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- Location: Woodinville, Wa
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- Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:34 pm
- Location: Woodinville, Wa
Latest NWS Forecast Discussion:
.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVERHEAD TONIGHT WILL SHIFT EAST
SATURDAY AS A WARM FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA WITH PRECIP SPREADING
FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATER SATURDAY. MAIN
PROBLEM IS PRECIP TYPE AS WARM FRONT OVERRIDES COLD AIR AT LOW
LEVELS. PRECIP WILL BE SPREADING OVER THE AREA MOSTLY IN THE
AFTERNOON SO TEMPS SHOULD BE ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL
FLOW WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE SATURDAY AND DEW POINTS WILL BE IN THE 20S
SO ONSET OF PRECIP SHOULD COOL TEMPS DOWN TO NEAR FREEZING. THUS
THERE IS A GOOD THREAT OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN SOME AREAS BEFORE
GRADIENTS BECOME ONSHORE SATURDAY NIGHT. BEST CHANCES SHOULD BE IN
THE USUAL SPOTS...HIGHER HILLS AND AWAY FROM THE WATER. CURRENT
FORECAST SEEMS TO BE AS GOOD A GUESS AS ANY SO NO CHANGES PLANNED
THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE QUITE CHILLY WITH LIGHT WIND...MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES AND LOW DEW POINTS. CURRENT FORECASTS LOOK A TAD TOO
HIGH BUT CLOSE ENOUGH THAT AN UPDATE IS NOT WARRANTED.
GRADIENTS WILL BECOME ONSHORE SATURDAY NIGHT ENDING ANY THREAT OF
WINTERY TYPE PRECIP FOR THE LOWLANDS. NEXT WEEKS LOOKS PRETTY WET
WITH A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS MARCHING THROUGH. COULD SEE SOME
RIVER PROBLEMS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK BUT IT IS PREMATURE TO
SPECUALTE ON THIS RIGHT NOW. SCHNEIDER
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R-Dub wrote:My temp seems to be stuck at 24 degrees. It has all night to drop though
Yeah, I was around 30 F last night and we still got down to 25 F by this morning. A similar situatuion tonight but with less clouds than last night, up until tommorow morning. We should easily get down to 22-24 F. It still has about 10 hours to cool down more!

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- Category 5
- Posts: 1139
- Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:34 pm
- Location: Woodinville, Wa
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- Category 5
- Posts: 1139
- Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:34 pm
- Location: Woodinville, Wa
I like to use this radar when there are different precip types involved. It seems to be very accurate to what is auctually happening, unlike the one accuweather uses.
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLoca ... e&pid=none
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLoca ... e&pid=none
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