In terms of climate, the Northwest is at the wettest time of the year. But that doesn’t guarantee cloudy, drippy skies.
Today will be the 13th day without measurable rain at Seattle Tacoma Airport (measured rain is 0.01 inches or more of rain).
Another sunny day in western Washington and Oregon
And in doing so, we set a record streak of 13 dry days in November at SEA that occurred in 2000.
Tomorrow will also be dryand so we will break November’s record for consecutive dry days..
But to ease your excitement a bit, this only pertains to the record that runs until December (November 20 to December 3).
As noted, in previous blogs, the origin of this dry spell was a West Coast high pressure peak (see below), which ironically led to cold/wet weather headlines in western United States
Superior (pressure 500 hPa) at 10 p.m. Saturday. Red indicates protrusion (high pressure) and green/blue indicates drop (low pressure).
A front will break through the ridge on Tuesday, bringing general rain to the region. The forecast map below shows 24-hour rainfall ending at 4 p.m. Tuesday. No more dry records!
And then a miracle happened. The slopes rebuild late Wednesday and Thursday, resulting in a dry, sunny Thanksgiving (see below). You can look forward to an invigorating hike before or after arriving in outer Turkey and traveling safely through the Cascade passes.
But this won’t last, a big shift to cool/wet conditions will still be in place next weekend…more on that later.
