September 2023 Weather in the PNW

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

CFS is loading a lot of cold air in western Canada and SE Alaska in January. Torchy lower 48, pnw not as torchy as the rest. 

So then a torchy western Canada and SE AK and cold lower 48 is the mostly likely outcome.   

[Anti Marine Layer]

2 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

Janky

Not too far between 49 and 73.

[BLI snowman]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Odds of an indecent exposure arrest at your office are increasing!  

Be sure to watch out for Mr. Dlck

https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/pants-less-man-gets-7-years-for-felony-public-indecency/

Edited September 12, 2023 by BLI snowman

[RentonHill]

2 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Be sure to watch out for Mr. Dlck

https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/pants-less-man-gets-7-years-for-felony-public-indecency/

there was a naked guy down by king street this morning. Must be a new fad. Hope it passes quickly. 

[T-Town]

Had a couple showers come through but could only muster a trace of rain. Cloudy and 64 now with some blue sky to the west. 

[Phishy Wx]

summer's last stand??

 

 

[SnowWillarrive]

1 hour ago, BLI snowman said:

Be sure to watch out for Mr. Dlck

https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/pants-less-man-gets-7-years-for-felony-public-indecency/

I’m surprised PDX didn’t turn him loose. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, RentonHill said:

there was a naked guy down by king street this morning. Must be a new fad. Hope it passes quickly. 

He could go to one of those events with the rainbows that happens every June

[TT-SEA]

Rain has ended... just cloudy now.   The grass along the roads here was burnt to a crisp one month ago and totally brown.  Not so any longer.    Also a hint of fall color starting.   

[Requiem]

1 hour ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

He could go to one of those events with the rainbows that happens every June

Not to be xenophobic but if all you're gonna contribute here are weird quips and quasi-political statements can you go back to the California thread

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Went to my daughters open house at her government school. Dang that place is ghetto, still not voting for their bond… But anyways, the science teacher said the previous record for snow days since he started in 1999 was 8 or 9, but he believes they ended up with 17 last winter because a lot of the long time bus drivers retired and the new drivers are afraid to drive in the snow. If Phil is right it shouldn’t be an issue this winter. 

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Went to my daughters open house at her government school. Dang that place is ghetto, still not voting for their bond… But anyways, the science teacher said the previous record for snow days since he started in 1999 was 8 or 9, but he believes they ended up with 17 last winter because a lot of the long time bus drivers retired and the new drivers are afraid to drive in the snow. If Phil is right it shouldn’t be an issue this winter. 

I think all districts are struggling with bus driver turnover and shortages.   Its a problem here too.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Really pleasant evening out there. SLE sitting at about a +0.3 departure on the month after today. Not bad. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I think all districts are struggling with bus driver turnover and shortages.   Its a problem here too.   

Unpopular opinion, but I think they should have school whether or not the bus can make it there or not. Snow is a fact of life in the winter up here, last year was more than normal, but the roads were only dangerous one or two days last winter. They lost 3 1/2 weeks of instruction due to snow, that’s completely unacceptable. My daughter was in kindergarten last year so I wasn’t too worried about it, but if it becomes a theme we may have to look at changing schools. 

[RentonHill]

15 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Went to my daughters open house at her government school. Dang that place is ghetto, still not voting for their bond… But anyways, the science teacher said the previous record for snow days since he started in 1999 was 8 or 9, but he believes they ended up with 17 last winter because a lot of the long time bus drivers retired and the new drivers are afraid to drive in the snow. If Phil is right it shouldn’t be an issue this winter. 

I took you for a homeschool man! Why leave something so important to the man??

[Cloud]

SEA is pretty much bullseye for the month to date. +0.2.

[Tyler Mode]

Nice surprise this evening.

[TT-SEA]

16 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Unpopular opinion, but I think they should have school whether or not the bus can make it there or not. Snow is a fact of life in the winter up here, last year was more than normal, but the roads were only dangerous one or two days last winter. They lost 3 1/2 weeks of instruction due to snow, that’s completely unacceptable. My daughter was in kindergarten last year so I wasn’t too worried about it, but if it becomes a theme we may have to look at changing schools. 

I actually agree.   As I have mentioned many times... our district is ridiculously cautious early in the year.   They will close for an inch of slush.   But later in the year they get much more aggressive because they can't afford to cancel any more days or they will end up going until the 4th of July.   It's short-sighted and never changes.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

22 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

I took you for a homeschool man! Why leave something so important to the man??

