PNW September 2022 Wx Obs/Disc

[TacomaWx]

Bolt creek putting out more smoke…but nothing extreme still. 75 and slightly hazy. 

[Phil]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

I have several co-workers who used the pandemic as an excuse to move from Seattle and the Bay Area to Dallas and Austin and they rave about it and constantly tell me how much they love it there.  

I always figured you hang out with fellow heat misers.

[Phil]

Man the western US is expensive as hell.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/20/these-are-the-top-5-most-expensive-states-to-buy-a-house-in-2022.html

[Meatyorologist]

49 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I do not want a repeat of 2012. Rains started so late that mushroom season was basically a total bust.

I'd say as a mushroom forager I'd be tripping over a season like 2012, but evidently I wouldn't be.

[snow_wizard]

DP of 35 at SEA.  This is a good scenario for large diurnal spreads in wind sheltered areas.  So far I'm looking at 78/43 today.

[snow_wizard]

Interesting...the ECMWF shows no mid or high clouds in the Seattle area as the ULL gets kicked up through SE WA, but it does show an invasion of low clouds tomorrow night.

[TT-SEA]

16 minutes ago, Phil said:

I always figured you hang out with fellow heat misers.

Don't hang out with them... just know them through work.   

[Seattle]

5 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

DP of 35 at SEA.  This is a good scenario for large diurnal spreads in wind sheltered areas.  So far I'm looking at 78/43 today.

It was 48 at my house in a sheltered pocket of Ravenna and 57 on the Ship Canal bridge this morning! Car thermometer... I know... but 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

18 minutes ago, Phil said:

Man the western US is expensive as hell.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/20/these-are-the-top-5-most-expensive-states-to-buy-a-house-in-2022.html

Yeah it is totally ridiculous. 

[TT-SEA]

SEA is at 78/55 for the day.    Basically a normal July day.    

I like being in a similar elevated and more drainage wind prone area.   Usually keeps the frost away later in the fall and early in the spring.  

[MossMan]

Just saw this article in my news feed! 
Oh and just a reminder, don’t marinate your chicken with NyQuil. 

[Deweydog]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Just saw this article in my news feed! 
Oh and just a reminder, don’t marinate your chicken with NyQuil. 

Are you saying we can sleep through this winter?

ROB’S ON THE DUD TRAIN!!!

[ChrisEl Elyon]

Breezy here in Belltown Seattle currently gusting 28 mph, temps managed 74-79° . 

[NWbyNW]

Six minute report of the Alaska storm and showing some of the damage.  Some new details reported.

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/09/16/flooding-damage-likely-powerful-storm-moves-into-western-alaska/

[NWbyNW]

70F here is the high for today.  It feels like fall though and doesn't feel warm.  Clear skies.

[NWbyNW]

12 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Just saw this article in my news feed! 
Oh and just a reminder, don’t marinate your chicken with NyQuil. 

Wait... is the marinating your chicken with NyQuil a joke?  I can't even imagine why people would do that?   Lol! What on earth? 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

56 minutes ago, Phil said:

Man the western US is expensive as hell.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/20/these-are-the-top-5-most-expensive-states-to-buy-a-house-in-2022.html

Vancouver says “Hold my beer.”

[snow_wizard]

27 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Just saw this article in my news feed! 
Oh and just a reminder, don’t marinate your chicken with NyQuil. 

This Nina isn't acting anything like normal so who knows what the winter will be like.  Still potential for something great across the northern tier from the Great Lakes westward, but there is an obvious note of caution given the unusual nature of things this year.

[T-Town]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

Man the western US is expensive as hell.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/20/these-are-the-top-5-most-expensive-states-to-buy-a-house-in-2022.html

Washington prices are driven artificially higher by the hundreds of palatial mansions in Pasco and Richland owned by tech magnates and drug lords. 

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Washington prices are driven artificially higher by the hundreds of palatial mansions in Pasco and Richland owned by tech magnates and drug lords. 

Why the f... would anyone build a mansion in Pasco?  What a waste.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Why the f... would anyone build a mansion in Pasco?  What a waste.

Ask Tim.

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

I have several co-workers who used the pandemic as an excuse to move from Seattle and the Bay Area to Dallas and Austin and they rave about it and constantly tell me how much they love it there.  

