August 2022 PNW Observations and Discussion - 1956 Redux!1!!1!

[TT-SEA]

35 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

I see some tops popping off 

 

[ShawniganLake]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

In all fairness BC is larger than Oregon, WA, and CA put together. 

It’s roughly a 12-14hr drive to get to Alberta. Haven’t had a reason to go to the US in recent years. 

[TacomaWx]

77 here might just fall short of 80. 

[BLI snowman]

1 hour ago, AlTahoe said:

That was a really good write up. How was 2010-2011 in the PNW? It was one of the all time winters for much of California. I keep seeing that Analog come up for this winter as well. 

Definitely a spread-the-wealth kind of year from a snowpack and precip standpoint. The PNW did well that year, with the mountains having a nice surplus largely on the basis of the crazy cold/wet Feb-May stretch.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 hour ago, AlTahoe said:

That was a really good write up. How was 2010-2011 in the PNW? It was one of the all time winters for much of California. I keep seeing that Analog come up for this winter as well. 

Pretty boring here. Was better if you got like Salem north.

That was during the stretch where we had like 12” of snow over a 15-year span.

Since then we’ve had like 55” in 10 years.

[BLI snowman]

20 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I usually go out of state atleast once a year. 

I usually go at least once a week.

#bordercountycoolness

Edited August 23, 2022 by BLI snowman

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Having lived near (and on both sides of) an international border for the past several years, sometimes I forget that most people do not cross an international border on average at least once a month (excepting when the border was closed due to COVID).

[SilverFallsAndrew]

 

Just now, ShawniganLake said:

It’s roughly a 12-14hr drive to get to Alberta. Haven’t had a reason to go to the US in recent years. 

I like living where I live, but yeah, we aren't much to brag about anymore.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I wouldn't mind living in BC, but I've heard the cost of living is insane. 

[TT-SEA]

29 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

I don’t think I’ve left BC since 2014. 

I just counted and I have been in 23 states AND in BC since 2014!  

Living in Canada means you have to leave the country to go to some place warm and/or tropical in the winter.    No such problem in the US.   

[Rubus Leucodermis]

11 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I wouldn't mind living in BC, but I've heard the cost of living is insane. 

I love Vancouver but let’s just say that plentiful and inexpensive housing is not precisely Vancouver’s strong suit.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

And another 90F burger for Springfield!

[BLI snowman]

17 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Having lived near (and on both sides of) an international border for the past several years, sometimes I forget that most people do not cross an international border on average at least once a month (excepting when the border was closed due to COVID).

I was always amazed at how many folks regularly came down from BC each weekend to shop and gas up at the Costco on the Guide Meridian. 

Edited August 23, 2022 by BLI snowman

[TacomaWx]

4 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

And another 90F burger for Springfield!

We miiight get to our 24th 80 burger today lol. I would not like to live down there just a much warmer place. 

[Front Ranger]

22 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I just counted and I have been in 23 states AND in BC since 2014!  

Living in Canada means you have to leave the country to go to some place warm and/or tropical in the winter.    No such problem in the US.   

24 states and 8 countries since 2014. But no Canada!

[LowerGarfield]

1 hour ago, ChrisAmunRA said:

December 2010

That was the year when my friends and I from UC Davis in CA drove up to South Lake Tahoe and went mini golfing in a light snowstorm on Memorial Day (2011) no less.

Edit 2011

[LowerGarfield]

1 hour ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Has anybody else not left their state of residence since 2018? I haven’t left Oregon since May of 2018 and that’s the longest amount of time I’ve ever gone without leaving the state I lived in.

I travel out of state every weekend to Idaho for church and groceries

Was in CA where I'm from at the start of the month. Oregon in the spring.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

16 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

I was always amazed at how many folks regularly came down from BC each weekend to shop and gas up at the Costco on the Guide Meridian. 

Gasoline and dairy products are a lot less expensive south of the border. The difference is not so dramatic for most other items, but there are brands you can find in the States that you cannot find here. Check out the Trader Joe’s in Bellingham on a weekend sometime. (No TJ’s in Canada, so far it has not been worth the cost of complying with Canadian labeling requirements for TJ’s to expand north of the border.)

Bellingham’s two biggest industries are higher education and selling things to Canadians.

[BLI snowman]

8 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Gasoline and dairy products are a lot less expensive south of the border. The difference is not so dramatic for most other items, but there are brands you can find in the States that you cannot find here. Check out the Trader Joe’s in Bellingham on a weekend sometime. (No TJ’s in Canada, so far it has not been worth the cost of complying with Canadian labeling requirements for TJ’s to expand north of the border.)

