[Missing] March 2022 PNW Wx Discussion

[AlTahoe]

47 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Mt Shasta yesterday. 

Well thats what it should look like in June! Terrible. 

[TT-SEA]

Heavy rain again... 

[gusky]

 

[gusky]

GOES-T west launching less than a minute!!

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, gusky said:

GOES-T west launching less than a minute!!

Going to be an improvement for us in terms of satellite images?

[AlTahoe]

18 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Heavy rain again... 

Those are the type of rain rates that can kick off mud slides very easily. Hopefully your area can avoid them. 

[gusky]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Going to be an improvement for us in terms of satellite images?

Yep, new West sat, should be pretty epic

[gusky]

5 minutes ago, gusky said:

Yep, new West sat, should be pretty epic

GOES-17 had thermal issues that impacted infrared, this one fixes those issues and improves technologies in general it seems. Not sure if it's higher res...

[SnowWillarrive]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Mt Shasta yesterday. 

I can see why Shasta has no glaciers scars like it’s Northern neighbors. 

Looks like July. California doomed. Terrible. 

[TT-SEA]

Rain has completely stopped now and there are some sun breaks.   Very spring-like out there with warm, moist air.    The grass looks like its turning green on steroids right now and the buds on the alder trees are much bigger and more prominent than they were last week.     This extreme AR event feels like it has jump started spring up here.   Of course it will probably snow again next week! 

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, 1000'NorthBend said:

Today:  2.80"
3-Day: 10.44"
Year:    31.19"

 

Thanks... was hoping for an update.  

Almost 3 inches on the day after the big rain event.    

And just about a foot of rain in 72 hours... without any major flooding.   Impressive!  

[TT-SEA]

Just incredible rain amounts across the entire Snoqualmie River basin over the last 3 days but the Snoqualmie River has crested below major flood stage.      It must be related to the long duration of the event.

[Cloud]

That was a pretty good 48 hour we just went through. Just wall to wall non-stop raining. 

Looking ahead, a coolish March could be in the making and maybe perhaps spring. Welcome back Nina. 

[T-Town]

2 hours ago, The Ms. Anthrop said:

Not the embankments that are about 7 feet above the river, no, but for example where the senior center is, the river has completely covered the path that's 6 ft wide, and is encroaching on the grass lawn. Looks like it's running about 2 ft deep on the path. I'll try to get a picture tonight if I can.

There were also two minor mudslides on Rainier Ave; one in the city proper almost directly across from the airport control tower (City of Renton/KC roads have done nothing but put cones out) and one about a mile and half further north on Rainier that was blocking the southbound lane just before the Stone House restaurant. Drove past it maybe 5 minutes after it happened at 4:30 and SDOT was already taking care of it. 

We lived in Renton during the 1990 storm that sank the I-90 bridge. The Cedar River pretty much filled that channel under and west of the library. I think they actually closed the library for a while. 

[Phishy Wx]

has there ever been a 3 year back to back to back nina?  Are we headed toward that super rare territory?

[Joshua Lake Oswego]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF shows a transition to zonal flow at the end of the run... looks like a wet pattern.

The 18z GFS looks awfully dry after tomorrow. 

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, Joshua Lake Oswego said:

The 18z GFS looks awfully dry after tomorrow. 

Well... last week you said we would learn how everything shifts north and the AR event would end up in BC.    

And yet we still managed to pick up almost a foot of rain in 3 days in my area and SEA had one of the wettest days ever recorded and almost 5 inches of rain since Saturday.     Trust the EPS over the 18Z GFS.  

[Cloud]

Pretty cool! 
 

 

[TT-SEA]

11 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

has there ever been a 3 year back to back to back nina?  Are we headed toward that super rare territory?

1998-2001 was the most recent time that happened.    Almost happened from 2010-2012.

Also happened from 1973-1976 and 1954-1956.

