Seattle Has Our Cold Weather

This picture says it all. The northwest is stealing all of our cold weather! That deep trough has been digging in for days now out there and they are really feeling it. Seattle hasn't gotten out of the 30's for high temperatures. That never happens out there, especially not in November.

As for us, cold night tonight, moderately speaking. Temps will bottom out in the upper 20's in the city with suburban areas getting a little colder. It will be a cold start to the Thanksgiving day football games tomorrow but the good news is that there will be no wind and no rain. That is better than previous years for sure.

Thanksgiving will see our temps moderate a bit ahead of a strong storm that will track to our west overnight and into Friday. That means our winds will switch around to the southwest once again keeping us too warm for anything but rain. Rain could be heavy at times, especially early afternoon on Friday. So all of those losers who get up at 2am to shop should bring an umbrella. Map below shows expected rain and temp at 3pm on Friday.


Notice that the whole region, even areas to the far north, are above freezing. The cold air rushes back in on Saturday and Sunday but we get another warm up early next week. Unfortunately for you snow lovers, this looks to be the pattern for the near future. Warm ups followed by seasonably cold air followed by warm ups. The atmosphere is primed to give us a good winter storm, we just need the jet stream to cooperate and shift to the east and away from the Northwest. We shall see what December brings.

On a side note, Katrina and I went car shopping today. An interesting experience for both of us. I was expecting some dirt bag, sales jerk at every location. I must say that most of our sales associates were helpful and all smelled of cigarettes. I do think the whole atmosphere is funny though. No matter how many times you tell them that you are just looking for today, they try and pull every trick in the book to get you to buy at that very moment. I am sorry but no one is fooled by the "let me get my manager to cut you guys a special deal" move. None of them were too pushy though and one (the Subaru guy) didn't even try to close a deal at all, a move I definitely respected. I was just expecting that we would have to keep saying no at every dealership but Subaru took us at our word. Part of me does hate the whole car dealership culture though. I am sure all of the people who work there are fine people for the most part, but their whole vibe really made me want to punch them directly in the face. Sales people make me cringe. And this is coming from someone who technically sells something for a living. But our car shopping trip is over for the moment. Now we just have to get Katrina to be a big girl and make a decision. I told her that she should skip the SUV look and just go for a motorbike.

Chilly Night!

Even I was caught off guard with how cold it was tonight! Temps are going to settle in the upper 20's! Definitly the coldest air of the season for us, at least in the city.

Expect moderation during the day tomorrow but temps fall again on Sunday. Next week looks unsettled pretty much everyday with 3 different storms affecting us. The first is most certainly rain. (this same storm will bring some heavy lake effect snow to upstate NY) The second storm arrives just in time for Thanksgiving and most likely will start out as some heavy wet snow and change to rain during the daytime. The third storm is the most interesting one! Still too far out but it looks like a possible early season Nor Easter next weekend, with snow for most.

More to come later

Rainy Wednesday

Not a bad two days that we have had here. Especially compared to what we have in store for us tonight into tomorrow.

This quantitative map gives us a pretty good idea for the amount of rainfall we will see over the next 24 hours. Notice that most of the heavy stuff will stay to our west. A low pressure system will pass through the Ohio River Valley overnight and intensify as it does. What it means for us is that showers will break out overnight and be a bit spotty to being with as the atmosphere gets moist. Overnight into the late morning is where the rain will be at its worst, but as I said before, the real nasty weather stays to our west.

This storm is a quick mover and and will also quickly intensify so winds will be a bit of an issue, especially as the storm moves away during the day tomorrow. The good news is that this wind will be straight from the south, allowing us to tap into some of that southern warmth all the way from the gulf. Cloudiness will limit temps though but I think most people will take 65 degrees in November even if it is cloudy.

This one shouldn't cause too much problems since we miss the worst and what rain we do get is overnight when most of us are sleeping ( except those people that have a girlfriend with a stuffy nose who snores very loudly)

Pattern changes are coming and the weather world is all a buzz. Expect changes to our weather over the next 10-14 days. I have no more information at the moment basically because all weather models are disagreeing and no one knows what will happen. Stay tuned!

Intersting List

A list of first snowfall dates for major US Cities via the NWS. Notice that for Boston, last years October 18th snowfall was officially very early for us. No snow in sight for now and technically we are late on our November 1st average.

Miserable Night in Pittsburgh

It looks like most of the heavy rain moved to the east of Pittsburgh but it has been raining pretty steadily all day. Apparently they don't cover their field down there, so it will be a pretty wet field. The temps will be falling all night in Pittsburgh, so it will generally be a raw, wet and cold night. And the Patriots will probably lose.

I am Sick!

Moannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!

Impressive Looking Storm

Take a look at this satellite picture from this morning. Quite a big storm! Classic comma shape indicates some intesification, hence our very windy afternoon!

A Bookie's Best Friend.