Bellingham’s two biggest industries are higher education and selling things to Canadians.

Oh yeah, I learned to avoid all of the stores on the north end of town on the weekends for that reason. Just a madhouse.

[NWbyNW]

Hey everyone.  I usually post my wildfire update daily around 4-5pm, BUT today I will be very late.  I am working late so I am not sure what time I will get to it.  Hope everyone is having a nice day.  Much cooler today and overcast here in Everett so far all day. It is 69F here right now.    We topped out at 73F around 3pm than have gone done.  

[NWbyNW]

2 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Oh yeah, I learned to avoid all of the stores on the north end of town on the weekends for that reason. Just a madhouse.

I used to live in Bellingham and when you lived there, you learned to know what times to go shopping and when not too.  Canadian's would flock certain stores at certain hours.  You also learned when Canadian's would use I-5 to go further south.  They were the cars usually going 10-20mph over the speed limit.  

[BLI snowman]

Just noticed the clown range of the clowniest run of them all sent some dying hurricane remnants into CA while we continue to fry and a Cat 4 hurricane barrels into FL. Fun times!

 

[bainbridgekid]

34 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

24 states and 8 countries since 2014. But no Canada!

30 states and 11 countries for me. Can’t imagine spending 8 years in one state/province.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

9 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

30 states and 11 countries for me. Can’t imagine spending 8 years in one state/province.

My health condition unfortunately makes it difficult to leave Oregon since I can’t work.

[Kayla]

21 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Just noticed the clown range of the clowniest run of them all sent some dying hurricane remnants into CA while we continue to fry and a Cat 4 hurricane barrels into FL. Fun times!

 

With snow in YNP just before landfall. Seems legit!

[Kayla]

Is 2010-11 really an analog for this winter? It was a first year Niña. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

4 minutes ago, Kayla said:

Is 2010-11 really an analog for this winter? It was a first year Niña. 

With the volcano I think the analogs are circling the bowl at this point.

This winter is a wild card

[BLI snowman]

15 minutes ago, Kayla said:

With snow in YNP just before landfall. Seems legit!

Funny thing is that actual scenario literally more or less happened on August 23-24, 1992. 30 years ago today! Cat 5 Hurricane Andrew landfalled in South Florida while Hurricane Lester moved into AZ as a tropical storm and the northern Rockies got slammed with a historic early season arctic front and snowstorm. All at the same time.

Edited August 24, 2022 by BLI snowman

[T-Town]

Large bird in our tree. Maybe a juvenile eagle?  Seems too big to be a hawk. 

[Kayla]

3 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Funny thing is that actual scenario literally more or less happened on August 23-24, 1992. 30 years ago today! Cat 5 Hurricane Andrew landfalled in South Florida while Hurricane Lester moved into AZ as a tropical storm and the northern Rockies got slammed with a historic early season arctic front and snowstorm. All at the same time.

Interesting, I did not know about all the tropical activity during the August 1992 snow event up here. Good stuff as usual!

[Kayla]

12 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

With the volcano I think the analogs are circling the bowl at this point.

This winter is a wild card

Analogs talk is ramping up right on schedule!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

24 states, but no foreign countries since 2018. If we go back to September 2017 then it’s 28.

[LowerGarfield]

27 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Large bird in our tree. Maybe a juvenile eagle?  Seems too big to be a hawk. 

Looks like a falcon? In our area we also have big ospreys but those are a bit more gray.

[ChrisEl Elyon]

53 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Large bird in our tree. Maybe a juvenile eagle?  Seems too big to be a hawk. 

Red-tailed Hawk. I study Ornithology also and very familiar with all birds here in WA State 

[MossMan]

A little bubbly to the east when leaving work today. 

[ChrisEl Elyon]

High 78° here at Belltown Seattle 

[ShawniganLake]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I wouldn't mind living in BC, but I've heard the cost of living is insane. 

It has gotten a bit crazy lately.  Our neighborhood was pretty affordable in 2014.  We bought for 350k.  Most houses are going for 800-1000k now.  Our neighbours are asking 1.1 million.  If we were buying now, we would honestly be looking at a trailer park most likely. 

[ShawniganLake]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

 

I like living where I live, but yeah, we aren't much to brag about anymore.

Wasn’t really meant to be a knock on the states.  Just haven’t had a reason to go.  We used to go every year for a curling event.  But it isn’t happening anymore. 

[ChrisEl Elyon]

[Meatyorologist]