Austin is a pretty neat town, it least the music and food scenes. It's 'out of place' for TX, imo.  Dallas blows, full of traffic and no character at all.  but its all Texas and it sucks in general so there's that

[TacomaWx]

75/52 today. Those fires in the cascades have picked up but still doesn’t look as bad as the HRRR models showed. 
 2/3rds of the way through September were +3.9 above normal. Just 0.61” of rain in the last 95 days following July finishing +2.4 and august finishing +3.3. 

[Doinko]

86 at PDX again

[snow_wizard]

Basically the same temp this afternoon with a much lower dp than yesterday IMBY.  Might get nippy tonight.

[T-Town]

21 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Why the f... would anyone build a mansion in Pasco?  What a waste.

A quiet evening on the back porch, sipping a cold drink and basking in the greenish glow of the nearby nuclear waste tanks. Yes please. 

[snow_wizard]

8 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

75/52 today. Those fires in the cascades have picked up but still doesn’t look as bad as the HRRR models showed. 
 2/3rds of the way through September were +3.9 above normal. Just 0.61” of rain in the last 95 days following July finishing +2.4 and august finishing +3.3. 

This is one of those patterns where the difference in mins across the area gets pretty ridiculous.

Just flat out insane to have Jul - Sep be so warm with a Nina.  Obviously 1967 had the ridiculous Aug and Sep, but July was reasonable that year.  That year was also not a multi year Nina.

[TacomaWx]

5 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

This is one of those patterns where the difference in mins across the area gets pretty ridiculous.

Just flat out insane to have Jul - Sep be so warm with a Nina.  Obviously 1967 had the ridiculous Aug and Sep, but July was reasonable that year.  That year was also not a multi year Nina.

Atleast above normal in September doesn’t feel too bad. 

[Kayla]

11 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

75/52 today. Those fires in the cascades have picked up but still doesn’t look as bad as the HRRR models showed. 
 2/3rds of the way through September were +3.9 above normal. Just 0.61” of rain in the last 95 days following July finishing +2.4 and august finishing +3.3. 

I'd say the HRRR did quite well showing the timing of the smoke enhancement through late this afternoon and it looks to still be on the increase. Obviously not ash falling from the sky kind of thick smoke but it was never forecasting that.

[Deweydog]

18z looks ridgy at the end.

Hmmmmm…

[MossMan]

1 hour ago, NWbyNW said:

Wait... is the marinating your chicken with NyQuil a joke?  I can't even imagine why people would do that?   Lol! What on earth? 

Because eating Tide Pods is so 2019, the people have moved on to this apparently! 

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Ask Tim.

I am not sure if I have ever set foot in Pasco.  But I do know there are some desert mansions in the area.    Apparently not everyone wants rain and forests. 

 

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

77/49°F for the day here. DP of 36°F. Really like these warm days and cool crisp nights. Just about the best time of the year. And yes, we have had sunny, warm stretches in September before. Just wish this month wasn’t so super-dry. A good soaking in between the warm, dry spells would be most appreciated.

[T-Town]

5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Because eating Tide Pods is so 2019, the people have moved on to this apparently! 

Back porch, cold drink, greenish glow, Tide Pod casserole…  That’s Pasco living.

Ok, I’ll stop. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Only 67F here today. 20F south/north temp gradient.

[TT-SEA]

56 minutes ago, Kayla said:

I'd say the HRRR did quite well showing the timing of the smoke enhancement through late this afternoon and it looks to still be on the increase. Obviously not ash falling from the sky kind of thick smoke but it was never forecasting that.

Still seems overdone to me... but it also shows that conditions improve significantly by morning.  

Current situation and then 8 a.m. tomorrow...

 

[MossMan]

80/47 on the day. 
Currently 62. 

[T-Town]

Nice end to a nice day. 

[HuskyMaestro]

4 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

question:

Would you sacrifice an average to above average snowfall for winter (as it relates to your location) for a record breaking, sustained cold wave (10 degrees or more below normal for at least a week)?

Por que no los dos?

That's tough but above average snowfall for me, though I wouldn't be opposed to a record-breaking cold wave either. Snow for December, record cold waves for January to set up for more snow in February. 

[ChrisEl Elyon]

Interesting winter forecast here

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g5xUilN6V7g