You another one of those California transplants OP? This is normal weather for the PNW. Some years are worse than others sure but this is not abnormal.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28153484 meteorologists and park rangers disagree.
Not any that are local to Oregon or Washington.
wrong.
i have provided MANY links to local stations. please don't jump into the thread without reading it and throw out biased comments without bothering to check and see all the research that has already gone into it.
This last batch of weather isn't even close to making this list. When we have another weather event that makes this list then by all means post a thread about it.
The Storm King of January 9, 1880
The Classic Sou'wester of December 10, 1906
The January 29, 1921 Olympic Blowdown
The Major Windstorm of October 21, 1934
The Classic Sou'wester of December 21, 1940
The Intense Spring Gale of April 23, 1943
The Major Sou'wester of December 4, 1945
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Everything below this I have lived through.
The Double Windstorms of October 26-27, 1950
The Major Windstorm of December 4, 1951
The Classic Sou'wester of April 14, 1957
The Intense Cyclone of November 3, 1958
The SW OR Windstorm of February 24, 1961
The Mid-Spring Gale of April 27, 1962
The Columbus Day "Big Blow" of 1962
The Spring Gale of March 27, 1963: Storm King I
The February 5, 1965 Gale: Storm King II
The Strong October 2, 1967 Gale: Storm King III
The Big Sou'wester of March 26, 1971
The Sudden Windstorm of March 1, 1974
The Intense Cyclone of November 9-10, 1975
The December 15, 1977 Puget Sound Cyclone
The Kitsap Blowdown of February 13, 1979
The Double Windstorms of November 13-15, 1981
The Gale of December 21, 1982
The Thanksgiving Day Storm of 1983
The Surprise Gale of March 16, 1984
The Storm Train of January 1986
A Stormy Trio: January 6-9, 1990
The Northerly Gale of December 1990
The Inauguration Day Storm of 1993
The November 15, 1994 South Valley Windstorm
The Major Windstorm of December 12, 1995
The Windstorm of February 6, 1999
The Major Windstorm of March 2-3, 1999
The Sou'wester of Janaury 15-16, 2000
The NW OR Squall Line of December 13, 2001
The February 7, 2002 South Valley Surprise
The Storms of December 14-16, 2002
The December 16, 2002 South Valley Storm
The December 27, 2002 Minor Windstorm
The January 1, 2004 Cyclone: Snowstorm
The January 29-30, 2004 Minor Windstorm
The November 5, 2005 SW Washington Gale
The Christmas Day Gale of 2005
The New Year's Windstorm of 2006
The February 4, 2006 Windstorm
The Major Windstorm of December 14-15, 2006
Early Autumn Bluster: October 18, 2007
The Great Coastal Gale of December 1-3, 2007
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link to www.climate.washington.edu]
Now all of those were notable waether events.
