SHORT TERM...A DEEP 965 MPH LOW IS CENTERED NEAR THE OFFSHORE WATERS. THIS LOW IS PRODUCING VERY STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO HURRICANE FORCE TO ITS SOUTH. A SMALL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT RAPIDLY FORMED OVERNIGHT IS PINWHEELING AROUND THE PARENT LOW AND IS MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE NORTH COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING. PRESSURES HAVE BEEN BOMBING OUT OVER THE NORTH COAST AND THE RADAR SIGNATURE HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE WITH A BENT BACK OCCLUSION OR STINGER JET WRAPPING AROUND ITS SOUTH AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN EYE AT ITS CENTER. QUITE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE SEEN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND ARE MARCHING NORTHEAST FROM NORTHWESTERN OREGON THIS MORNING. THE WARM OCCLUSION TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. TO THE NORTH OF THE OCCLUSION...STRONG EASTERLY PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE PRODUCING GAP WINDS THROUGH SNOQUALMIE PASS. FLOW REVERSAL AND A FRONTAL INVERSION AHEAD OF THE OCCLUSION HAS BEEN PRODUCING WHAT APPEARS TO BE MOUNTAIN WAVE CONDITIONS AT A FEW LOCATIONS LIKE ENUMCLAW AND AROUND BUCKLEY.
December 10, 2015
Fun weather post from the NWS this morning
Below is one of the most intense, complex and a bit confusing weather reports I have read in a long time. NWS 12/10/15
JM
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