Cascadia_Wx

23 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

62F and beautiful out there.

Looks like EUG hit 36 this morning.

31 minutes ago, Phil said:

There are a bunch of them strung together on a light wind shift so there’s a slightly better chance they reached 39. Tho not guaranteed.

If it was gyrating back/forth between 39 & 41 that’d suggest they’re hugging the rounding threshold and likely didn’t make it. Guess we’ll find out soon.

Never underestimate the crapulence of that station.

I know it’s been said, but what an absolutely gorgeous spring morning out there.

13 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

35.6 with light frost here. Impressive for mid April. I bet the recent dry weather helped with that. 
 

September and early October are an awesome time in the mountains here with all of the high elevation terrain snow free and showing fall color. Most of my favorite days in the mountains have been around that time of year. As Cascadia says, need a decent rain to knock down the smoke most years. But even last year I had two days up around Mt Baker in mid-September that were fabulous since we were in an onshore flow regime. 

Cool. We actually sort of agree on something. Although I like it even better when there’s a dusting of snow up high in addition to the fall colors, which also can happen in September or October.

4 minutes ago, Phil said:

If that isn’t a J***e pattern on the LR GFS then I don’t know what is.

Let’s hope so. Only one below normal month in the past year now, raging Jesse patterns notwithstanding. We’re due.

49 minutes ago, Phil said:

What site are you using? 5min obs are working fine for me.

Looks like they started working again in the last few hours. PDX had a few 39s but I’m guessing they were counterfeit and the low will hold at 40.

28 minutes ago, Phil said:

That still doesn’t compute. I get autumn is more exciting in the PNW but September pretty “blah” everywhere.

I used to love September around here too. The heat of summer starts to fade, nights get cooler, afternoon shadows get longer,  those first crisp mornings hit, usually we get our first fall rain event at some point in the month.Or even just an abrupt all day marine layer with drizzle and sudden highs in the 60s. Often get the first really foggy morning at some point the last half of the month. Leaves start to change. Just a lot to like.

It’s not as great these days with September being an extension of smoke season more often than not. There have still been some decent ones in recent years, but they are more few and far between than they used to be.

7 minutes ago, Phil said:

Why was it ever your favorite month?

Could have something to do with living in different climate thousands of miles away from yours.

1 minute ago, Phishy Wx said:

apparently the Dubai mega flooding was cloud seeding gone wrong.  Opps!

Saw that one coming.

After 8am and there is still frost in the shade. Not too shabby for the latter half of April.

Almost surprised this “event” didn’t bring Jim back around.

2 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

over here the only deciduous have been human planted for the most part.  I mean there are some cottonwoods in the river bottoms, some Aspens around but most are ornamental.  New England fall is almost religious some years. one of my best memories of living in NH 

Sounds like you need to do some exploring outside the city. I bet there are great colors in the Purcells and up toward the Salmo-Priest wilderness.

3 minutes ago, SnarkyGoblin said:

So I actually read about that yesterday.  Apparently, it's because the urban areas have larger storage facilities for water and can plan accordingly pretty far in advance.

The non-urban core is more dependent on consistent snow runoff due to having less storage.

That was my second thought. The urban core of greater Seattle obviously has more money and resources at their disposal compared to the hinterlands that compose the other 98% of the state, geographically.

12 minutes ago, MossMan said:

November is my favorite month! It’s in the Fall so I guess Fall is my favorite season!

With your tastes that really surprises me, since November is hands down the month we get wayyy darker and stormier compared to just a month or two before. I mean I love it, but I would have assumed your favorite was a summer or midwinter month. At any rate I commend you for your versatility!

I’m definitely liking the uptick in precip chances once we get to the last week of the month. 

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Guess it’s time to move to Everett, Seattle, Sea Tac, or Tacoma! They are in great shape!! 

Think you might be the first one to point this out! My guess is the gray is meant to show urban areas or something.

3 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

its just better where most trees turn colors.  IE: New England, Appalachians, etc

The mountains get some gorgeous fall colors out here. Especially the higher alpine meadows or places with larch trees.

There is usually pretty good color around town and in the lowlands too. That said, I would like to get out to New England during the fall someday.

Would be pretty funny if PDX didn’t even manage to get below 40. They’ve eliminated the ability to look at five-minute obs there for the time being, so it’s hard to say.

Looks like VUO hit at least 35.

Frosty with a low of 34 here. One of the later frosts I’ve seen. It’s always rare after the first part of April.

Ended up with a 54/40 yesterday. Midnight low.

Big big improvements. Let’s build on this.

Already down to 42, which is the low for the day, with the wind dying off.

12 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

Fall is an east coast deciduous season.

You complain about every season. But we can get some really nice falls out here. Love those crisp October days.

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Fall sucks. It's just an extension of summer now. 

Sure Andrew

11 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Good to hear. I’m enjoying spring. It’s my favorite season. 

Mine was fall for years. But I have come around to enjoying all more equally as I’ve grown older and wiser, Andrew.

Some solid steps in the right direction on tonight’s 00z GFS.

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Beautiful. Btw I don’t believe table rock burned in 2020. Ended up right between the Beachie Creek and Riverside fires. I think Rooster Rock did though. 

I need to get up there and check it out. Haven’t been up the upper Molalla since the fire. I’m sure it’s a lot different now. Sometimes it feels like everywhere is.