October 2018 Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[MossMan]

Beautiful afternoon.

 

I wish. Still raining here...and cold.

[Front Ranger]

SEA has had basically full sunshine this afternoon with temps only around 60.

 

Should see some pretty chilly lows tonight if winds calm down.

[TT-SEA]

I wish. Still raining here...and cold.

 

 

Just had torrential rain here for the last 30 minutes... now a distinct clearing line approaching.     But looks like more heavy rain gathering to the west of Seattle.  

 

So insanely wet here.    Can't even imagine dry conditions.   

[TT-SEA]

Went from heavy rain to sunshine in about 10 minutes... you can see the back end of the cell moving away.

 

Rain came too late... you can see that most of the trees are dead here now.    Only 15 inches above our normal rainfall for the last year has been devastating.   

 

[Front Ranger]

I remember wxstatman or someone posting about some local station that saw a pretty impressive benchmark low last month. And I know a number of people on here reported lows in the 30s.

 

EUG's low of 36 on 9/18.

 

McMinnville also had several lows in the 30s, including 38 on 9/18. And they nearly hit the 30s on 9/4 with a low of 40.

[TT-SEA]

Snowing and sticking all the way down to Whistler Village at an elevation of 2,200 feet.     Really early.   Global warming!!!   

 

 

 

Spring has come to Whistler Village!!     Snow is melting.  

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like the GFS is going with 1-1.5" of rain here Friday into Saturday. Would be nice. 

[Geos]

Starting to catch the edge of the CZ. Light rain currently, 54.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

But then that is pretty much it for the next two weeks...Dang.

[TT-SEA]

But then that is pretty much it for the next two weeks...Dang.

 

 

A period of dry weather seems likely up here

[Deweydog]

Apologies in advance, but it is really a quite delightful fall afternoon. End rant.

[TT-SEA]

Band of heavy rain moving through Seattle area and heading down I-90.   I think more heavy rain is likely here!   

 

Here is Bellevue:

 

[Perturbed Member]

 

Been a long time since we've had one of those all day rain events.

[Sometimesdylan]

Meanwhile up here...

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/02/massive-historic-high-pressure-zone-is-bringing-freakishly-nice-weather-alaska/?utm_term=.b6e441be0b23

 

Been a while since I last posted. Got a job in Everett. Start mid November. Excited to experience this next winter with y’all.

[seattleweatherguy]

Got rain here

[TigerWoodsLibido]

EUG's low of 36 on 9/18.

 

McMinnville also had several lows in the 30s, including 38 on 9/18. And they nearly hit the 30s on 9/4 with a low of 40.

Weird thing about this is that Springfield only got down to 43F on 9/18.

[TT-SEA]

Got rain here

Holy mother of heavy rain again here!

 

Need snorkel gear out there.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

90% of those are reserved for storms east of the Mississippi.

Yup, they only mention them impacting us in retrospect. Cleon was Dec 2013 in Eugene/Springfield.

True but it's good to have Winter Storms named IMHO. The January 10-11 snowstorm was named Jupiter. The December 2008 regional PNW snowstorm most likely would have been named before it hit us because it was well forecasted in advance.

[Phil]

I thought you were a proponent of one relating to snowcover and the AO/NAO.

Huh? No way.

 

In some cases Eurasian snowcover is an artifact of a pattern favorable for WAFz/-AO, and it can strengthen the Siberian High as well, but there are many other factors that can trump it.

[Phil]

100% of those are reserved for storms in large media markets where people actually live.

Fixed.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

[Phil]

Yup, they only mention them impacting us in retrospect. Cleon was Dec 2013 in Eugene/Springfield.

Unless it’s snowing in the SEA/PDX metro areas, I doubt they’d waste a name on it. Nobody lives on the summit of mount rainier.

 

On the other hand, they do name plenty of storms that impact the intermountain west.

[Front Ranger]

Fixed.

 

Just like tropical storms, eh?

 

It's just hype. 

[Phil]

Just like tropical storms, eh?

 

It's just hype.

