Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[JEBar]

finally, an above freezing morning temp .... 33 at 10AM, anticipated high of 48 .... projected of our coming overnight low of 25 .... next few nights slated to be above freezing .... Maureen has some medical testing this morning .... anticipate a Walmart stop on the way home to pick up supplies

[Sir Henry]

It was +16F in the shop this morning. I had to build a fire at 8 am so it will be warm for the 3:25 Packer game.
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That sure is a nice sized firebox on your stove. Bet that number of prestologs puts out a great volume of heat. That’s good with the amount of cubic feet you need to heat. My stove is a small one with just a 16” x 16” firebox so I have to cut my firewood at 15”. I sure am impressed with how hot and how long those prestologs burn. I burned two yesterday along with some regular wood and last night when I set up the fire for this morning I still had hot coals so couldn’t complete prepping the fire.


Tried to post a pic of my stove but I’m having trouble again…grrrrrrr small file at 2mb

I normally don’t slice them up this small because they burn too fast. It got up to about 7F outside and I had it 72F inside. People were complaining about how hot it was. The stove is a Fisher Grampa Bear.

[Mags]

61' yesterday. 52' and cloudy, not raining at the moment. Maybe 58' later.

[Mags]

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Tried to post a pic of my stove but I’m having trouble again…grrrrrrr small file at 2mb

Was there an error message? If so what did it say?

[dave77]

41 and windy this morning. I saw 55 on my thermometer when the storm rolled in on a warm front. Another atmospheric river or as we called them when I was younger a Pineapple Express. Called that as the weather comes from Hawaii directly to the northwest bring very warm temps. Windy today but the big stuff comes in tonight around 10:00 with some possibly damaging gusts above 50mph. Once this storm passes we are expected to return to more normal winter temps with some snow in the forecast for the weekend. Our mountain passes in the Cascades are expected to receive snow at pass level in the 2-4 feet range and the passes to the east heading to the Rockies 1-2 feet. Good for the skiers for sure.

They've always been called a Chinook here, I see that they are the same phenomenon but usually the rain is a lot lighter or absent after it passes over the Cascades. We did get strong winds here and maybe an inch of rain but they did get more rain further north. Some flooding along the Wenatchee river but nothing like Western WA got.

My weather station showed a gust of 30mph but I saw that at the top of Mission Ridge they got a 112mph gust.

Going to be awhile before Stevens pass ski area will open as there's no predicted date for the pass to reopen, and Leavenworth Christmas tourist season will be hurting as it will be quite awhile before they fix the Tumwater Canyon road. I guess people will still be able to come over using Snoqualmie and Blewett passes but that's a longer route for northern westside traffic.



" AI Overview
The Pineapple Express and Chinook winds are essentially the
same weather phenomenon (an atmospheric river) originating near Hawaii, bringing warm, moist tropical air to the U.S. West Coast, but "Pineapple Express" highlights its tropical source (Hawaii), while "Chinook" (or "Chinook Winds") refers to the warm, dry, descending winds felt further inland after the moisture is released as heavy rain or snow in the mountains. Think of the Pineapple Express as the moist inflow and the Chinook as the warm, drier outflow on the other side of the mountains.
Pineapple Express:

Source: A strong, narrow current of warm, moist air originating near Hawaii.
Impact: Delivers heavy rain and snow to the Pacific Northwest and California.
Key Feature: The "moisture plume" itself, a type of atmospheric river.

Chinook Wind:

Source: The same moisture-laden air mass after it crosses the mountains.
Impact: Creates sudden, dramatic temperature increases (20-40°F in hours) as the dry air descends.
Key Feature: The warm, dry, gusty wind felt on the leeward (inland) side of the Rockies or Cascades.

In Simple Terms:
The Pineapple Express is the storm's arrival, bringing the "rain" (or heavy snow), and the resulting warm, dry blast of air on the other side of the mountains is the Chinook wind. They're two phases of the same event, both delivering significant weather changes."

[Hatchdog]

^^^^^^^^^^

Great stuff Dave, thanks for posting the info and that picture. I’ve been seeing that one around and that’s a perfect example for others around the nation of what the west side and north of you experienced last week. For most of my life I thought the term Chinook was Salish for Snow Eater but I did some research last year and found out that was just an old wives tale. Interesting info that the Pineapple Experss is the rain and Chinook is the warm wind left after the Cascades sponges off the moisture.

For you others who may be wondering what Salish is here’s a quick link to a local Native school that teaches Salish, the language spoken my the Native’s around here prior to English.


https://www.salishschoolofspokane.org/salish-language

[Hatchdog]

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Tried to post a pic of my stove but I’m having trouble again…grrrrrrr small file at 2mb

Was there an error message? If so what did it say?

Mags, after loading the pic using the attachment tab I get that yellow triangle with the exclamation point in it. Same thing that was happening a month ago when the site was having issues. First time since then and I have posted many other pics successfully. I’ll try to attack a different pic to this reply.

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[Hatchdog]

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Tried to post a pic of my stove but I’m having trouble again…grrrrrrr small file at 2mb

Was there an error message? If so what did it say?

Mags, after loading the pic using the attachment tab I get that yellow triangle with the exclamation point in it. Same thing that was happening a month ago when the site was having issues. First time since then and I have posted many other pics successfully. I’ll try to attack a different pic to this reply.

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Well how bout that, it worked. I wonder if it is just the pic I was trying to attach earlier. I try to attach it here.

No luck, must be that pic. Not important hopefully my pics will load going forward.

[Mags]

Was there an error message? If so what did it say?

Mags, after loading the pic using the attachment tab I get that yellow triangle with the exclamation point in it. ...

Well how bout that, it worked. I wonder if it is just the pic I was trying to attach earlier. I try to attach it here.

No luck, must be that pic. Not important hopefully my pics will load going forward.

I think if you mouse over or click on the yellow triangle, it will display a brief error message.

[dave77]

^^^^^^^^^^

Great stuff Dave, thanks for posting the info and that picture. I’ve been seeing that one around and that’s a perfect example for others around the nation of what the west side and north of you experienced last week. For most of my life I thought the term Chinook was Salish for Snow Eater but I did some research last year and found out that was just an old wives tale. Interesting info that the Pineapple Experss is the rain and Chinook is the warm wind left after the Cascades sponges off the moisture.

For you others who may be wondering what Salish is here’s a quick link to a local Native school that teaches Salish, the language spoken my the Native’s around here prior to English.


https://www.salishschoolofspokane.org/salish-language

Tonight's news says the Tumwater canyon section of Stevens Pass could be closed for months. Parts of the highway in Tumwater Canyon will have to be completely rebuilt. They can detour around Tumwater Canyon using Chumstick Highway from Coles Corner to Leavenworth's east side when they get the rest of the highway that wasn't damaged as severely opened back up.

https://kpq.com/tumwater-canyon-damage-closure-us2/