October 2022 PNW weather Discussion. + Ultimate Leg Reveal Extravaganza

[MossMan]

A year ago vs today’s yard color. 

[snow_wizard]

1 hour ago, T-Town said:

AQI in Darrington is 489 according to my phone. 174 here - looks as bad as it has at any time this season. Crazy. 

489 could be lethal for some people.  Even here I feel a bit queasy after being out in it.

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Still terrible for the drive home a bit ago but perhaps slightly better? Also today’s accumulations! 

I had some ash here today as well.  This is ridiculous.

[LowerGarfield]

3 hours ago, Omegaraptor said:

Alternative would be putting Bend in the Medford office. Sunriver and La Pine would, tbh, make more sense with Medford than Pendleton, but the high desert from Bend northwards is Columbia Basin in my mind.

Well you all know my feeling that NWS Spokane should take Clearwater and Idaho counties in ID from NWS Missoula since those two counties typically have weather related to Spokane's area. Orofino and Grangeville also should not be in the same zone area as there is 2k ft difference in elevation. They are outlier counties as they are on the other side of a Mtn range to MT and other than Riggins, are in Pacific rather than Mtn time.

[snow_wizard]

54 minutes ago, westcoastexpat said:

For those curious, I attended a conference for emergency managers in western Canada where a group of climatologists provided their top analogues for this winter - it seems that they factored in quite a bit into their analysis. These were the top analogues:

1. 1985-86

2. 1975-76

3. 2000-01

4. 1971-72

5. 2021-22 (last winter)

6. 2001-02

7. 2012-13

Interesting list with quite a mix of outcomes.  Up your way I know 2001-02 was a good one too.  I really think 1988-89 should be there too.  Just too many matches from an observed weather and synoptic standpoint.

[T-Town]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

489 could be lethal for some people.  Even here I feel a bit queasy after being out in it.

Definitely. My wife has asthma and has been using her inhaler pretty much daily. It’s kind of weird how it impacts her differently day to day. A couple days ago she was having a pretty tough time, today she seems fine. 

[North_County]

1 hour ago, NWbyNW said:

 

My word, look how bad things are in Northwest Washington and British Columbia.  It almost looks like giant glaciers.

Can confirm. It's gross as hell out.

[snow_wizard]

1 hour ago, skywatcher said:

Visibility is quickly dropping here. AQI just hit 300, and the smoke is so thick that it looks more like fog down the street. Only 64 degrees at the moment.

It appears the smoke has gotten a lot shallower here over the past hour.  I can see the blue sky again.

[LowerGarfield]

1 hour ago, Omegaraptor said:

Was at an agriculture internship fair at OSU today and one company is doing internships in Toppenish, WA. I can live where Tim vacations!

My in-laws have some sort of old farming board game where the setting is Toppenish and I've played it once or twice ...found it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farming_Game

[snow_wizard]

44 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Just a reminder that today's epic #schmokeunderperformance still resulted in a high temperature 8F above normal. One that doesn't even feel cool on the skin... just "not hot."

I ended up with 65/42.  Kind of coolish.

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

My in-laws have some sort of old farming board game where the setting is Toppenish and I've played it once or twice ...found it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farming_Game

Kind of a fascinating back story.

[North_County]

4 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

My in-laws have some sort of old farming board game where the setting is Toppenish and I've played it once or twice ...found it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farming_Game

I used to LOVE that game. Similar mechanics as Monopoly.

[T-Town]

16 minutes ago, MossMan said:

A year ago vs today’s yard color. 

Pretty hardy pumpkins though. Looking good. 

[skywatcher]

6 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I can see the blue sky again.

Just in time for a little bit of color overhead. Looking forward to seeing it tomorrow

[Meatyorologist]

PDX south, I am so so sorry, but you've still a day left of this torrid season. 70s and smoke for the overachievers; probably around the PDX area.

Seattle remains cloudy and cool (actually around average for this time of year), with spotty drizzle and rapidly improving air quality.

