It's always sunny... above the rain in the Pacific Northwest:) The weather here is in constant flux. As the saying goes, “if you don’t like the weather now, wait thirty minutes.” Check out my blog if you want to learn about the ever-changing Pacific Northwest weather or the weather bite for the weekend. In addition, I'll spotlight places to grab happy hour bites around Seattle.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
June Gloom.. Auf Wiedersehen
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Unexpected Sushine
Mostly cloudy and showers is the theme for today and tomorrow as a system is moving towards British Columbia. The sun was out in the Green River Valley this morning and now this afternoon over Seattle north to Shoreline and east over Elliott Bay for beautiful outdoor pictures. If I had a boat this pocket of sunshine and breeze is great for sailing. Places near the Cascades are hogging all of the showers so far. Considering today was suppose to be more showery than tomorrow, I'm going with a bite of mostly cloudy and mainly dry with a few showers for tomorrow, the last day of June gloom.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Fizzling June and a Normal July
The bite today cloudy skies and a fifty percent chance of rain, similar to Monday but less humid and cooler for the next couple of days. Enough about June, how about July 2011.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Flip flops, Seattle Weather, and Wet Sidewalks.. BEWARE!
This one step out of my 22 years, 10 months, and 15 days of existence made me stop in my tracks. I did the scary movie pose where something or someone is coming but I am dead in my tracks... staring and screaming. Let me remind you I was sporting my flippy floppys and the sidewalks were wet. What did I step on??? My mind freaked out and I don't even remember too much of how or what happened. This is what's left of my shattered memory of this morning...My toes felt wet as a body was strewn across my big toe, I had orange goo and guts on my foot. From the pattern on the skin, I realized that..I stepped on a slug or shall I state stepped on and acrobatically burger flipped it onto my toes...how the heck did the body flip up and explode on top of my toe and foot? Just thinking about this makes my skin crawl.... after a moment of shock I gathered my marbles and walked five blocks to my final destination. Why didn't I go caveman and wipe off the slug juice with a leaf? I waited until I reached the restroom with running water.
I tell myself now that the slug had already died and I happened to add insult to injury. And, instead of dying peaceful in someones garden the final resting spot was the sidewalk. This slug is being remembered and has left a legacy on this blog.
My mistake can be a lesson learned for others. Flip flops, Seattle weather, and wet sidewalks. The result.. wet toes, guts, and shock. Beware!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Summer has Arrived!
Sunset 9:11pm
Length of Day 15h:59m:29s (provided from timeanddate.com)
Right on cue the sun is shining in the morning up and down the West Coast and will shine until the sunsets at 9:11pm! Forecasted high temps today are in the mid 70s for the Seattle Metro Area. Today's sunshine however is short lived as the clouds increase and temperatures dip through out the week; yep, below average, which average for this time of the year climbed to 72 degrees F. Tourists in the Northwest, this is a taste of summer because the "unofficial" start of of summer is July 5th. Scott Sistek at KOMO has kept up an odds it will rain chart, and for the past 117 years of record keeping July 4th is the wettest day of July for Seattle before trending dryer, with the driest period in Seattle from mid July to mid August.
I will be in Montreal for the next week. So the next update will be on Monday. Make it a great week.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
In to the Deep End
Today will feature hit or miss showers decreasing by the time we head into the evening hours. So far SeaTac has recorded 0.26 inches of rain and here in the Udistrict 0.10 inches of rain. Hit or miss showers can really dump and soak a place for an hour or so in one area while a neighboring city would be sitting under dry, cloudy conditions.
I have two maps to show you from the NWS. Here is the forecast for today's high temps. 62 degrees F! That's 8 degrees below normal for this time of the year. And, look at our mountain ranges; parts of the Cascades and Olympics are below freezing for daytime high temps. The snow level is above pass elevations so driving will be fine today as in precipitation of the liquid kind; still be cautious though there's low lying fog, pockets of heavy rain, and mist.
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Joys of Breakfast
Challah French Toast with Roasted Apricots and Honey-Vanilla Creme Fraiche a fancy name for a fancy breakfast with bacon. The sun was shining right above us as we all enjoyed this delicious treat outside. Yes, I love to brag every once in a while. And, guess what... I have the privilege of tasting everything on the blog pastryprose.blogspot.com.