That's what I am. Around Thursday of every week, I come up with a game that seems like the lock of the century. I read all of the articles, look at useless stats and make my call. How have I done? I think I have won 1 bet all year. WTF. Today was no different. Baltimore and Miami should have scored more than 41 points combined. Those bastards. Not only that, my fantasy football season is on its last legs. My team was never good, despite all of my arguing to the contrary. Its been a tough football season for Greg.

Anyways, onto the miserable weather for us. We are in for some dreary conditions over the next 24 hours. Our old storm from last Thursday actually never really went to far from us. He loves us so much that he has been hanging out near Nova Scotia and he is coming back over tomorrow! This time through the back door.


It is actually going to be cold enough over interior regions to see snowflakes. Don't expect it to stick to anything but grass and cars and also don't expect it to snow in Boston. Hilly areas in the Berkshires could get 1-2 inches of slush. But I don't know anyone that lives there. In general it will be wind, rain and cold for us all of Monday. If you know me well, this is actually my LEAST favorite type of day. When it is nearly cold enough for snow, but not cold enough to convert to cold rain to flakes. I hate it. Combined with the fact that it is a Monday, tomorrow looks to be one awful day. My advice: drink lots of coffee, avoid going outside or looking out the window and shower me with comments about how much you like my blog and how handsome I am.

The storm is slow to make an exit. Those of us on the coast will be kept in a moisture ridden air flow from the ocean pretty much through Tuesday. In fact, we will be in this type of pattern most of the week. Lots of clouds and occasional showers.

I am going to watch my favorite Sunday shows.

Here me Moan!

Tonight, I choose to blog about non weather topics. I feel as if I am full filling my "rant" portion of this blog.

First, I am having my first age crisis of my life. I have actually felt old before this past week. Sure, I realize that I am 27. I have seen my hairline receding. I have accepted this all. But I have never actually FELT old until now. I pulled my back tonight at work. What the fuck. Who pulls there back? Even telling people that I pulled my back at work makes me feel 50. Also, a 22 year old girl recently told me that she didn't know who Punky Brewster was and that my reference was dated. What a joke. Getting old sucks. It seems like a cruel trick being played by God to have to see yourself slowly deteriorate.

Second, I love the self check outs at stores. I know that I have had tons of training scanning items in because of previous jobs and even current jobs. I breeze through it! I know how to position the barcode perfectly, I properly place my items on the weight machine, and I know how to quickly select my payment options without an hassle. I love seeing jerks struggle. That means those losers were being lifeguards or working at summer camps instead of manning the local grocery stores or CVS. That's right. My seemingly useless skills have come back to help me jump to the head of the class in self checkout. That makes me better than you.

That is all I have. I have no actual relevant weather information. I was strictly bitching. Now I have to go lie down because I threw out my back at work.

Tomas Really Soaking Hatti, Bahamas Next

Tomas, our 20th named storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season is really dropping some serious rain on Hatti and the surrounding Caribbean islands. Looking at the water vapor image below, you can really see that Tomas is the the only rain maker from the Atlantic all the way to the Rockies. And he is really using up all of that extra moisture. Upwards of 10-20 inches of rainfall in 24 hours is likely in Hatti and similar numbers probably for the Bahamas next. Wind won't be the issue with Tomas, just lots of rain!


Very quietly, this has been quiet an active hurricane season for the Atlantic. 20 named storms is a lot. But it seems so quiet to us because there was not 1 land falling storm in the US for the entire season. Odd. Nevertheless, weather nerds like myself will tell you that an active Hurricane season usually means an active winter storm season for us.

Make sure to wear your coats this weekend! It won't get out of the upper 40's for high temps all weekend!

I am back!

I would like to welcome myself back! I won't bore you with the details of my absence, but lets just say a lack of time played a huge role. But what sort of weather aficionado would I be if I didn't get back to the grind right as the "fun" part of the weather season approaches. I know most of you don't think cold mornings and snow showers are fun but its my favorite time! This is when it gets interesting!

We have had what I would call a boring stretch of weather. A beautiful end to the summer and beginning of fall that saw us receive many sunny days, above normal warmth and just all around ideal weather for a good 5 month stretch. While I have enjoyed it, secretly I have been shaking my fist at the atmosphere. Where have the severe thunderstorms been? Where have our early season rain soaking nor'easters been? And what about an early snowfall like we saw last October?? It's crap.

Luckily, mother nature can't fight off the inevitable for long. This weekend marks daylight savings time and statistically, we have already been loosing sunlight since August at a greater rate than at any point in the year. It all adds up to a shift towards cold weather and more importantly, interesting weather!

Look at today for example. It's almost as if we are getting a little payback for our inactive period of storms. Several little storms will soak us through tonight into tomorrow. Kind of like little pests that want to get you wet. To us, it all looks the same. Just a big blob of rain. But even more interesting is the fact that on the back end of one of these storms, enough cold air will be in place to produce.........SNOW. If that doesn't get you in the mood, perhaps this image will.

Happy Thursday suckers!!!!!