November 2020 Weather Observations for the PNW

[Timmy Supercell]

If it reaches 50 from a low of 15 today is a nice late November day!

[TacomaWaWx]

13 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I was and still am...fully onboard! I’m heading to Brennan’s illegal cabin in the woods shortly to enjoy the Siberian Express February 1989 style! 
Currently 50 degrees and partly cloudy. Lovely day! 

That was a poor decision posting that cabin online. 

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, Timmy_Supercell said:

If it reaches 50 from a low of 15 today is a nice late November day!

I haven’t experienced 15 degrees since February 2019.

[TacomaWaWx]

Only 40 here at 2pm. Chilly day sun broke out at noon but hasn’t warmed up very fast still. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Only 40 here at 2pm. Chilly day sun broke out at noon but hasn’t warmed up very fast still. 

Looks like we peaked at 55... don't expect it to cool down too much this evening with the east wind picking up ahead of the incoming front.  

[TacomaWaWx]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Looks like we peaked at 55... don't expect it to cool down too much this evening with the east wind picking up ahead of the incoming front.  

Im surprised it’s only 40 here with full sunshine. Figured we would get atleast into the mid to upper 40s once we broke out of the fog. We should get a decent view of the moonrise tonight despite the front coming in and a good sunset hopefully if the clouds can hold off a few more hours. Sunsets at 4:22 now really early this time of year hoping to get some good photos tonight. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Only 39 degrees in Kent in the fog

[TacomaWaWx]

5 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Only 39 degrees in Kent in the fog

Really interesting temp spreads today. Lots of places around Seattle, Olympia, Tacoma, Auburn and Kent are in the upper 30s to low 40s. Close to the foothills is in the mid 50s. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Beautiful sunshine and 45F. A really pleasant almost winter day.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Sun finally came out. First mostly foggy day of the season up here. We can be socked in all day in a strong inversion like January 2013. Inversion season is about November 20-January 20 up here.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

42 beautiful degrees.

[The Swamp]

42 here.  Got Christmas tree today.  What a beautiful sunny day.

I'd take two more months like today please.

[Blizzard777]

28 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

That was a poor decision posting that cabin online. 

Batman learned us kids early in age to never ever share the location of such places.....oh well. 

[Deweydog]

Nice day!

Last mow of the season complete!  

[Blizzard777]

45* and sunny again.

Finishing last half of Christmas lights and the all important plugging them all into one socket like Clark taught us....cants wait !!! 
 

[MossMan]

My Christmas lights are hot off the Amazon Sprinter van...Winter is saved! Going up now! 

[TT-SEA]

Looks like mid 50s for most of the foothill locations... including 54 in North Bend and 56 in Carnation.

 

[ShawniganLake]

45 here had a few drops of rain earlier. It’s gonna get windy tonight and early tomorrow.  Hopefully my Christmas decorations stay put. 

[Timmy Supercell]

34 minutes ago, puyallupjon said:

42 here.  Got Christmas tree today.  What a beautiful sunny day.

I'd take two more months like today please.

Well then, winter starts in February through April!

[ShawniganLake]

51 minutes ago, MossMan said:

My Christmas lights are hot off the Amazon Sprinter van...Winter is saved! Going up now! 

I hope those are the super high efficiency LED bulbs that last 15000 hours.  Of course, odds are the entire string will stop working after a year or two. 

[Deweydog]

When I stop and think about how much I’ve spent over the years on putting obnoxious lights my house for a month I start to feel like a real schmuck.

Money that could have been spent on helping Trump with his election litigation or ending climate change.

[snow_wizard]

46 / 29 here today.  Very crisp and sunny day.  The atmosphere is so decoupled that it started falling like a rock well before sunset.  Already down to 42.

[TT-SEA]

Random pic I just saw on my phone... January 16, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. PST in my backyard.   

[Meatyorologist]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Random pic I just saw on my phone... January 16, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. PST in my backyard.   

Nice!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Random pic I just saw on my phone... January 16, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. PST in my backyard.   

Very wintry scene. We managed about 10” from that event, but the temp was about 32/33 the whole time. Very drippy and slushy snow. 

