October 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Meatyorologist]

48 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

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. 

Yeah the recent dryness is unfortunate, but things look stormy overall to round out October. This is coming off a wet September as well. I think Tue-Wed has a very promising chance at overachieving, and there's plenty of hope to be had for a phat AR sometime in the next couple weeks.

[TT-SEA]

33 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yep sun is back! So is the 73 degrees! 

75 here now... summery day.

[ShawniganLake]

45 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Yeah the recent dryness is unfortunate, but things look stormy overall to round out October. This is coming off a wet September as well. I think Tue-Wed has a very promising chance at overachieving, and there's plenty of hope to be had for a phat AR sometime in the next couple weeks.

September ended up a little on the dry side here.  But I bet by the time the dust settles in October it will be a wetter than average month.  

Drought has actually worsened in some parts of central BC over the early fall so far. 

[TT-SEA]

18Z GFS was much drier than its 12Z run... decent chance the 00Z run looks more like the 12Z run.

[Front Ranger]

4 hours 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. 

[Front Ranger]

Only 69 at SEA today. Bit of an underperformance after overperformance yesterday.

[YahRaEl]

3 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Only 69 at SEA today. Bit of an underperformance after overperformance yesterday.

NAM surprisingly did good today

[T-Town]

I for one welcome our new alien overlords. 

[T-Town]

Some vibrant fall colors on our ivy this year. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

Up in the Olympic mountains, fall is in full force

[Meatyorologist]

3 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Up in the Olympic mountains, fall is in full force

You said you live in the Olympic foothills, do you have any mountain trails that lead directly out of your property? That's the dream really.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

40 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Up in the Olympic mountains, fall is in full force

Beautiful snaps.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Beautiful snaps.

As you can see... it was a miserable weekend here.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I see SLE, PDX, and EUG hit the rare October 3 consecutive days of 80+ trifecta. Similar to great years like 1987 and other sucktastic years we can think of. Last year notwithstanding. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

As you can see... it was a miserable weekend here.  

Well it probably was not in the mid-80s up in the Olympics, in fact Seattle was only 69 from what FRONT RANGER said. If this was mid-August or July it would have been wonderful. 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Well it probably was not in the mid-80s up in the Olympics, in fact Seattle was only 69 from what FRONT RANGER said. If this was mid-August or July it would have been wonderful. 

It was wonderful in early October too... spectacular scenery and deep blue sky.

[smerfylicious]

Just felt an earthquake here in DT Seattle. Pretty minor but definitely noticeable.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

It was wonderful in early October too... spectacular scenery and deep blue sky.

I bet you saw a ton of pics of it while you were scrolling.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I bet you saw a ton of pics of it while you were scrolling.

And first hand... it was lovely. 

[Tyler Mode]

1 minute ago, smerfylicious said:

Just felt an earthquake here in DT Seattle. Pretty minor but definitely noticeable.

Prelim 4.2.

[Kolk1604]

3 minutes ago, Tyler Mode said:

Prelim 4.2.

Just heard about this and didn't feel it here. 

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

Just felt an earthquake here in DT Seattle. Pretty minor but definitely noticeable.

My son near UW said he felt it... other son in Ballard did not.  

[TT-SEA]

Randy must have felt it... pretty close to the epicenter up there. 

[the_convergence_zone]

There was an earth what? Didn’t feel anything and I was just sitting on my couch. 

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Randy must have felt it... pretty close to the epicenter up there. 

Didn’t feel a thing! Dogs are all sleeping and I was watching the game as the kids were running around the living room. 

[MossMan]

Though people are posting like crazy on FB about it including people I know in Stanwood. 

[iFred]

Did not feel it in Everett along Everett Mall Way at the Red Robin.

[iFred]

Remember to update this https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw61965081/tellus

[smerfylicious]

Pretty deep quake. 57km, and upgraded to 4.3. Not a bad little rumble.

[FroYoBro]

1 hour ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Up in the Olympic mountains, fall is in full force

Someone on here should warn that woman that a weather weirdo is following her around. 

[RentonHill]

7 minutes ago, iFred said:

Did not feel it in Everett along Everett Mall Way at the Red Robin.

we didnt take our kids to red robin until they were 4. and that was still too early. 

[LowerGarfield]

Down to 64F outside. Wife is going to Spokane tomorrow and will be in Tampa for 1 week then comes back to Spokane and coming home the next day.

Just a few days before the trip, her best friend asked if she would want to switch to a week later but it would have wrecked havoc with all of our plans the rest of the month  and the travel budget so she said no. Looks like a hurricane at the end of the GFS run ending at 18oz on the 24th? 

[iFred]

10 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

Pretty deep quake. 57km, and upgraded to 4.3. Not a bad little rumble.

Cascadia vibes.

[iFred]

4 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

we didnt take our kids to red robin until they were 4. and that was still too early. 

I was doing the pick up for our family. Katie the hostess gave our food away to a GrubHub driver.

[RentonHill]

1 minute ago, iFred said:

I was doing the pick up for our family. Katie the hostess gave our food away to a GrubHub driver.

probably didnt have enough flair

[smerfylicious]

4 minutes ago, iFred said:

Cascadia vibes.

Just needs to be 150 miles west and about 1.6 million times more energy.

[RentonHill]

8 minutes ago, iFred said:

Cascadia vibes.

[TacomaWx]

2 hours ago, Front Ranger said:

Doesn’t tell the full story. We are in a drought despite what a cherry picked 2 week percentage map shows. We need a lot more rain than what we’ve got. 

[TacomaWx]

Didn’t notice the earthquake here. We’re also about 50 miles SE so that’s not surprising. Last 3 days have really felt like summer with 70s for highs each day. 70/55 today but we will likely have a midnight low. A balmy 60 degrees still outside. 

[Gradient Keeper]

2 hours ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Up in the Olympic mountains, fall is in full force

Absolutely stunning scenery and with the peace and quiet there isn't much better than that.