"Bomb cyclone" to hit N. California

[neverfstop]

EEKK!
www.axios.com/2024/11/18/bomb-cyclone-heavy-rain-california-oregon?

Offshore wave heights could hit 70 feet, and high surf will pound the coastline of the Pacific Northwest.

The latest computer model projections show rainfall amounts that could reach 15 to 20 inches, or even higher, along coastal areas. The highest totals will be in elevated areas.

In addition, power outages are possible as winds gusting to 70 mph or higher at times roar onto the coastline as the low-pressure system explosively intensifies offshore.

Zoom in: Even stronger winds, of up to 100 mph, are likely off the coast of Vancouver Island and west of Washington state, as the bomb cyclone reaches its peak intensity by Wednesday, before drifting off the coast while weakening into the weekend.

Offshore wave heights could hit 70 feet, and high surf will pound the coastline of the Pacific Northwest.

[aurora]

Yikes! That sounds like a very intense storm. I hope everyone stays safe.

[formerlyak]

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My oldest is at Berkeley for school and it’s big game week (Cal v Stanford). He’s in the club that takes turns camping out on campus this week to protect campus landmarks from pranks. When I saw the weather, I was so glad he was assigned to tonight. Whoever has Thursday night will get the brunt of this.

[muffin0]

Nov 19, 2024 19:22:07 GMT -5 formerlyak said:

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Whoever has Thursday night will get the brunt of this.

Hopefully the weather will be shit enough no pranks can be had. 🤞🏼🤞🏼

[InBetweenDays]

This was posted on the blog of an Atmospheric Sciences professor at UW. You can just see the outline of the PNW coastline. So far it doesn't seem too bad but our lights are flickering. My sister and parents have already lost power.

[loira]

We are also battening down the hatches further north - lots of wind already on the Vancouver Islans and multiple areas of our city have lost power.

[heygrey]

Nov 19, 2024 22:18:58 GMT -5 loira said:

We are also battening down the hatches further north - lots of wind already on the Vancouver Islans and multiple areas of our city have lost power.

I checked in with my friend in Saanich. Power on at their house, but getting home from work was a challenge due to downed branches and a couple power lines.

We’re supposed to get the eastern edge in the okanagan! This is going to wreak havoc over the lower mainland and our mountain highways.

[loira]

Nov 20, 2024 0:35:38 GMT -5 heygrey said:

Nov 19, 2024 22:18:58 GMT -5 loira said:

We are also battening down the hatches further north - lots of wind already on the Vancouver Islans and multiple areas of our city have lost power.

I checked in with my friend in Saanich. Power on at their house, but getting home from work was a challenge due to downed branches and a couple power lines.

We’re supposed to get the eastern edge in the okanagan! This is going to wreak havoc over the lower mainland and our mountain highways.

Yikes! No driving on the #5 tonight I guess. It's crazy. We still have power too but I'm heating my house now while it's still working (normally I turn down the heat once bedtime approaches). I refused to go into the office today because I walk my commute and I didn't want to get blown off the trestle bridge I cross or taken out by a falling branch.

[mrsukyankee]

Stay safe, all!

[Nonny]

I'm outside of Seattle. About a half a million people without power, and they are telling some of us to expect a multi day outage.

Our power went out about 10 hours ago, and I'm super grateful we have a generator, because it's cold!

[sugarbear1]

I am in metro Seattle and lost power for about 8 hours. It was kind of a wild night! I don't think I have ever heard wind that loud.

[pinkdutchtulips]

Lots of rain w some wind gusts just north of SF. Its bad enough where I'm working from home today instead of braving the roads into SF.

J works for a local water district. He has to work outside in this mess.

[1confused1]

Football playoffs are on Friday and, of course, we are scheduled to play where the rain will be heavy. I really hope they reschedule or change the game to a different location. Luckily the boys take a bus but the roads will be a mess.

Stay safe everyone!!

[InBetweenDays]

Nov 20, 2024 12:14:59 GMT -5 sugarbear1 said:

I am in metro Seattle and lost power for about 8 hours. It was kind of a wild night! I don't think I have ever heard wind that loud.

It's so interesting how much it varies around the region because we're in Ballard and it didn't seem any worse than many winter storms we've had. Never lost power, nothing was blown around, deck furniture was fine etc.

[picksthemusic]

We lost power at around 7pm last night, and didn't have it restored (we consider ourselves lucky in this regard for sure) at around 4am.

My mom's yard is full of tree debris and one of their neighbor's trees ended up coming down in their yard as well.

Apparently also, a woman died from a downed tree as well:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/woman-killed-by-fallen-tree-in-lynnwood-during-seattle-wind-storm/

Still lots of folks in the area without power.

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DS and niece got out of school today due to no power at the school, and DD was 2 hours late.

[sugarbear1]

Nov 20, 2024 15:02:13 GMT -5 InBetweenDays said:

Nov 20, 2024 12:14:59 GMT -5 sugarbear1 said:

I am in metro Seattle and lost power for about 8 hours. It was kind of a wild night! I don't think I have ever heard wind that loud.

It's so interesting how much it varies around the region because we're in Ballard and it didn't seem any worse than many winter storms we've had. Never lost power, nothing was blown around, deck furniture was fine etc.

It's wild.

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My son's school is a couple blocks away and they anticipate being closed for the rest of the week.

[gretchenindisguise]

Huh. We are heading to Seattle on Monday to spend thanksgiving with my brother and family.

They are currently without electricity and don’t know when it will come back on.

[underwaterrhymes]

My friend lives on Whidbey Island and she said they didn’t lose power, although she knows many on the mainland did.

[theoriginalbean]

Nov 20, 2024 15:02:13 GMT -5 InBetweenDays said:

Nov 20, 2024 12:14:59 GMT -5 sugarbear1 said:

I am in metro Seattle and lost power for about 8 hours. It was kind of a wild night! I don't think I have ever heard wind that loud.

It's so interesting how much it varies around the region because we're in Ballard and it didn't seem any worse than many winter storms we've had. Never lost power, nothing was blown around, deck furniture was fine etc.

The microclimates are fascinating. I'm in north kitsap and we had very little on my street, but three blocks down trees and debris everywhere. We're five houses away from the power grid that went down, a huge chunk of our area will be out for days.

[Nonny]

Nov 20, 2024 11:33:50 GMT -5 Nonny said:

I'm outside of Seattle. About a half a million people without power, and they are telling some of us to expect a multi day outage.

Our power wentout about 10 hours ago, and I'm super grateful we have a generator, because it's cold!

Quoting myself, we're at 48 hrs without power, and our ETA for restoration is Saturday afternoon. We'll see. We lost power when it seems like half the Eastside grid collapsed, so either the estimate will be spot on (because that's the estimate for the major repairs) or it will be another couple of days because I'm in an extremely low priority pocket.

Since we have the generator it's not that big of a deal. But it's super annoying to have incredibly unreliable cell service. I basically can only be guaranteed to connect to the internet late at night. Otherwise it's completely random.

[magma]

Still without power (day 3) internet or cell service. So many downed trees and power lines. Fortunately the weather hasn’t been too cold and we have a gas fireplace. We are tired and bored, but safe.