With food aside, the weather in the Northwest; or shall I write, 'up and down the west coast' is still stuck in a lull. Californians are experiencing morning clouds and afternoon sun... they call it June gloom. We on the other hand are experiencing mostly cloudy skies, dry, with a few spot showers, and partial clearing in the afternoon sometimes. What would they call that? My best guess would be.. Winter.
The June 1st post touching upon the the below normal temperatures is holding true with temperatures running a few degrees below our normal of 69 degrees F for the next couple of days. The bite for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday... a strong push of marine air each day may squeeze out some showers along with cloudy skies, and if the layer isn't too thick we'll see a little sun in the afternoon.
Update 12:45pm
We have some sun in spots and rain in a few locations right now and drizzle or light rain all around Western Washington this morning. This means two things. Our air is super moist and with the sun we have the potential of warming up the air near the surface. These two main ingredients causes instability and rain showers. Warm air near the ground wants to rise and cool off and when that happens convective clouds form. With super moist air the cloud is concentrated enough for rain showers to fall. So don't be surprised if you are caught under one. On a side note the familiar Puget Sound Convergence Zone has a chance of forming North of Seattle this evening. Where ever it drifts it will drop steady rain.
And, winds.. it is a bit breezy outside with winds gusting to 20 mph in the Central and South Puget Sound areas. This is because of a pressure gradient where the high pressure wants to go to the lower pressure, kind of like river water and a waterfall. The higher the water the greater the fall to the lower part of the river. The difference is about 2 hPa higher at the coast than the Puget Sound right now, translating the breezy winds from the southwest (true west winds are rare in the Puget Sound area because of the massive Olympic Mountains.)
Friday, June 10, 2011
Dodgeball!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Stuck in a Lull
I'm kind of a boring person, and people talk about weather when there is nothing else to talk about.... So what does that make of me? Especially since it's June time in Seattle... a very blah kind of month weatherwise. We are transitioning out of the active spring weather to more of a lull. Storm systems are weak and high pressure is not in full gear yet.
The influence for the next several days is our neighbor the Pacfic Ocean. With each morning we get a marine push. The larger the push, the thicker the clouds, the cooler we are and maybe we can squeeze out some rain. The lighter the push, the thinner the clouds, more sun in the afternoon leading to a warmer day. So high temperature wise will be bouncing on either side of normal which is 68 degrees f. To me that's borrrrriiinng.
The bites sunbreaks this afternoon to mostly sunny by 8pm, a weak push tomorrow, and a strong push on Friday.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Squeezing Sun Drops
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Clouds are Back
Saturday, June 4, 2011
First Food Post :)
For food we ordered two pizzas; one pepperoni and one italian sausage and mushroom. The delightful thin crust treats came out hot and not too greasy. Pep was a little on the salty side but pair it with a beer or cocktail and it is phenomenal. If you like a little spice to your sausage, which I do, the italian sausage and mushroom was definitely a win. The draught beer for the both of us was Guinness Stout.
The total for tonight..$22.00 for two beers ($4 each), two pizzas ($6 each) and Seattle tax. This was my first time here and I would definitely come back to try new menu items.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Sweet Weekend Forecast
Wow. The sunniest, most comfortable weekend forecast since September 2010. A pair of 70 something degrees weather two days back to back and the high temperature for today is near the 70 degree mark making it three days in a row if we do reach that milestone. We did hit 70 once this year at SeaTac for maybe one or two minutes but this time around we can bask in the 70s. Man can I keep this up and write 70 in every sentence? Nope.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
One More Wet Day
Friday is going to be the typical Northwest summer of morning clouds and afternoon sun and temperatures... believe it or not...slightly above the normal of 67 degrees!
This weekend jumps from Friday's typical summer to 'this is why we put up with 9 months of soggy weather' kind of day. GFS Model Output Statistics(GMOS) from the NWS has clear skies and 78 degrees for Saturday and partly cloudy 78 degrees for Sunday. Yesterday's model run had the two days at 80 and 82 degrees so it did back up from the warming a bit. This is a sweet taste of summer.
My friend Nancy and I summed up our summer to be with... hiking trips, recipe testing on the grill, cold beers,... ummm those activities will have to wait until after my studying time.