November 2022 PNW weather Discussion. #NoRidgeNovember

[MossMan]

Got the generator fired up and everything set for an extended outage. Wind gusts shook the house most of the night, was lovely with the bright mood though! Luckily no trees fell across the driveway but I am going to have quite the cleanup around the property. Will do a full inspection when the sun comes up. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

8 hours ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Go ahead and shut everything down until it subsides.

Yeah, the wind did that for us, I was part of "most" of the county, just didn't mention it.  And I guess it was about 20-30 minutes before the post, I had to go around and make sure folks had flashlights and that we didn't lose anything outside.

 

It registered at 32 mph on my weather station which is impressive for my location.  I have a wooded area behind my house (to the south)  and most of the trees still have their leaves. 

I think the last time I experienced something like that, it was December 1996, and I was standing on the roof of my house in Albany, Or just east of I-5.  It was wide open with pretty much no trees to speak of for several hundred yards in all directions.  I was putting up Christmas lights when it hit.  Thankfully I was just finishing up, but it was pretty scary trying to get down.

 

Edit:  Now that I think about it, it may have been December 1995...

[Chewbacca Defense]

4 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Sustained winds of about 5mph from the SW.

Hang in there brother.

[MossMan]

Had 3.28” of rainfall yesterday. 4.69” for the month. 
Currently 42. 

[Blizzard777]

Trees still dancing around a bit. 20 mph gust a moment ago from the SSW and my machine is very sheltered from the south winds. 
Looks like all the leaves vortex's into piles in the yard for easy clean up 

45* and 1 inch precipitation for the month 

[BLI snowman]

Just cracked 2.50" yesterday, beating out February 28 as my wettest day of the year.

[LowerGarfield]

We had a power outage for about 3-5 mins around 4:30a. It was enough to wake everyone up. Also since I work from home my equipment makes a chirping noise when the power comes back on and CPU lights up in the next room even if off.

Snohomish county got hit really bad.

 

[Phishy Wx]

came out unscathed, just a crap ton of leaves and branches

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Well, that was fun. Never lost power here. BC Hydro reports about 125K are still without.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

58 mph at YVR last night.

 

 

[T-Town]

Still blustery here and 44 degrees. Never lost power. Fun storm. 

[T-Town]

This day in 2017.  Snow showers and Annabelle (RIP) wearing the cone of shame. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

15 minutes ago, Eujunga said:

Ended up with 0.73" yesterday and 0.13" this morning for a storm total of 0.86".

Still much less than what was modeled, but I'm just glad to be in an active pattern rather than endless ridging.

Wow that’s pretty weak. We had 3.18”, 4.63 on the month. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I’m actually surprised we didn’t get multiple 70s this month. The mid range is as ugly as it gets. Whenever Jim says the pacific is shut down we usually get a week or two of split flow crap. 

[Poulsbo Snowman]

Sat in the donut hole all day.  Ended up with .04 with almost no wind to speak of with a gust of 12 mph.  Could have done yardwork yesterday--but I didn't.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I’m actually surprised we didn’t get multiple 70s this month. The mid range is as ugly as it gets. Whenever Jim says the pacific is shut down we usually get a week or two of split flow crap. 

As I posted last month:

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Also nice to see PDX sneak in a 60 yesterday. I was getting worried there might be a month this year that they didn’t. December/January are usually a lock for multiple 60+ days so this was probably their best shot.

Here is the question… will PDX get below 35 next week? 

[Randyc321]

5 minutes ago, Poulsbo Snowman said:

Sat in the donut hole all day.  Ended up with .04 with almost no wind to speak of with a gust of 12 mph.  Could have done yardwork yesterday--but I didn't.

Yep that rain was a no show here too.  The wing however was not, it was howling last night and almost 60 degrees.  Woke up to frost/ice on my windshields? Anybody else?

[Anti Marine Layer]

5 minutes ago, Randyc321 said:

Yep that rain was a no show here too.  The wing however was not, it was howling last night and almost 60 degrees.  Woke up to frost/ice on my windshields? Anybody else?

60 degrees or 60 mph?

[MossMan]

Tis the season! Good size trees down on my road, a group of us showed up at the same time to cut the smaller one up to get access out from our road. On my to do list…Sharpen chainsaw chain! Didn’t get to that one yet but I still got through the tree.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Non-phantom GFS snowfall map for BC and Whatcom County. This is what is modeled to fall between 12z and 18z on Monday morning, when surface temperatures are modeled to be at or below freezing.

