Your current weather?

[Buttercup]

Clouds teased us again yesterday afternoon/evening. :-( Began to certainly look as though a real storm was brewing and we'd get rain. But nope. The clouds fizzled and floated off to the west. Not even one peal of thunder. <_<

Currently spotty (sparse) white clouds. Warm, bright morning. There was red in the sky around dawn; hopefully that means rain today. Calm, temp probably 86 F.

[Noclevername]

Our former lawn now looks like the Kalahari. The ground is brown and cracked, I keep expecting a tumbleweed to blow by...

[Buttercup]

Lots of clouds again.

Floating around, teasing us. <_<

No doubt gloating, "The humans are watching again, wondering what we'll do!"

And likely will simply move on westward come 7:00 p.m. with no rain, nothing. Like last night and the night before.

Yeah, I think clouds can be cruel and enjoy playing mind games with humans. :-(

[redshifter]

I used to feel like I was rubbing it in, now with the bad drought conditions everywhere (else), I almost feel guilty: Low 60's, rain today. Starting to clear up finally. Hopefully we get more than a few days of summer around here...

[publiusr]

Cloudy today.

Nice photo of a rain shaft--perhaps enhanced a bit:
gothamist.com/2012/07/18/crazy_photograph_thunderstorm_rain.php

Rain shafts, scud can fool folks into thinking they are something worse. The brightness is a bit much--makes it look like a hail shaft.

[Trebuchet]

Western Washingtonians: People who go to a family reunion, complain about all the rain we've had, and then spend the afternoon moving their lawn chairs around to stay in the shade! No such problem this morning, gray and a fine drizzle.

[ToSeek]

Crazy day here yesterday. It's been a miserably hot summer in the DC area overall, but yesterday it was cloudy and drizzly all day, and the high might have reached 72. I wore long pants and brought a jacket to go watch a soccer match - at the same stadium where a couple of weeks ago the high was 105.

[redshifter]

Our 'summer' continues, with highs today expected to make it all the way to a sultry, balmy 65F. Clouds not expected to clear. Rain this AM.

[starcanuck64]

We're under severe storm and tornado warning.

http://weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?ab33

My sister who lives to the west of the city rushed home to make sure her dog is safe. And no, his name is not Toto.

[Charlie in Dayton]

90-odd degrees as of 845 peeyem (time of posting)...they been threatening rain of varying types for days now, but so far...zipzerozilch etc etc...I'd just like it to get down enough to cool the house at night. I'm getting tired of sleeping on the front porch and still sweating by the quart...

[Ara Pacis]

Woot! just got a storm and .75" of rain.

Incidentally, there was a downburst last night directly over ORD that generated 70mph gusts (http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=85794&source=0). Good thing they saw it and warned the airport. It knocked out power and may have collapsed an aircraft hangar wall (http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/14010257-418/early-morning-storms-bring-downburst-power-outages.html).

[Noclevername]

We got just enough rain to make it humid. Now it's blazing sun again. : (

[Trebuchet]

Exceedingly hot yesterday (low 80's F -- this IS the Puget Sound country we're talking about) but all grayed over and cool this morning. That's better. It looks like like the kind of cover that may burn off by later afternoon.

[redshifter]

Exceedingly hot yesterday (low 80's F -- this IS the Puget Sound country we're talking about) but all grayed over and cool this morning. That's better. It looks like like the kind of cover that may burn off by later afternoon.

Gotta love our natural air conditioning!

[starcanuck64]

Hot and muggy which is unusual for here.

We've been getting rain by the bucket loads which is also unsual, now it's cooking again.

[DoggerDan]

Better today. I'm tired of days in the 90s. This is supposed to be Colorado! Not Florida.

[Noclevername]

Yet another storm full of sound and fury and signifying nothing. The rain barely reached the ground, hung around for a few minutes, and then evaporated.

[HenrikOlsen]

Exceedingly hot yesterday (low 80's F -- this IS the Puget Sound country we're talking about) but all grayed over and cool this morning. That's better. It looks like like the kind of cover that may burn off by later afternoon.
We're in a (regional) heatwave and have been for the whole week (this being Denmark that's defined as three days with temperatures above 25C (77F)).
Had some rain last night, but everything's dry again.

[Solfe]

Rain and 76 degrees. Fahrenheit. :)

[DoggerDan]

Unusually warm and wet. We're into our third round of very heavy rains, complete with warnings of flash floodings.

I've already received two reverse-911 calls warning me of flash flooding in my area, and a quick peek at the creek out back, which is normally dry, reveals it's overstepped its banks.

That's quite a ways down, though, about thirty feet. The flow rate would have to be more than twenty times its current amount for me to experience flooding.

[LookingSkyward]

Absolutely lovely, for western WA. ~75 & sunny, with couldy mornings. Perfect for me.

[Trebuchet]

Absolutely lovely, for western WA. ~75 & sunny, with couldy mornings. Perfect for me.

And me! Although 75 is actually a degree or five warmer than I'd really prefer. I even started doing a little tuneup work on the trebuchet the past couple of days. Hurling season is only about six weeks away!

[R.A.F.]

...and the weather today on planet Krypton...

Seriously, the Sun is red...smoke from a "nearby" fire has made it's way here. No danger, just lots of smoke.

[R.A.F.]

Although 75 is actually a degree or five warmer than I'd really prefer.

What is it about living in the Seattle area that causes people to become "cold-blooded". My Son lives there, and when the temperature reaches 75+, he has to break out the air conditioner, or he will "melt". (his words, not mine)

[Buttercup]

What is it about living in the Seattle area that causes people to become "cold-blooded". My Son lives there, and when the temperature reaches 75+, he has to break out the air conditioner, or he will "melt". (his words, not mine)

Wow. He'd better never move to my area. We're often 105 F this time of year.

My sister still lives in upper Midwest (near our hometown). She -- a native to cold weather and still living there -- once said, "I don't understand people (here). It's cold in the winter, and in the summer they want it cold too." She and husband don't have air conditioning, so she's no hypocrite in this regard.

[Ara Pacis]

Acclimatization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acclimatization) in humans is a physiological process having something to do with bioregulation of salts and such.

[redshifter]

What is it about living in the Seattle area that causes people to become "cold-blooded". My Son lives there, and when the temperature reaches 75+, he has to break out the air conditioner, or he will "melt". (his words, not mine)

It's all what you're used to...I grew up in E Wa, where temps in the 90's are not at all unusual, and people deal with them fine. Over on the W. side of the state, 90 is rare. Case in point: It's forecast to hit 90 this weekend, first time since August of 2010. That's a bona fide heat wave for this area.

[publiusr]

More flooding rain here.

[R.A.F.]

...and the weather today on planet Krypton...

Seriously, the Sun is red...smoke from a "nearby" fire has made it's way here. No danger, just lots of smoke.



...and the smoky weather continues for the 3rd straight day...

Due to the terrain where the chips (http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_21226048/expanding-chips-fire-sends-smoke-into-butte-county) fire is located, it is very difficult for the fire fighters to make fire "breaks"...


