December 2018 Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Omegaraptor]

Dry air mass... it happens all the time.

 

Thanks. I don’t pay much attention to RH so it caught my eye.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

FV3 ensembles were not bad.

Where do you get the FV3 ensembles?   

[Blizzard777]

No wind here and 22*

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Where do you get the FV3 ensembles?   

 

He's just mad I pointed out the fact the GFS ensembles weren't very good.

[MossMan]

23.

[Omegaraptor]

Mid-30s in the Portland metro. No frost this morning.

[Deweydog]

Current RH value in Portland is about 55%. In Phoenix, 65%.

 

What’s causing the RH value to be so low today?

East wind.

[Deweydog]

Mid-30s in the Portland metro. No frost this morning.

East wind.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Burns pulled off a 25/-6 yesterday a day after a 26/-2. They can still do winter on the east side...

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Cool 20 degrees after a high of 38 yesterday. Not bad.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Installed a new wood stove and very happy with results. 4 pieces in at 10pm house was 74 7am house was 72 and still some flame going in fire box. Love wood heat.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

East wind.

East wind at night Timmy delight.

[Jesse]

He's just mad I pointed out the fact the GFS ensembles weren't very good.

What!!??

[Timmy]

The gem and gfs this morning are trash in the believable range unless you live in the Washington Cascades.

[Deweydog]

East wind at night Timmy delight.

East wind at morning, decoupling enthusiasts take warning.

[Jesse]

Where do you get the FV3 ensembles?

Sorry, inside joke.

 

Although if they became available it would be a nice early gift from Santa.

[Kayla]

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

The gem and gfs this morning are trash in the believable range unless you live in the Washington Cascades.

I do live in the Washington Cascades (east slopes).  GEM looks quite a bit snowier than last night, GFS looks about the same, maybe less snow over 10 days than last night.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

Sorry, inside joke.

 

Although if they became available it would be a nice early gift from Santa.

 

OK, got it.  I would think they exist somewhere though, I thought they were at that German sight.  Should be available everywhere once it becomes the new model in mid January.

[Jesse]

OK, got it. I would think they exist somewhere though, I thought they were at that German sight. Should be available everywhere once it becomes the new model in mid January.

Oh wow. I didn’t realize the replacement was coming so soon. Good info!

[Jesse]

Frosty, calm and 27 in Salmon Creek currently.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

-31F in West Yellowstone this morning...That’s too cold!

Wow that is impressive!!!!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Oh god, they put my email I sent out with my winter outlook in the company newsletter...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The GFS is back to the splitty look. 

[Esquimalt]

Oh god, they put my email I sent out with my winter outlook in the company newsletter...

What was your winter outlook?

[MossMan]

Added to my frost depth overnight.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

What was your winter outlook?

 

In short mild and drier than normal conditions. And then I talked about how that doesn't mean it won't snow and people need to be prepared to be able to get to work even if it snows because we operate 24 hour facilities so on and so forth...

 

It's laughable to me when people call in because of snow/ice given I average about 40" of snow a year and have never missed work due to it.

[TT-SEA]

Oh god, they put my email I sent out with my winter outlook in the company newsletter...

 

 

Nerd!  

[Esquimalt]

In short mild and drier than normal conditions. And then I talked about how that doesn't mean it won't snow and people need to be prepared to be able to get to work even if it snows because we operate 24 hour facilities so on and so forth...

I wrote one for my school newspaper and said much the same.  I'm going for a cold period late in December through early January then a blowtorch February (classic nino).  Overall slightly below normal temperatures for DJF and slightly below normal precip. 

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

The GFS is back to the splitty look. 

Nevertheless, the PNW still gets wet during the entire 384 hours.

 

I know what you mean about people calling in.  When I used to live in Bellingham, events would be cancelled if there was even a small chance of snow or even rain mixed with snow.  Here, I have never seen school cancelled, or anything else, UNLESS it is freezing rain, which of course does shut down everything.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

That chilly period in late December 2014 was decent up here. Here is what it looked like at the Silver Falls station.

 

Dec 29: 35/20

Dec 30: 31/17

Dec 31: 32/21

Jan 1  : 36/23

[MossMan]

In short mild and drier than normal conditions. And then I talked about how that doesn't mean it won't snow and people need to be prepared to be able to get to work even if it snows because we operate 24 hour facilities so on and so forth...

