November 2018 Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Phil]

It's almost like we live in the Pacific Northwest!

You mean the Pacific NorthWET.

[TT-SEA]

Just over 1.5” here today. Should be able to get over 2” on the day. SEA somehow not even to an inch yet while everyone else is well over. I’ll have to look up the record rain for today for SEA.

 

 

1.34 in 2009.

 

 

Ironically... SEA ended up breaking that record yesterday in the last couple hours of the day.

 

The new daily record for 11/26 is now 1.42 inches set in 2018.   

 

SEA is also up to .51 since midnight so approaching 2 inches for this storm now.    And now up to 3.74 inches for the month which is within less than 2 inches of normal.     Making it more respectable!     

 

Not much orgographic enhancement out here in this set up... just 1.86 inches for the storm so far.

[El_Nina]

Goodbye mountain snow.

[The Swamp]

And some members think we are in a drought?

[TT-SEA]

And some members think we are in a drought?

 

Oregon is in a pretty serious drought.   

 

We are not up here.  

[TT-SEA]

Hoquiam also set a daily rainfall record with 2.52 inches yesterday... smashing the old record of 1.56 inches set in 2000.

[TT-SEA]

 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Pretty wet overnight. 1.01" since midnight. Up to a paltry 4.50" on the month. Less than half of average.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

 

 

 

Those river ALWAYS flood.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The usual N/S gradient these days:  here it was 0.61" since midnight, and 2.04" for November, which is 28% of normal for EUG.  Will probably end up at about 40% of normal by month's end.

 

Yes, Virginia (and Washington), there is a drought in Oregon.

 

Picked up another 0.20" in the past 45 minutes. Things have tapered off now though. 

[TT-SEA]

KUIL is now almost to 16 inches of rain on the month... which is over 2.5 inches above normal.  

 

You know its an impressive system when places on the Olympic Peninsula and the WA coast more than doubled their daily rainfall records in late November!  

 

A continuation of the theme of very focused heavy rainfall events and distinct dry periods.   

[ShawniganLake]

KUIL is now almost to 16 inches of rain on the month... which is over 2.5 inches above normal.

 

You know its an impressive system when places on the Olympic Peninsula and the WA coast more than doubled their daily rainfall records in late November!

 

A continuation of the theme of very focused heavy rainfall events and distinct dry periods.

It was a pretty good rainstorm up here. I would have assumed higher daily records on the coast this time of year.

[Omegaraptor]

KUIL is now almost to 16 inches of rain on the month... which is over 2.5 inches above normal.

 

You know its an impressive system when places on the Olympic Peninsula and the WA coast more than doubled their daily rainfall records in late November!

 

A continuation of the theme of very focused heavy rainfall events and distinct dry periods.

In BC and Washington, more of the former. In Oregon and NorCal, more of the latter.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Thankful for what fell overnight though. It makes a difference. What is probably more important is building a snow pack and hopefully having a wet spring. 

[bainbridgekid]

Not quite, 1969 is only 49 years ago and the flight at Kitty Hawk was in 1903.

Oops. I misremembered. It was space travel that is older now than the Wright Brothers' flight was when we first went to space.

[ShawniganLake]

Looks like a decent cold pool east wind set up on the Canadian

[stuffradio]

I got 1.63" of rain on Nov 26, 1.47" from yesterday. I'm at 14.96" of rain this month now.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

KUIL is now almost to 16 inches of rain on the month... which is over 2.5 inches above normal.  

 

You know its an impressive system when places on the Olympic Peninsula and the WA coast more than doubled their daily rainfall records in late November!  

 

A continuation of the theme of very focused heavy rainfall events and distinct dry periods.   

 

I would love to retire to that area. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Really good sign we start building snow pack after about the 10th.

 

Next week still looking fairly dry and chilly.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Looks like just .46" here. Still way below normal. Warm night.

[TT-SEA]

I would love to retire to that area. 

 

Impressive... even Jesse said that area would be too cloudy and damp for his liking.    

[ShawniganLake]

I got 1.63" of rain on Nov 26, 1.47" from yesterday. I'm at 14.96" of rain this month now.

