SilverFallsAndrew

Some really nice echoes heading your way.

They trim the trees near the powerlines on my road every year or so. I imagine they do most places since they do it here and I live in the middle of nowhere. Still lose power 4-5 times a year. They can't cut every tree down that might fall on a line.

I think Jesse is going through the process I went through about 3 weeks ago. The realization that in all likelihood this winter will be a dud. Not giving up that we might see an event, but realizing chances are we won't. I'm to the point now where even the dusting I got this morning was like a gift. My expectations are 0 so its easy now for them to be met.

The airmass will be a bit colder tonight. Probably won't be much if any moisture though.

Sun just came out here. Time to bundle up the baby and pick up all the fallen limbs from last night.

SCORE

Should have a decently chilly airmass overhead tonight, but moisture will be on the wane.

Not much but it is something... You can also see the little structure that served as my well covering was blown over and destroyed last night.

Some light snow falling now and 33. Maybe 1/4" or so of accumulation.

Power just came back on. Silver Falls Hwy was closed on the way home last night, had to detour on some back roads to get home. A few big trees were down across the highway and probably the power lines too. Currently 35 and cloudy.

My brother says he has pressure at 987mb right now in North Bend, OR.

Very cool. Part of the reason we work opposite schedules is so we don't have to pay for childcare.

What do you want more? The wall or some weather websites?

That would make my day!

http://models.weatherbell.com/hires/2019010518/portland/hires_snow_portland_49.png

Makes more sense. The 12z was way north of where previous runs had it.

Up to a balmy 43.

Pt Townsend is nice. Went there for the first time last summer. That park with the old army barracks is pretty cool!

Most GFS runs have kept Alaska cold.

Both Bartlesville and Tulsa average over 40" of precip annually so it is much greener there April-October than most people probably realize when they think of Oklahoma. In that sense it is much different than places further west like Oklahoma City. The country out in NE Oklahoma is also a little more hilly (Though still pretty flat.). You have to go down to SE Oklahoma for some real "mountains" which are similar in height and relief to the Willapa Hills in SW Washington. But once you get down there the humidity in the summer is off the charts and there is not much in the way of winter weather. Eastern Oklahoma also has a ton of large reservoirs and almost every farm has at least one pond. The first time I ever flew into Tulsa I was shocked by how much water was visible in all directions.

I think his comment was in relation to me saying I wouldn't want to live within an hour of Seattle. I grew up on a farm and currently live in a very rural area, but I have lived in towns before (Including the one pictured for several years.). Under the right conditions I would probably even live in a city like Tulsa, which has a population of around 400K. My issue with Seattle and Portland to a lesser extent are related more to the cost of living, traffic, culture/values, and cost of living. I would prefer more rural locales, but places like the Tulsa Hills provide an incredible standard of living at dirt cheap (by comparison) costs of living, so I would consider it if the opportunity arose.

It is the 2nd corporate headquarters of Conocco-Phillips. So its downtown is largely made up of the corporate office buildings. Also the tallish building to the right is the only "skyscraper" Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed. It is not a big town and if you look on google earth you will see the town has a large green space through the center of it where the Caney River flood plain is.

I wish our climate was a little closer to theirs in terms of variability. These were the temps when I was out there in December 2016. 15th: 36/15 16th: 53/35 17th: 51/8 18th: 17/0 19th: 34/0 20th: 48/14 21st: 50/17 I wasn't there for it, but in December 2008 they had a 72/14 day followed by a 14/8 day.