June 19, 2009

Close, but no cigar.

We just missed breaking the dry-spell record by minutes...the official story by the National Weather Service...

.ITS OVER... A SHOWER THAT HIT SEA-TAC AT 0749Z BROUGHT
0.01 INCHES OF PRECIP TO THE AIRPORT BEFORE 08Z ENDING THE DRY
STREAK AT THE AIRPORT AT 29 DAYS. (NOTE: THE DAILY MIDNIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT DATA IS ACTUALLY FROM 1 AM TO 1 AM LOCAL TIME WHEN WE ARE
ON DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ). THE LAST TIME SEA-TAC GOT MEASURABLE
PRECIP WAS BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM BACK ON MAY 19TH.

(Note: 0800 Z is 1 AM PDT)
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20 comments:

  1. ShannonJune 19, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    Dang it! I wondered about this when I awoke at 1:30am and heard the pouring rain.

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  2. Weather Is My LifeJune 19, 2009 at 9:09 AM

    All I have to say is... it's about time!!

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  3. Metro Market CateringJune 19, 2009 at 9:15 AM

    It's good for the garden but how does it look for Saturday?

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  4. WeatherNerdJune 19, 2009 at 9:28 AM

    June gloom has arrived. :(

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  5. Weather Is My LifeJune 19, 2009 at 9:49 AM

    WeatherNerd, June Gloom took up over the first half of the month.

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  6. cornbreadJune 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM

    Sun is not gloom WIML.

    From wikipedia: Gloom, a melancholy, depressing, darkness, shade or despondent atmosphere


    Get over your weather hate and enjoy it all.

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  7. andycottleJune 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    Yeah, rain is good for the garden. But the dry spell we had lasted almost a month and ended at 29 days!

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  8. Weather Is My LifeJune 19, 2009 at 11:23 AM

    Let's see, sun is depressing and despondent... fits the description!

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  9. AnonymousJune 19, 2009 at 11:35 AM

    I am happy for the break in the weather but still found it necessary to water the garden today. This has been the best month!

    Weather Is My Life:
    Up is Down, Left Is Right, Bad is Good. Quite contrary! Quite tedious! I thought you were asked to leave...

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  10. JadeJune 19, 2009 at 11:40 AM

    Hurray for the rain!

    I too am depressed by long periods of dry weather. But that is because I have a huge garden and am trying to establish trees. Watering in June is immensely depressing. I already know I'll be doing it all of July through September . . . possibly October.

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  11. andycottleJune 19, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    No, sunshine is a great thing! It`s great in all it`s glory and has people in a better mood. Sunshine is not depressing at all.

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  12. AnonymousJune 19, 2009 at 5:44 PM

    Well, I'd defend people's right to call it as they see it. I understand how hard it is to keep your plants alive during a drought. I only take exception to those who constantly correct those expressing the prevailing view. I love a timely rain event!

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  13. UnknownJune 20, 2009 at 1:36 PM

    Wendell Berry's 17 Rules for a Sustainable Community in the Summer 2009 issue of YES! Magazine inspired me to check Wickipedia/Wickimedia, where I found this poem that speaks to our dry spell:
    •Sit and be still
    until in the time
    of no rain you hear
    beneath the dry wind's
    commotion in the trees
    the sound of flowing
    water among the rocks,
    a stream unheard before,
    and you are where
    breathing is prayer."
    That's my kind of prayer to Mother Gaia!

    Bob Moore

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  14. Weather Is My LifeJune 20, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    Others of us only take exception to those who constantly correct those expressing our own opposite, but equally valid, views.

    Do we have to spell out the point we try to make? Don't assume that everyone feels the same way as you. Don't assume that the entire world likes the same thing you do. And don't criticize others for liking something different. It's not that hard.

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  15. Cliff Mass Weather BlogJune 20, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    All,
    Can I ask everyone a big favor? Can we stop the "debate" about liking good or bad weather? Everyone can enjoy what they like. Sometimes this conversation gets too personal and critical. PLEASE. Enough of this...cliff

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  16. Paul YeagerJune 20, 2009 at 6:37 PM

    "It always rains in Seattle" is one of the biggest weather myths there is!

    I haven't seen this blog before, but I forecast the weather for the West Coast for many, many years, including, the Pacific Northwest.

    I'm glad that I found it. I'll add this to my blogroll--actually, I'll start my blogroll with it! My blog, which focuses on the weather in a more general sense, is cloudyandcool.com.

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  17. AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    I apologize, Cliff. I admit I find it difficult to refuse the bait. If it really starts to bother me I'll just go away. I really would rather we just look at weather phenomena and leave off critiquing emotional attachments.

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  18. NickJune 21, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    thunder!! yay!!

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  19. JewelyaZJune 21, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    Here in southeast Bellevue, we're having a hailstorm -- the temp on the roof is 57 and it's been hailing pea- and gumball-sized stones for six minutes. And it's raining hard too. We had several thunderclaps at the beginning of the storm. Hail is letting up. I hope my vegetable garden is OK.

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  20. thaikarlJune 22, 2009 at 2:19 PM

    i like it when it rains... in thailand. i like it when it's sunny...here. i like it when its warm/hot...here. cold belongs in refrigerators. record didn't make it. wah. now we have to try for next year. Cliff tells it like it's going to be.

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