March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[ShawniganLake]

Rain let up this afternoon. Temp is up to 42. A couple degrees warmer than I expected. 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Amazing weather today, I think it was nature's gift to me for my 59th bday. Got pretty good conditions to climb Mount Hood, although the winds at the summit were around 40mph, forecast was calling for winds in the 20s which unfortunately did not verify. Here's a photo dump from our climb, sadly my camera fogged up little bit, so all of the photos are slightly blurry. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

35 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Can we get a burning tree reaction? Or fire?

Or a smoke react. It is such a part of our climate now.

[T-Town]

55 minutes ago, iFred said:

Your new place? Do you guys have an HOA approved list-o-paints or can you spin the wheel and go? How much did it cost?

We had Certa Pro do some interior painting a couple years ago and they did a decent job. I went with them because they had a guy who was able to fix some water damage for time and materials and everyone else I talked to said I would have to find someone to do that work. 
 

I got a bid from Certa Pro for my exterior but ended up going with “a guy with a truck” because he was less expensive and came recommended from someone I trust. He and his team did a fantastic job- pressure wash, scrape, caulk, primer, two coats of paint. House looks great. I can DM you his contact info if you’re interested. Not sure he will go to Everett but only one way to find out. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Another beautiful day today. PDX made it up to 60. Moisture arrives tomorrow but things start drying out by Wednesday. Warmer and sunny weather arrives on Thursday.

[Deweydog]

1 hour ago, iFred said:

Your new place? Do you guys have an HOA approved list-o-paints or can you spin the wheel and go? How much did it cost?

Yup. We were able to pick our own color but it had to go to the board for approval. I definitely have a serious love/hate thing for HOA’s. Some are pretty ridiculous.

As far as cost, it was subbed by the builder so I have no clue. Last time I painted a house was summer 2009, which I did myself and it cost me about a thousand bucks when all was said and done. It was a ridiculous amount of work and if I charged myself labor it would have probably cost me about 10k.

[TT-SEA]

18Z ECMWF AI version is running!   

[Meatyorologist]

31 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Yup. We were able to pick our own color but it had to go to the board for approval. I definitely have a serious love/hate thing for HOA’s. Some are pretty ridiculous.

As far as cost, it was subbed by the builder so I have no clue. Last time I painted a house was summer 2009, which I did myself and it cost me about a thousand bucks when all was said and done. It was a ridiculous amount of work and if I charged myself labor it would have probably cost me about 10k.

I have some very strong opinions on HOA's... I'm curious as to what good you see in them?

[T-Town]

14 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

I have some very strong opinions on HOA's... I'm curious as to what good you see in them?

The benefit of an HOA is that your neighbors have signed an agreement that says they can be penalized if they park ten cars in front of your house. Whether you see value in an HOA probably depends on how much you value that “service.”

[Deweydog]

21 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

I have some very strong opinions on HOA's... I'm curious as to what good you see in them?

They protect property values when administered correctly. 

[iFred]

Just now, Deweydog said:

They protect property values when administered correctly. 

I have a garage full of servers and my office can be seen from space. I'm an irritant to my HOA.

[iFred]

42 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

18Z ECMWF AI version is running!   

It is a tweaked Graphcast with better surface modeling for Europe. Still effectively a hydrostatic model.

[iFred]

1 hour ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

Amazing weather today, I think it was nature's gift to me for my 59th bday. Got pretty good conditions to climb Mount Hood, although the winds at the summit were around 40mph, forecast was calling for winds in the 20s which unfortunately did not verify. Here's a photo dump from our climb, sadly my camera fogged up little bit, so all of the photos are slightly blurry. 

Happy French 60th!

[TT-SEA]

18Z ECMWF AI version also shows western troughing after 300 hours.   Maybe the GFS is onto something.

[Deweydog]

13 minutes ago, iFred said:

I have a garage full of servers and my office can be seen from space. I'm an irritant to my HOA.

I’m sure I’ll be cussing and fussing when I get denied my application to put my weather station on a 60 foot pole on my roof.

[Meatyorologist]

47 minutes ago, T-Town said:

The benefit of an HOA is that your neighbors have signed an agreement that says they can be penalized if they park ten cars in front of your house. Whether you see value in an HOA probably depends on how much you value that “service.”

Most of the arguments I've read supporting HOA's are like this... Very extreme examples. This rarely ever happens and if so it's even more rare that a reasonable compromise can't be met with the neighbor, after a polite honest conversation. I bet a lot of "examples" are people simply not trying hard enough to make peace.

41 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

They protect property values when administered correctly. 

This is probably the only sound example that I can see supporting HOA's... Though the "when administered correctly" is pulling a lot of weight here. Technically this wouldn't even be an issue if Americans weren't so concerned with silly things such as the continuity of their neighborhood or having to walk half a block to their front door.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

30 degrees currently here at timberline lodge, had a really nice sunset tonight. 

[MossMan]

48 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

I’m sure I’ll be cussing and fussing when I get denied my application to put my weather station on a 60 foot pole on my roof.

I bet my snow piles would be HOA illegal! 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

1 hour ago, Meatyorologist said:

I have some very strong opinions on HOA's... I'm curious as to what good you see in them?

