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1 hour ago, Phil said:

NYC is a hellhole. Can’t believe @Meatyorologist likes it here. 😂 

Guess you're not the city type. I loved it... Better than Seattle in some ways.

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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6 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

I mean he could have just dived too deep. Shocked by tye sudden drop in water temp, too deep to swim back up in time. It happens more often than you may think. Pretty unfortunate.

And sadly we hear about drownings all summer long even when the water is ridiculously warm and even to people who were good swimmers.   I get really upset with my daughter when she argues with me about wearing her life vest on the boat even though she has been around water her whole life and she is a great swimmer.  It's always a concern when you are on the water. 

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6 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Guess you're not the city type. I loved it... Better than Seattle in some ways.

we're thinking about renting our house out over on the east side (don't think it'll sell for what I paid right now, must less a profit) and moving to Downtown Seattle in a high rise.

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52 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Here are the last couple summers entering significant +ENSO events (this one appears likely to be quite a bit stronger than the weak 2018-19 event).

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A forum for the end of the world.

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2 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Wait until North Bend has a rainy spell.

😀

Or a record setting rainy spell!  

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I have a good friend who moved to NYC a few years before the pandemic. He seems to really enjoy it, is a nurse, and engaged to a former Ms. Belize.

Was in Chicago recently, wonderful city if you stay in the right areas. I usually go to DC 1-2 times a year, absolutely love it. Cities like PDX and SEA are the real hellholes. 

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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1 minute ago, T-Town said:

I had never seen these pics before. Assuming they’re real…

They are real. My wife talks about these pics all the time, could you imagine? 

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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3 hours ago, MossMan said:

The boom shook me out of bed and I ran to my parents room! One of my earliest childhood memories, I was 3.5yrs old. 

I was 17 and working in the pro shop at a par 3 golf course here in Tacoma. I heard on the radio that it had blown. Can’t actually remember if I was able to see the ash plume. 
 

The next weekend I graduated high school and the weekend after that I went to a two day party in Ocean Shores instead of going to work and got fired from the golf course job. 

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13 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Quite the explosion of thunderstorms around Snoqualmie Pass.   We can see the towering clouds to the east.

I picked a bad afternoon to see Guardians of the Galaxy ! Came out of theater to this….so wanted to chase but to far off :( 

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Scenic look at the Cascades.

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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3 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

That’s gonna bust in the SW/South Central CONUS.

3 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

I'd live in NYC in a skinny second.  Would love to live somewhere not car dependent

Trash blowing in the wind, horns honking constantly, basically no trees outside Central Park. Lovely!

3 hours ago, Front Ranger said:

Here are the last couple summers entering significant +ENSO events (this one appears likely to be quite a bit stronger than the weak 2018-19 event).

JJA14TDeptUS.png

JJA09TDeptUS.png

I don’t think either of those are analogs (modoki/IPWP emergence in both cases).

I think a warm north/cool south look (vs climo) is most likely across the CONUS. 

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1 hour ago, Blizzard777 said:

I picked a bad afternoon to see Guardians of the Galaxy ! Came out of theater to this….so wanted to chase but to far off :( 

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Good movie?

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15 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Definitely real. That series and this one always stuck with me. Photographer did not survive but laid over his camera with his body to help preserve the film.

 

Robert Landsburg's Brave Final Shots | Huckberry

That is chilling. 

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19 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Definitely real. That series and this one always stuck with me. Photographer did not survive but laid over his camera with his body to help preserve the film.

 

Robert Landsburg's Brave Final Shots | Huckberry

Wow! Never saw this set of photos….just crazy that final shot 

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11 hours ago, Phil said:

Well depending on how elevated the smoke is, it could warm the top of the boundary layer, acting like a quasi-EML, which could (in theory) augment CAPE/strengthen convection should the air under the cap destabilize sufficiently to pop it (particularly if the large scale environment is favorable to sustain convection). Usually need low level warm/moist advection to overcome the cap, though, and I imagine that can be a challenge in the PNW.

This is the sort of double-edged sword of the situation. It also means a heavier lid to seed a louder 'pop'!

And the condensation nuclei thing is real, too, it's a massive part of pyrocumulus generation according to some experts in that field I've had the pleasure of conversing with on Twitter.