[snow_wizard]

The weekend trough looks slightly chillier and a bit drier than some earlier runs had indicated.  Should be a lot of places dropping into the 30s for lows.

[Anti Marine Layer]

99 here in Anaheim today and 90 at Oceanside Harbor. It's not smoky though.

[T-Town]

Breaking news. It’s been dry. 
 

 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Last grilling day of the summer 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Just now, SouthHillFrosty said:

Last grilling day of the summer 

More smoke 

[TacomaWx]

63/44 today. 

[LowerGarfield]

14 minutes ago, North_County said:

I used to LOVE that game. Similar mechanics as Monopoly.

They would always have a set amount of turns too. Monopoly gets boring after about 5-10 turns.

[Doinko]

12 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

PDX south, I am so so sorry, but you've still a day left of this torrid season. 70s and smoke for the overachievers; probably around the PDX area.

Seattle remains cloudy and cool (actually around average for this time of year), with spotty drizzle and rapidly improving air quality.

Well I guess it has been worse there for the past month but I can't wait for Friday!

[TT-SEA]

9 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

99 here in Anaheim today and 90 at Oceanside Harbor. It's not smoky though.

Looked stunningly clear with a deep blue sky during the Phillies - Padres game in San Diego this afternoon. 

[Doinko]

12 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The weekend trough looks slightly chillier and a bit drier than some earlier runs had indicated.  Should be a lot of places dropping into the 30s for lows.

My weather app is showing 37 for a low on Monday

[TT-SEA]

4 hours ago, NWbyNW said:

Looking out over Bellingham Bay... what bay?

Significant improvement in Bellingham... can see islands off in the distance now 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Significant improvement in Bellingham... can see islands off in the distance now 

It’s cleared significantly here, too. I can see the mountains again. Mind you, it’s still pretty nasty out there. Just not as nasty as it was this morning.

[Cloud]

29 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The weekend trough looks slightly chillier and a bit drier than some earlier runs had indicated.  Should be a lot of places dropping into the 30s for lows.

I’ll trade the cold and dry for a bit warmer and juicer system. We need rain, not colder and drier.  

[Phishy Wx]

 

[Cloud]

Glad to see some places improving. Not so much here, AQI now at 240. 

[LowerGarfield]

Looking at my area's historical average first frost. Today is Oct 19th. By 10/19/22 there is a 90% chance we would have had at least a 32F frost. We have yet to see even 36F.

[Phishy Wx]

2 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

Looking at my area's historical average first frost. Today is Oct 19th. By 10/19/22 there is a 90% chance we would have had at least a 32F frost. We have yet to see even 36F.

Spokane is way late too. 11 days ish and counting

[Cloud]

I can’t even see these D**n skyscrapers today from work in SODO let alone mountains.  

 

[smerfylicious]

Currently at Smokey Point. It's living up to its name.

[MossMan]

1 hour ago, T-Town said:

Pretty hardy pumpkins though. Looking good. 

That big pumpkin from last years pic lasted until the big thaw the first of January…Unfortunately it started leaking/rotting quickly when it thawed and left a stain that you can still see in today’s picture! 

[MossMan]

16 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

Currently at Smokey Point. It's living up to its name.

Growing up there we called it Smokey Joint! 

[LowerGarfield]

43 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Growing up there we called it Smokey Joint! 

The teens still called it that when I lived there a few years ago. Currently 50F and clear.

[Phishy Wx]

lol NAM (haha) wants to put down a couple inches of snow in Spokane on Friday night/Saturday morning

[VancouverIslandSouth]

2 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

489 could be lethal for some people.  Even here I feel a bit queasy after being out in it.

At first scan, I thought this was 489 dm 500mb thicknesses, which I guess would also be deadly for some people in this region but perhaps more enjoyable than the smoke.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Significant improvement in Bellingham... can see islands off in the distance now 

Victoria has mostly managed to escape the worst of it. Other than Sunday it hasn't been too bad. It's strange how much it changes just a short distance across the Strait.