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brooklynite

(94,547 posts)
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 01:03 PM Oct 2017

The Big Dark: Weather Service shares satellite image of future rain clouds stretching from China t

Source: Seattle Times

“The Big Dark” is about to begin, as Dustin Guy of the National Weather Service in Seattle likes to describe it.

After a relatively benign first half of the month — with only about a half-inch of precipitation in two weeks — we’re likely to get that much dumped on us on Tuesday alone, he said.

In a satellite image tweeted out by the weather service on Monday, a series of weather systems that basically form “one long stretch of moisture a few thousands miles long that will be hitting us in the face starting tomorrow” can be seen over China and all the way across the ocean to British Columbia.

“That’s our unsettled pattern for us for the foreseeable future,” Guy said.



Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/the-big-dark-weather-service-shares-satellite-image-of-future-rain-clouds-stretching-from-china-to-puget-sound/

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The Big Dark: Weather Service shares satellite image of future rain clouds stretching from China t (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2017 OP
I guess this means rain is headed for California FakeNoose Oct 2017 #1
I sure hope so wryter2000 Oct 2017 #2
Oroville Dam spillway needs another month AngryAmish Oct 2017 #3
It may or may not be good. defacto7 Oct 2017 #5
So far the forecast calls for 1/4" Thursday and Friday, but that's all I'm seeing. LeftyMom Oct 2017 #6
That sounds like the kind of rain needed. defacto7 Oct 2017 #10
Looks like the 1st of our Oct leaf-knocker storms. suffragette Oct 2017 #4
If only God would give us a sign... BlueIdaho Oct 2017 #7
Wow. That looks like a Japanese wave painting with a modern twist. chowder66 Oct 2017 #8
The Big Dark mountain grammy Oct 2017 #9

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
5. It may or may not be good.
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 02:32 PM
Oct 2017

They need rain but too much after large fires can cause floods and mud slides. If there hadn't been a burn the ground could possibly handle some extra but non stop rain for long periods will just add to the disaster. They need rain but not that much.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
6. So far the forecast calls for 1/4" Thursday and Friday, but that's all I'm seeing.
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 02:55 PM
Oct 2017

It's not uncommon for high pressure to push storms north into the PNW while leaving most of California dry.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
10. That sounds like the kind of rain needed.
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 04:28 PM
Oct 2017

That long weather pattern was stretching into BC. So it will probably stay to the north.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)
4. Looks like the 1st of our Oct leaf-knocker storms.
Mon Oct 16, 2017, 01:47 PM
Oct 2017

Nights should be a little warmer with our cloud blanket back, too.

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