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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The 00z ICON gestures at an impressive midlevel thunderstorm outbreak beginning shortly after midnight Saturday morning, and lasting into the following night, as the large scale pattern over the PNW and its associated wind field hardly budge all day. This allows for persistent instability and weak lift to remain over western WA for over 24 hours, under diffluent flow with differential advection.

Some of our CAM's are depicting a rather alarming environment, with instability in excess of 700j/kg CAPE, and a sharp, deep moist layer around 700-800mb primed to convect if someone even dares to sneeze. Should be fun.

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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8 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

The 00z ICON gestures at an impressive midlevel thunderstorm outbreak beginning shortly after midnight Saturday morning, and lasting into the following night, as the large scale pattern over the PNW and its associated wind field hardly budge all day. This allows for persistent instability and weak lift to remain over western WA for over 24 hours, under diffluent flow with differential advection.

Some of our CAM's are depicting a rather alarming environment, with instability in excess of 700j/kg CAPE, and a sharp, deep moist layer around 700-800mb primed to convect if someone even dares to sneeze. Should be fun.

We might have convection Saturday? I’ve totally missed this

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Just now, Slushy Inch said:

We might have convection Saturday? I’ve totally missed this

Yep. I'm a bit bullish on it. Looks very eerily similar to 9/7/19

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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11 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Yep. I'm a bit bullish on it. Looks very eerily similar to 9/7/19

I caught one of the flashes that night! 

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Elevation 580’ Location a few miles east of I-5 on the Snohomish Co side of the Snohomish/Skagit border. I love snow/cold AND sun/warmth! 

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23 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

The 00z ICON gestures at an impressive midlevel thunderstorm outbreak beginning shortly after midnight Saturday morning, and lasting into the following night, as the large scale pattern over the PNW and its associated wind field hardly budge all day. This allows for persistent instability and weak lift to remain over western WA for over 24 hours, under diffluent flow with differential advection.

Some of our CAM's are depicting a rather alarming environment, with instability in excess of 700j/kg CAPE, and a sharp, deep moist layer around 700-800mb primed to convect if someone even dares to sneeze. Should be fun.

Glad I am taking tomorrow off to work on a landscaping project that I was going to put off until the weekend. Goodbye junipers and other shrubs that don’t look great. 

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Elevation 580’ Location a few miles east of I-5 on the Snohomish Co side of the Snohomish/Skagit border. I love snow/cold AND sun/warmth! 

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35 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Yep. I'm a bit bullish on it. Looks very eerily similar to 9/7/19

9/7/19....a day that will forever be in my memory.  My commencement ceremony was earlier that day, and we had just finished eating at Fogo de Chao in Bellevue, and I had racked up a respectable bar tab....feeling no pain.  I caught the first few flashes of lightning as dinner was finishing up, and by the time I got up from the table, the storm was overhead.  I stood out on the sidewalk cheering on each flash of lightning and clap of thunder.

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1 minute ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

9/7/19....a day that will forever be in my memory.  My commencement ceremony was earlier that day, and we had just finished eating at Fogo de Chao in Bellevue, and I had racked up a respectable bar tab....feeling no pain.  I caught the first few flashes of lightning as dinner was finishing up, and by the time I got up from the table, the storm was overhead.  I stood out on the sidewalk cheering on each flash of lightning and clap of thunder.

I was working at the PCC on Aurora/Greenlake at the time. I snuck out to watch the whole thing in the parking lot. One of the best lightning storms I've ever witnessed. Intense, loud, closeby bolts of lightning. I was right in the epicenter. Still can't believe I didn't get fired...and I stayed another 2 years there!

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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Much nicer today. Highs only about 15 degrees above average instead of 20+

82/58 spread. Once again some very impressive thunderheads building over the Cascades this afternoon. Cooling off quicker this evening with a NW breeze. Down to 70.

Summer ☀️ grows while Winter ❄️  goes

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1 hour ago, Meatyorologist said:

I was working at the PCC on Aurora/Greenlake at the time. I snuck out to watch the whole thing in the parking lot. One of the best lightning storms I've ever witnessed. Intense, loud, closeby bolts of lightning. I was right in the epicenter. Still can't believe I didn't get fired...and I stayed another 2 years there!

I live in the same area and by far was the best lightning storm I have ever seen in these parts. I do remember another good one maybe in the early 2000s

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