....and the smoke funnels down to us, in Magalia/Paradise.

[ABR.]

...and the smoky weather continues for the 3rd straight day...

Due to the terrain where the chips fire is located, it is very difficult for the fire fighters to make fire "breaks"...


....and the smoke funnels down to us.

We're "enjoying" that smoke here as well. Don't forget our wonderful forecast for today -- low humidity, heat, with a chance for dry lightning later in the day.

[R.A.F.]

We're "enjoying" that smoke here as well. Don't forget our wonderful forecast for today -- low humidity, heat, with a chance for dry lightning later in the day.


Well, I'll be darned....didn't realize another poster lived so close by...where you at?

[ABR.]

As the saying goes, "Just a bit above Paradise".

[R.A.F.]

...and only someone who lives here knows what that means. (smile)

As is said....It's a small World after all. (Goofy smile)

[danscope]

Hot and humid today, but with a light breeze, hazy sun. Beach weather. " To the beach!! "

[Ara Pacis]

Dark storms coming in, chance of strong winds, heavy rain. lightning, high winds and tornadoes.

[Ara Pacis]

Lots of tree branches and a few trees down. One tree fell over on a neighbor's car. A couple others knocked down powerlines and the roads are closed. I heard that the supermarket's roof collapsed.

[Noclevername]

My borther in law saw lightning strike a transformer today. Explosion, followed by sparks, loud electrical buzz, and a grass fire. It also knocked burning branches off a tree. He had to call 911.

[Torsten]

I thought our 30C (88F) was warm for this part of the world, and then I read about that melted squirrel in Oklahoma (http://grist.org/list/its-so-hot-in-oklahoma-that-this-squirrel-melted/). <smiley>

[R.A.F.]

5th day of smoke, with no end in sight. The chips fire is zero percent contained.

Not so much, myself, as I have no respiratory "problems", but there are a lot of elderly in the area, and I have no idea how they "cope" with all the smoke.

[Trebuchet]

It's supposed to be a bit cooler today in the Puget regions, after two days in the 90's. That's a relief. We're all feeling a bit sorry for ourselves, then I read what it's like pretty much everywhere else in the country and realize how easy we've got it.

[danscope]

Quite a nice day, 83°, a few fair weather clouds, a little drier and with a light breeze. Superb.

[ABR.]

5th day of smoke, with no end in sight. The chips fire is zero percent contained.

Not so much, myself, as I have no respiratory "problems", but there are a lot of elderly in the area, and I have no idea how they "cope" with all the smoke.

I just drove down to the Post Office and back. I think the smoke is thicker today than it has been. It's still not as bad as it was in the summer of 2008, though.

[R.A.F.]

I think the smoke is thicker today than it has been.

I agree...looking across to my neighbors house, less than 100 feet, and it's very hazy.



It's still not as bad as it was in the summer of 2008, though.

Though we'd had it with that one...couldn't leave or return...I was "stranded" here, while my Wife had to spend the night in Chico.

[ABR.]

Though we'd had it with that one...couldn't leave or return...I was "stranded" here, while my Wife had to spend the night in Chico.

We were never in an official evacuation zone, either. That almost made it worse -- it felt like we were trapped. I couldn't get to Chico to work and didn't want to go anyway for fear I wouldn't be let back in and the family would have to evacuate without me. I must say, though, I've never done so much yard work as I did during that summer especially after finding the burnt pine cone in the yard!

[R.A.F.]

We were never in an official evacuation zone, either. That almost made it worse -- it felt like we were trapped.

I failed to mention...my Wife had our only car, so I really felt "trapped".



I must say, though, I've never done so much yard work as I did during that summer especially after finding the burnt pine cone in the yard!

Ouch...



I do think that local government didn't take it that seriously...there are 13,000+ people in this area, who rely on one exit.

....and when that exit is cut off, well, "things" could turn out really bad.


But on the bright side, I've lived in the area now for over 10 years, and enjoy "being in the outdoors". (Tall Tree Smilee)

It sure "beats" El Cajon.

[ABR.]

I failed to mention...my Wife had our only car, so I really felt "trapped".

Um, yikes! I think you win.


I do think that local government didn't take it that seriously...there are 13,000+ people in this area, who rely on one exit.

....and when that exit is cut off, well, "things" could turn out really bad.


But on the bright side, I've lived in the area now for over 10 years, and enjoy "being in the outdoors". (Tall Tree Smilee)

It sure "beats" El Cajon.

I agree. Have you been up the Skyway lately? Pretty soon, it will be paved all the way to Butte Meadows. My truck is falling apart, but it will still handle most of the gravel roads off the Ridge.

Oh, um, current weather -- right, sorry about that. In Chico -- clear skies overhead and no trace of smoke at the moment. Warming up, though.

[R.A.F.]

Um, yikes! I think you win.

The prospect of trying to outrun a fire on foot doesn't sound like "winning" to me. (smillee hotfoot)




Have you been up the Skyway lately? Pretty soon, it will be paved all the way to Butte Meadows.

Not too much past where I am...(off Ponderosa). So it is being paved? Good to know.



...no trace of smoke at the moment.

Yes....the smoke does seem to be clearing as the day progresses.

[R.A.F.]

Oh, wonderful. Local weather is forcasting smoke in the mornings all week long.

Along with a temperature rise into "triple digits", and it's going to be a Long week.

[jrkeller]

It is rainy with thunder and lightning.

[ABR.]

Oh, wonderful. Local weather is forcasting smoke in the mornings all week long.

Along with a temperature rise into "triple digits", and it's going to be a Long week.

On the bright side, the view coming up the Skyway this afternoon was interesting what with the big smoke clouds peeking out from behind the nearby mountains.

[R.A.F.]

On the bright side, the view coming up the Skyway this afternoon was interesting what with the big smoke clouds peeking out from behind the nearby mountains.

I like the Skyway...a highway with NO traffic. :)


When the weather is clear, driving into town, you can easily see the mountains on the other side of the Central Valley, and that's like what?...40 miles away?

It just looks cool.

[ABR.]

I like the Skyway...a highway with NO traffic. :)


When the weather is clear, driving into town, you can easily see the mountains on the other side of the Central Valley, and that's like what?...40 miles away?

It just looks cool.

40 miles from Chico to the peaks on the other side of the valley. That sounds about right. It always seems farther because of the time it takes to drive over there. This was the first morning in awhile where I could see the coastal mountains on my drive down to Chico. Clear blue skies here now, and heating up. I can see the smoke in the east even from downtown, though.

[R.A.F.]

Clear blue skies here now, and heating up.


The morning choke, I mean smoke has been a lot better the last 2 days....hope it continues, clear through the hot spell coming up.

Man, this is nothing like last summer...

[ABR.]

The morning choke, I mean smoke has been a lot better the last 2 days....hope it continues, clear through the hot spell coming up.

Man, this is nothing like last summer...

Driving up the Skyway the past two days, you can see two sources of smoke. Apparently the plume farther to the north is from a fire near Lassen NP. I haven't heard too much about that fire.

