[Missing] March 2022 PNW Wx Discussion

[Dan the Weatherman]

20 minutes ago, Phil said:

Week-2 EPS is more favorable for CA. Very different pattern.

I hope that pattern verifies! CA desperately needs rain and snow!

[Joshua Lake Oswego]

Looking awfully dry for the foreseeable future. 

[Joshua Lake Oswego]

18 minutes ago, Dan the Weatherman said:

I hope that pattern verifies! CA desperately needs rain and snow!

It will because I am golfing in the Bay Area next week. It will either be cold, wet, or windy. Or any combination thereof. Impossible for it to be warm and dry for my golf trips regardless of location or date. 

[FroYoBro]

37 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Got hit with a 13k plumbing bill at the new house......nice

Wow. Did you have to hire the ghost busters or something? Ghouls in the pipes?

[TT-SEA]

32 minutes ago, Dan the Weatherman said:

The issue is that it has been wet in your area as well as much of coastal WA at least to the Cascades, but it has been drier than average to megadrought-dry in the rest of the West as a whole. Your area has received more rain than about 95% of the West, and it is time for the pattern to change that allows storms to penetrate other parts of the West that really need it! Other people who have been complaining about the lack of rain have experienced quite a dry year compared to you and others who live in the zone that has been wet.

Well aware of the issue.... and would love it to change as much as you. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

1 hour ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Would could possibly cost that much? Main water line? 

Broken sewer line in a couple spots so it's essentially replacing the whole line

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Got hit with a 13k plumbing bill at the new house......nice

Wow... that sucks.

I told my sons about you buying a house at a young age in this market.    Hoping to inspire them! 

[SouthHillFrosty]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Wow... that sucks.

I told my sons about you buying a house at a young age in this market.    Hoping to inspire them! 

It's all part of home ownership I guess....for good or bad lol. I bet your kids are smart so they will do good for themselves!

[Deweydog]

12 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Broken sewer line in a couple spots so it's essentially replacing the whole line

D**n! Was there no inspection clause?

[SouthHillFrosty]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

D**n! Was there no inspection clause?

Pre inspection was done...just not on the sewer line....... You have wave the sewer inspections to stay competitive in this market. The ironic part is I use to work in the sewer department for a local city a couple years ago.... 

[Skagit Weather]

Interestingly, March will end up as the first month with above average precipitation here since November. Well, okay technically December also probably had above average precipitation, but it didn't melt in time for me to measure it.

I'm at 3.73" now for March after 0.65" today compared to a ten year average of 3.55". Depending on how the next ten days play out I could end up with over 5" on the month.

[Deweydog]

20 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Pre inspection was done...just not on the sewer line....... You have wave the sewer inspections to stay competitive in this market. The ironic part is I use to work in the sewer department for a local city a couple years ago.... 

Yeah, it’s definitely a tough market with very little leverage for buyers. Far cry from when we sold in 2010 and basically had to eat a slightly low appraisal and some items that came up on inspection. 

[LowerGarfield]

Cool and showery today. Wife and son planted a tree though they planted it below a phone cable so hopefully she keeps it short. Weather kind of full compared to sister in North Dallas having a warning in the evening.

[AlTahoe]

Parts of the bay area and central valley are currently in the 70's at 5am!

Supposed to be record highs Wed -Saturday 

[The Blob]

50 currently 

[TT-SEA]

Still dumping drizzle here this morning... its basically been raining or drizzling since Friday afternoon.  Perpetual warm fronts are my least favorite type of weather.... hands down.   Looks like its drizzling all over the Seattle area this morning.  Short break this afternoon but it will be raining again tomorrow.    Thursday and Friday still look decent though.

[MossMan]

.42” so far on the day, 5.79” for the month. 
Raining and 47. 
Wet. 

[Tyler Mode]

1.07" of light rain/drizzle yesterday, 0.15" today.  Ho hum.  I'm with Tim on this one, give me an intense shower with heavy rain over this any day.

[TacomaWaWx]

Mild low of 48 and drizzly this morning. Up to 2.84” this month. 

[Joshua Lake Oswego]

10 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

You must realize it's very ironic that the guy who wants it to rain 200 days more per year than climo dictates... also wants it to be dry when he is golfing.   If it always rains when you golf... why don't you just plan golf trips in Portland every day of the year.

