Autumn Is Here

[Larry Caldwell]

It has been drizzling off and on for a couple of weeks, but the first autumn storm is predicted to hit the NW Coast on Thursday. They are predicting 6" of rain and winds to 80 mph.

"If your grandmother can drive 65 mph through an 80 mph southwester without flinching, you are from the Oregon coast."

It's a warm storm, and they are only predicting snow above 7500 feet, but it's a big one that will push right into the Rockies.

On the up side, it will bring up stream levels, and all the salmon waiting at the mouth of the rivers will start migrating upstream. The Coho run will be in full swing by the end of the month.

 

[coobie]

My favorite time of the year.Then this comes later.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

OK, the forecast is starting to firm up. The PNW will get two pretty good pushes of moisture Thursday and Friday, followed by the extra-tropical remnants of Typhoon Songda on Saturday. They have downgraded winds to a max of 70 mph.

They are predicting some lowland flooding, which is pretty trivial in the PNW. Unlike the East Coast, the West Coast is pretty rugged. Getting out of the flood water is normally just a case of moving over 20 feet. There are a few stupid people in cities who bought houses on a mud flat, but they are the exception rather than the rule.

The storms are early this year. Normally the Pacific storms don't start marching ashore until Nov 1 - 15. This year I don't think we will have to worry about it being to dry to have a Halloween bonfire.

https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/pacific-northwest-stormy-pattern-mid-october-2016

 

[Thomas]

Autumn my favorite time of year,very hard not to play hookie from work.