October 2022 PNW weather Discussion. + Ultimate Leg Reveal Extravaganza

[Guest administrator]

Nice day in Seattle.

[TacomaWx]

62/49 today in Tacoma…no rainfall yet. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

51/46°F today in Vancouver… no sunshine yet.

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[TacomaWx]

After today we’re +4.0 for the month. Should atleast finish +3.5 this month which isn’t as bad as I thought it would be considering how torchy the first 2/3rds of the month were. 

[Cloud]

Somehow a garbage can made its way onto the 520 and got blown around by the winds causing this rollover. Whomp whomp…

 

[kokaneekidz]

2 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Somehow a garbage can made its way onto the 520 and got blown around by the winds causing this rollover. Whomp whomp…

 

Interesting... komo1000 said Winds blew it over. Thanks for the Real back-storey. I didn't feel the winds were that too unusual

[Cloud]

2 minutes ago, kokaneekidz said:

Interesting... komo1000 said Winds blew it over. Thanks for the Real back-storey. I didn't feel the winds were that too unusual

 

[Meatyorologist]

Crazy sky here just in the lee of the front.

[Meatyorologist]

33 minutes ago, administrator said:

Nice day in Seattle.

hello

[Omegaraptor]

PDX still +6.5. For how much this pattern change was hyped the temps have been largely pretty average. But going from record warm to average is still a pretty big shift.

[bainbridgekid]

Whistler’s getting hammered with a lot more to come. This camera should be snowy till May at this point.

 

[Jbolin]

24 minutes ago, kokaneekidz said:

Interesting... komo1000 said Winds blew it over. Thanks for the Real back-storey. I didn't feel the winds were that too unusual

BULLSHIT!

Even during the glory days of the old 520 when winds routinely gusted over 40 mph (before the 15 min sustained cut-off), high profile vehicles navigated E-W just fine without tipping over in gusty winds.

 

Furthermore this cement truck was confirmed to have a full load in the barrel thus rendering the vehicle even heavier than empty. There's no way this cement truck was toppled over by wind unless it had help from a nearby forklift.

 

[Kolk1604]

The Euro Weeklies keep the EPO and PNA negative through early December

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Beautiful day. 55/35. Should see our first frost next week. Love the weeklies.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Kolk1604 said:

The Euro Weeklies keep the EPO and PNA negative through early December

 

Setting us up nicely for a January torch. 

[Snownerd3000]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Setting us up nicely for a January torch. 

Would be nice to just be locked into a cold n/nw flow the entire winter? 

[snow_wizard]

At this point the trends certainly look promising for a chilly and relatively dry interlude for the middle of next of week.  A lot of places should see frost and possibly the first freeze of the season.

[bainbridgekid]

Peak gusts today:

Bellingham: 48 mph

Everett: 45 mph

SeaTac: 32 mph

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

Would be nice to just be locked into a cold n/nw flow the entire winter? 

There are a few winter that were cold pretty much throughout.  1916-17, 1921-22, 1948-49, 1955-56, 1978-79, 1984-85, and a few others.  It's really hard to pull off cold Nov - Feb though.

[snow_wizard]

55 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

PDX still +6.5. For how much this pattern change was hyped the temps have been largely pretty average. But going from record warm to average is still a pretty big shift.

Yeah...the temps in the lowlands haven't been super impressive because of the cloudy nights.  The mountains have been cold which has resulted in Chinook Pass having it's second earliest closure on record.  This was a pretty dramatic shift.

[snow_wizard]

39 minutes ago, JBolin said:

BULLSHIT!

Even during the glory days of the old 520 when winds routinely gusted over 40 mph (before the 15 min sustained cut-off), high profile vehicles navigated E-W just fine without tipping over in gusty winds.

 

Furthermore this cement truck was confirmed to have a full load in the barrel thus rendering the vehicle even heavier than empty. There's no way this cement truck was toppled over by wind unless it had help from a nearby forklift.

 

I have to agree.  Maybe the driver was embellishing the story a bit.