I try to keep my expectations in line with climo... although that does get more challenging in the spring.  

The funny thing is that when I do plan to golf in Portland I look at it as a win-win. If it rains, I win. If it doesn't, I win. 

[TT-SEA]

The big "heat wave" day has arrived!    Hopefully the rain lovers can get through the day... it will be raining again tomorrow.

Live view from SEA... so bright and sunny.   

 

[RentonHill]

12 hours ago, The Blob said:

ITS BLIPPI!!!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

55 already in Salem 

[BLI snowman]

51 here with some mist still. 70s not looking too likely....

[TacomaWaWx]

Suns coming out here in yelm. 

[TT-SEA]

Some good news... the 12Z GFS shows a warm and basically dry weekend ahead.      Previous runs showed it being quite wet but it has been trending more towards a ULL heading into CA by Sunday which keeps it really nice up here.  

[TT-SEA]

12 minutes ago, Eujunga said:

Perspective.

 

Its been wetter than normal up here... as usual of course.   Side note... SEA, BLI, and UIL are all running wetter than normal for the month as well.     

Of course the one area that consistently runs wetter than normal is western WA... at the expense of the rest of the west.      We don't need any more rain up here... but nature insists this is where its need to always be wetter than normal while screwing everywhere to the south of western WA.    Very frustrating.

[ShawniganLake]

[Joshua Lake Oswego]

18 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Some good news... the 12Z GFS shows a warm and basically dry weekend ahead.      Previous runs showed it being quite wet but it has been trending more towards a ULL heading into CA by Sunday which keeps it really nice up here.  

Such good news that we will be almost bone dry for the next 10 days.

[TT-SEA]

9 minutes ago, Joshua Lake Oswego said:

Such good news that we will be almost bone dry for the next 10 days.

A nice dry weekend would be such good news.      Not getting my hopes up yet... but I like the trends.      Its so wet up here that I can't even imagine worrying about any dry spell shown in the models.     That is so foreign to me that I can't comprehend being concerned about that here.   But I am definitely cheering for rain to the south where its actually needed.

[seattleweatherguy]

33 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

51 here with some mist still. 70s not looking too likely....

Mid 60s not out of reach if it clears out.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Pretty sure all rain is wet, but who knows, they say it is good to learn something new every day. Speak of rain, not much of it on the 12z GFS. Up to 7.24" on the month, should end up near or slightly below average in that department this month. Temps should be a little above average, but overall a pretty boringly normal month. 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Pretty sure all rain is wet, but who knows, they say it is good to learn something new every day. Speak of rain, not much of it on the 12z GFS. Up to 7.24" on the month, should end up near or slightly below average in that department this month. Temps should be a little above average, but overall a pretty boringly normal month. 

Like Eskimos with snow... there many different ways to describe types of rain in the PNW.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Like Eskimos with snow... there many different ways to describe types of rain in the PNW.

I think the term you were looking for is heavy mist. Drizzle is by definition a light rain.

[MWG]

Well interesting news it looks like we won't get to 80's today since fog formed and currently is 48F. 

[FroYoBro]

1 hour ago, BLI snowman said:

51 here with some mist still. 70s not looking too likely....

I think it will warm up pretty quick if we get some sun breaks this afternoon. 53 and drizzle here still. 

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS is quite dry for western WA (compared to normal) over the next couple of weeks... and less dry in CA.    But the rainfall averages drop off significantly this time of year in CA so even totally dry won't appear to be a big negative departure.    Good news is that rainfall is more evenly distributed across the West Coast.  

[Deweydog]

I need to mow again.

[BLI snowman]

44 minutes ago, seattleweatherguy said:

Mid 60s not out of reach if it clears out.

Models are pretty insistent that we will see 65+ later this afternoon, with a brief surge of rapidly warming temps aloft. Pretty hard to keep a gunky inversion going at this point in the year, so just probably a matter of how late we clear out.

[BLI snowman]

1 hour ago, ShawniganLake said:

Surprised a year like 1955 or 1985 would have had something warmer than this year. This February had some pretty mild afternoons down here.