PNW September 2022 Wx Obs/Disc

[TT-SEA]

29 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Yeah it was insane the moment it happened. Haven’t been this hyped for Seattle sports since we came back and beat the packers in the NFC championship game. Sure we’re probably not going to be winning a World Series but it’s pretty cool that the droughts over. 

Yeah... that NFC Championship game was another top moment.    And I don't expect them to get very far but the way it happened and ending a 20 year playoff drought in such dramatic fashion was storybook stuff.   I told my son we wanted the Orioles to win today to set it up and amazingly they did their part to against the Yankees.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

Yup. Best match to the modeled pattern in the post-WWII era.

It appears 1942 was kind of like that also, but as you say geopotential heights were lower back then so the anoms don't come out quite the same.

[TacomaWx]

Well October is less than 30 minutes away so I did start a new thread for next month. 

[Phil]

Feels like November right now. NE-wind roaring through the trees and rain hitting against the windows. Might not get out of the 50s until Tuesday.

Have never experienced this so early. I’m sure it’s happened many times in the past, but not this century. Unless there is a huge hole in my memory.

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Yeah... that NFC Championship game was another top moment.    And I don't expect them to get very far but the way it happened and ending a 20 year playoff drought in such dramatic fashion was storybook stuff.   I told my son we wanted the Orioles to win today to set it up and amazingly they did their part to against the Yankees.

1995 was incredible also.  I'll never forget that ride.

[snow_wizard]

Just now, Phil said:

Feels like November right now. NE-wind roaring through the trees and rain hitting against the windows. 

Have never experienced this so early. I’m sure it’s happened many times in the past but not this century.

Maybe a regime shift.  That could mean our Januarys might come back.  Remains to be seen though.

[Phil]

4 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Maybe a regime shift.  That could mean our Januarys might come back.  Remains to be seen though.

Could be. Our torching in Sep (and Oct more recently) has been equally crazy to your torching in January.

Even noticing fall colors now. The last 3 years everything was deep green until the end of October. Definitely won’t be the case this year.

[HuskyMaestro]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Yeah... that NFC Championship game was another top moment.    And I don't expect them to get very far but the way it happened and ending a 20 year playoff drought in such dramatic fashion was storybook stuff.   I told my son we wanted the Orioles to win today to set it up and amazingly they did their part to against the Yankees.

I couldn't believe I watched that NFC Championship game live at the time with my mouth agape, and now I couldn't believe I witnessed and experienced history firsthand when Cal rocketed that pitch on a 3-2 count. Absolutely magical fairytale stuff you see in the movies. I cried and I'll probably cry again tonight, haha.

[Randyc321]

10 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

I'm just running out of ways to say how much this pattern blows.  It's so freeking stable that nothing seems to be able to break it.  At this point I'm thinking late October for the pattern to really flip to something different.  

Ease off on the coffee, Wiz.  Burn one.

[Phishy Wx]

10 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

I have to say this is kind of a dead ringer.

would take a 88-89 redux.  consistent snow Nov-Feb for Spokane.  66.1" on the season

[SilverFallsAndrew]

On 9/30/2022 at 4:44 PM, snow_wizard said:

December has held its own and Feb is actually cooling.  Our winters aren't warming like our summers at this point.

I will say... February has been a bright spot since about 2011...

On the other hand, December hasn't really been that great. Last December was good, but the previous 3 were colossal duds.