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We liked this dramatic change of weather TOO MUCH for you. Not sure you'll ever be ok with other people's feelings about weather.

Im 62 in a couple months and planning to go to 65. I could probably retire and make my money last but it’s a surprisingly difficult decision (for me anyway) to stop the income and start drawing on my 401k.

Gorgeous day. Was up in the Seattle area earlier. Giving my best friend and his wife a ride to Sea-Tac. They will be going to New York and DC this week. Great day to drive up I-5 with the mountains popping. Had enough time afterward to check out a nice park along the Green River near Kent before heading back south. Temps were in the mid-60s with breezy conditions and very dry air.

Beautiful morning at Rowena Crest. Got out there early to beat the crowds.

Planting garden today.

Just finished putting all of my yard tools and patio furniture away. Waiting for the first drops to fall! Just like waiting for the first flakes to fly on the morning of 2/3/19!

Your backyard looks like a resort

70’s and full sun! If I didn’t know via this forum and weather predictions that it was coming shortly, I would have no idea that it was coming shortly!

Finally got back from my big retirement/eclipse trip last night, feels great and weird to be retired now! Worked my a*s off from my mid 20s-low 50s, and the last few years I've been working some because I can and not because I need to, but now it's time to relax and retire. And now I have a lot of time for model riding! Got to see a lot of beautiful redrock canyons and snowy mountains in Utah/Wyoming on this trip. We had pretty great weather the whole time, only got hit by a storm while we were in Wyoming, and saw some epic thunderstorms the night following the eclipse.

Drove out to Ocean Shores to see family today. Amazing summer like drive and being out on the Jetty when the front rolled in was a memorable experience. We really need to do a coastal meetup when we get the next decadal storm.

Drove to Seattle in a dust storm. The suddeness of the wind was remarkable. Only .01 rain here though - disappointing.

Cool little front today ! Interesting cloud deck as well. The first photo is on 205 bridge looking south. Zoomed in shot as well

You are such a wet blanket sometimes. Geez

Wow! One of the craziest shifts from strong offshore flow to strong onshore flow I've seen. Nearly 20 degree plunge already at Shelton in the middle of the day and strong SW winds here after east all day. Nice 850mb plunge with this as well.

I would be checking the barometer. Just too many experiences as a kid in the Rockies of a warm spring day followed by plummeting temperatures not to get suspicious of a warm day this early in the season. Especially warmth with increasing clouds like I am seeing today.

1130-1230-1330

14 days til I go on another cruise. Got $200 onboard credit from them smacking me with a door on the last cruise and when we registered our info they gave me another $600 in onboard credit as a casino package but I can still use it for drinks and such. Leaving out of NOLA this time.

Crazy day... a gusty east wind becoming a gusty SW wind by 5 p.m. And sunny for a good part of the day with a front early this evening but then the sun is back out by sunset.

Lots of good news in this screen shot... sun coming back out and Mariner kicking butt in Denver where it's 33 degrees and its the second coldest game in franchise history.

Great Spring day. A little something for everyone that should minimize complaints on this forum, one would think!

68.5F outside and clear. Perfect day. The east wind was blowing in the morning, just enough to blow our blackout curtains and get us up but not too early. We went to Moscow, and enjoyed the sunshine, Moscow bagel, some ice cream from Panhandle Cone and Coffee, and enjoyed the placid weather. SW Windstorm is coming tonight. Just a slight breeze at the moment though.

Petrichor!

Both including debris flying off the trees

Not here! Oh that’s right…

I wouldn't be checking that... just feels like a day that would be nice until the end if you had no internet access.

67.6° here at Eastside Tacoma neighborhood currently!!!.

We are in the same boat. I'm coming up on 62 as well and have a decent nest egg. As well as investing financially, I have also been investing in my health through a longevity clinic. I have seen tremendous results over the years in doing so but it doesn't come cheap. Based upon my current health I see no reason why I won't live deep into my 90s. If you forecast inflation out over 30 years of essentially being on a fixed income that decent nest egg doesn't look that robust anymore. Right now I'm thinking retirement at 67 but will revisit that decision along the way. Then again, who knows? The way things are going in this world right now maybe maybe money will become irrelevant. I sure hope that is not the case though.

65 in North Bend after a mild low of 54. Midnight low incoming.

6" Over 60" for the season now, essentially average.

I’m 47…Don’t think there will be such a thing as a retirement age by the time I get into my 60’s. Still hoping for that elusive January 1950 redux at some point before I’m dead however!

Yeah, major switch in winds coming up both in tropics and NH-extratropics. Will cool ENSO and NPAC waters.

Wow, beautiful sunset right now at Oceanside!

Some of these really sharp cold fronts have pretty limited moisture. I got more like a tenth here.

The is back out at the , going to be a beautiful tonight!

Eh. Today will go on the books as another very warm day. Tomorrow barely gets us to average then it’s back to more ridging. Followed by another “troughy” period that’s getting more toned down by the day. Today was fun, but it would be more exciting if it were a longer lasting crash to significantly colder or wet weather. Just my opinion.

Mom and I went to get my car's engine replaced today. At the start of the appt it was 73F and slightly breezy with mostly sunny skies. By the end it was 55F and cloudy with drizzle, and gusts of wind blowing dust into our eyes. Love the meatyorology today.

Snowing in the Olympic as well!

Looks like the rain is arriving just in time to ruin some late afternoon outdoor plans!

Got up to 72.5° now down to 63° here Eastside Tacoma with gusty winds blowing to 40 mph.

You missed a cloud behind the tall tree.

It’s coming.

It's such a trip. I was in Anchorage early last July and it's so bright even at 2-3AM.

Nice that will be fun! I’m going on an Alaskan Cruise in about 2 months. It will be pretty cool to witness the long days up there since I’ll be going right after the summer solstice.

It’s due to the cool/cold air heading east of the Cascades/Rockies. I love this pattern in April because it produces strong east winds and sunshine all the way out to the beaches!

Dead calm here but already up to 54.

Cool temperatures this weekend hopefully I can avoid any frost Sunday morning as temps may dip into the mid 30s. Later next week one of the stronger storms in this year's LRC will likely ignite a major sever weather outbreak across the middle of the country. Models are already showing significant amounts of rain in my area but it's gonna have to show me it can actually happen here in the show me state before I get to excited.

Looks like I can post again! My account got messed up big time for some reason.