October 2020 Weather Observations for the PNW

[El_Nina]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I literally have no idea what your tree colors look like down there... and the person making the comment is in North Seattle.

Its been a wet fall so far up here... particularly the last month.   That is lots of rain which saved the trees from going bare early from dryness like what appeared to be happening in early September.

 

You act like you don't already know about our ongoing dry spell. Even despite that slight wet anomaly over the past 30 days we're still in the same drought conditions we were beforehand. It's also worth noting that all that rain happened in very short heavy bursts rather than being a normal wet pattern with some longevity. 

 

[TacomaWaWx]

51/38 today. Coldest day since April 3rd. 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, El_Nina said:

You act like you don't already know about our ongoing dry spell. Even despite that slight wet anomaly over the past 30 days we're still in the same drought conditions we were beforehand. It's also worth noting that all that rain happened in very short heavy bursts rather than being a normal wet pattern with some longevity. 

 

I am not even considering Oregon.  I rarely think about other states when discussing local things. 

It was a Seattle area discussion.    

[SilverFallsAndrew]

No reason to play his game guys.

[Front Ranger]

18 minutes ago, Jesse said:

People who play constant mind games with others usually play them with themselves too.

Tim plays with himself?

[Jesse]

7 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

No reason to play his game guys.

It is a game where losing is the only outcome for all parties involved.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Tim plays with himself?

So goofy.   Talking about local weather with someone local to me... and the Oregon people chime in ranting about their conditions.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Rudy? Is that you?

[Deweydog]

The Game was a good movie.  Released in September 1997.  Nice snowstorm less than three months later.

[Jesse]

1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

The Game was a good movie.  Released in September 1997.  Nice snowstorm less than three months later.

You just lost the game.

[TT-SEA]

I still have no idea why Oregon is pertinent to a Seattle area discussion.     Its not.

[El_Nina]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

I still have no idea why Oregon is pertinent to a Seattle area discussion.     Its not.

He was talking to me. 

[Deweydog]

2 minutes ago, Jesse said:

You just lost the game.

 

[TacomaWaWx]

Definitely been a big difference in rainfall recently in Washington vs Oregon. Was dry this summer but we’ve definitely caught up with all the rains in the last month or so Up here in western WA.

[Jesse]

2 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

 

The EPS circa 1983.

[Deweydog]

Just now, Jesse said:

The EPS circa 1983.

Six months after it’s release it got kold AF.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, El_Nina said:

He was talking to me. 

No... he just commented on Seattle weather.    I made a comment that it has not really been that hot during the days recently.    And here we are... dealing with lots of Oregon angst for some reason.  

[El_Nina]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

No... he just commented on Seattle weather.    I made a comment that it has not really been that hot during the days recently.    And here we are... dealing with lots of Oregon angst for some reason.  

If you'd look at the map I posted you'd understand the disabilitating amount of anxiety. 

[Deweydog]

Ima silence both your mics if you don’t drop this sh*t soon!

Sheriff Jesse deputized me!

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, El_Nina said:

If you'd look at the map I posted you'd understand the disabilitating amount of anxiety. 

Fair enough... at least you're admitting your anxiety is the reason we are talking about Oregon when discussing our local Seattle weather. 

[TacomaWaWx]

8 minutes ago, iFred said:

On a serious note, nitpicking others or complaining that they posted something that you don’t think should be here even though it’s related to weather in the PacNW will probably put you on the fast track to Mod Preview.

If you do think we need a Willamette Valley thread and a Puget Sound thread, start them and if they’re consistently active, I’ll pin them.

I wouldn’t mind a Washington and a Oregon thread. Might make things less complicated on here as we’ve just seen with the WA vs OR discussion.

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

I wouldn’t mind a Washington and a Oregon thread. Might make things less complicated on here as we’ve just seen with the WA vs OR discussion.

We tried it before and it did not work too well.  We spend lots of time discussing upcoming patterns and that is better combined.   

But I did have to add my signature below to remind people that conditions and anomalies can be very different across the region. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, iFred said:

I just dont want them to be threads where 2 people talk and nearly all of the model stuff applies to both regions. Back in my PhillyWx forum days, we just had a thread for regional model discussion, and we had separate threads for events. I also want to flatten the forum a bit more as a lot of the seasonal stuff and be board wide.

Yeah I can understand that. Hasn’t it been tried before too? 

[El_Nina]

18z GFS showing about 0.2" rain here the next 48 hours. 

[BLI snowman]

18z was a nice run. Stays fairly cool throughout.

[rsktkr]

What happened? Last time I checked in here there was all kinds of talk about cold, some snow in the higher elevations.....the night shift was going....models were posted every few minutes.

What did I miss?

 

[snow drift]

I would love to see a blocky winter ala 1978-79. You can't beat sunshine and 10-20 inches of snow on the ground.

[MossMan]

15 minutes ago, rsktkr said:

What happened? Last time I checked in here there was all kinds of talk about cold, some snow in the higher elevations.....the night shift was going....models were posted every few minutes.

What did I miss?

 

It trended East. 

[Gradient Keeper]

00z NAM a notch further west with the cold trough. It's not much and won't lead to any significant changes, but it is noticeable.

[TacomaWaWx]

Cliff mass thinks a decent backdoor shot is coming this weekend. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Down to 45 this evening. 

[Jesse]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Cliff mass thinks a decent backdoor shot is coming this weekend. 

Cliff Mass must be looking at the same models we are

[Blizzard777]

52/37 currently 44*

I’m good with all of us crammed in the same room together. I simply scroll past what’s not important.  My take  

[FroYoBro]

9 minutes ago, Jginmartini said:

52/37 currently 44*

I’m good with all of us crammed in the same room together. I simply scroll past what’s not important.  My take  

I agree. It would be silly to split us up into different threads. We can all be big boys and girls. 

[Gradient Keeper]

00z GFS is 4 minutes late on initializing. That can only mean a brutally cold, snowy, and icy run! C'MON!!!!

00z ECMWF in 2 hours 14 minutes

[Gradient Keeper]

Here we go!!!!

[Gradient Keeper]

00z GFS Day 1

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 2 - Cold trough a notch further east. If only it had dug back over us.

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 2.5 - 850s. A slight notch warmer.

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 3