October 2022 PNW weather Discussion. + Ultimate Leg Reveal Extravaganza

[GHweatherChris]

.67" of rain on the day, current temp of 47 after a high of 50.

[kokaneekidz]

Snowing on stampede pass currently. Phil must be warming up his snowblower as we speak. 

[NWbyNW]

Raining good throughout the region and it has helped bring the bad air quality on the east side too!  The rain has hit a good chunk of the PNW.

It's also the first time in awhile we've actually have overcast skies in our region! 

[MossMan]

I can hear my 5 acres breathing a sigh of relief! .28” so far on the day, .29” for the month. 

48/45 on the day (WOW) Currently 45 and raining. 

[Doinko]

1 hour ago, snow_wizard said:

Anytime we have afternoon temps in the upper 40s in October I call that good.

I still find the 49/43 at Downtown Portland on 9/29/2019 amazing

[NWbyNW]

Some real cool temps out there! We went from summer to winter in an instant!

32F in Whistler

34F in Glacier

34F in Skykomish

39F in Darrington

37F in Republic

35F in Packwood

34F in Wallace

 

[snow_wizard]

Today took my monthly average from 59.0 to 58.5.  Nice drop for one day.  Still absurd though.

[NWbyNW]

Stevens Pass, Washington is getting the first snow of the season.  If you watch the live camera from the lodge, you will occasionally see some snow flakes coming down.  Higher up, snow is starting to accumulate. 

[snow_wizard]

11 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

I still find the 49/43 at Downtown Portland on 9/29/2019 amazing

It was sure disappointing how that lead to such a lame winter.  Normally a crash like that in the autumn bodes well for winter unless it's a Nino.  I think we had a decent cold snap in October that year too.

[Doinko]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

It was sure disappointing how that lead to such a lame winter.  Normally a crash like that in the autumn bodes well for autumn unless it's a Nino.  I think we had a decent cold snap in October that year too.

There were two good cold snaps in October I think. And then another event where Eugene was 34/21 in late November.

[snow_wizard]

6 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

Some real cool temps out there! We went from summer to winter in an instant!

32F in Whistler

34F in Glacier

34F in Skykomish

39F in Darrington

37F in Republic

35F in Packwood

34F in Wallace

 

Some of those are pretty shocking actually.  Skykomish is only about 1000 feet I think.  Maybe 1500.

[snow_wizard]

Doing a deep dive on ENSO it appears this Nina isn't going anywhere soon.  OLR 5N to 5S - 160W to 160E is still cranking along, and the subsurface anoms are holding remarkably steady.  It's a dead standoff between the cold subsurface water in the east and the warm water in the west.  This is about the most static I have seen it as far as the anomalies staying put.

 

 

[awright-31]

Getting close to 0.50" here now, kind of surprised, I was half-expecting the QPF on this to underperform.

[TT-SEA]

23 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Doing a deep dive on ENSO it appears this Nina isn't going anywhere soon.  OLR 5N to 5S - 160W to 160E is still cranking along, and the subsurface anoms are holding remarkably steady.  It's a dead standoff between the cold subsurface water in the east and the warm water in the west.  This is about the most static I have seen it as far as the anomalies staying put.

 

 

It supposed to hold through November then begin fading.  But a Nina with a -PDO seems to be the ticket for really warm weather during the warm season lately.    

[TacomaWx]

5 minutes ago, awright-31 said:

Getting close to 0.50" here now, kind of surprised, I was half-expecting the QPF on this to underperform.

0.25” here so far up north.

[MV_snow]

Pretty crazy when a day in the upper 40s feels like an arctic blast. I was shivering on my walk today. 5 days ago, it d*mn near hit 90 here.

[MossMan]

Up to.35”! 

[Kayla]

1 hour ago, Hour364Please said:

Didn't quite make it to Bozeman on my road trip this summer.  Really wanted to but it was just too far east.  Dropped south at Butte on our way to West Yellowstone and Jackson Hole.  Someday I want to visit your beautiful city.  Maybe in the winter too to experience all that winter has to offer.

Bozeman has changed and grown (and gotten insanely expensive!) so incredibly much just since we moved here almost 6 years ago but we still love it! It's truly a gorgeous place to live anytime of the year and the winters are stunning with snow on the ground from early November until mid March. The winter sports community is also very big here which makes the long winters just that much more enjoyable.

[ShawniganLake]

We had another shower pass through. 0.08” on the day. Some clear breaks out there now.  

[selkirks]

The webcams up at Crystal are so beautiful right now!

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, selkirks said:

The webcams up at Crystal are so beautiful right now!

Impressive... and they are targeting a November 25th opening.

[ShawniganLake]

1 hour ago, snow_wizard said:

It was sure disappointing how that lead to such a lame winter.  Normally a crash like that in the autumn bodes well for winter unless it's a Nino.  I think we had a decent cold snap in October that year too.

You just had to go north a bit more.  We had 32” that winter. ️ 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 hour ago, snow_wizard said:

Some of those are pretty shocking actually.  Skykomish is only about 1000 feet I think.  Maybe 1500.

IIRC it is a little under 1000'. Like perhaps 950.

Edit: Wikipedia says 928'.

[Gradient Keeper]

34 minutes ago, Kayla said:

Bozeman has changed and grown (and gotten insanely expensive!) so incredibly much just since we moved here almost 6 years ago but we still love it! It's truly a gorgeous place to live anytime of the year and the winters are stunning with snow on the ground from early November until mid March. The winter sports community is also very big here which makes the long winters just that much more enjoyable.

We almost moved to Bozeman when I was a kid. We went there to visit some friends who had moved there from the Portland area and were just blown away by the experience, the beauty, the town, everything. We could have been neighbors or something!

00z GFS in 11 minutes

[Meatyorologist]

Took it all in at Discovery with some friends today. We were all so antsy during this summer and fall for the return of cooler weather. Just HAD to get out there to celebrate.

[LowerGarfield]

44F outside and raining steadily. I will check the gauge tomorrow when I empty it.. but as of now it was just under a qaurter of an inch. Was at about .05 at 5:30.

[Gradient Keeper]

00z GFS Day 1

[Kayla]

27 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

We almost moved to Bozeman when I was a kid. We went there to visit some friends who had moved there from the Portland area and were just blown away by the experience, the beauty, the town, everything. We could have been neighbors or something!

00z GFS in 11 minutes

Oh wow that’s crazy how close you came to moving here! Too bad cause property would have been SO cheap back then! Bozeman growth was pretty stagnant in the 80’s and 90’s before the 2000’s and of course the mass Covid migration.

[TacomaWx]

Rain seems to be tapering off. 0.27” today nice soaking rain with a lot more coming. You know it’s been dry when even randy and tim want it to rain. 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 2

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Day 3

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Day 4

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Day 5

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Fall has officially arrived. High of only 56 today at PDX. About 30 degrees cooler than what we saw this past weekend.

[BLI snowman]

1 minute ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Fall has officially arrived. High of only 56 today at PDX. About 30 degrees cooler than what we saw this past weekend.

Midnight high, too.

[The Blob]

49 here in Troutdale.

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 6

[Gradient Keeper]

Gusty south winds now near West Gresham and throughout PDX metro. Active cold front! Woohoo!!!!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

57F here, which is the coldest we have gotten. Low temp about +6F higher than the normal average for the date. Looks like we will be about a +10F on the day.

Not sure what the big deal is about this pattern change temperature wise. Seems like warmer than normal standard fall weather.

[MossMan]

Up to .40” on the day!! And for the first time in a long time I have angry flashing rain clouds on my weather station! 

Edited October 22, 2022 by MossMan