Most of them suck, but some are good. I'd say the HOA is pretty good here, maybe a little strict but they help keep the town nice. 

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

They protect property values when administered correctly. 

they keep the wealth with the wealthy, they're pretty regressive and discriminatory.  No surprise you and Tim are huge fans 

[Cold Snap]

Low of 31 here this morning. Might end up being the last freeze of the season.

[Deweydog]

10 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

they keep the wealth with the wealthy, they're pretty regressive and discriminatory.  No surprise you and Tim are huge fans 

Actually, they keep the wealth with the HOA. Some of them are pretty pricey depending on the “amenities” they provide. My brother’s costs him $300 a month but they have a pool, clubhouse, landscaping and beer coozies.

This’ll be our first time with one in about 14 years and the only one we were a part of was run very poorly. Not particularly looking forward to it, but no one holds a gun to someone’s head. If you don’t wanna be a part of it, you can go live somewhere else.  

[LowerGarfield]

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=796108349219199&set=a.462602912569746 (pretty cool snow photo)

Not NW, but I had no idea Bodie State Park (a minning ghost town in CA) is staffed in the winter when the long dirt road is snow covered and closed. Rangers staff it to avoid vandalism. It frequently has summer temps inthe 70s or 80s but temps drop rapidly at night. It has over 300 days of freezing temps and is often the coldest daily low in CA. It's over 8k in elevation on plateau, east of the Sierras near Mono Lake.

Per wikipedia look at that range of temps. Insane. Is there any place in the NW that is similar?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodie,_California#Climate

[T-Town]

58 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Most of the arguments I've read supporting HOA's are like this... Very extreme examples. This rarely ever happens and if so it's even more rare that a reasonable compromise can't be met with the neighbor, after a polite honest conversation. I bet a lot of "examples" are people simply not trying hard enough to make peace.

This is probably the only sound example that I can see supporting HOA's... Though the "when administered correctly" is pulling a lot of weight here. Technically this wouldn't even be an issue if Americans weren't so concerned with silly things such as the continuity of their neighborhood or having to walk half a block to their front door.

I’m not making an argument for HOAs, just offering an opinion on why people value them. I know I offered an extreme scenario but I was having some fun with a situation one of our posters described a couple days ago. I will say that someone who thinks it’s ok to park ten cars in front of your house will not likely be swayed by a polite and honest conversation. 

[MossMan]

I want to see Ricky living in Matt’s driveway, and Mr Lahey and Randy enforcing the HOA’s there! 

[Deweydog]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I want to see Ricky living in Matt’s driveway, and Mr Lahey and Randy enforcing the HOA’s there! 

If I remember correctly, the serial killer BTK was the head of his HOA and ruled with an iron fist.  

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

they keep the wealth with the wealthy, they're pretty regressive and discriminatory.  No surprise you and Tim are huge fans 

What have I said about HOAs here?    You live in HOA type neighborhood too.

[Deweydog]

How’d the 0z Euro look?

[Cascadia_Wx]

Beautiful day here. 58/29 spread with morning frost, then high clouds and lots of afternoon sun. Looks like PDX hit 60, of course. 59/30 day at VUO.

[TT-SEA]

47 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

How’d the 0z Euro look?

Old news.   12Z run for tomorrow is running now.

[TT-SEA]

00Z GFS not too much different than 18Z run.

[SnowWillarrive]

3 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

I have some very strong opinions on HOA's... I'm curious as to what good you see in them?

You need HOAs to prevent your neighbors from planting a yard full of palm trees. Some neighborhoods don’t allow them! 

[TT-SEA]

Ridge probably ends up being 5 days.   Prayers going out to those who have endure a 5-day ridge after 16 consecutive days of troughing.    So much doom and gloom.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

44 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

00Z GFS not too much different than 18Z run.

Very close to a major BLAST

[DareDuck]

17 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Ridge probably ends up being 5 days.   Prayers going out to those who have endure a 5-day ridge after 16 consecutive days of troughing.    So much doom and gloom.  

Still funny after the 15th time doing this recently. 

[TT-SEA]

I am in a Wikipedia rabbit hole right now... started with looking up sauropod dinosaurs because of a recent discovery in France that was in the news today and came across this chart.

We are living in the era for cold weather fans right now.

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Ridge probably ends up being 5 days.   Prayers going out to those who have endure a 5-day ridge after 16 consecutive days of troughing.    So much doom and gloom.  

What are you talking about, we’ve just endured 4 dry mostly sunny days. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, DareDuck said:

Still funny after the 15th time doing this recently. 

Don't think I have said this once.   A couple other people have... it definitely fits.  

[TT-SEA]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

What are you talking about, we’ve just endured 4 dry mostly sunny days. 

And was significantly colder than normal until today.    And back into troughing for the next 4 days.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

And was significantly colder than normal until today.    And back into troughing for the next 4 days.   

It was still dry and sunny. Highs were in the 50s and even 50s today, wasn’t like it was -20. We were also wasting precious time to build snow pack and fill our reservoirs. Every dry day is a lost opportunity in this climate.