That was the plan, but I am not able to at this point due to work, and my wife was not comfortable doing it due to her own learning disability. So I don’t love it, but I take solace in that it is a very small school and I know most of the other parents and many of the teachers because they all live up here on the hill, but it’s something we are constantly reevaluating. My three older daughters who primarily live with their mother are homeschooled and I support this wholeheartedly and pay for 100% of their educational materials. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I actually agree.   As I have mentioned many times... our district is ridiculously cautious early in the year.   They will close for an inch of slush.   But later in the year they get much more aggressive because they can't afford to cancel any more days or they will end up going until the 4th of July.   It's short-sighted and never changes.

They didn’t even make any days up last year, they just move the start of the day from 8:30 to 8:15 for the last two months of the year. 

[Deweydog]

Pretty sunset!

Sorry, no snap. Out of film.

[TT-SEA]

16 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Pretty sunset!

Sorry, no snap. Out of film.

I was just thinking about sifting through the photo packets at Costco trying to find your name only to find out half the pics were crap.  Simultaneously seems like it was yesterday and a lifetime ago. 

[Cloud]

25 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

They didn’t even make any days up last year, they just move the start of the day from 8:30 to 8:15 for the last two months of the year. 

A 15 min early start to make up for the snow days rather than making up the days at the end of the year? WORTH. 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Cloud said:

A 15 min early start to make up for the snow days rather than making up the days at the end of the year? WORTH. 

Yeah... that is really a great plan and so worth it.  

[Cloud]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Yeah... that is really a great plan and so worth it.  

I honestly think all school districts should do this. 15 mins in a day is nothing and still keep the summer schedule intact with very minimal impact. Making up the days at the end of the year have bigger implications.

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, Cloud said:

I honestly think all school districts should do this. 15 mins in a day is nothing and still keep the summer schedule intact with very minimal impact. Making up the days at the end of the year have bigger implications.

Not sure how the math works though.   You are only making up 1.25 hours a week at that pace so it's takes over a month just to make up one day.

[TT-SEA]

Nice little post-frontal drizzle storm has started up out here.   

[Frontal Snowsquall]

3 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

summer's last stand??

 

 

One final heatwave before we say goodbye to summer!

[Phil]

4 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

CFS is loading a lot of cold air in western Canada and SE Alaska in January. Torchy lower 48, pnw not as torchy as the rest. 

Will probably be the exact opposite of that in reality.

AK/W-Canada is likely to torch massively through JFM.

[Phil]

Had more thunderstorms this September than the entire last decade of Septembers combined. Maybe more.

2023 is on shrooms.

[Phil]

4 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

lol GFS, that ain't happening.  Euro has a clue

I think the GFS is correct.

Or at least in the ballpark.

[Phil]

10 hours ago, ShawniganLake said:

Sweet storm.  You should teach Phil how to record some decent storm video.   

Easier said than done.

Last video I was dodging windblown 1” hail, surrounded by trees, with a clogged gutter and a camera that already has water damage. Wasn’t willing to risk it, lol.

[Cloud]

26 minutes ago, Phil said:

I think the GFS is correct.

Or at least in the ballpark.

Phil is giving the GFS a ballpark nod! We’re doomed

[TT-SEA]

00Z GFS and 00Z GEM.

Step back on GFS... and GEM is drier than its 12Z run as well.  

[MossMan]

Currently 56 degrees. 
Had a total of 8 raindrops today! 
Back in my day they hardly ever cancelled school…Even when my school bus ended up just like this one! Everyone on the bus thought it was awesome! Except for the driver. 

[Phil]

More nocturnal action. Leaf drop starting early from stressed vegetation.

(Viewer discretion advised, Tim. Video may contain cloudy skies and liquid H2O). 

[Phil]

00z GFS says summer is over in the west. Perfect fit to canonical S/O/N phase-8 pattern.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 hours ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

One final heatwave before we say goodbye to summer!

Nws is pulling back a bit and shows no more 90s.

Edited September 13, 2023 by SilverFallsAndrew

[Cold Snap]

68/51 day for me today.

[Front Ranger]

4 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Not sure how the math works though.   You are only making up 1.25 hours a week at that pace so it's takes over a month just to make up one day.

It's not the numbers that count, it's the thought.