[Noclevername]

Thunderstorms 3 nights in a row, with little rain accumilation.

[DoggerDan]

Sunny and 80 with a few clouds. Beats the sunny and in the 90s we've been having all too often around here.

[Noclevername]

Finally got enough rain to leave the ground wet, but it comes too little and too late to save the local corn crops, or the lawn.

[Perikles]

Finally got enough rain to leave the ground wet, .I'm beginning to forget what rain is like. We have a howling gale and air temperature of 38 degrees (= 100 degrees) with zeroish humidity.

[danscope]

Hot.... 88° , humid with the promise of an afternoon shower/T-storm. Wind 5 to 10 w gusts.
Risky for green fees. Hmmm.....

[redshifter]

VERY hot (by our standards). We had a couple days in the low 90's a couple weeks ago - first time since Aug. 2010. Today and tomorrow we're forecasted to get into the mid 90's - at or near record temps for the date. Poor air quality warnings are going out, it's pretty hazy as well. I'm not gonna complain thought, it's even hotter 80 mi to the east where hundreds of people are fighting the Taylor Bridge fire - 22,000 acres burned so far, dozens of home destroyed, only 25% contained. At least the high winds are dying down over there.

[Trebuchet]

VERY hot (by our standards). We had a couple days in the low 90's a couple weeks ago - first time since Aug. 2010. Today and tomorrow we're forecasted to get into the mid 90's - at or near record temps for the date. Poor air quality warnings are going out, it's pretty hazy as well. I'm not gonna complain thought, it's even hotter 80 mi to the east where hundreds of people are fighting the Taylor Bridge fire - 22,000 acres burned so far, dozens of home destroyed, only 25% contained. At least the high winds are dying down over there.

We've chosen this week to leave that area and go where it's hotter -- first Boise and now central Oregon. We saw 105F on the car thermometer around Pendleton on Monday. Fortunately the Taylor Bridge fire had not really gotten going when we passed through that area. We'll be going back through Portland and up I-5.

Incidentally, we drove across Eastern OR yesterday from Baker City to Prineville using OR-7 and US-26. Awesome drive! The US-26 portion is highly recommended for geology buffs.

[redshifter]

We've chosen this week to leave that area and go where it's hotter -- first Boise and now central Oregon. We saw 105F on the car thermometer around Pendleton on Monday. Fortunately the Taylor Bridge fire had not really gotten going when we passed through that area. We'll be going back through Portland and up I-5.

Incidentally, we drove across Eastern OR yesterday from Baker City to Prineville using OR-7 and US-26. Awesome drive! The US-26 portion is highly recommended for geology buffs.

I was hoping to go camping down that way this summer, off Hwy 26 20 or so miles E. of John Day. I'd love to check out the fossil beds in that area as well!

[redshifter]

This is interesting; it's so hot that we have a drawbridge that has to be hosed down or it may not function...http://www.seattlepi.com/local/transportation/article/How-hot-is-it-University-Bridge-must-close-3796268.php

[Tinaa]

Hot here in south Texas, but not nearly as bad as last summer. The real problem is that it doesn't cool off at night; 90 at midnight. Ugh!

[Ara Pacis]

It's been beautiful weather this past week, no more heat wave. It'll actually get a bit cold tonight. Some world-famous "folk-rock" band from the across the pond is going to be stopping-over in the area apparently. Sounds cool but I just found out about it, so tickets aren't available. Oh well, there's always youtube.

[LookingSkyward]

Perfect! Morning clouds, 70 in the afternoon! Ideal for this northwest boy.

[DoggerDan]

Still way too hot. Yeah, it's August, but this is supposed to be Colorado, land of the fun summers and cool winters.

Today it felt like an average summer day in Florida, minus the humidity, of course.

[Gigabyte]

8 inches of rain so far

[Trebuchet]

8 inches of rain so far

TS Isaac?

[megrfl]

Yep, Gig just emptied the rain gauge again, and here comes more torrential rain. We are in a band of pure nastiness, tornadic activity, lighting... wind... oh my! I've put on my ruby reds.

[danscope]

Hang on, Meg ! I hope this goes away as fast as it came.

Hugs,
Dan

[starcanuck64]

We've had a very hot summer and it's continuing this week predicted 28C today and tomorrow.

[HenrikOlsen]

Yep, Gig just emptied the rain gauge again, and here comes more torrential rain. We are in a band of pure nastiness, tornadic activity, lighting... wind... oh my! I've put on my ruby reds.
Better look for your silvers, they're the real thing.

[megrfl]

Better look for your silvers, they're the real thing.

Are you talking about galoshes?


Hang on, Meg ! I hope this goes away as fast as it came.

Hugs,
Dan

Thanks Dan, we're hanging in there.

hugs to you too,
megr

[Charlie in Dayton]

Not necessarily hot (78F/26C), but gray, the occasional spritz of rain, and humid beyond human endurance (well, mine anyway).

[publiusr]

Getting ready for Issac: http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/atlantic-depression-storm-nine-20120817

[Gigabyte]

another 5 inches since my previous report

[Trebuchet]

another 5 inches since my previous report

Wow! I've seen five inches in a whole day and thought that was bad.

[HenrikOlsen]

Are you talking about galoshes?
I though you were talking about slippers.

[Ara Pacis]

Hot and Dry here, though there's talk of effects from Isaac later in the week. I'm hibernating until fall. I wish we could get 5 inches of rain... though not all in one day. I do remember getting 17 inches this one time... which is almost half of our annual normal rainfall.

[Gigabyte]

The flooding in south Florida was epic. Today it's hot and sunny again. Everybody is praying for no more rain. Palm beach county just south of here is really bad. It turns out this tropical storm, which never even came close, as far as the "eye" of the storm, has caused the worst flooding in history.

[danscope]

Perfect weather. Chamber of commerce weather ...as they used to say. Just the best campling weather. Nice day for a sail. 71° and we're clear to the Canadian border. Good viewing.

Dan

[Torsten]

Two weeks ago the temperature was up to 30C during the day, and stayed "warm" (~18C) overnight. This morning, -1C. Frost on the lawn and roofs in the neighbourhood. If it stays clear, this is "my" perfect kind of weather for end of summer...

[PetersCreek]

It is currently 49°F/9°C, with winds out of the South at 17 mph (27 kph)...which is quite a change from two days ago. A storm system began moving through south central Alaska on Tuesday, bringing high winds with it, gusting up to hurricane force. The strongest winds in the Anchorage area, as usual, were along Turnagain Arm (Cook Inlet) and the "Upper Hillside" area, on the foothills of the Chugach Mountains on the southeast side of town. Many areas reported wind speeds of 70–90 mph (112–145 kph) with one unoffical report of 131 mph (211 kph) at Glen Alps.

