MikJournal Monday 10/17/16

Good Monday morning. I must say, despite the lack of rain around here, no measurable rain at my house in at least 17 days, the weather has been absolutely amazing. Why, we're talking about late August/early September weather for the next couple of days.

In fact, if Louisville reaches the 90 degree mark by tomorrow, it will mark the latest 90-degree day on record at the NWS office.

It has certainly been stormy over the northwest part of the U.S. High winds and heavy rains ransacked the region over the past few days, even tornadoes were reported! Generally, winds from 45-60 mph were common across several of the weather offices in the Seattle's area of responsibility, which led to some power outages. However, I did see some gusts over 100 mph closer to the coast and higher elevations.

Rainfall totals have been appreciable, to say the least. But, even in places where high rainfall amounts are the norm, like Forks WA, even their 14.27" for the month of October is well above average so far.

I would be remissed if I did not mention the 27th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. Preparing to watch game 3 of the World Series between the Bay teams of the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's, the violent 6.9 quake struck, causing extensive damage throughout the Bay area.

Some freeways collapsed which caused most of the 60+ deaths. Yet, it was a fairly low death toll considering the time of day and large population in that region of Oakland and San Francisco.

Obviously, the World Series game was cancelled, and it would be 10 days before game 3 would commence. The Goodyear blimp, which would have been covering the World Series, helped provide an aerial overview of the damage throughout the area.

Enjoy the weather for the next couple of days. Changes are coming, and it includes something actually liquid falling from the skies. I better clean out the rain gauge and get it ready for action.

Have a good week....
MS