From Cliff Mass:
Major Flooding Ahead as A Strong Atmospheric River Aims at the Northwest
After a relatively dry summer, the Northwest is experiencing one of the wettest autumns in a long time.
September and October brought above-normal precipitation around the region. November is going to smash typical monthly precipitation amounts at most stations.
Over the next few days, a powerful atmospheric river of moisture surging out of the subtropics will inundate our region, with the western slopes of some of our terrain barriers experiencing as much as 10 inches of rain. Falling on saturated soils, westside rivers will surge to flood stage...some to major flood stage.
Water vapor satellite imagery (which measures the amount of infrared radiation emitted by atmospheric water vapor), shows an impressive plume of water vapor extending from north of Hawaii into our region. Perhaps a part of the "aloha spirit" that is not as welcome as others.
And yeah, it's coming down now. Planning a trip to the farm Sunday/Monday. Loading up the van between now and then. Looks like I will be using a lot of garbage bags to keep things somewhat dry. Also planning to bring the new trailer back down. The fun never stops...
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