November 2022 PNW weather Discussion. #NoRidgeNovember

[NWbyNW]

Winds have picked up again, they are extremely loud. I mean extremely loud. But it looks like the clouds overhead are clearing to a clear night sky. I think I see stars. It's hard to tell in the dark but it looks like the clouds are heading south. Maybe east?

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

[MikeInEverett]

Have a good view of the city and have a very wide view of the horizon from my balcony. It has been a full on light show out here, multiple flashes of blue/green/orange all over the sky. Can even see several flashes across the valley towards Lake Stevens/Snohomish. Surprisingly still well lit up here at home. Have had a few flickers.

Wind is still going very strong.

[snow_wizard]

Sumas Mountain plunged 9 degrees in an hour with the CAA.  They are at 32 after a high of 55 at about 3000 feet.

[TT-SEA]

Huskies!!!

 

[NWbyNW]

I have taken a few photos as best I can of the boat in the water. Just in case. There was a massive glow of lights at the port and now the port of Everett has no power except for a few light poles. And on the crane. Wind gusts are very strong and wind unrelenting.

 

Hoping once these clouds clear up maybe that means the end of the wind? The wind is blowing all these clouds away from the sky.

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 4 (Past 4 runs)

[Jbolin]

41 minutes ago, CliffMassYelledAtMe said:

Were you here for the Hannukah Eve Storm? If so, this is more intense? Wow! 

NOT EVEN CLOSE! 

[LowerGarfield]

New news Spokane AFD update out. I'm going to try and sleep if I can.

[The Blob]

44 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Meanwhile.... in Portland

 

That's not too far from me

[NWbyNW]

It's pitch black but you might be able to see that the sky is now clear with no clouds. And you can hear the wind through a window.

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

3 minutes ago, JSnowlin said:

NOT EVEN CLOSE! 

Definitely not for me either, but I wonder if there was some terrain enhancement or something that made part of this more intense for select locations? 

[Cloud]

For some locations this obviously feels and seems worse because of the late foliage here this year. Not surprisingly many trees still have leaves on them and many are still green. Heavy and drought stricken trees.

Just now, CliffMassYelledAtMe said:

Definitely not for me either, but I wonder if there was some terrain enhancement or something that made part of this more intense for select locations? 

Would be bad even in a moderate windstorm. 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 5 (Past 4 runs)

[markjb]

4 minutes ago, JSnowlin said:

NOT EVEN CLOSE! 

I Agree, for the Tacoma area at least... this storm NOT EVEN CLOSE !!

[NWbyNW]

2 minutes ago, CliffMassYelledAtMe said:

Definitely not for me either, but I wonder if there was some terrain enhancement or something that made part of this more intense for select locations? 

Totally depends on location because it is easily topping that here. These extremely strong winds have not let up since they started at around 10:00 I guess? Maybe a bit earlier?

 

Video captured a few light show moments, not sure if they showed up on the camera.

[smerfylicious]

I got one 35mph gust. Now the winds are calm, I topped out at 2.5" of rain and the temp has dropped from 60 to 50.

Oh and my power is still on. Pretty chill tbh.

 

Edit: nowhere near Hanukkah 2006. Even in the strait. I was in factorial and caught an 80mph gust that stole my favorite hat. We were without power for 3 weeks.

[Gradient Keeper]

11:31 PM Power outages - UPDATE
Washington: 314,250. Snohomish County: 131,545(69.2% of the county). King County: 62,875. Whatcom County: 14,187. Jefferson County: 17,343(80.23% of the county). Pierce County: 15,981.

[High Desert Mat?]

4 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

Another interesting thing is the fact SEA only ended up with a +1 temperature departure today.  Normally a plume like this would be a lot warmer.  Looks like CAA begins later this evening, so this was the warmest day.

You sound like you’re 12. No harm intended. In the grand scheme of things does it really matter how frosty we are? 1889 isn’t here and you weren’t either. Times have changed. Just my cheap two cents. 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 6 (Past 4 runs)

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 7 #NoRidgeNovember

[NWbyNW]

That boat with the lights in the water, I haven't seen it for a while now...

[TacomaWx]

4 minutes ago, High Desert Mat? said:

You sound like you’re 12. 

 

[smerfylicious]

3 minutes ago, High Desert Mat? said:

You sound like you’re 12. No harm intended. In the grand scheme of things does it really matter how frosty we are? 1889 isn’t here and you weren’t either. Times have changed. Just my cheap two cents. 

[Cloud]

7 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

I got one 35mph gust. Now the winds are calm, I topped out at 2.5" of rain and the temp has dropped from 60 to 50.

Oh and my power is still on. Pretty chill tbh.

 

Edit: nowhere near Hanukkah 2006. Even in the strait. I was in factorial and caught an 80mph gust that stole my favorite hat. We were without power for 3 weeks.

That storm had a 970mb lowest pressure. This one was modeled at 985-987. Real time observations saw sea surface pressure got down as low as 994-995 across region during highest peak gusts. I would definitely say it’s not close to Hanukkah eve. 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 7 Strong east wind exactly like the GFS.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

I’m not sure if it’s supposed to get that windy down here but I don’t remember experiencing any significant wind events since Dec 1995. Pretty sure I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[MikeInEverett]

Power is now out. A small portion of the city is still lit up. Saw blue light reflecting off the buildings and heard a loud buzzing sound then the power went out. I can smell the burned electricity smell a little bit as well.

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 8

[NWbyNW]

I said I was going to go like an hour ago. But it's so great talking and seeing what everyone's posting. For real this time I got to save my batteries. I'm down to 14% and who knows if I'll have power tomorrow.

Still constant wind but not as many super heavy gusts in the past few minutes. No power. Clear sky. No rain after we had a massive sideways dumping when the wind event first began. Now for real this time... Goodnight. Thanks everyone for the updates.

 

Be safe everyone! 

 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 9'er

[Doinko]

11 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Day 7 Strong east wind exactly like the GFS.

November 2022 east windstorm too please!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Strongest gusts of the night in the past 10 minutes. Lights flickering, debris blowing around.

210K customers without power in BC, mostly Vancouver Island / Lower Mainland.

[snow_wizard]

15 minutes ago, Cloud said:

That storm had a 970mb lowest pressure. This one was modeled at 985-987. Real time observations saw sea surface pressure got down as low as 994-995 across region during highest peak gusts. I would definitely say it’s not close to Hanukkah eve. 

The angles were different with that storm.  This one was perfect for the Strait.  2006 could have been stronger even for them though since it was such a beast.

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 10

[Dave]

14 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

I’m not sure if it’s supposed to get that windy down here but I don’t remember experiencing any significant wind events since Dec 1995. Pretty sure I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

This was probably the biggest wind event during my lifetime, although 1996 may have been close. I was living in Portland for that one. I was in Eugene for this and it was quite impressive.

https://www.climate.washington.edu/stormking/February2002.html

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, LowerGarfield said:

The soccer Apple Cup game in Pullman was postponed due to the storm...I thought soccer played in the rain?

 

50+mph winds are hard for soccer

[Gradient Keeper]

00z ECMWF 10 Day Rainfall totals, including the southwestern US.

[Cloud]

Appears the wind/power outage have knocked PAE sensor offline. Surprisingly, it wasn’t reporting much higher than what we saw at SEA.

[Gradient Keeper]

00z ECMWF 10 Day Snowfall totals, including the southwestern US.