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  2. January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

    in West of the Rockies

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    13 minutes ago, ajreich said:

    Well! That was quite the event :) Though we didn't end up with the snow amounts I would've hoped, this was still one of the most memorable winter weather events I've had. The combination of wind and cold is really exceptional in my experience; the type of stuff you'd expect in the NE, not here! The duration of cold and wind is also impressive - both have been sustained throughout the day. We're in the SW hills at 600 feet.

    Our high for the day was 16.5 at midnight, low of 10.2 degrees around 2:45 pm. Currently it is 11.1 degrees, so we've had 9 hours below 12 degrees. That is just exceptional back to 1990 (which I don't remember details of too well since I was only 6!) I'd assume we stay at roughly this temp through tomorrow AM, and a lot of stuff is going to freeze. I want to check out the pond and Laurelhurst park on Monday to see if its frozen over - I don't think its done that since 1990 or 1992.

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    Peak wind gust was 36.7 mph - wind gauge is about 6ft off the ground, so gusts higher up in the trees were even greater. Since about 10pm last night, we've had consistent wind gusts above 15 mph, with regular gusts consistently above 20 mph since 12pm today. Windchill has been consistently below zero since 9 am. Winds are still going strong! 

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    Currently, looks like about 2-3 inches of mixed precipitation, though the snow is so dry it's hard to tell what's snow and what's sleet. Enough to make the grass and streets white up here :) Though in wind-exposed areas, it's all dry ground. Some of the larger drifts are 6-8 inches deep.

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    HRRR shows maybe a lucky inch or two between now and midnight, but even if we don't seen any more snow, today was a great weather day and one of my top 5 storms. My favorite video of the day below.

     

     

    Totally agree with this.  As my eye doctor told me today, ‘Your poor vision is caused by having a lot of birthdays’ today is right up there.  About 3” of snow all happening at 16-19 degrees. Should be a spectacular day tomorrow.  Such a rarity is these parts.  I keep looking at my weather station waiting for the inevitable warm up, but it is going the other way.  16 freaking degrees on the west side of the Cascades!!!

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  12. January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

    in West of the Rockies

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    22 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

    Great post. Couldn’t agree more.

    This!  Just this side of 60 and a Clark County lifer… don’t misunderstand me, 20 degrees and a foot of snow followed by beautiful blue skies and lows in the single digits would be unbelievable.  Based on current climate conditions, wasn’t expecting anything close to what is possible.  Take the 25-45 degree negative anomaly FTW.  Need cold for any frozen precipitation, and 99 times out of 100 it is on the other side of the planet/country.

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  14. January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

    in West of the Rockies

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    1 minute ago, MossMan said:

    Take note everyone…This is why you leave the Christmas lights up until the second week of March! Looks awesome!! 

    ❤️ Christmas! Took down the main display in the front yard.  Left up my ‘winter’ trees ( not sure The Wife bit on that). The backyard lights will be up through any potential winter weather.

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  17. PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

    in West of the Rockies

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    1 hour ago, FroYoBro said:

    Went out and we have 4.5 inches on the ground. Temperature has dropped another degree to 27 since sunrise. It’s amazing out there! 

    I don't have the 'steel jaw trap' memory and recall that many on here have, and even though we only received around 3" total, the raging east wind while it was coming down last night was top-tier.  Then walking my boy this morning the biting wind, 25 degrees,  and blowing snow with some sun breaking through truly made this one of the better ones.  So happy that many of you scored!

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  19. February 2021 PacNW Weather Discussion

    in West of the Rockies

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    Longtime lurker and lifelong (over 50 years) resident of KVUO (in honor of the Flowman😆).  I appreciate the insight and knowledge that so many of you have.  I am a big weenie when it comes to cold and snow; but a realist in terms of the ‘needle getting threaded’ in the region that I/we live.  I have been to many areas of the US on business and minus the clouds and rain , which sometimes is a drag, we win! My profile pic is real- no filters, of Mt Hood on the approach to Portland.  How many people in the country can travel to 4 or 5 different and diverse weather and geographical areas with a couple hour drive.

    I would never want to shovel snow for three months in a row; it would take the excitement out of the possibilities.  Based on the 100 pages on this thread, many of you are similar in that belief, I think.  Still a lot of time to get to a desirable outcome.  I root for the Canadian FTW- not realistic, but why not us?  Nothing wrong with cheering for an outcome.

    Appreciate the Forum Ifred! I have laughed my head off and almost cried in the same day.  

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