Tropical storms were (initially) named so mariners wouldn’t get confused when multiple cyclones were churning simultaneously. It was much more hazardous out at sea before the satellite era, since the cyclones weren’t tracked efficiently. It just morphed into a tradition of sorts, over time.

 

Can’t really compare that to the TWC storm-naming scheme, which is mostly for entertainment/publicity in large media markets.

[GHweatherChris]

Snowing at Steven's Pass.

[Front Ranger]

Tropical storms were (initially) named so mariners wouldn’t get confused when multiple cyclones were churning simultaneously. It was much more hazardous out at sea before the satellite era, since the cyclones weren’t tracked efficiently. It just morphed into a tradition of sorts, over time.

 

Can’t really compare that to the TWC storm-naming scheme, which is mostly for entertainment/publicity in large media markets.

Exactly.

[Blizzard777]

Very breezy today with gust to 19

61/52

.06 of rain

Currently 53*

[Geos]

48° and raining here. Even saw some small hail in Bothell around 5:30.

[seattleweatherguy]

48° and raining here. Even saw some small hail in Bothell around 5:30.

Really interesting we live literally a few miles from each other, yet our weather is different

[Phil]

Exactly.

Then I’m not sure I understand your point?

[TT-SEA]

48° and raining here. Even saw some small hail in Bothell around 5:30.

 

46 and raining hard here once again.     Has that c-zone snow feeling just before the wind dies and it suddenly drops 10 degrees and huge flakes start mixing in.

[Front Ranger]

Then I’m not sure I understand your point?

The last paragraph of your post.

[El_Nina]

Snowing and sticking all the way down to Whistler Village at an elevation of 2,200 feet. Really early. Global warming!!!

 

You make the logical side of the climate change debate get looped in with backwards rednecks with comments like that.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Meanwhile up here...

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/02/massive-historic-high-pressure-zone-is-bringing-freakishly-nice-weather-alaska/?utm_term=.b6e441be0b23

 

Been a while since I last posted. Got a job in Everett. Start mid November. Excited to experience this next winter with y’all.

Welcome to the PNW! I'm expecting a very cold and snowy Winter so I don't think you'll be disappointed. Just make sure you got reliable transportation to work due to possible treacherous road conditions this Winter.

 

That's an interesting article. I didn't know that the ridge up there was one of the most intense on record. The very warm SSTs in the Bering Sea probably has something to do with it. Only bodes well for us down here this Winter.

[TT-SEA]

You make the logical side of the climate change debate get looped in with backwards rednecks with comments like that.

 

My post was in mocking response to the loud complaints by some on here today that global warming is why PDX reached 70 today with sun and southerly flow ahead of this cold front.   Never would have happened 20 years ago.   

[El_Nina]

My post was in mocking response to the loud complaints by some on here today that global warming is why PDX reached 70 today with sun and southerly flow ahead of this cold front.   Never would have happened 20 years ago.   

Oh gotcha. I thought you were pulling a legitimate Trump. He made a serious dent in any reasonable pushback to overregulation by climate change activists by saying something like that. Made everyone look dumb.

[Phil]

The last paragraph of your post.

They’d run out of names if they named every low pressure system that tracked into the PNW.

 

Usually their names are reserved for winter storms that deliver significant impacts to major metro areas.

[TT-SEA]

They’d run out of names if they named every low pressure system that tracked into the PNW.

 

Usually their names are reserved for winter storms that deliver significant impacts to major metro areas.

 

True... we would already be up to about 'R' just since the second week of September.   

[ShawniganLake]

ICON model slides a cold low into the PNW early next week.

 

Alberta is getting hammered with snow today. Could be the snowiest October day in history some places, with more than 16” measured

 

Sheridan Lake in the BC Cariboo reported 18” of snow today. Thousands of power outages as many trees are still leafed out.

[Front Ranger]

They’d run out of names if they named every low pressure system that tracked into the PNW.

 

Usually their names are reserved for winter storms that deliver significant impacts to major metro areas.

Obviously.