Our house is also at the foot of the Chugach range but fortunately, we're well north of the Hillside areas and our lot is fairly sheltered from the higher winds. We could hear it roaring above our house...it sounded somewhat like a train coming over the mountain...but we didn't get the tree-snapping winds that many others did. I'm glad to say that there was no damage to the house, property, or my new, work-in-progress shed roof. The old shed roof had sustained damage during last winter's record snowfall...it looked more or less like a potato chip...and had just gotten around to replacing it on Sunday. I had gotten as far as rafters and sheathing before it started to rain. The tarp even stayed in place.

Still, we lost power at about 10:30 PM Tuesday night, as did about 50,000 other homes and businesses in Anchorage, Eagle River, Chugiak (including Peters Creek), and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley borough, as far north as Talkeetna. We spent last night in a hotel in town but as far as I can tell, we're still without power. We're hoping that it will be restored today.

[redshifter]

An absolutely gorgeous start to September for us in the Pacific Northwest! Clear weather with temps in the 70's - even into the 80's the next couple of days! We've also set a record for driest August ever--no precip at SeaTac airport for the entire month. We are closing in on the record for longest stretch of dry days. The record is 51 days, we're in the 40's currently.

[R.A.F.]

We had rain overnight...don't know why we can't get rain during the day.

[Trebuchet]

Hot again today -- over 80. We're past Labor day, so this is not all that usual! I just hope it doesn't rain for my punkin' hurlin' events.

[Noclevername]

Big storm front rolling across central Indy, with tornadoes.

[Cougar]

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Some of the storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 14 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Bring it on!

[redshifter]

Well, we made it to 48 straight days w/o measurable precip. 51 days is still the record after a bit of rain last night. We're getting back to a warm, dry pattern; if we didn't have a rain shower last night, the current dry spell could well have lasted into 60+ days. We're forecasted to get back into the 80's later this week - unusal for this area.

[Trebuchet]

Very unusual! We had a couple of droplets on the windshield this afternoon between Sequim and Port Townsend. Just enough to be very slightly distracting, but not enough to turn the wipers on for even a single swipe. I have a big outdoor weekend coming up hurling pumpkins, I hope that doesn't jinx it. I also hope I can find some "ammo"; it's way early this year!

[publiusr]

Constant rain

[Trebuchet]

We're now more than halfway into September and no measurable rain. At least I think none. We had a lovely two days at the pumpkin hurl, other than the morning fog. This is going beyond unusual and into strange.

[Ara Pacis]

We've had some rain off and one over the last couple weeks and it's finally cooled down into the 70s. It figures, as soon as it gets cool enough to go outside, I hurt myself and can't.

[redshifter]

Forecast high of 84 today. Incredible! Average highs for mid-Sept: 68. We've also got VERY hazy/smoky air, in part because of the many wildfires in E. Washington. Unfortunately it looks like the Table Mtn. area might be up in flames - this is where the Table Mtn. star party is held. Or used to be. :(

[starcanuck64]

very warm for this time of year.

[PetersCreek]

We've had another couple of blows come through since the windstorm on 9/4. Another is in our forecast for Tuesday/Wednesday night with a wind warning for gusts up to 110 mph.

I've submitted an e-mail contact form through Generac (http://www.generac.com/Residential/Guardian/Products/Guardian_Series_10_kW/) to have a dealer contact me about installing a whole-house standby generator.

[danscope]

Got 70° , occasional drizzle, overcast, and the occasional gust of wind. They were predicting 45+ MPH . Haven't seen it yet.

Good luck with your generator, Brett. I might look into using Mobil One for engine lube oil, considering the cold temperatures it will see, most likely when you need it most. Murphy's law applies in these situations. If you are well tooled up, you may not need it.
If you haven't got it, you certainly will require it just to survive. Hope you have a good supply of sausage layed in for winter.

Dan

[Ara Pacis]

Possibility of frost tonight, but no frost or freeze warning, with highs in the 60s tomorrow. I thought global warming would mean we get a nice long decent into autumn with some perfect 70s for a month or so. :-/

[Solfe]

Tis a cold morning to be arising an ascribin me letters. The balls fell off the brass monkey ov'r the night but the rum be cutting the chill rightly.

[redshifter]

Possibility of frost tonight, but no frost or freeze warning, with highs in the 60s tomorrow. I thought global warming would mean we get a nice long decent into autumn with some perfect 70s for a month or so. :-/

If you lived here, you'd be getting a long decent autumn with some perfect 70's - except when it's in the 80's...I can't remember a Sept. that was as warm and dry as this one.

[Trebuchet]

If you lived here, you'd be getting a long decent autumn with some perfect 70's - except when it's in the 80's...I can't remember a Sept. that was as warm and dry as this one.

I can't either. There's pretty much no snow left on the Cascade peaks. If I was like the AGW deniers who come out of the woodwork every time there's a single colder-than-usual day, I'd proclaim this to be proof of global warming. Which it just might be.

I do need it to be nice for the 28th & 29th, for the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch! The following weekend it the Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race, which states in the Offishul Rules: "In case of sun, the race will be held anyway."

[redshifter]

Unfortunately our spectacularly dry summer is wreaking havoc on the abilty to fight the fires raging in central Wa. I'm afraid the Table Mtn. star party will be a thing of the past...though I suppose that the least of folks' worries who live there: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Table-Mountain-fire-in-Wash-triples-in-size-3880802.php

[baskerbosse]

16 C and drizzle rain in Sydney city, front coming in. Can see blue skies in the northwest. Temperature is 31 C just 40 k away, will be here in 45 minutes.. ;-)

[Ara Pacis]

If you lived here, you'd be getting a long decent autumn with some perfect 70's - except when it's in the 80's...I can't remember a Sept. that was as warm and dry as this one.

I lived in Portland for a while, not too far away.

We're expecting an actual Freeze on Sunday morning. First time this early since 1995, which was a long, hot summer. Someone asked the Meteorologist if he remembered what the following winter was like and he didn't look. I remember... it was bitterly cold with 2 weeks of -20F, IIRC.

[DancesWithFruitBats]

16 C and drizzle rain in Sydney city, front coming in. Can see blue skies in the northwest. Temperature is 31 C just 40 k away, will be here in 45 minutes.. ;-)

Drizzled on me in Lidcombe! I am in the inner-west, where are you?

[Trebuchet]

Cloudy and cooler in the Northwet today, and a little rain predicted for tomorrow. Just in time for the first day of Autumn.

[Ara Pacis]

current weather is chili.

[Noclevername]

Thunderstorm with heavy rain and quarter-inch hail. It sounds like being inside a popcorn popper.

[Ara Pacis]

Thunderstorm with heavy rain and quarter-inch hail. It sounds like being inside a popcorn popper.

You've been inside a popcorn popper?

[Noclevername]

You've been inside a popcorn popper?

No, but I've been outside one and can extrapolate from there.

[Trebuchet]

No, but I've been outside one and can extrapolate from there.

Sounds more like you'd be interpolating, since you're trying to determine the inside of the popper!

[Buttercup]

Completely clear skies. Temp a comfy 78 F. No breeze. Low humidity (probably 12%). We're in the "Indian Summer" lull. Yeah, I know it's officially Autumn; but still "Indian Summer" here for a while.

