[stormer]

It's a bit odd that this made the local news sites here in Seattle; not often we get stories like this. Now is the time of year when the Bering Sea and gulf really start cranking up and the jet sends them our way, but I don't recall anything quite like this. The low that is dominating is just over 28 inches, so that's comparable to an Atlantic hurricane - I guess I would expect higher winds than 74. My dear old dad was in a Bering Sea storm back in the day when winds were approached 200 mph, enough to strip the paint off his ship.

[redhead]

From the looks of that map, I can see the whole state being affected. I just hope my shingles will just stay on my roof. I can’t get over the size of that storm or the closeness of the isobars. I don’t think we are going to have much fun this coming week...