November 2020 Weather Observations for the PNW

[Jesse]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

If by all you mean none. 

Good catch Andrew!  

[BLI snowman]

25 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

The common thread between all these persistent December inversion patterns is that they ALL invariably retrograded into massive western Arctic outbreaks.

February at least delivered in 1986, 1990, 1994, and 2006.

Guess we're waiting till then. Which is entirely expected.

[Deweydog]

5 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

February at least delivered in 1986, 1990, 1994, and 2006.

Guess we're waiting till then. Which is entirely expected.

Purty much...

Sharp, persistent +PNA patterns in December have almost no history of evolving quickly into an intense western cold pattern.  Phil tried to go there in 2017-18 and that worked out..... well. Worked out fairly well come February though!

[mtep]

Pretty gusty here this morning

[BLI snowman]

25 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Purty much...

Sharp, persistent +PNA patterns in December have almost no history of evolving quickly into an intense western cold pattern.  Phil tried to go there in 2017-18 and that worked out..... well. Worked out fairly well come February though!

I would say 1956-57 fits the bill, with a sharp ridge and inversion at the end of November quickly retrograding into an arctic blast in early December.  There was another intense ridge at the end of December which broke down as January got going.

Of course the mid 1950s was easily the most -PNAtastic era of the last century, so not a very reliable analog.

[MossMan]

1 hour ago, FroYoBro said:

I was a freshman in December 2005 and remember that one. I noticed the golf course lakes freezing over on my walk home from school every day. I really enjoyed how cold that one got. 

I went jetsking on Christmas Day 2005! Was a lovely day! 

[Deweydog]

14 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

I would say 1956-57 fits the bill, with a sharp ridge and inversion at the end of November quickly retrograding into an arctic blast in early December.  There was another intense ridge at the end of December which broke down as January got going.

Of course the mid 1950s was easily the most -PNAtastic era of the last century, so not a very reliable analog.

Late November 2005 kind works too but it wasn’t exactly what most people conjure up as a typical retrogression pattern.

[Weather1011]

Heavy rain 

[TacomaWaWx]

6 minutes ago, Weather1011 said:

Heavy rain 

Coming in! 

[TacomaWaWx]

Getting breezy here...front coming in looks pretty heavy. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Pulled this off Twitter. 

[GHweatherChris]

Heavy rain and hail!!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

13 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Plenty of chilly highs. Looks like an inversion to me.

Unless I’m reading that wrong, it shows diurnal maxima in the mid to upper forties Fahrenheit. That doesn’t really impress me as “chilly” for this time of year.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

22 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Getting breezy here...front coming in looks pretty heavy. 

It’s been moderately windy here ever since this morning. KBLI has recorded a peak gust of 44 mph so far today. Radar indicates heavier rain is just about to hit.

[MossMan]

Holy Heavy Rain Batman!!! 
And wind still! Way more exciting than that dud of a storm last week. 

[Blizzard777]

20 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Holy Heavy Rain Batman!!! 
And wind still! Way more exciting than that dud of a storm last week. 

The storm which we do not speak of it’s name 

[mtep]

Looking niiiiice and stormy outside here in southeast B'ham. 

[Blizzard777]

That was intense!

heavy rain and wind line!!!

35 mph winds .....thanks 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

54F and cloudy but dry

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like the ENSO 3.4 region bounced back to -1.5C this week. 

[Blizzard777]

5 minutes ago, iFred said:

Pretty. Also nearly dark outside.

Triggered all my outside night lighting ....verified:)

[MossMan]

Very dark outside. 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Very dark outside. 

Its daylight.  

 

[GHweatherChris]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Its daylight.  

 

Awww, I am flattered Tim!

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Its daylight.  

 

Hi Chris! 

[TacomaWaWx]

Had a brief squall line move through with some decent gusts. Up to 0.17” today. Temp went from 52 to 44 as well. 

[Jesse]

Radar starting to fill in here. South wind has been kicking up a little the last few hours.

Ended up with a seasonable 50/38 day. Mostly cloudy and dry during the majority of daylight hours with some morning sunbreaks. 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, iFred said:

I love it.

What I wouldn't give to just shift the equator south by 10 degrees.

 

Juneau is at 58N.  

Moving to Juneau would be infinitely easier than shifting the equator.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Radar is pretty satanic right now. 

[Jesse]

21 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Radar is pretty satanic right now. 

We need a satanic react here.

[Blizzard777]

Portlands going to enjoy a cocktail hour squall line

 

[umadbro]

Pretty blah front here. Rain was moderate for a couple minutes. Did manage to hit .47" per hour rain rate which isn't anything special. Wind gusted to a blustery 8 mph. One thing I've learned since I moved here a year and a half ago is only N winds show any real strength.

[Deweydog]

RAIN!

[Jesse]

Meant to post these earlier, but there were some great early season snow conditions up on Hood this weekend. Snowshoed the PCT in the Barlow Pass area, then to Enid Lake by Gov’t Camp for sunset. Easily 2+ snow around Barlow, maybe a foot or so near Gov’t.

 

[Gradient Keeper]

9 minutes ago, Jesse said:

Meant to post these earlier, but there were some great early season snow conditions up on Hood this weekend. Snowshoed the PCT in the Barlow Pass area, then to Enid Lake by Gov’t Camp for sunset. Easily 2+ snow around Barlow, maybe a foot or so near 
Gov’t.

 

Wow Those pictures do not suck, not even a little.

00z GFS in 2 hours 18 minutes (Good changes tonight?)

[El_Nina]

Starting to rain out ahead of the front. 0.01" so far today. 

[Jesse]

Windy with heavy rain here now.

[MossMan]

Currently 40 degrees and raining. Had a high of 49.

.40” so far on the day, 4.87” for the month, 53.30” for the year. 

[Jesse]

1 hour ago, iFred said:

I need my nice internet and one day Amazon shipping. So it seems easier to get someone to shift the axis of the planet. 

Edmonton, Canada probably has all those things, and sits at 53N. That is at least half way there.

[Jesse]

Fun little front. Probably the most lively this month. Picked up a quick 1/3" of rain in about 15 minutes. Some gusty WNW winds too. The rain was blowing in in sheets at points.

Still raining moderately, and down to 44.