[PlutonianEmpire]

It actually snowed in Duluth, MN overnight this morning -- BEFORE the actual moment of equinox at 9:49 AM my time, so technically; it snowed during summer. :D

Sadly, I was a hundred miles away at the time. :(

I love snow. Can't get enough of it. Which is why global warming irritates me. :(

[danscope]

Not bad. 70° , clear skies with a light breeze . Good viewing .

[captain swoop]

A months rain in 24 hours in the North East. Major flooding in Northumberland, County Durham, Cleveland and North Yorkshire. Main A1 Motorway flooded and closed with 30 mile tailbacks on the N. Yorks/Durham Border and the East Coast Mainline closed north of Newcastle.

Still raining

[Trebuchet]

Some would say Cleveland is in the Midwest, not the Northeast....

Sorry!

[baskerbosse]

Drizzled on me in Lidcombe! I am in the inner-west, where are you?

20 C in Sydney today, some clouds. -Not sure if it's clearing up, or if it will rain in the afternoon (I'm in Ultimo, Sydney)
Fresh new spring leaves on the trees. Sun's up going to work, and sun's up coming home from work. Nice and refreshing! :-)

/Peter

[Trebuchet]

Another gorgeous day in the Puget Sound country. If this keeps up I'm going to have to change my location! The Great Northwet is NorthDry!

I'm perfectly happy with that continuing for a few more days, until the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch on Saturday.

[starcanuck64]

It feels more like August than late September here, it got up to 22 C today and is expected to get warmer towards the weekend.

I used to hunt waterfowl 30 years ago and ponds would often be partly frozen over on opening day which is September 15 usually. My brother-in-law was just out hunting geese, but it seems really odd in this kind of weather.

[starcanuck64]

It still feels like summer here, a bit cool in the morning but quite warm by afternoon and into the evening. Many people are still in tea shirts and shorts.

[Ara Pacis]

It's beautiful out, around 70 F and sunny, but my hip is in pain so I can't go outside to enjoy it.

[Trebuchet]

Setup for the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch is this afternoon...and for the pretty much the first time in September, it's raining! :(

Perhaps it will clear up by the time I get there. It's at least supposed to be decent tomorrow for the actual event.

ETA: of course, by the time I got this posted it had stopped. So I went outside to load up, tipped my trebuchet over, and broke it. Dang! It's fixable, I'll just have to work a little harder this afternoon than planned.

[Torsten]

After a beautifully dry, warm, and mostly calm September, yesterday it rained, the temperature plummeted, and the wind howled. This morning it was calm enough to venture into the dead pine stands and do some more field work. It snowed. Just enough to remind me that am I have commitments and deadlines to meet.

Hey, sorry to hear about the trebuchet, Trebuchet.

[starcanuck64]

I think we got the system you had yesterday today Torsten, it's cold and wet here. Still not too bad for October.

[Trebuchet]

Hey, sorry to hear about the trebuchet, Trebuchet.

Got it fixed with just a couple of hours work and was ready when they called for test throws. It did very, very, well; with a test throw of more than 150 feet longer than the previous best ever. The secret to that was there were only undersized pumpkins available!

Back on topic, the weather for the event was great, albeit slightly windy, and is continuing that way. We're having August days in October.

[starcanuck64]

7 Celsius is a shock after 2 months of almost straight hot weather, it stayed over 20 C during the day for most of that, often over 30 C.

It's going down below freezing a night and the mornings are chilly, but it's supposed to warm up as the week goes on.

[redshifter]

Back on topic, the weather for the event was great, albeit slightly windy, and is continuing that way. We're having August days in October.

No kidding! Maybe not August like temps, although high 60's is still quite nice...but definitely August-like clear skies. I'd imagine this will be the 'driest ever' September, and so far it's staying that way into Ocotober. Weird to describe October weather using words like 'warm' and 'dry'...

[Noclevername]

We've got our first frost this morning.

[Solfe]

It is a chilly one this morning. 43 degrees.

[Trebuchet]

Still August in October. Yesterday the Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race (http://www.ptkineticrace.org/) had to invoke one of their special rules:


11.9 In case of SUN; the race will be held anyway. The Race begins at the sound of the cheap shot, at low noon.

[redshifter]

Yep, another October weekend, another two days of...brilliant sunshine and temps in the 70's??? Incredible. Believe it or not, the warm sunny pattern supposedly ends later this week and the rain returns.

[Ara Pacis]

We had a couple freezes over the weekend.

[starcanuck64]

There's this white stuff falling from the sky, kind of looks like dandruff, but it's cold and melts when it lands on you...could be the end of the world, stay tuned.

[starcanuck64]

There's been an accumulaton of the dandruff like white stuff on the ground, from now on I'll be refering to it as "snow". Also the water in puddles on the sidewalks and roads has been replaced with a crystalline material I'm referring to as "sliprock" due to it's low friction coefficient. It's also become much colder, if this trend continues the whole globe will soon be frozen over...

Did I mention I'm currently reading "Snowball Earth" about the global glaciation about 650 Mya?

A week and half ago it was t-shirts and shorts weather, now it's below freezing and time to break out the parkas, we seemed to have skipped over fall completely and gone from summer straight into winter.

[Buttercup]

Mostly overcast, chance of rain. :) Was "spit/sprinkling" earlier. Nice change, and needed! Temp is probably 77 F.

[Trebuchet]

Cool. Cloudy. Drizzling. We may be getting back to the Great NorthWet we know and love!

[starcanuck64]

Mostly overcast, chance of rain. :) Was "spit/sprinkling" earlier. Nice change, and needed! Temp is probably 77 F.

On October, 1 it was about 70 F at 8:00 PM when I was downtown, there were people in convertables with the top down and most of us were still wearing summer cloths, it's now 26 F and only the fanatics are still wearing shorts.:)

[danscope]

A nice day, 60° with a light breeze, still some signs of green leaves amoung the yellow on the other trees. Clear skies. Good viewing.

[starcanuck64]

A little warmer, most of the snow and ice is gone from the ground.

[redshifter]

We're experiencing an interesting phenomenon: Small droplets of water are falling out of a gray sky. Weird.

[thoth II]

south Florida is finally getting some north winds andwel dewpoints into the low 60° F range; which to us feels like an arctic blast. It's nice to have some relief , but next week the high dew points and real feels near 100 will be back. AT least we're finally inching toward winter. Florida really only have two broad seasons summer and winter in effect and a monsoonal quality .

[Gillianren]

It's finally raining! (Does happy dance. Receives glare from roommate. Goes back to not actually reading this thread.)

[Buttercup]

Well, I wanted summer to hold on...it has! :(

Temp is probably 88 F.

I would like to bake a cake, but not this warm. We've shut the cooler off; only the vent running.

Bright lightning last evening, to the south. Spot of rain. Partly cloudy now.

[danscope]

Ah.... we used to dream about summer. Tonight, I'll see 30 ° and clear skies. Wind calm. Nice day tomorrow.