[seattleweatherguy]

3 hours ago, Phil said:

In other news, the new CANSIPS seasonal projects another brutal summer in the SW US.

Similar to 2021 with the expansive 4CH.

Phil that looks like the entire USA is torching. Should we expect another hot summer for WA and OR?

[T-Town]

58 degrees here with a little sun. Toasty. 

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, 1000'NorthBend said:

Today:  2.80"
3-Day: 10.44"
Year:    31.19"

 

Side note... we are 30% of the way to normal March rainfall by afternoon on the first day.  

[Phil]

59 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

has there ever been a 3 year back to back to back nina?  Are we headed toward that super rare territory?

Yes, 1998/99 to 2000/01. And 2001/02 was cold neutral.

[gusky]

Don't know if anyone cares about this but tried Microsoft Flight Simulator and Seattle is modeled really well. The game uses real-time flight and weather data

 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Mostly cloudy 57/52 day here .35” precip in the form of showers

The cool period that has been advertised the next several days seems to be getting watered down 

[TT-SEA]

Some road flooding down below us... but we got off so easy considering almost a foot of rain as fallen since Saturday.    In January 2009... this road was completely destroyed by flooding.   It was just washed away.    Much better this time around.

[Deweydog]

Almost one down, 274 to go until winter…

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, gusky said:

Don't know if anyone cares about this but tried Microsoft Flight Simulator and Seattle is modeled really well. The game uses real-time flight and weather data

 

As it should be, given it's Microsoft.

[GHweatherChris]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Thanks... was hoping for an update.  

Almost 3 inches on the day after the big rain event.    

And just about a foot of rain in 72 hours... without any major flooding.   Impressive!  

Not even close to a foot.

[gusky]

25 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

As it should be, given it's Microsoft.

I've seen way better graphics with it when people mod it with google maps data, bing maps is not quite on the same level of quality

[TT-SEA]

14 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Not even close to a foot.

Pretty close... about 11 inches up here since Saturday.    

[Phil]

Can see Tim’s island of blue in a sea of orange.

[Front Ranger]

31 minutes ago, gusky said:

I've seen way better graphics with it when people mod it with google maps data, bing maps is not quite on the same level of quality

I just meant because Microsoft is based there. 

[TT-SEA]

17 minutes ago, Phil said:

Can see Tim’s island of blue in a sea of orange.

Do you have that map from October - February?     

Or how about SON?    

 

 

[GHweatherChris]

47 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Pretty close... about 11 inches up here since Saturday.    

If we were talking snow, ya it would be close to a foot.  But another inch of rain, nah, not even close.

[gusky]

18 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

I just meant because Microsoft is based there. 

You'd think they'd work on it a bit more than other cities, but it still has issues with the water level (the sound seems to be at an extreme, record high flood level or something) and other details. Overall, very detailed though. I even flew near a couple buildings I'm familiar with and they look pretty much the same as real life, I don't really know how that's possible.

[Blizzard777]

2 hours ago, gusky said:

Don't know if anyone cares about this but tried Microsoft Flight Simulator and Seattle is modeled really well. The game uses real-time flight and weather data

 

Luv the sim….played since inception “almost” but i did drop the ball this past couple years.  To much going on so haven’t tried the new one.   City’s definitely modeled quite well in the sim!!!   Enjoy

Gorgeous afternoon and warm 

59/50

 

[MossMan]

Don’t think my snow will survive the night…Was a good run though! 
55/48 on the day. Currently 50.

.13” on the day, 10.65” on the year. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Flight simulator is great. But Dallas, TX is a joke. Just a bunch of generic blocks.

[gusky]

15 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Flight simulator is great. But Dallas, TX is a joke. Just a bunch of generic blocks.

I'll have to check it out later tonight. Interested to see how consistent the quality is. Like I said before, Seattle is quite impressive but for some environmental issues. But the fact that I can navigate my way around the city based on specific buildings and landmarks, in a 1:1 earth map, is still mind-blowing to me.