[MossMan]

Wind! I had all things weather today, took a drive to Wenatchee and back for work today. Was light rain snow mix at the top of Stevens early this morning, sun and fairly warm in Wenatchee, lots of soldering stumps along the burn area just west of Skykomish, and wind back at home. Apparently the power dropped a few times for a few seconds at the house but didn’t stay out. The color between Leavenworth and the pass was lovely. 

[Cloud]

1 hour ago, Omegaraptor said:

PDX still +6.5. For how much this pattern change was hyped the temps have been largely pretty average. But going from record warm to average is still a pretty big shift.

It really is a remarkable difference for locations not really that far apart. For most of W. WA I'd say it lived up to the hype with a decent departures from average but not so much for PDX. 

PDX:

 

SEA:

 

[T-Town]

10 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Wind! I had all things weather today, took a drive to Wenatchee and back for work today. Was light rain snow mix at the top of Stevens early this morning, sun and fairly warm in Wenatchee, lots of soldering stumps along the burn area just west of Skykomish, and wind back at home. Apparently the power dropped a few times for a few seconds at the house but didn’t stay out. The color between Leavenworth and the pass was lovely. 

Awesome pics!

[Cloud]

13 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I have to agree.  Maybe the driver was embellishing the story a bit.

What was he trying to embellish? If you go back and read a bit, you can see that he tried to dodge a rolling garbage can that caused the truck to roll over. The only organization doing any kind of embellishing was KOMO radio saying the the truck rolled over due to high winds. 

[High Desert Mat?]

28 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

There are a few winter that were cold pretty much throughout.  1916-17, 1921-22, 1948-49, 1955-56, 1978-79, 1984-85, and a few others.  It's really hard to pull off cold Nov - Feb though.

2016-2017 over here was the most prolonged cold of my life in any winter. A repeat of that would be bitter sweet. 

[Iceresistance]

@JBolinI've seen a fully loaded semi tip over in 50-70 mph winds if the direction is where the side of the semi is facing the wind.

[MossMan]

Slightly breezy at Soccer practice. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 hours ago, Omegaraptor said:

PDX still +6.5. For how much this pattern change was hyped the temps have been largely pretty average. But going from record warm to average is still a pretty big shift.

Don’t think anyone saw this coming.

[TacomaWx]

AR is slowly sinking south…rain should finally be here in a couple hours. 

[Cold Snap]

It would make my entire winter if Judah ended up with a goose egg snow total. No matter how much snow we get. Though that’s kind of a stretch since Boston still got a foot in their least snowiest winter.

[FroYoBro]

Personally, I won’t be happy until Judah is dead. 

Edited October 28, 2022 by FroYoBro

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, FroYoBro said:

Personally, I would love to murder Judah.

I feel like making a bunch of low quality unfunny hot dog memes about him is almost more offensive somehow 

[MossMan]

Almost made it to the driveway. 

[The Blob]

Tried to catch Mt. St Helen's on the way to work.

[Gradient Keeper]

00z GFS in 7 minutes

As we move into November I think we are right on the cusp of either seeing an atmospheric river event(loads of rain), or perhaps an early November cold shot. It all depends on the block of high pressure over the Gulf of Alaska and where exactly does it set up at.

[Cascadia_Wx]

52 minutes ago, The Blob said:

Tried to catch Mt. St Helen's on the way to work.

You’d need a pretty big net 

[Kolk1604]

2 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

00z GFS in 7 minutes

As we move into November I think we are right on the cusp of either seeing an atmospheric river event(loads of rain), or perhaps an early November cold shot. It all depends on the block of high pressure over the Gulf of Alaska and where exactly does it set up at.

I think we'll see both next month. 

[MossMan]

Just now, Kolk1604 said:

I think we'll see both next month. 

The Nina version of 2006! 

[Gradient Keeper]

2 minutes ago, Kolk1604 said:

I think we'll see both next month. 

I'm thinking within 8-12 days, but yeah for the month no doubt perhaps several!