"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head!" - Life on the Kitsap Peninsula

Okay, so we get a bad rap for the amount of annual rainfall we get here in the Pacific Northwest. I guess you could say that our ActiveRain is pretty darn active! (Well, why do you think it's so green around here, huh?)

However, while we do experience a rather significant amount of precipitation compared to other parts of the country, it's usually only wet here during the rainy season - November 1st through October 31st.

Seriously though, we're getting hammered today. One weatherman stated this morning that we will get more rain just today than New York will get all month long. (YIKES! Where's that timeshare in Cabo when you need it?)

A forecaster with the National Weather Service office in Seattle says a once-in-ten years storm is hitting Western Washington. The storm that began yesterday afternoon will leave two-to-six inches of rain (Then why is my dang water bill so stinkin' high?)

Yesterday's storm, the third to hit Washington in recent days, was driven by the "Pineapple Express," a flow of warm, moist air from the subtropics. Nearly 3 inches of rain have fallen in Seattle since Thursday, the Weather Service said. (Why couldn't they send us some sun instead?)

After having one of the driest summers on record, we're trying to make up for it all in one week! According to another report, in the western Washington lowlands we're expecting 2-6" of rain; upwards of 5-10" in the Cascades; and perhaps over 9-10" in the Olympics (of course, wouldn't you know it, Silverdale is by the Olympics!)

Just for perspective, we usually get about 6" for the entire month of November, and most of Seattle's Top 10 wettest days ever are around 3". (The record being 5.02" set in October of 2003.)

So I guess our bad rap is deserved, at least for today anyway. Maybe I should call the local Ford dealer and see if they make pontoons for my Expedition? If you've ever wondered why we have so much waterfront real estate here in Washington State, now you know!

Rich Jacobson, Your Rain-Soaked Real Estate Agent in Kitsap County WA