October 2023 Weather in the PNW

[The Blob]

[Ken in Wood Village]

They haven't put a new anemometer up on Crown Point how am I supposed to know if the winds are gusting really strong to go up there  

[YahRaEl]

Low overcast but not foggy here at Eastside Tacoma with temp of 56° at the moment

[MossMan]

Breezy.

[Phil]

Best weather I’ve experienced since I was in Seattle. First time the air has felt “dry” since the June smokefest. So this time I can actually enjoy the weather.  

Warm season might deliver some parting shots on its way out, but it’s fighting a losing battle. Bye bye summer, won’t miss ya.

[Front Ranger]

Yesterday's overperforming 84 at OLM not only broke the daily record of 81 from 1987, but was the third warmest temp this late in the year.

SEA's 79 was not quite as impressive, as they've hit 79+ five other times at later dates.

[Phil]

3 hours ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

They haven't put a new anemometer up on Crown Point how am I supposed to know if the winds are gusting really strong to go up there  

They can have my old one.

Just put this awesome, Davis-compatible ultrasonic unit up on 10/3. Cost me and arm and a leg (almost literally, was sore af afterwards) but it was worth it. Stable in low wind/inversion situations and halves the measurement interval vs old unit.

[T-Town]

Overcast and misty here. 55.6 degrees. 

[Meatyorologist]

SeaTac reporting fog. If the temp drops another 23F in the next hour, we'll have to watch the roads.

[AlTahoe]

44 minutes ago, Phil said:

Best weather I’ve experienced since I was in Seattle. First time the air has felt “dry” since the June smokefest. So this time I can actually enjoy the weather.  

Warm season might deliver some parting shots on its way out, but it’s fighting a losing battle. Bye bye summer, won’t miss ya.

We had a 73-34F day yesterday with no wind. Friend is keeping the boat in the water later than normal since we don't have any storms on the horizon for most of Oct. 

[TT-SEA]

All blue sky and sunshine here this morning... 61 degrees.

[MossMan]

32 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

All blue sky and sunshine here this morning... 61 degrees.

Sunny here as well. 59 currently. 

[ShawniganLake]

Just a bit of rain

 

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

Best weather I’ve experienced since I was in Seattle. First time the air has felt “dry” since the June smokefest. So this time I can actually enjoy the weather.  

Warm season might deliver some parting shots on its way out, but it’s fighting a losing battle. Bye bye summer, won’t miss ya.

I'm headed to the South Carolina beaches on 10/14 for a week,  looks pretty 'cool' for their standards in mid october.  Highs in the upper 60s/70.  lows in the low 50s.  cooler than here right now.  lol. a beach vacay in jeans.  oh well that's the chance you take going in October.  2 years ago it was in the 80s the whole time, same week.

[Phishy Wx]

22 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Just a bit of rain

 

euro will come in less than 50% of that

[Phishy Wx]

I think record high here today is 81, we're going to challenge it 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

47 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Just a bit of rain

 

Seasonal blessings. 

[TT-SEA]

69 here and in North Bend now... dead calm.    Should get well into the 70s.  Another blessed October day.   

[TacomaWx]

Fog still holding on here but we should clear out within the next hour. High clouds from the next system will be the only clouds soon. 

[TT-SEA]

10 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Fog still holding on here but we should clear out within the next hour. High clouds from the next system will be the only clouds soon. 

A few high clouds here now...

[TT-SEA]

Rolling 5-day precip anomaly from the 12Z ECMWF shows a Nino-like set up with the brunt of the systems heading into Oregon and splitting over WA and SW BC.    Still plenty of rain for all though and comes in waves.    Every day through next Sunday has some afternoon sunshine on the 12Z ECMWF so it probably won't be that gloomy or cold.  

[TT-SEA]

Impressively wet to the south over the next 10 days.  

[Anti Marine Layer]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Impressively wet to the south over the next 10 days.  

BC drought. More Canadian fires coming. 

[Meatyorologist]

KSEA running -12F compared to this time yesterday. Clouds are steadily burning off and we should catch up soon enough, though 80F seems firmly out of reach.

[T-Town]

57.4 here but the sun is coming out now. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Anyone have the EURO total precip map for the region? 

[RentonHill]

21 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Impressively wet to the south over the next 10 days.  

EPS is biting on sending another trough in like euro shows

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Anyone have the EURO total precip map for the region? 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

 

Nearly 5” at my location on this map. Would be a great way to start a new water year. 

[ShawniganLake]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Nearly 5” at my location on this map. Would be a great way to start a new water year. 

The rich get richer. 

[ShawniganLake]

32 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

BC drought. More Canadian fires coming. 

Still 46 fires classified as out of control in BC. Seasonal total is over 7 million acres burned in BC.  Close to 46 million acres for Canada as a whole. 

[TacomaWx]

Atleast this October should be wetter than last year…but doesn’t look super wet coming up. Thought we were going to be wet this fall with the developing Niño but so far that’s not been the case. 

[MossMan]

Just finished my last weed spraying of 2023. 
Currently 73 degrees. 

[Meatyorologist]

17 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Atleast this October should be wetter than last year…but doesn’t look super wet coming up. Thought we were going to be wet this fall with the developing Niño but so far that’s not been the case. 

Are we looking at the same models?

[TT-SEA]

12 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Just finished my last weed spraying of 2023. 
Currently 73 degrees. 

73 here too.   

[TT-SEA]

14 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Are we looking at the same models?

To be fair... he sort of right from his area northward.    Technically the ECMWF is a little drier than normal over the next 10 days from my area to the border and near normal in Seattle while the focus is down south.  

[MossMan]

Clouds starting to infiltrate and the temp has plummeted to 71! It’s over! 

[TacomaWx]

25 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Are we looking at the same models?

Wet down in Oregon…but not so much up here. I don’t buy the Uber wet gfs runs and think the euros more accurate. They do need it down in Oregon…and it’s not really a dry pattern up here but I was hoping the pendulum might swing towards really wet after the dryness recently. Sure September was wetter than normal, but October’s falling behind a bit so it’ll probably balance out. Was hoping for a fall like 2021. 

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Clouds starting to infiltrate and the temp has plummeted to 71! It’s over! 

Just a thin band of high clouds up there and it will be sunny again... you might be able to salvage part of the afternoon!  

[MossMan]

17 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Just a thin band of high clouds up there and it will be sunny again... you might be able to salvage part of the afternoon!  

Yep sun is back! So is the 73 degrees!