[Deweydog]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Random pic I just saw on my phone... January 16, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. PST in my backyard.   

Did it melt?

[Meatyorologist]

Just want some opinions here... Out of these two choices, where would be the best place for snow:

600' in the typical PSCZ region (roughly Lynwood/South Everett east to Monroe), or 800'+ in the highlands stretching from Bellevue to North Bend? The highlands often miss out on the PSCZ, but when they do get snow it's usually much more than the rest of the lowlands, barring arctic fronts that stall out near Everett.

Asking for...a friend...

[Timmy Supercell]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Random pic I just saw on my phone... January 16, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. PST in my backyard.   

My place 01/16/2020. 13" depth. In that week from Jan 9-16 about 18" fell. I think 6" fell on the 16th.

Interesting what a dud the next month was. I didn't see one flake in February. And it rained one night.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Did it melt?

Appears so... here is another pic I have on my phone from January 21, 2020 at 9:28 a.m. PST.    

That is lots of melting in 5 days!

[Timmy Supercell]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Appears so... here is another pic I have on my phone from January 21, 2020 at 9:28 a.m. PST.    

 

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Did it melt?

Almost no evidence of that event on Jan 27th! This just right down the hill from my house. All that was left was parking lot "blobs".

[TacomaWaWx]

Beautiful night. 

[Deweydog]

6 minutes ago, Timmy_Supercell said:

 

Almost no evidence of that event on Jan 27th! This just right down the hill from my house. All that was left was parking lot "blobs".

Sometimes parking lot piles of butt snow are the only tangible evidence we have left of many magical, sleepless model-riding and radar-dissecting nights.

[Timmy Supercell]

Melts have gotten crazier than that.

One day my brother was coming to visit, we had 6.6" fall on the morning of 02/07/2017, he came off Amtrak at 10pm, didn't believe me when I said we had half a foot of snow. There was maybe an inch in spots of the yard.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

5 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Sometimes parking lot piles of butt snow are the only tangible evidence we have left of many magical, sleepless model-riding and radar-dissecting nights.

Can confirm from 2-25-19 up to March 7 or so, there was still a$$ snow in the lots.

[Gradient Keeper]

I just now have had time to look at 12z runs, ensembles and the 18z as well. Nothing exciting popping up in that 'believable' time frame. What I do see is if we want that first cold shot(warning shot?) we need a ridge merger at Day 8.5 to 9.5 with an evolving block tucked in behind the shortwave over southern Alaska. Looking at the ensembles I see a ton of outstanding potential ahead beginning in 9-10 days continuing for the foreseeable future. C'MON!!!!

00z GFS in 2 hour 32 minutes

[MossMan]

1 hour ago, ShawniganLake said:

I hope those are the super high efficiency LED bulbs that last 15000 hours.  Of course, odds are the entire string will stop working after a year or two. 

No they were cheapo China lights...But are LED’s so that’s a start!

[Gradient Keeper]

My lights are 'Santa's Forest' Bi-Mart style. You'd expect more from Santa, far more. Ole Saint Nick didn't leave me feeling all that jolly. Jolly Ole Saint Nick my festive fat a**! That all I'll say. Okay.

[snow_wizard]

SEA did pretty well today with a chilly 45 / 31 spread.  It's amazing how bad the models are at handling inversions.  The ECMWF was going for 52 there today.  Pretty obvious the high temps this week will be colder than the models are stating.

[Gradient Keeper]

4 minutes ago, DJ Droppin said:

My lights are 'Santa's Forest' Bi-Mart style. You'd expect more from Santa, far more. Ole Saint Nick didn't leave me feeling all that jolly. Jolly Ole Saint Nick my festive fat a**! That all I'll say. Okay.

I digress. That was a substantial overreaction and fabrication of the truth. Plus I'm trying to get off the Naughty List. or on it. I can't remember. They are fine lights.

00z ECMWF in 4 hours 38 minutes

[MossMan]

55 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Random pic I just saw on my phone... January 16, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. PST in my backyard.   

The melt-a-thon was underway on the 16th here. However was still a winter wonderland the evening of the 15th!