 

It's laughable to me when people call in because of snow/ice given I average about 40" of snow a year and have never missed work due to it.

Some people just do not prepare like they should. They don’t even think about the weather and when it suddenly snows and they have bald tires, and no emergency kit in their car, portable shovel, kitty litter for traction, etc they end up in a world of hurt or just stay home and use their bald tires as an excuse. Shouldn’t be any excuse, just be ready for conditions.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Nevertheless, the PNW still gets wet during the entire 384 hours.

 

I know what you mean about people calling in.  When I used to live in Bellingham, events would be cancelled if there was even a small chance of snow or even rain mixed with snow.  Here, I have never seen school cancelled, or anything else, UNLESS it is freezing rain, which of course does shut down everything.

 

I guess the December 2016 snow storm was a nightmare for our company. I left for Oklahoma on the day Salem got 5", but I guess the following couple days it didn't melt and got really icy and there were an extreme amount of call outs. 

 

I was on-call during the January 7, 2017 snow event, and I just got people Uber's if they said they couldn't make it in. A lot of people seemed pretty bummed that I was able to come up with a solution. Except for one guy, he refused the free transport saying he felt it was "to dangerous for anyone to be out driving in the snow." I asked him how he thought we were supposed to support people in 24 hour facilities then, or how hospitals and other essential facilities were supposed to run during such times and he said it "wasn't his problem." Employee of the month stuff there.

[Deweydog]

If you drive in snow you will die. 'Nuf said.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

If you drive in snow you will die. 'Nuf said.

 

Thank you Shepherd Smith.

[Deweydog]

Thank you Shepherd Smith.

Best play is to stay home, watch cable news and purchase the items advertised on said networks.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Some people just do not prepare like they should. They don’t even think about the weather and when it suddenly snows and they have bald tires, and no emergency kit in their car, portable shovel, kitty litter for traction, etc they end up in a world of hurt or just stay home and use their bald tires as an excuse. Shouldn’t be any excuse, just be ready for conditions.

**** those idiots. They cause more problems on the road than anyone else. 

[TT-SEA]

 

It's laughable to me when people call in because of snow/ice given I average about 40" of snow a year and have never missed work due to it.

 

 

Same here.   My wife works in Bellevue and she has only missed work one time due to weather and that was during the ice storm in 2012.

 

People in Bellevue don't want to hear about our snow problems when its raining and 40 degrees there.    

 

Luckily... King County does an amazing job keeping our roads plowed and treated up here.    We can have a foot of new snow and the main road down to I-90 will be completely plowed out by 5:30 a.m.   

 

But if there is half an inch of snow in Bellevue then its complete chaos at her office and half the people don't even make it work!  

[MossMan]

I guess the December 2016 snow storm was a nightmare for our company. I left for Oklahoma on the day Salem got 5", but I guess the following couple days it didn't melt and got really icy and there were an extreme amount of call outs. 

I was on-call during the January 7, 2017 snow event, and I just got people Uber's if they said they couldn't make it in. A lot of people seemed pretty bummed that I was able to come up with a solution. Except for one guy, he refused the free transport saying he felt it was "to dangerous for anyone to be out driving in the snow." I asked him how he thought we were supposed to support people in 24 hour facilities then, or how hospitals and other essential facilities were supposed to run during such times and he said it "wasn't his problem." Employee of the month stuff there.

I drove over alder trees, under dangling powerlines and unplowed roads with a foot of snow on them to get to work in November 2006. My 1999 Tahoe at the time was a beast! But I needed to be there, worked at a large senior community at the time and needed to help with moving the residents in the independent living to the nursing and assisted living buildings that had full generator power. Also with snow removal. I spent a lot of time in this machine during the winter of 06/07 and was in it every single day from December 13th through the 25th in 2008. The only time I didn’t have to work (even though I wanted to) was when I worked at the golf course between 1998 and 2005. Though not much (big) happened during those years so I didn’t miss much work.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Nerd!  

 

What's great about our company newsletter is usually about 75% of it are excerpts of emails or other internal communications I've sent out.

 

"Andrew's Legislative Update"

"Andrew on Holiday Bonuses"

"Words from Andrew on the Budgeting Process"

 

It's kind of embarrassing, but I figure no one actually reads it.