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Non-phantom GFS snowfall map for BC and Whatcom County. This is what is modeled to fall between 12z and 18z on Monday morning, when surface temperatures are modeled to be at or below freezing.

I don’t like that one, let’s go back to seeing the pretty ones with the awesome colors like blue and purple and whatnot. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Non-phantom GFS snowfall map. This is what is modeled to fall between 12z and 18z on Monday morning, when surface temperatures are modeled to be at or below freezing.

It shows upper 30s from Seattle southward at that time and somehow shows more snow down there.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Non-phantom GFS snowfall map for BC and Whatcom County. This is what is modeled to fall between 12z and 18z on Monday morning, when surface temperatures are modeled to be at or below freezing.

Yes, I know the map says 15z to 18z, but between 12z and 15z it is modeled to be dry.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Tis the season! Good size trees down on my road, a group of us showed up at the same time to cut the smaller one up to get access out from our road. On my to do list…Sharpen chainsaw chain! Didn’t get to that one yet but I still got through the tree.  

Our power just came back on. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

It shows upper 30s from Seattle southward at that time and somehow shows more snow down there.  

Yes, it's the old phantom snow problem again. I selected that map because for Whatcom/Lower Mainland, it is a time frame when both (a) moisture, and (b) surface temperatures at or below freezing are modeled.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

And I will note that the Euro shows exactly zero non-phantom lowland snow in this area.

[Randyc321]

13 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

60 degrees or 60 mph?

60 degrees.  Actually 58, but super warm for that time of night.  Around 9 or so.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

And I will note that the Euro shows exactly zero non-phantom lowland snow in this area.

I also go to the ICON and GEM for a reality check when the GFS is showing lots of snow... neither of those models show anything on their 12Z runs.

[MossMan]

Guess I won’t bother with the snow plow install this weekend now. 

[ShawniganLake]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Guess I won’t bother with the snow plow install this weekend now. 

I wouldn’t. It’s gonna melt anyways.  

[MossMan]

15 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Our power just came back on. 

Whenever Snohomish Co gets hit hard like it did last night we are usually one of the last ones to get back online but I’m good with it. The only thing I wish we had was a wood burning stove/fireplace. Our Geothermal HVAC system is not on generator power and I don’t like using our propane fireplace as a constant heat source just because of propane prices but it is what it is. Perhaps when we do a major remodel that we are planning to do hopefully in the next 5yrs or so we will incorporate one in. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Guess I won’t bother with the snow plow install this weekend now. 

Casting a spell for snow, I see. Thank you.

Perhaps a bit more for Whatcom and LM? This shows the entire time frame between 12z and 18z Monday, basically the entire time when it is modeled to be below freezing at the surface with moisture falling.

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

6 hours ago, ShawniganLake said:

Crippling snowfall for BC on the 6Z goofus

 

 

I'm in the white!

[ShawniganLake]

This “event” is feeling pretty similar to early November 2017 at this point.  Not the ‘55 and ‘85 blend we were dreaming of a few days ago  

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

3 hours ago, Everleigh said:

Ended up with 2.22 inches of rain yesterday! We had ONE 32mph gust of wind. Lights didn't even flicker. Color me disappointed. 

I don't have strong memories of many past storms, like a lot of yall, but I DO remember the Inaugural Day Storm. I don't remember what year it was, but I was in elementary school, so 90s sometime?  I remember standing at the bus stop, and a tree came down right by us, blocking the road in our neighborhood. We were without power for quite a long time. 

Only 1 Inaguratuon in early '90's, so even when I don't remember the date, I can work it out. Jan 20, 1993.

 

And I didn't get to see any of it because we were at school and they moved us in rooms that had no windows. So we just got to hang out for hours in a cold, mostly dark school and wait for the storm to be over so they could bring the buses in to take us home. (We didn't have power for 5 days I think.)

[mtep]

13 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Casting a spell for snow, I see. Thank you.

Perhaps a bit more for Whatcom and LM? This shows the entire time frame between 12z and 18z Monday, basically the entire time when it is modeled to be below freezing at the surface with moisture falling.

Ill take it!

[RentonHill]

Winter is coming

[GoldenEars]

Slushy snow was coming down for a couple minutes. Was only able to snap a picture of some very wet flakes melting on a wheel fender.

[ShawniganLake]