Wasn’t yesterday and nov 26 the same day.

[Esquimalt]

Looks like a decent cold pool east wind set up on the Canadian

Yeah Canadian is looking decent.  I think widespread highs of  40-42  and lows of 27-29 are a good bet with that.  

[TT-SEA]

Yeah Canadian is looking decent.  I think widespread highs of  40-42  and lows of 27-29 are a good bet with that.  

 

 

12Z GEM does not offer much hope for mountain snow even at day 10... the pattern at 240 hours is not even close to being good.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Interesting little feature on the 12z FV3 Monday morning. Would probably be some light snow up here. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Interesting little feature on the 12z FV3 Monday morning. Would probably be some light snow up here.

FV3 has a low moving south to about Cape Blanco this next weekend. Too bad it's not already cold.

[stuffradio]

Wasn’t yesterday and nov 26 the same day.

Haha yes it was. I meant the 26th and the rain I had so far today.

[Jesse]

Haha yes it was. I meant the 26th and the rain I had so far today.

I think we just figured out why you are always getting so much rain. You are double counting days!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

FV3 has a low moving south to about Cape Blanco this next weekend. Too bad it's not already cold.

 

We could see some advisory snow totals in the south cascades Saturday.

 

And then we have this...

 

921 AM PST Tue Nov 27 2018

 

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH POTENTIAL FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS...

 

Showers with scattered thunderstorms will spread across southwest

Washington and northwest Oregon today. Some of these will produce

heavy downpours and brief gusty winds. 

 

We are monitoring the potential for funnel clouds this afternoon

as this weather pattern has produced funnel clouds in the past. 

Any funnel cloud could touch down as a brief tornado. If you see

a funnel cloud, move indoors to safety, then contact local law 

enforcement or the National Weather Service in Portland.

[GHweatherChris]

Most of the babies born in 2003 are driving around now with their learners permit.

They shouldn't be.

[stuffradio]

I think we just figured out why you are always getting so much rain. You are double counting days!

You wish that's what the reason is. There's a station near me with an inch more than me.

[TT-SEA]

They shouldn't be.

 

Yes they should.

 

About 90% of the kids born in 2003 have now turned 15.    I know my sons applied for their permit on their 15th birthday. 

[Deweydog]

My son has no business driving. He's an idiot, but here we are...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Yes they should.

 

About 90% of the kids born in 2003 have now turned 15.    I know my sons applied for their permit on their 15th birthday. 

 

Kids are driving later and later nowadays. Especially on the west coast. You wouldn't believe how many of my employees don't even have drivers licenses, or if they do, don't have cars. 

[Esquimalt]

12Z GEM does not offer much hope for mountain snow even at day 10... the pattern at 240 hours is not even close to being good.

But definitely something a little different than we have had of late.  

[MossMan]

Kids are driving later and later nowadays. Especially on the west coast. You wouldn't believe how many of my employees don't even have drivers licenses, or if they do, don't have cars.

Yep that seems to be more of the norm now. Back in my day (1992) everyone I knew took their driving test either on their birthday or the week of. I took mine in the snow!

[Esquimalt]

Kids are driving later and later nowadays. Especially on the west coast. You wouldn't believe how many of my employees don't even have drivers licenses, or if they do, don't have cars. 

What is your job?

[TT-SEA]

Kids are driving later and later nowadays. Especially on the west coast. You wouldn't believe how many of my employees don't even have drivers licenses, or if they do, don't have cars. 

 

I have not seen that phenomenon around here.    It seems like every kid got their license right on their 16th birthday... like they were at the DMV on that day.    And each one was excitedly announced to us by our kids.   

[GHweatherChris]

Yes they should.

 

About 90% of the kids born in 2003 have now turned 15. I know my sons applied for their permit on their 15th birthday.

By age , yes they can get their permits. What I meant was, they shouldn't be driving, they are idiots behind the wheel at that age, I see it everyday when I pick up my daughter from school.

[TT-SEA]

But definitely something a little different than we have had of late.  

 

Not that it matters because its the GEM... but the pattern at 240 hours is actually not that different than what we have seen lately.