Northwest Palms

Looks like another warm front coming in...

I just received this urgent weather message for high winds on Sunday night. I also received one stating that Olympic Peninsula rivers could flood with the heavy rains expected from this front. Especially south facing rivers such as the Satsop and the Skokomish. The same for the north Cascade Rivers such as the Nooksack. Central Cascade rivers shouldn't flood.

Maybe with this front coming through it should hold the cold off for another week. Wishful thinking on my part.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
242 PM PST SAT NOV 14 2009

...A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
242 PM PST SAT NOV 14 2009

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.

A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH THE COASTAL
WATERS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY THEN PUSH ONSHORE LATE MONDAY
EVENING. WINDS ALOFT AHEAD OF THIS FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY
STRONG...AND SOME OF THIS ENERGY WILL LIKELY MIX DOWN TO THE
SURFACE.

SOUTH WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. IF THE STRONG WINDS
DEVELOP AS FORECAST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS...THEY COULD PERSIST FOR
ABOUT A 24-HOUR PERIOD...ESPECIALLY WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE
BEACHES AND ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST FROM ABOUT TAHOLA SOUTHWARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH AND GUSTS OF 85 MPH
MAY OCCUR. RESIDENTS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND POWER
OUTAGES THAT COULD PERSIST FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
ALBRECHT
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

The following thread was started by Issaquah John on November 14, 2009 at 3:17 pm PST

In case you're fed up with the PNW rain and cold this was in the news from Australia:

November 15, 2009 02:55pm

THE South Australian Government is to consider easing tight water restrictions limiting garden hosing to just three hours a week.

After eight consecutive days of sweltering temperatures in excess of 35C, the Opposition today urged Premier Mike Rann to relax the restrictions immediately.

Minister for Environment and Conservation Jay Weatherill said Cabinet would meet tomorrow and consider �some greater flexibility� with the restrictions.

Currently, under level three restrictions, dripper systems and hand-held hoses can be used for a maximum of three hours a week, over two days.

�We'll be looking at things like what the water usage has been like over the last few weeks, we'll be looking at evaporation rates in our reservoirs and we'll be making a careful decision not a reckless decision,� Mr Weatherill said in Adelaide's western suburbs.

�We would like to give relief to gardeners but we won't be doing it at the expense of our water security.�

Substantial early spring rains filled Adelaide's reservoirs to near capacity, with millions of litres released out to sea as they threatened to overflow.

Opposition leader Isobel Redmond said she expected the restrictions to be relaxed this week, but it was �too little too late for many of Adelaide's gardeners who have watched their plants wilt and die during the worst November heatwave on record�.

�Adelaide's reservoirs are near capacity and we still have 200 gigs (gigalitres) from the River Murray in reserve, so easing restrictions will have little or no impact on the long term water security of the state or the River Murray,� Ms Redmond said.

The above followup was added by Vlad Pomajzl, Saltspring on November 15, 2009 at 8:10 am PST.

Not the best day for it but I am getting used to the rain. Besides, some things just have to be done. Like this endless (this year) apple harvest. Caught me totally unprepared. Everywhere I go on Salt Spring I see apple trees loaded with fruit that everybody ignores. And I still have two trees to pick and nowhere to store the fruit. Next year I will be renting a press. But then, it could be one of those years when the fruit trees take a break or the spring weather is lousy with minimal pollination.

The above followup was added by Vlad Pomajzl, Saltspring on November 15, 2009 at 2:49 pm PST.

Apple cider, apple jam, apple sauce, apple pies, I love them all. You're a lucky guy.

The above followup was added by Issaquah John on November 15, 2009 at 7:47 pm PST.