It looks as though the🔥Heat Miser🔥has taken over the latest outlook for Christmas week (Dec 23-29)! There is a high probability of warmer-than-normal temperatures for most of the US. Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and New England have a better chance of seeing "classic" Christmas weather.

Zipped over to the west side Saturday. 50° on the pass in December is bananas.

Othello appears to have removed a flock camera (only noticed the one on Cunningham near SR17 was gone…). Not sure if the entire system has been removed.

Found some blue sky! #wawx

Foggy morning in Ritzville. #wawx

Upr low 36N 152W liftng NNE on the arc of a vry moist plume. Plume pcpn has slumped S into WA. Cldy tdy #YVR. Chc light shwrs esp. inland tdy-Fri. Lgt rain Sat intensifyng PM as a wake breaks fm the low, tracks NE twd Haida Gwaii and lifts the plume core ovhd. Hvy rain endg Mon PM. Shwrs/cooler Tue

Y’know, I was thinking of this in the context of all of the Great Shakeout prep they push for the west side. Same scenario of aftermath kind of unfolding wrt to services rendered inaccessible, etc. www.kiro7.com/news/local/f...

51! 💨

Low 40MPH gusts now. #wawx

Gusts in Ritzville hitting the mid to upper 30’s so far this morning, per @east.wsdot.wa.gov weather station. #wawx

Informative mapping over on Masto #wawx m.ai6yr.org/@mappingsupp...

#PQR issues Record Event Report (RER) at Dec 10, 3:45 AM PST ...OFFICIAL RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS SET ON DEC. 9TH IN PORTLAND, OREGON AND IN SALEM, OREGON... Link

50MPH gust in Ritzville according to the WSDOT weather station (and also the solar light that was stuck magnetically to my grain bin which is no longer mounted on said grain bin). #wawx

stuck in whatever is causing this.

OTX issues Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) at Dec 5, 3:38 AM PST at Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:38:34 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.

Can confirm the drive to Lind and back was a foggy one tonight! #wawx

Special Weather Statement issued December 4 at 6:39PM PST by NWS Spokane WA Additional Details Here.

#OnThisDay in 1896, the giant Palouse earthworm was first reported. historylink.org/File/9432

Cute li’l snowflakes coming down in Ritzville. #wawx

Tiny flakes are flying in Othello! #wawx

HEADS UP! A fatality collision is blocking SR 26 between Washtucna and SR 21. WB travel can detour via SR 261/260 in Washtucna. EB travel can detour via SR 21. @pullman.wsu.edu

Fog is already creeping in. Clouds are firmly seated in the way. :(

Special Weather Statement issued November 11 at 7:42PM PST by NWS Spokane WA Additional Details Here.

And…the fog has rolled in. #wawx

GET OUTSIDE RN!! #wawx

One on the county back road as well according to google. #wawx

Doesn’t sound like it’s getting any better. #wawx

29° this morning with fog. #wawx

Current #wawx status:

WA digital archives website appears to be unresponsive 😭

Thunder! #wawx

Wind Advisory issued October 24 at 1:14AM PDT until October 24 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Spokane WA Additional Details Here.

Vitrification at the Low-Activity Waste Facility is now underway! This is historic. We’re extremely grateful & proud of all our staff that have been a key component in making this possible. This is a cause for celebration & our continued commitment to ensuring cleanup is accomplished.

Haystack fire from this weekend is still smoldering few miles east of Othello. #wawx

Successful yard cleanup before the light rain finally turned serious. #wawx

Foggy this morning in Ritzville. #wawx

Starbucks closures are hitting small towns like Ritzville particularly hard.

Rain! 🙌🏻 #wawx

🍎🏆APPLE CUP TRAVEL ALERT! If you're heading to Pullman for the big game Saturday, be prepared for possible delays tomorrow. The SR 26 bridge in Colfax needs additional barrier after it was struck & damaged by a truck. The bridge will be CLOSED tomorrow from 7AM - 4PM 🧵1/2

[Delayed Report] 10 NW Soap Lake [Douglas Co, WA] Public reports Funnel Cloud at 14 Sep, 2:45 PM PDT -- Located estimated from radar data and photo. at Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:00:51 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.

The LIGO gravitational-wave detector celebrates its 10th birthday with the clearest signal yet from a pair of merging black holes. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne... . . #astronomy #ligo #gravitationalwaves

*does a little dance* storm cell headed right for us! #wawx

Smokey haze wafted in around 10 this morning. #wawx

Back up to 101°. #criesinFall

The drive to Portland today.

Heads up to travelers that the Schrag Safety Rest Area on I-90 in both direction is CLOSED until further notice due to no water at the facility. Rest area is approximately 20 miles west of Ritzville. Travelers will have to use alternate rest areas until the issue can be resolved.

82° is much nicer than 101°, I’ll take it! #wawx

Sky sure looking like it wants to do something this morning. 🤞🏻

False fall was nice while it lasted.

Would you like to see the National Weather Service use a Bluesky account? The federal agency is accepting formal comments on the proposal. Learn more and how to chime in at this link. www.weather.gov/media/notifi... #wawx