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Start of a storm. A bit of sheet lightning caught on my phone.







Clouds looked darker by eye.

Randi- Is the hurricane headed your way?

Not as far as I know.
We have had quite a bit of rain, but that is all.

We got NO rain from the storm below, it cleared away before it reached us and we could see the stars within an hour of the pictures.

First snow of the season!

When I left for the grocery store, it was pinhead size flakes.
When I returned from the grocery store, it was big, wet flakes.

It stopped snowing awhile ago.
Now, some roofs, cars, and lawns have snow on them, but it has melted on most of the sidewalks and streets.

I may have posted this before, but here the results of Michigan's snowplow naming contest: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/ ... 9169214002

Randi, Did you get Lake effect show? I am guessing not 77". (I am only 61 inches.)

No. We are normally clear of the lake effect snow. We just had a little bit and that has already melted.
However, today was cold with a low of 19F and a high of 29F.

Tomorrow the low is supposed to be 27F with a high of 45F.

Tuesday to Friday this week we should have a low of 12-15c and highs of 24-26c
Not hard to take.

And to think, we moved here because of the weather...

Today A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers this morning. Wind
becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High plus 4. UV index 1
or low.
Tonight Clear. Becoming partly cloudy after midnight. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to
40. Low minus 2. Wind chill minus 7 overnight.
Tue, 29 Mainly cloudy. Snow beginning in the morning. Amount 5 cm. Wind northeast 20
km/h gusting to 40 becoming light near noon. Wind becoming southeast 30 late in
the afternoon. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 8 in the morning.
Tue Night: Rain or snow. Windy. Low plus 2.
Wed, 30 Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Windy. High 7.
Wed Night: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Windy. Low plus 2.
Thu, 1 Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. High 6.
Thu Night: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 2.
Fri, 2 Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. High plus 3.
Fri Night: Snow. Low zero.
Sat, 3 Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. High plus 4.
Sat Night: Cloudy periods. Low minus 3.
Sun, 4 A mix of sun and cloud. High plus 4.

This was our weather for November.

The highest temperature occurred on November 04 with 13.1 degrees.
The lowest temperature occurred on November 29 with -3.3 degrees.
The average temperature for the month was 4.9, the normal is 7.6.
*** This is the coldest November on record, beating the old record of 5.5.
The total precipitation for the month was 69.6 mm, the normal amount is 121.2 mm.
There were 19 days with precipitation, the normal is 21.

We also had two days with snow, although it lasted on the ground for just a few hours.

Just got the first Winter snow here late yesterday and last night. Only about an inch here, but surrounding areas got much more.

Are you up higher than Seattle? Will it stay? Now that I have been to the Seattle area once, I have a better "mind's picture" of the area. In September, We had a really warm pleasant day looking up at the snow on Mt Rainier.

I'm in Kent, about 20 miles SE of Seattle and slightly higher elevation. I can't see Mt. Rainier from my house, but get great views of the mountain when I go places in town. There is a small ridge between my house and Puget Sound. So the weather here away from the water is usually a little more extreme than in Seattle. However, this time around Seattle got far more snow than here. There's still a light snow falling as I write this, but it's supposed to warm up and turn to rain later today.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-06/ ... /101711140

The power of rain.