November 2022 PNW weather Discussion. #NoRidgeNovember

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

My grandparents would get the lake house Living room up to near 90 when they retired and lived there full time back in the 80’s and 90’s. I remember it actually felt really nice! 

My wife's dad was always obsessed with wood stove heating in the winter... and with cutting and stacking firewood perfectly all summer. 

It would be like -10 outside and 90+ degrees in living room when we were opening presents for Christmas and everyone was sweating.  I remember sitting by a window and cracking it open just to breathe... eventually he would catch me and I would get in trouble. 

[TacomaWx]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

My grandparents would get the lake house Living room up to near 90 with the wood stove when they retired and lived there full time back in the 80’s and 90’s. I remember it actually felt really nice! 

No wonder you like 100 degrees weather. Your grandparents raised you to be a satanic heat miser! 

[TacomaWx]

Down to 44 this evening already which is the low for today so far. We will see how chilly we can get tomorrow morning. 

[MossMan]

36! 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

37.2˚F.

[smerfylicious]

Stevens Pass has power again, and it's snowing again. You love to see it.

[The Blob]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

The sun sets down there about 25 minutes later than Seattle in December... and 15 minutes later than Portland.    Not a big difference.   And you aren't getting much vitamin D there from November-February even when its sunny all day.   The low sun angle limits it.     

But I get the mental aspect of sunny days and pleasant temps.     

I am good with November-February being stormy up here.   We get more sun than you probably think in the winter.     Depends on the pattern.   I start feeling it if we go through April and May and it's still cloudy and damp on most days.    Nothing much bothers me in winter here and traveling warm sunny places breaks it up nicely.  

Yes, but the sun rises almost an hour later here.

[TT-SEA]

19 minutes ago, The Blob said:

Yes, but the sun rises almost an hour later here.

I know.  He said he didn't want to live in a place where it gets dark at 4:30 but it gets dark at 4:45 down there.  

[MossMan]

Reinforcements! 

[LowerGarfield]

Up to 40F. We have power and wifi but we think a phone line is down because we can't recieve texts or phone calls or use mobile data. We had some graupel earlier.

[RentonHill]

1 hour ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Gut feeling is this is going to be a significant event for northern Washington east slopes and the Okanagan. 

I’m not going to be able to sleep until the flakes start flying. Just not going to sleep tonight. At all 

[Anti Marine Layer]

16 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I know.  He just said he didn't want to live in a place where it gets dark at 4:30 but it gets dark at 4:45 down there.  

Some places in Europe the sun sets before 4 pm. In Sweden, where my brother moved to, it rises at 8:30 and sets at 3:30 in December. 

 

[RentonHill]

Had a few good snow showers make it over the mountains today but nothing a little afternoon sun couldn’t erase. Was fun watching the back end of the mountain showers all day

 

 

[Sonny Summers]

3 hours ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Here it comes! Here comes that unseasonably early November cold shot that was once looking very cold only to then look fairly cold only to be watered down to very chilly air mass! We've all said it at some point in our lives, but imagine if the trough was centered 200-300 miles further east.

At one point it was a steak. Then it became meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Now it's a meal off the kid's menu. I suppose some fish sticks and a few tater tots will have to be good enough. Where is the Gorton's Fisherman these days?

[Sonny Summers]

9 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Some places in Europe the sun sets before 4 pm. In Sweden, where my brother moved to, it rises at 8:30 and sets at 3:30 in December. 

 

Spokane has a sunset before 4 o'clock in early December.

[Chowders]

Made it to the cabin.  Fire is stoked, beer, pizza, ready for the snow storm tomorrow.  10 to 16 inches forecast for Winthrop.  Lot of friends thought I was crazy to drive over from the west side for one night but I wanted to be here for the first big snow fall.  Going to watch football tomorrow and enjoy the day and head home after dinner.

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, Chowders said:

Made it to the cabin.  Fire is stoked, beer, pizza, ready for the snow storm tomorrow.  10 to 16 inches forecast for Winthrop.  Lot of friends thought I was crazy to drive over from the west side for one night but I wanted to be here for the first big snow fall.  Going to watch football tomorrow and enjoy the day and head home after dinner.

That pizza and beer look soooooo good!

[smerfylicious]

6 minutes ago, Chowders said:

Made it to the cabin.  Fire is stoked, beer, pizza, ready for the snow storm tomorrow.  10 to 16 inches forecast for Winthrop.  Lot of friends thought I was crazy to drive over from the west side for one night but I wanted to be here for the first big snow fall.  Going to watch football tomorrow and enjoy the day and head home after dinner.

OOOO is that from that Highway 20 pizza place? If so, good choice! Love em.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

35.6˚F.

[Snownerd3000]

3 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

Looks rare 

[snow_wizard]

3 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

Doesn't exactly look like an above normal month in the works.  Also...the EPS shows every single day being below normal over the next two weeks for the Western Lowlands.

[snow_wizard]

11 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

35.6˚F.

Noice!  Is that with clouds?

[snow_wizard]

25 minutes ago, Chowders said:

Made it to the cabin.  Fire is stoked, beer, pizza, ready for the snow storm tomorrow.  10 to 16 inches forecast for Winthrop.  Lot of friends thought I was crazy to drive over from the west side for one night but I wanted to be here for the first big snow fall.  Going to watch football tomorrow and enjoy the day and head home after dinner.

This makes three members that have cabins somewhere in the Okanogan!   I'm a tad jealous.