[Ara Pacis]

We're may have severe weather tomorrow... make that today. There's a possibility the wind and lightning may have embedded rain, but I doubt we'd be so lucky.

[publiusr]

More on the severe weather
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-severe/severe-saturday-updates-20121013

[Ara Pacis]

Doesn't look like it's gonna happen now. I'm gonna email an "I told ya so" to my local meteorologist.

[starcanuck64]

It's almost summer weather again, 16 C/60 F.

I'm going to enjoy this while I can.

[ABR.]

Rain has returned to northern California and so have the rain beetles.

[Ara Pacis]

Tonight the AC is on. Tomorrow, the Heat will need to be on. We'll have a drop of 40-50 degrees over the next 24 hours. Gotta love fall.

[cjl]

Snow!!!!

First significant one of the season here - we'll probably have 3-5" total accumulation by late morning (when it's supposed to turn sunny again).

[captain swoop]

Hail and Sleet. Snow up on the hills around Highcliff and over the moor top

[Buttercup]

Sunny. Lovely deep-blue October sky. Cool; temp probably 60 F. Calm. Humidity probably 12%.

[megrfl]

Incredibly beautiful, every window in the house is open, the "cold" front has arrived.

[DonM435]

East Central Florida is very nice, since the hurricane blew by. First time we've had the windows open in months.

[Doodler]

Getting ready for Sandy to run me over. I'm southwest of the projected eye track, but still in the area expecting tropical storm conditions. Should be fun.

[Trebuchet]

Sandy must be quite some storm. We've got significant winds and driven rain, even though there's an entire continent between. Please be safe, East Coast Bauters!

Our extended summer, by the way, has been over for a couple of weeks. Back to the usual gray skies and rain.

[ToSeek]

Not far from Doodler and likewise waiting for the skies to fall in from Sandy. A fair amount of rain so far and a bit of wind, but not too bad yet. But the worst is supposed to be the next 24 hours or so.

[Torsten]

It snowed lightly all weekend and hasn't stopped. Accumulations in the valley ~25 cm so far. Expecting another 10-15 cm before tomorrow. Barely finished one project in the high country last week, where there was already up to 15 cm on the ground, and abandoned another on Friday. That cuts about 3 weeks of work for that client from my agenda.

Best of luck to those contending with Sandy.

[starcanuck64]

It's back.

We've got a couple of inches of snow on the ground and it's getting pretty cold, although it seems a lot more normal now that we've had a bit of time to adjust.

[megrfl]

Very cold here, at least for this area - 47 degrees.

[TheOncomingStorm]

Rain and gusty.

[schlaugh]

Windy, gusty and overcast in north Georgia, all thanks to Sandy.

[Noclevername]

Wind whipping over our house. The Weather Channel said that Sandy is pushing a mass of air all the way to Indiana.

[Torsten]

Clear, -19C.

Thankful that the snow ended earlier than forecast. I'd already cleared the driveway twice.

[Cougar]

No hurricane here.

[Buttercup]

We're having weather folks out east would like to be getting: Calm, sunny, 70 F, low humidity.

[danscope]

Better. 70° , partly cloudy, a light breeze , and ....... the power just came on. Joy!!!! :)

[redshifter]

We're having weather folks out east would like to be getting: Calm, sunny, 70 F, low humidity.

I think just about everyone is having weather the folks back east would like to be getting...even our 50's with nowhere near hurricane force rain/wind.

[Doodler]

Cold and rainy, winds finally died down.

[Trebuchet]

I'd just like to be having the weather we had three or four weeks ago.

[Ara Pacis]

I could see sun dogs and a sun halo as the westering sun flirted with the outer edge clouds of the superstorm and whipped them into nike swoosh shapes.

[Cougar]

Could be a near record high temp for this time of year: ~75 F. Forecast to drop about 20 degrees in the next couple of days. Happy Halloween!

[starcanuck64]

Heavy fall of wet snow, the roads are nuts, it took me 1.5 hours to do a trip that usually takes about 20 minutes and that's including the hike and transfer to another bus after the first got stuck. As I was getting on, the transit dispatcher was advising drivers they'd have a long wait for assistance as they were dealing with 40 accidents citywide.

[danscope]

Wet snow...with a breeze. 30° . It'll stick a little, but not so much to write home about.

[Torsten]

Icky wet snow and sleet.

[Trebuchet]

We saw a surprising trace of snow this afternoon just south of Chimacum, WA.

[HenrikOlsen]

Rain. Which has let off now that I'm no longer outside bicycling to work

[danscope]

Snow let off, occasional rain with a breeze. Temp 34° F. Skie are grey but there's not enough snow to shovel.

[starcanuck64]

No snow today, there were over 600 accidents in Edmonton yesterday with one fatality and 12 people injured.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/11/07/edmonton-snowstorm-city-stalls_n_2088565.html

[Buttercup]

By comparison, I should not complain in the least.

However...a bit of cooling off/season-appropriate temperatures would be nice (85 F doesn't get me into the holiday spirit; wreaths and ornaments up in stores looks weird). And we need rain. There is a chance of rain this weekend; hopefully!

[Ara Pacis]

It's been cold, but getting warmer for the next few days, approaching high 60s, then we dive into more cold. On the plus side the local Meteorologist has a contest for the first snowfall and there's a good chance that it will snow on Monday and Tuesday (my pick).

[Trebuchet]

Seasonably cool and wet. Everyone's grumbling. We REALLY got spoiled by our unusual extended summer.

[Chuck]

73°F in Phoenix and a 30% chance of rain. I bicycle to work and could get wet.

[starcanuck64]

Seasonably cool and wet. Everyone's grumbling. We REALLY got spoiled by our unusual extended summer.

I second that, little more than a month ago it was very hot by our standards, now it's -11 Celsius(12 F) with about a foot of snow.

[Buttercup]

Partly cloudy (50%), darkening to the north. Temp cooler today than yesterday; probably 75 F. Chance of rain early evening (hope so! red in sky at dawn). Gentle, relaxing day. ^_^

[Buttercup]

Bummer. :( Clouds thickened, mostly dark sky, looked like rain for sure.

Wind. :mad: We had a 5-minute dust storm.

Now the clouds are clearing. It's probably going to be one of those "keep you guessing" weather days.

[publiusr]

Storms again
www.alabamawx.com/?p=65989

This event occured after the death of my maternal uncle--my Moms brother not long before her own death
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=65974
We drove across a damage path that led from the top of a hill across a gulley that was bridged over, so tornadoes don't weaken over terrain much if at all.

The one early this year in Center Point--I heard that one around 4AM

[starcanuck64]

-15 C cold but sunny. I prefer it much more when it's around this temperature with little wind and the sun is out. I seem to feel the cold more when it's a bit below zero, but the humidity is higher.

[Buttercup]

Still with very fickle weather. First it's gusty (up to 20 mph), then still. Clouds, then clearing off. Later clouds return. :rolleyes: Currently calm (for how long?). Temp probably 72 F. Sky currently very clear ... but that could change yet again (3 hours ago sky filled with huge bars of gray-white clouds).

