September 2024 PNW Weather Discussion

[TacomaWx]

6 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Is that an app?

Just weatherbug 

[MossMan]

2 hours ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

Boy howdy....The jet boat run I did was when I was a marine deputy, we had 3 jet boats ranging from 19 to 23 ft, all with small block V8s.  We usually had 2 boats out 5-6 days a week, and had to put 40-70 gallons per day per boat.  We were the big dogs on the river, except one day when a guy from Alaska showed up at the ramp with his twin v8 jet boat (25-27ft long).  It was a forward helm, full windscreen/hardtop set up.  Can't even imagine what his fuel bill looked like.

I think if I ever got into the power boat scene, I would probably follow in @MossMan footsteps and go the jet ski route.  Fuel bill would be a little easier on the wallet!

Yeah easy on gas, and you can really explore the shorelines and get to places that is harder with a boat. Love my jetski but also love my boat!  
Like Matt…I’m a bit tight with the money so my main goal in life is to spend as little as possible on the water toys but still have nice and reliable machines. My 30yr old boat with a simple outboard (these old Mercury outboard 2 strokes are bullet proof) and very low maintenance. Drinks more than your uncle Mike though. This boat was seemingly very well taken care of its entire life. Picked it up for under $10k 3 years ago and have only put in $300 in repairs which includes swapping out the cassette deck radio for a modern one with Bluetooth. 
With the jetski my 22yr old Polaris that I’ve had since new that was as reliable as reliable gets until about 3 years ago where the deteriorating fuel lines along with a head base gasket leak made me park it since I didn’t have time to repair it. Still otherwise in pristine condition though.
Then about 2yrs ago a co worker of mine said she was going to sell her 20yr old Honda that was just spending its life in their climate controlled garage since they never had time to use it so I picked it up for $4k. Only had 50 hours on it and runs like brand new…And because it’s a Honda. 
A similar boat of mine new would be around $90k and a similar jetski to mine new would be around $20k. 

Edited September 14 by MossMan

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

4 hours ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Random pics of our road trip in August. 

 

Love the 2nd last photo, Italian mountain a is beauty. Went there some years back

[SouthHillFrosty]

LETS GO COUGS. Left for dead by UW last year and whoop some as*s this year. Hope UW enjoys being 7-5 every year in the Big Ten!!

[Meatyorologist]

[MossMan]

Raining and 57. .22” so far on the day. 
Meanwhile my relative that has the Orondo place is over there right now just sent me this and said it’s 82 there. I could be over there jetsking right now.

[MossMan]

This guy is fattening up for what’s to come! 

[T-Town]

1 minute ago, snow drift said:

Things begin growing in the spring, as the weather warms and sunlight increases. The growth continues through the summer. Things die and go dormant in the fall, as the weather gets cooler and sunlight decreases. College football has reached its fall season. It's dying. Honestly, it hasn't been the same since the BCS was instituted in 1998.

I don’t know if it’s dying but it’s not nearly as interesting to me anymore. 

[TacomaWx]

68/55 so far today with 0.44” of rain and 1.37” MTD. 

[SpaceRace22]

Oh my GOD

[SouthHillFrosty]

19 minutes ago, snow drift said:

Things begin growing in the spring, as the weather warms and sunlight increases. The growth continues through the summer. Things die and go dormant in the fall, as the weather gets cooler and sunlight decreases. College football has reached its fall season. It's dying. Honestly, it hasn't been the same since the BCS was instituted in 1998.

I think college football is better than ever personally. I think schools like UW who took money to become a 7-5 school will suck for them. Honestly, football will be a lot more relevant for other schools like Wazzu and conferences like the BIG12 now without a perennial power. Go Bucks 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

1 hour ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

LETS GO COUGS. Left for dead by UW last year and whoop some as*s this year. Hope UW enjoys being 7-5 every year in the Big Ten!!

Go Cougs! You guys and us Beav fans are united together now, a shared passion of hating all 10 former pac12 teams. Screw those traitors!

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

27 minutes ago, SpaceRace22 said:

Oh my GOD

I'm curious how many inches that ensemble gives us!

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

END OF THE 18Z SAYS ITS COMING!!!

[snow drift]

The sun came out and it is above 70 on Apple Cup Saturday. Crazy stuff.

[Winterdog]

45 minutes ago, MossMan said:

This guy is fattening up for what’s to come! 

A Douglas squirrel.  They are native where the Eastern Grey squirrel is not.  Had a 63/56 day with .82" in the bucket for a total of .91" for the month.

[Winterdog]

I sure haven't seen many Tim posts lately, has he been banned as well?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

6 minutes ago, Winterdog said:

I sure haven't seen many Tim posts lately, has he been banned as well?

He’s trapped in the politics sub forum 

[Winterdog]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

He’s trapped in the politics sub forum 

Oh yeah, I haven't been attending that thread lately.  Ironically, Tim was the main reason.  Hahaha.

[umadbro]

Anyone have an ambient weather station that can help me? My weather station shows .21” but the app is just showing this…. How can I fix it?

[MossMan]

10 minutes ago, Winterdog said:

I sure haven't seen many Tim posts lately, has he been banned as well?

He just posted over in the sports forum along with being quite active with the politer politics forum. 

[The Blob]

In coming!

[OysterPrintout]

4 minutes ago, The Blob said:

In coming!

Absolutely nuking rain here 

[OysterPrintout]

22 minutes ago, Winterdog said:

I sure haven't seen many Tim posts lately, has he been banned as well?

Weeklong hangover from Jesse ban celebration 

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, OysterPrintout said:

Absolutely nuking rain here 

Any thunder? 

[Tenochtitlan]

Crazy clouds here 

[OysterPrintout]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

Any thunder? 

Nope

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, OysterPrintout said:

Nope

Looks pretty intense on radar

[TacomaWx]

Looks like some convergence is setting up over the central/south sound. Won’t complain if we get some more rain this evening! 

[T-Town]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Looks like some convergence is setting up over the central/south sound. Won’t complain if we get some more rain this evening! 

Quite a difference between north and south. 

[Ken in Wood Village]

I'm having a thunderstorm come through. The lightning strike doesn't show up on the lightning detector so it must of been cloud to cloud. 

[Tenochtitlan]

Just now, Ken in Wood Village said:

I'm having a thunderstorm come through. The lightning strike doesn't show up on the lightning detector so it must of been cloud to cloud. 

I must have heard the same thunder rumble. I didn’t see any lightning so it must have been high in the clouds 

[Ken in Wood Village]

13 minutes ago, Tenochtitlan said:

I must have heard the same thunder rumble. I didn’t see any lightning so it must have been high in the clouds 

Yea, I meant to say I heard thunder and didn't see any lightning too but I was trying to hurry up and post it before someone else did...lol. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

78/52 at Salem today. Right at normal. 

[MossMan]

Had a high of 59. Currently 54.

[Tenochtitlan]

That was a good downpour. I had been wondering when it would ever rain again. 

[Timmy]

The east metro is getting hammered again. This map is over the last 8 days, look at the difference between the nw and the se.

[GHweatherChris]

12 hours ago, iFred said:

@GHweatherChris should be fixed

It's not fixed, in fact it is way worse now....

[snow_wizard]

Talk about things evening out.  The rain simply won't stop here now.  Around an inch for last night through right now.  Even had some thunder earlier.

[snow_wizard]

Geez.  I sure hope I can get a CZ down here like this when it's cold enough for snow.