[snow_wizard]

28 minutes ago, Sonny Summers said:

Spokane has a sunset before 4 o'clock in early December.

Not surprised.  I think SEA has like 4:07 or 4:17 or something like that.

[snow_wizard]

1 hour ago, The Blob said:

Yes, but the sun rises almost an hour later here.

Yes....the days are a lot shorter up here.

[Blizzard777]

4 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

You would not like it here

 

You almost kick started the leg and feet syndrome again …… afraid to scroll forward now 🫣

[snow_wizard]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

My grandparents would get the lake house Living room up to near 90 with the wood stove when they retired and lived there full time back in the 80’s and 90’s. I remember it actually felt really nice! 

I think that's because the stove dries the air out so much.  I love my stove.

[snow_wizard]

Down to 12 at Prince George now.  There will be some cold air available to spill into Bellingham.  This thing is still going to be decent for this time of year.

[Phishy Wx]

39 minutes ago, Sonny Summers said:

At one point it was a steak. Then it became meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Now it's a meal off the kid's menu. I suppose some fish sticks and a few tater tots will have to be good enough. Where is the Gorton's Fisherman these days?

I'm having fish and chips for dinner as we speak.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

13 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Noice!  Is that with clouds?

Nope, clear, so will probably warm up when the clouds roll in.

[Blizzard777]

Came in here to get the latest and all I want is pizza and beer now 

52/42* and currently 42*

[Chowders]

36 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

OOOO is that from that Highway 20 pizza place? If so, good choice! Love em.

Indeed. East 20 Pizza is the best. And Old School House Brewery for beer. The Pizza place has it on tap, so one stop for both 

[Deweydog]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Reinforcements! 

Go Clark!!!

[Chowders]

39 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

That pizza and beer look soooooo good!

The best! East 20 Pizza and Old School House Brewery both in Winthrop and 10 to 15 minutes from the cabin. The Pizza place has the beer on tap so just one stop.

I'll enjoy a night without the kids or wife and stay well hydrated while I await the snow storm tomorrow

[smerfylicious]

9 minutes ago, Chowders said:

Indeed. East 20 Pizza is the best. And Old School House Brewery for beer. The Pizza place has it on tap, so one stop for both 

OSB is my go-to for good food that isn't pizza. That's the dream, having a cabin out there. Methow Valley is my (and my wife's) favorite part of the state. We've spent too much time there to not have property!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Y’all should check out Track Town Pizza if you’re ever in Eugene.

[Requiem]

5 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Y’all should check out Track Town Pizza if you’re ever in Eugene.

Track Town's garlic chicken is some absolutely amazing pizza, would second on this recommendation 

[RentonHill]

[SouthHillFrosty]

A little snowier in some places 

[The Blob]

13 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Y’all should check out Track Town Pizza if you’re ever in Eugene.

Coburg Pizza Co was pretty good when I went there in 2016

[Rubus Leucodermis]

4 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

Actually shows some pretty interesting shower development IMBY that it models will drag the snow level down to the surface… and temps are currently running about 1˚C colder than it models, even more interesting.

[The Blob]

I'm a Grand Master now!

[NWbyNW]

Just now, The Blob said:

I'm a Grand Master now!

Congrats!!! 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

5 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

A little snowier in some places 

* Minimum 50% phantom snow in the lowlands.

[Chewbacca Defense]

11 hours ago, NWbyNW said:

I'm glad you got that generator.  I recently had power restored and have been inspecting the damage.  Tons of tree limbs, leaves, and junk everywhere.  Nothing some cleaning couldn't solve.  I noticed earlier this morning the PUD website went down when I was trying to find outage info.  Opposite of you, I've only ever lost power at this house once before.  I don't have a generator but probably should invest in one just in case.  

 

Chilly in the house, down to about 64F with no heat on since the power went out.  I honestly didn't think I'd have power most of the day.

 

Again thanks everyone for all the info and updates last night.  I'm gonna go back and read it all. 

I rarely lose power  but I don't have a secondary heat source.  I have gas heat, and so I only need enough juice to run the blower motor.  I got a 2800 W Honda generator that I can run my furnace on in the winter, and the fridge in the summer.  We actually had to use it this summer when the power went out for about 8 hours.

[NWbyNW]

Just two miles in one direction from my house there were three trees down and one massive one that was about to come down.  It took me over an hour to drive Lynnwood in a drive that would usually take 15 minutes.  There were so many fallen trees and damage on the road today.  Here are a few pics of it.  Otherwise beautiful weather today.

 

 

[NWbyNW]

1 minute ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

I rarely lose power  but I don't have a secondary heat source.  I have gas heat, and so I only need enough juice to run the blower motor.  I got a 2800 W Honda generator that I can run my furnace on in the winter, and the fridge in the summer.  We actually had to use it this summer when the power went out for about 8 hours.

I will definitely look into those.  Space is also a concern as I don't have a lot of space to store it.   Thank you.

[NWbyNW]

Lastly, the Snohomish River is pouring out TONS of debris, silt, and mud from the heavy rains the past few days.  You can see it's muddy water actually changing the color of Port Gardner here.  Pretty impressive to see.  Doesn't happen too often as the water from the river is usually clean.

 

 

[Chewbacca Defense]

9 hours ago, MossMan said:

On my property I only lost a top portion of a cedar, otherwise just a mess of branches and leaves. 

What about the tree that Phil is so obsessed with?  Is it still hanging on?

[AlTahoe]

Sunday night to Wednesday should be fun. This will be our biggest Nov snow storm since 2010.