Hopefully we WILL get rain somehow. :(

[starcanuck64]

It's probably going to be 6 or 7 months before we break the 70 F mark again...sigh.

I like to imagine the people who post their summer like weather right now as being on another planet.:)

[Ara Pacis]

We almost hit 70 today, after a run of cold weather. It's bitter sweet. One of the local news people on TV passed away suddenly this week, two days after being diagnosed with leukemia. She always loved the warm weather and hated the cold. Today was the memorial service. It's like it was in honor of her. She was a Facebook friend of mine. She'll never like any of my comments ever again.

[danscope]

Been quite a nice day. Temp 61 °F , a slight haze in the sky and a kight breeze. I'll take it.

[Buttercup]

Cooler today. We started at near freezing with clouds to the south. Now is 53 F at 2:09 p.m. Calm, sunny.

[Noclevername]

First snow of the year in central Indy!

[danscope]

Kermit the Frog says ..." We've got 71° ! Yay........!!!!!!!

[danscope]

40 ° F and light rain. Typical .

[redshifter]

4 heavy rainstorms coming in over the next 5 days, starting this weekend. Is there a reason for this? Yes; it's called 'November'.

[Buttercup]

Lovely mid-autumn day here. Temp probably 68 F. Thick hazy cloud cover. Calm, low humidity. Relaxing!

[starcanuck64]

Above zero again but damp so it feels colder. All the snow that fell last week is melting and making a nice mess of the roads.

[danscope]

32° F, wind calm. Finished my brick work the other day. Good.

[Ara Pacis]

Woot! it's gonna be 50s and maybe even 60s for the next week or so.

[Trebuchet]

The Great Northwet is VERY wet just now. I could hear rain on the roof all night. It's a change from our normal drizzle, but not in a good way.

[danscope]

47 ° F , clear skies with a light breeze. Shooting stars tonight. :)

[Buttercup]

Thick hazy clouds, entirely overcast. Temp a cool/nice 65 F. Calm, no breeze. We have a chance of rain today and tomorrow; here's hoping!

[R.A.F.]

The Great Northwet is VERY wet just now. I could hear rain on the roof all night. It's a change from our normal drizzle, but not in a good way.

Same here in northern CA...poured all night.

[ABR.]

Same here in northern CA...poured all night.

Finally -- a good, soaking rain. With a bit of traveling this morning, I picked up two species of rain beetles in addition to the local species. Tomorrow morning, I'm trying for two more, one of which I've never collected. Let the rains continue!

[redshifter]

The Great Northwet is VERY wet just now. I could hear rain on the roof all night. It's a change from our normal drizzle, but not in a good way.

No kidding! Heavy rain, high winds, some trees down and some power outages reported. The coast is really getting it, some locations are reporting wind gusts in excess of 80 - 100 mph.

And we have several more frontal systems coming through over the next few days. Should be interesting...

[Trebuchet]

Yup, it's awful. Payback, I guess, for our extended summer. The RR tracks north out of Seattle are blocked in several places by mudslides. These run along the shore of Puget Sound below the bluffs and are part of the BNSF main line, which passes over Stevens Pass east of Everett.

My niece is planning on heading across the pass tomorrow to go visit her parents and siblings in Boise for Thanksgiving. It makes me very nervous, I wish she'd come have dinner with us instead.

[starcanuck64]

Yesterday it felt like the coast here, near zero but very damp so you felt it in your bones, I've seen people less well bundled up at -30.

Today it's colder temperature wise but the humidity is down a bit.

[danscope]

Dry, 40° F , winds calm, sky overcast. Not bad.

[redshifter]

Yup, it's awful. Payback, I guess, for our extended summer. The RR tracks north out of Seattle are blocked in several places by mudslides. These run along the shore of Puget Sound below the bluffs and are part of the BNSF main line, which passes over Stevens Pass east of Everett.

My niece is planning on heading across the pass tomorrow to go visit her parents and siblings in Boise for Thanksgiving. It makes me very nervous, I wish she'd come have dinner with us instead.

After a record-setting rainfall yesterday, more on the way...However, if your niece sticks to I-90 over the mtns. she should be OK as long as she's comfortable driving in inclement weather. I don't think the freezing level is supposed to get much below 4000 ft, and will rise this weekend. I know I-90 was bare and wet last night over Snoqualmie Pass. Not sure what the outlook is further east though, I-84 can be problematic east of Pendleton. Edit: Check this, looks like I-84 is fine between Pendleton and the Idaho border: http://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/RCMap.asp?mainNav=RoadConditions&curRegion=3#incidents

[Trebuchet]

Just talked to the niece. She looked at the forecast for snow tomorrow and left directly from work this afternoon. She's already in Ellensburg. At my age, and having gotten to greatly dislike driving in the dark, I'd be staying there but she's pressing on.

[danscope]

25 ° , gusty with clear skies. No snow. Good.

[publiusr]

Warming trend..storms http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=66249

[Ara Pacis]

supposed to get down to 12 F tonight, but be near 60 by the weekend.

[danscope]

Typical : 31° , light wet snow/ drizzle . Grey to dark . Wind calm. Enjoying a nice hot stuffed quahog. It helps.

[starcanuck64]

-3C but it's going to cool down as the week goes on.

[rigel]

Looking at new snow on the roof, which means that the contractor will not able to start working on replacing shingles and siding that Sandy took.

[R.A.F.]

Finally -- a good, soaking rain. With a bit of traveling this morning, I picked up two species of rain beetles in addition to the local species. Tomorrow morning, I'm trying for two more, one of which I've never collected. Let the rains continue!

I'm all for an occasional "good soaking", but last night was ridiculous.


...and I'm finding it bit difficult to believe we got 5 inches of rain in less than 24 hours as the local news is reporting.

[danscope]

28° F, wind 12 kts , slight overcast.

[ABR.]

I'm all for an occasional "good soaking", but last night was ridiculous.


...and I'm finding it bit difficult to believe we got 5 inches of rain in less than 24 hours as the local news is reporting.

Tomorrow is supposed to be very wet, too. Butte and Big Chico Creeks are way up, but still lower than I've seen in the past. The weekend may change that. I have friends living very close to the Sacramento River that I've been concerned about, but so far, so good.

The rain beetles here on the Ridge seem to be done for the season. Other species are still flying elsewhere and it's been a fun couple of weeks. I'm up to five species for the season. I might get number six tomorrow or Sunday.

[Trebuchet]

Awful. We've got water coming in around the range hood vent pipe. I am NOT going up on that roof!

[Durakken]

I dunno... probably wonky. I almost never look outside anymore.

[danscope]

Hi Trebuchet. My cousin in Tacoma said you were getting your share of rain lately. Almost need a schnorkel !

[Buttercup]

Please send some of that rain our way. :(

Sunny, dry, warm. Sunny, dry, warm. :rolleyes:

What are clouds? :shifty:

I hate monotony.

[Trebuchet]

Hi Trebuchet. My cousin in Tacoma said you were getting your share of rain lately. Almost need a schnorkel !

