I wouldn't say exceptionally rare.

Well that was fun. My internet just came back on. Yesterday absolutely sucked not being able to look at the models. The cell phone service was so bogged down nothing would work right. Amazing the neighborhood I live in was at the very NE corner of where the power never went out, so we are really lucky in that regard. Everywhere north and east of here is dark for miles with trees down everywhere. The night of the storm I just happened to be out grabbing some dinner for us at the peak of the storm and you could see the sky lightning up like a Christmas tree over Maple Valley. It's like a river of wind must have blasted through there at that exact moment. As excepted, I have the typical several hours of cleanup to do in my yard. Does anyone have any insight into why this was so bad? I thought I knew the east scenarios here like the back of my hand, but this one was totally different than any I have seen. The cross Cascade gradient was respectable, but not extraordinary by any means. Also...the WRF showed no wind reversal at either the 850mb or 700mb levels so I thought a mountain wave would not happen. Apparently, the previous low pressure on record in that area off the coast was in October 2021 and I had no really serious winds here from that. I learned a lot from this storm, but am still curious what the X factor was that put it over the top. Last but not least, does anyone know what the lowest pressure was from the storm?

Euro looks good for late next week. It looks more like a southern slider. Sweet.

That was a depressing run of the Euro.

I’m much more likely to remember the 10mb details than the details of the murder weapon. No joke.