainly for that, thunderstorms second then snow and so on. Looking forward to a Columbus Day storm repeat one of these days before I leave this earth

Most impressive is that it actually wound up tying October 1919 as the coldest on record for the region (OR, WA, ID). February 2019 by comparison was the 12th coldest on record for the region and no other month since May 2011 ranks in the top 15.

Lock it in!

just 1 more week until the new LRC starts!! cant wait for a whole new pattern!

Time to bring some plants in from outside

Early look at next Wednesday night shows the coldest temperatures of the season, upper 30s at SeaTac and surely frosts and subfreezing temperatures in cooler spots.

Our first major storm of the new pattern may be starting to come together around the 11th-12th. Possibly a southern Colorado low? Yesterday the Euro and some of its ensembles showed this. Seems like it fits with your BSR that you mentioned awhile back.

I was checking the apps and it did look chilly. My son asked me to make him a sweater so now I have to jump on that.

I haven’t seen it pour like that in eons. 30 minutes of hard rain where you could hardly see across the street. More on the way. That small red cell over Ft Worth just sat there and is creeping NE.

Mariner hitters look tense... loosen up boys

This area of grass was the one spot that was completely brown and cooked. Only took about 2 weeks to become lush green again.

Very interestingly the last time we had a solidly cold October with a La Nina was 2008. I was actually pretty surprised to see that just now. A cold October with a La Nina is usually a pretty solid bet for a good winter...especially second and third year Ninas. People who are not fans of cold Octobers should be rooting for this one being it's a second year Nina. Years with cold a cold October during a second year Nina were 1950, 1955, 1971, 1984, and 2008. All good ones.

It’ll be interesting to see how the next 10-20 years play out for temps here in the PNW and across the globe. You do have to admit though…humans definitely have an effect on global tempature rises. Releasing tons of CO2 into the atmosphere certainly does something. I do think you have a point about these things being cyclical…but there’s definitely a manmade element to the warming too we’re seeing now even if we’re in a naturally caused warmer post mini ice age rebound.

I have exactly a month left in Klamath Falls (this house just sold to someone and all the inspections are complete). So I figured I'll make my signature short by taking a screen shot of my current one and laying an Imgur link below for it. Looking at homes in Kentucky! Big changes are ahead. I waited until I was more sure of what the situation was before telling more folks about this. It's going to be in a city at least as big as K-Falls. Right now it looks like Ashland, KY. I'm aware there is quite a difference in climate and seems like a lot of homes are air-conditioned. Also most likely won't pick a home that will end up with flood damage; it'll be in a downtown setting much like my current setup. Summers are warm and there are skeeters, and like 50 some odd t'storm days a year? It'll be an adventure. Cities do have water main breaks just about on a every summer basis in that part of the US, so we'll probably have a regular rotation of backup drinking water when we shop. Just the little extra things I'll need to get used to in a different area. Maybe I'll see my first ever funnel cloud and/or tornado next year?

It’s pretty darn likely warming will continue as long as CO₂ continues to increase just because of the basic physics of the atmosphere. Saying that maybe it won't because for some unexplained reason the sun might dim is a bit like saying money spent on a new roof (when the current one is leaking) may be wasted, because next year a meteor might hit it and require repairs anyhow. (And I can’t prove there won’t be a meteor, much like I can’t prove the sun won’t unexpectedly dim.)

I have no idea how the forecasters at Weatherbell managed to come up with a warm west / cold east forecast for this winter. Pretty daring totally ignoring La Nina climo. Their forecast falls into the least likely camp to verify. If this winter is ruined for us I suspect it would be too flat of a ridge over the NE Pacific / GOA as opposed to a ridge along the West Coast. I can't even think of a second year Nina that had a Western ridge problem. 1999-2000 was a disaster, but that was horrible for the entire country, and not caused by a Western ridge.

2007 shows up once again.

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Count me as a windstorm disliker. There are many large Douglas Firs on my property and adjacent ones that are within a few dozen feet of my home. I take a lot of pride in my landscape too and 100 pound branches falling from 50 feet up are not good for whatever they land on. My heart gets pumping whenever the wind really gets howling.

Ehhh I’d say it’s 50/50 on the forum don’t think there’s really a majority that like or dislike windstorms. They’re fascinating for sure but the damage afterwards sucks.

3km NAM and HRRR don't look good for widespread precip over the weekend. Big disappointment considering the global models showed widespread 1 to 3 inch amounts earlier in the week. Dry patterns are tough to break.

Ensembles are another notch or two colder than 00z too.

We will be opening up the month of October feeling like Summer. Heading up into the mid/upper 80's with ample sunshine! Get out and enjoy this gorgeous day...happy TGIF! On a side note, I think by Halloween things will feel a whole lot different around these parts. That's my gut feeling and the signals I'm looking into are pointing towards this idea. If this is any indication to how the new LRC is setting up, it's going to be a bountiful snow season out west....in search of Snow...#SierraSnow

Say it ain’t Snow! ️ #SeptemberSnow Ol’ Man Winter decided to make its presence in the mountains of the desert SW! My goodness, but what a pleasant surprise to see this much snow so early in the season. Sign of the times? It’s wild to see this…on the last day of the Monsoon season nature has decided to go from Summer to Winter in a flash. I visited this area earlier this year in May I believe it was. In fact, I posted some picks of this ski resort. IMG_1181.MP4

Lip-chapping cold to close the month. Coldest temps of the year on my birthday this time? We shall see…

00z GFS Ensembles - 850mb temps/Precip Wet, chilly, and mountain snows. Portland Seattle

Woah Baby! Lightning, Thunder, and Deluge! Gotta love it! That front crept in, then the heavens opened up. Awesome sight. We really need it.