We hardly ever get 'em out this way... But tonight we got a few rumbling through. Yep! Just yakkin' with Krink and we could hear the rumbles, and see the flashes, and stand back while the rain pissed down!
Retrieved mail... Pouring! Could be some localized flooding, which "they" talked up the last few days:
U.S. National Weather Service Alerts for Seattle, WA
Area Flood Watch
Now - Friday, Sep 6, 6:00pm
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...GRAYS HARBOR...CLALLAM...ISLAND...JEFFERSON...SAN JUAN...SKAGIT...WHATCOM...KING...KITSAP...LEWIS...MASON... PIERCE...SNOHOMISH...AND THURSTON.
* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE OLYMPIC RANGE. IT APPEARS THAT THE FOCUS OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE OVER WHATCOM...SKAGIT... SNOHOMISH... KING...PIERCE...LEWIS...AND THURSTON COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IN GENERAL...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL ACROSS THESE AREAS...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL CASCADES.
* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. INTENSE RAINFALL WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND OVERWHELM STORM DRAINS...LEADING TO FLOODED ROADS. MUD OR ROCK SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN STEEP MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. SIGNIFICANT RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ON AREA RIVERS BUT FLOODING IS UNLIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING BUT FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The Krink said
6:39 AM, 09/06/13
It's going to go on all-night Uke. When I had to go... it got very
intense outside. Seems about 4-different lightning goin on. Lots of "flash-
bulb" lightning that goes off not hitting the ground. Then another
variation of cloud to cloud lightning with very visible flash but no
groundward. I've also seen the "very-close" ground-hits with a
"6-seconds" and Kaboom. The night is young. This will still be going
on when you wake-up Friday...that is if you get much sleep.
Uke said
6:54 AM, 09/06/13
Bailed off for a while... It's still rumbling out there, with scattered flashes... Intermittent rain, and a few more bright lightning. No grounders around the area yet.
But it's still early...
The Krink said
7:01 AM, 09/06/13
This is probly the most unlikely weather scenario that the GPNW ever
faces...weather/moisture/rain "coming from the East" and T-storms
too. Look at the weather system on satellite and it makes perfect sense
but on ground level it makes for some very different weather.
We'll see if the "weather" wakes me up during my sleep tonight.
The weather service is almost guaranteeing an inch or two or more
rain Thursday night. This system passing through is very potent.
The Krink said
7:28 AM, 09/06/13
Its crazy out. Very intense rain going on. My gravel driveway has
standing water on it "twice" in a 7-day span. I can only tell you that
it "hasnt been seen before by me" since I lived here. This is a
"celestially enhanced storm" as just about every new storm in the
future will be. This enhancement doesnt "include a rainbow".
We hardly ever get 'em out this way... But tonight we got a few rumbling through. Yep! Just yakkin' with Krink and we could hear the rumbles, and see the flashes, and stand back while the rain pissed down!
Retrieved mail... Pouring! Could be some localized flooding, which "they" talked up the last few days:
U.S. National Weather Service Alerts for Seattle, WA
Area Flood Watch
Now - Friday, Sep 6, 6:00pm
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...GRAYS HARBOR...CLALLAM...ISLAND...JEFFERSON...SAN JUAN...SKAGIT...WHATCOM...KING...KITSAP...LEWIS...MASON... PIERCE...SNOHOMISH...AND THURSTON.
* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE OLYMPIC RANGE. IT APPEARS THAT THE FOCUS OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE OVER WHATCOM...SKAGIT... SNOHOMISH... KING...PIERCE...LEWIS...AND THURSTON COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IN GENERAL...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL ACROSS THESE AREAS...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL CASCADES.
* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. INTENSE RAINFALL WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND OVERWHELM STORM DRAINS...LEADING TO FLOODED ROADS. MUD OR ROCK SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN STEEP MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. SIGNIFICANT RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ON AREA RIVERS BUT FLOODING IS UNLIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING BUT FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
intense outside. Seems about 4-different lightning goin on. Lots of "flash-
bulb" lightning that goes off not hitting the ground. Then another
variation of cloud to cloud lightning with very visible flash but no
groundward. I've also seen the "very-close" ground-hits with a
"6-seconds" and Kaboom. The night is young. This will still be going
on when you wake-up Friday...that is if you get much sleep.
Bailed off for a while... It's still rumbling out there, with scattered flashes... Intermittent rain, and a few more bright lightning. No grounders around the area yet.
But it's still early...
faces...weather/moisture/rain "coming from the East" and T-storms
too. Look at the weather system on satellite and it makes perfect sense
but on ground level it makes for some very different weather.
We'll see if the "weather" wakes me up during my sleep tonight.
The weather service is almost guaranteeing an inch or two or more
rain Thursday night. This system passing through is very potent.
standing water on it "twice" in a 7-day span. I can only tell you that
it "hasnt been seen before by me" since I lived here. This is a
"celestially enhanced storm" as just about every new storm in the
future will be. This enhancement doesnt "include a rainbow".