Pacific Northwest Weather

[R-Dub]

Temp went from 50 degrees down to 41 in the last 50 min!! Cold front has passed!!

Winds have started to pick up again as well.

[W13]

Like .07 in Kent and .09 in Auburn.

That is a joke with a front as strong as this one has been.

We need MORE.

I know, we should have a lot more but we don't. Whenever I have looked at the radar the past dew days, there is most of the time some precip over us, but it just isn't hitting the ground or something.

Yesterday we only got 0.23" when most people saw tons more than that.

[R-Dub]

Yesterday we had about .45" and today we had .25" of rainfall.

Here is another pic of what our roads up here looked like after the 50MPH winds slammed us this morning...............

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golfer96_ ... pg&.src=ph

[andrewr]

Here is a very reliable weather station a few miles from my house: http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... =KWABLACK1 Notice at 17:01 it was 54.5F then 5 minutes later it was 47.6F. That's about a 7 degree drop in 5 minutes and you can also tell how the winds picked up. I was outside and the contrast was huge over the span of 30 minutes.

EDIT: Fixed link

[TT-SEA]

Our totals this week...

Wednesday - 1.52
Saturday - .26
Sunday (so far) - .61


Total for the last 5 days - 2.39 inches.

Not too bad out here.

[TT-SEA]

Also... don't forget our 2 inches of SNOW Wednesday night!!

2.39 inches of rain and 2 inches of snow.

Active 5 day period here in North Bend.

[snow_wizzard]

That was no doubt the sharpest cold front I have seen this season. Very well defined! It certainly is a bummer the rainfall totals have not been higher. I have a feeling the problem lies in the fact that the jetstream is still not totally consolidated. A lot of moisture is still going into Cal. You certainly cannot complain about the dynamics of this front though. The big rainfall totals will come within the next couple of weeks.

It is going to be great to see the pictures from the passes tomorrow! They should be beautiful. The really nice thing is that the weather will be cool for the entire week, so much of the snow will stay up there. Furthermore, there was some melting today, so the bottom snow layer will crystalize with a high moisture content, which makes it very difficult to melt.

I don't think anybody can deny that the weather we were seeing earlier this season is long gone now!

[AnthonyC]

Wow, the temperature drop was amazing...it went from 52F to 40F within an hour period. Now that's a cold front!!

The work week looks fairly calm...but next weekend looks active again.

Anthony

[Guest]

TT... you got 2 inches of snow on wednesday night? I thought you got only a dusting or so.

The temp went from 52 to 41 in about an hour... The rain has been coming down steady for hours now. I will go check my gauge and letchall know what i'm at for the day.

[R-Dub]

Temp down to 39.7 degrees as of 8:00PM, just mostly cloudy at the moment with still breezy conditions.

[TT-SEA]

Yep... 2 inches of snow. Came down in a hurry... mostly in the span of one hour in the PSCZ.

I-90 was a total mess here in North Bend. They actually shut the freeway down just 2 miles farther east from our exit.

Still raining here as well. The front moves through and North Bend just hangs on to the rain. Gotta love orographic enhancement!!

We are at .64 for the day now.

I am happy about our large rainfall totals out here (coming up on 2.5 inches since Wednesday) but a little worried about the rest of the Seattle area.

To kill this drought we all need to participate guys!!

[andycottle]

Yesterday we had about .45" and today we had .25" of rainfall.

Here is another pic of what our roads up here looked like after the 50MPH winds slammed us this morning...............

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golfer96_ ... pg&.src=ph

Oh my gosh Randy! Talk about windy...! Our street up here on Hollywood hill is nothing like what you had, Randy. Looks like you had some major wind! Cool pic of the downed branches! Here`s a few pics I took earlier today.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ajc192004 ... .dir=/e79f
First two is of our street that show some of the smaller branches on the pavement. And other two show the flag blowing in the wind while at work today. -- Andy

[R-Dub]

Yeah Andy it was quite windy this morning up here!!! Looks like you had some also!!

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 543 PM PST SUN MAR 20 2005
0542 PM
TRAINED SPOTTER
CLALLAM WA
3 WNW SEQUIM
HAIL
0.25 INCH

[andycottle]

Looking at latest MM5 tonight, breezy winds should continue through the real early morning hours and then start to die down as we head the early pre-dawn hours. But looking at latest 18z GFS tonight, the upcoming week look calm in terms of wind am not seeing a major WINDY systems through next work week. But come early sunday(18z) on the 27th, looks like a 982mb low spreads lots of moderate rain and breezy conditions as it spins up toward the Queen Charlotte Islands during the 28th. Longer range looks very wet and breezy at times! -- Andy

[andycottle]

Hey Randy and all...

By tomorrow night...I will/should offically be a weather spotter, as I am going to be attending a SKYWARN Weather spotter training class for two and a half hours. So... should be fun! -- Andy

[TT-SEA]

Good job Andy.

Showers tomorrow... maybe some showers on Wednesday or Thursday.

O.K... here is another bold prediction. Next Saturday night and Sunday we go through this all over again.

Except... there will be much more rain (tropical connection) and even more wind (deeper low).

Should be fun.

[W13]

Hey Randy and all...

By tomorrow night...I will/should offically be a weather spotter, as I am going to be attending a SKYWARN Weather spotter training class for two and a half hours. So... should be fun! -- Andy

Then you have have that nifty avatar below your username saying that you are a trained spotter for the NWS.

Tell us how it is as I will be going one of these times.

[andycottle]

Tim....Thanks!
w13....here`s the link that show the skywarn class/classes that will be going on.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/SpotterTrain.php


The next one is in Shoreline on april 3rd....so if you can/want to go, you may wnat to sign up for it while you still can. -- Andy

[snow_wizzard]

That is very cool Andy. I hope to go through the class before next winter.

One word comes to mind when looking at the models for the next 5 days...COOL! The 850mb temps are supposed to range from 0 to -5C through at least early Friday. It has been quite some time since we have seen that happen! With a combination of northerly flow aloft and northerly surface pressure gradients, it goes without saying that any clear nights will be frosty. An upper level low pressure center is supposed to be right over us on Wednesday which poses the possibility of a well below normal high temp on that day. I would not be surprised to see at least one day this week have a daily average somewhere between 5 and 8 degrees below normal. Talk about a near miracle after how this month began!

[snow_wizzard]

Right now, I am saying there is a 50/50 chance that Sea - Tac will set a record low on Thurday and or Friday. The following is a list of record lows and years for Tue - Fri of this week.

Tue - 28 - 1952
Wed - 28 - 1954
Thur - 30 - 1975
Fri - 31 - 1954

Those are all within reach but the Thur and Fri ones are the most likely. I would love to see any kind of parallel to 1954!