Yeah! One thing a lot of folks don't understand about the Northwest is that while it rains frequently, and for much of the year, heavy rain is actually pretty uncommon. It mostly just drizzles, which is why I refer to it as The Land of Intermittent Wipers. Our annual rainfall is actually less than most of the Midwest.

It's eased up this morning and the cabinet is now dry.

[Ara Pacis]

Wha? This map (http://morganmaps.com/tag/u-s-rainfall-map), if it's accurate, shows that the coastal portions of the PNW gets more rain than even the actual Midwest (ignoring the plains annex). If you're using the desert east of the Cascades as your baseline, then yeah, I'd agree.

I dunno why you doubt 5" in 24 hours, R.A.F. A place I once lived in the Midwest got 17" overnight.

[R.A.F.]

I dunno why you doubt 5" in 24 hours, R.A.F. A place I once lived in the Midwest got 17" overnight.

It's my perception based on living most of my life in Southern Ca.

[Trebuchet]

Wha? This map (http://morganmaps.com/tag/u-s-rainfall-map), if it's accurate, shows that the coastal portions of the PNW gets more rain than even the actual Midwest (ignoring the plains annex). If you're using the desert east of the Cascades as your baseline, then yeah, I'd agree.

I dunno why you doubt 5" in 24 hours, R.A.F. A place I once lived in the Midwest got 17" overnight.

My bad. I should have been specific that I was speaking of the heavily populated Puget Sound region, not the costal area (which includes actual rain forests) nor the part on the other side of the Cascades, which is essentially desert. Note that on the map the space between the Olympics and Cascades is in the green zone, similar to the Midwest. It does appear that we're in the darker green. A little later perhaps I'll see if I can look up actual rainfall averages for some cities in both regions.

[Trebuchet]

Annual precipitation from this site (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762183.html):

Cleveland: 38.71
Des Moines: 34.72
Detroit: 32.89
Twin Cities: 29.41
Olympia, WA: 50.79 (Sorry, Gillian!)
Portland, OR: 37.07 (Portland ME is much wetter)
Seattle-Tacoma: 37.07

So we're pretty similar to much of the Midwest. More of our precipitation is rain rather than snow, of course. I was surprised by how much more rain Olympia, between Portland and Seattle, gets compared with the other two.

[Ara Pacis]

Ah, it's closer than I thought.

Our average here is just under 33" per year, but we're currently about 12" short and even if we get average precipitation for the rest of the year, we'll end up with the driest year on record.

[Tinaa]

We are having a very warm dry fall. High will be around 80 this week and lows around 60. I'm not EVEN dreaming of a white Christmas.

[Trebuchet]

Ah, it's closer than I thought.

Our average here is just under 33" per year, but we're currently about 12" short and even if we get average precipitation for the rest of the year, we'll end up with the driest year on record.

I just looked up Everett, WA, where I live and it's about the same as Seattle, despite being pretty much the epicenter of the Puget Sound Convergence Zone. I also looked up Vancouver, BC, and was surprised to see they get 62.543"! Victoria, on other hand, gets only 22.96.

[R.A.F.]

As I sometimes like to say, It's raining persians and poodles.

The wind is really bad, too....lights have flickered, so I don't know if we'll be losing power or not.


No worries....I need to catch up on my reading. :)

[R.A.F.]

I just looked up Everett, WA...

Small world....my Son lives in Everett, just down the street from the Boeing Company.

[saturn19]

It't cold, dark, raining and I love it. It's fascinating to know the water coming down on me and my dog probably traveled thousands of km

[ABR.]

As I sometimes like to say, It's raining persians and poodles.

The wind is really bad, too....lights have flickered, so I don't know if we'll be losing power or not.

No power outages here, not even a flickering light. That's a vast improvement from past storms. There are lots of small limbs down here, though.

The Sacramento River is just about at flood stage near my friend's home. Earlier, a large sycamore tree came floating down the (usually) small stream in front of his house.

[HenrikOlsen]

Just had the first snow that stayed on the ground over night.
Bicycle's going into storage for the winter.

[Trebuchet]

It's actually pretty nice here (Port Townsend, not Everett at the moment) today. I just came down from the roof from putting up Christmas lights.

[danscope]

Things improved. 57° F , hazy overcast, light wind; a little rain comming. No steeenkin snow :)

[Ara Pacis]

so, people been talking about Atmospheric Rivers on the NWS and I wonder if this may lead to or is the beginnings of an ARkstorm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARkStorm).

[jokergirl]

It's snowed and stayed cold here now. Nicer than the 0 degrees and sleet. It is so much brighter when there's snow on the ground, makes up at least a little for the lack of sunlight.
Although it's lovely and sunny now.

;)

[R.A.F.]

...lights have flickered, so I don't know if we'll be losing power or not.

Sometimes I hate being right about something....lost power at 10:50AM while I was watching the 49ers game...power didn't come back on until 9:30PM...and I was already asleep by then.

..and I know ABR will be saying "huh", because I drove around until I found the "source"...trees on power lines...just around he corner, so it was a "local" outage..

Don't know why it took so long to fix.

I did read Shatner Rules in it's entirety. :)


So....did I miss anything. :D

[Trebuchet]

If there are a lot of outages, the utilities will prioritize based on the number of customers affected. That means they don't get to small local outages as quickly.

[R.A.F.]

If there are a lot of outages, the utilities will prioritize based on the number of customers affected. That means they don't get to small local outages as quickly.

There must have been outages after our outage that became more important...my reasoning on this, follows...

I called the PG and E outage line about 1PM, and was told that workers were on site, and that it would be fixed by @ 5:30PM.

I called back at 6PM and was told essentially the same thing, except the time had changed from 5:30, to 11PM.

That's when I decided it best to go to sleep....and was then awoken at 9:30 when everything came back on.

[redshifter]

Lots of heavy rain! As treb says, most of our rain is of the days on end with light showers/constant drizzle variety. The heavy stuff is not as common. Lots of it over the weekend though! Luckily we had enough of a dry period where I was able to get on my roof and scoop out all the crud in my rain gutters that was causing them to overflow. Scraped a bunch of moss off the roof as well (yes, moss on rooftops is a problem in this area).

This time of year we get lots of HUGE puddles because of the rain/wind combined with all the leaves clogging up storm drains. Actually they're floodles -- too big to be a puddle, too small to be an actual flood.

[ABR.]

Sometimes I hate being right about something....lost power at 10:50AM while I was watching the 49ers game...power didn't come back on until 9:30PM...and I was already asleep by then.

..and I know ABR will be saying "huh", because I drove around until I found the "source"...trees on power lines...just around he corner, so it was a "local" outage..

Don't know why it took so long to fix.

We had some power fluctuations, too. Turns out I slept right through them. No major limbs down on my end of town...this time.


So....did I miss anything. :D

Well, first the earth cooled....

[R.A.F.]

Well, first the earth cooled....

...and here I thought it would have someting to do with rain beetles.



RAF runs very quickly and hides in all the overgrowth cause by the rain. :D