August 2024 Forecasts And Discussions

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Re: August 2024 Forecasts And Discussions

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SouthSardiswx wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:00 am I finally heard a rumble but l'm mostly seeing flashes more than what the radar is showing.
It's easier to predict and score a snowstorm than a half decent thunderstorm around these parts. Which is a crazy thing to say because of how bad our luck is with the former.
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Typeing3 wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:04 am It's easier to predict and score a snowstorm than a half decent thunderstorm around these parts. Which is a crazy thing to say because of how bad our luck is with the former.
I guess we pardon the pun TNostorm stole your thunder. :lol: :clap:
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Loving the rain, but it looks like the border won again in the thunderstorm department.
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Bonovox wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:15 am Loving the rain, but it looks like the border won again in the thunderstorm department.
Still hearing rumbles but distant, Bridal Falls and mid island perhaps are getting a good show.
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Typeing3 wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:04 am It's easier to predict and score a snowstorm than a half decent thunderstorm around these parts. Which is a crazy thing to say because of how bad our luck is with the former.
What I don't understand is why the storms always seem to weaken as soon as they near the border. It's not like the terrain changes. :x
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After all this no SWS was issued for the central valley but yet we had a decent cell move over head with thunder and lightning close.
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AbbyJr wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:35 am What I don't understand is why the storms always seem to weaken as soon as they near the border. It's not like the terrain changes. :x
I don’t know Jr. Man something for you to study. Perhaps the energy is defused between the Cascades or Olympics. :?
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AbbyJr wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:35 am What I don't understand is why the storms always seem to weaken as soon as they near the border. It's not like the terrain changes. :x
It's because of the winds from Annis Road! 🌬️ 💨

I guess I can't really complain since I did manage quite a few strokes out my way but I wish this had been more widespread! But there's more chances for the next several hours, I think. Hopefully something good happens.
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We received so far 8.6mm of rain in the pond in south Sardis from this storm tonight l guess no records this summer for dry streaks.
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SouthSardiswx wrote: Sun Aug 04, 2024 11:40 pm Is that you Ants :eek: man we thought you were swept away by hurricane Fiona.
haha...that was a fun one. Hopefully no major storms this season. :think: :shock: :clap:
It always snows in December in the Kootenays :clap:
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Well, that was disappointing (but not entirely a surprise). 9.4 mm since midnight but as usual CBSA detained the thunder and lightning at the border.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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SouthSardiswx wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:36 am After all this no SWS was issued for the central valley but yet we had a decent cell move over head with thunder and lightning close.
More than I got. Fell asleep around midnight figuring that if anything significant happened weatherwise it would wake me up. Slept through the night.

I guess it’s payback for having lived on Bainbridge Island, which for some reason sits in a thunderstorm track. If there's even a single thunderstorm that pops up in the Central Puget Sound region, it will inevitably track through Bainbridge. Once I got four of them during a single day in one thundery spell.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:11 am More than I got. Fell asleep around midnight figuring that if anything significant happened weatherwise it would wake me up. Slept through the night.
Yeah, I mostly slept through it, too. Heard thunder and rain around 12:30, but not much after that.

Still raining moderately with 18.3 mm in the gauge.

Apparently it got pretty windy as well since some stuff on my deck had blown around.
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I heard at least three massive thunder claps sounding right overhead. Not sure what time...I wasn't expecting much more than that.
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Another dud. What a joke. SO MUCH lightning from southern Oregon all the way to Bellingham and then it fizzled. :thumbdown:
Even when conditions are prime, we get screwed. I'm starting to think there is some type of weather modification going on at the border. :think:
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