Ken in Wood Village

It's interesting how the moisture is coming from the NW to SE and there is moisture coming up from the SW to NE looks like they could vome together in my area for some heavy prescription rates

Some very active weather down my way. Wonder if I'll see any of them 🌩

I've been having one heavy shower after another this evening. My lightning detector has been going off a couple of times but I haven't heard anything  

I haven't been online for awhile. It's been very busy at work. My work made me a line lead and it's been crazy trying to get things organized. I even did some overtime today. 

Well, my area almost reached 80° today but it looks like the warm weather will only last a couple of days. Looks like we will be going back to normal to below normal by the middle of next week. This is to be expected going into Spring. A lot of fluctuation during this time of the season. 

Hope everyone enjoys the brief warm up

4 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

That cold air is pretty!

Here is a closer view 

Here is a beautiful image of the storm coming into the PNW 

This is my thoughts about this pattern change. I believe we will be in a NW flow for awhile. I just wish it was a couple of months sooner. We can get into these patterns that stick around for awhile. I know we are going into La Nina later in the year from what the forecast models show but I think we could be seeing it a little sooner 🌨

I know everyone are focused on the possibility of snow but I do see something very interesting next week thanks to Michael Snyder. He has pointed out the possibility of a windstorm next week. I looked at both the GFS and the Euro model and they both show the same low pressure system. The 12Z Euro shows the system much further North but the 18Z shows it going North of Seattle. 

One thing Michael says is this storm is suppose to intensify when it comes towards the PNW which will create a strong pressure difference from South to North. I think we need to watch this system on the 29th. 

If someone has the 18Z Euro, maybe you could look and see if that low pressure is still there?

31 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Wanna get depressed? 

Maximum 1-Month Mean Avg Temperature 
for SALEM AP (MCNARY FIELD), OR

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 73.0, 2017-08-31, 0
2, 73.0, 2023-08-31, 0
3, 72.5, 2022-08-31, 0
4, 72.5, 2014-08-31, 0
5, 72.3, 2021-08-31, 0
6, 71.6, 1967-08-31, 0
7, 71.3, 2016-08-31, 0
8, 71.2, 2015-08-31, 0
9, 70.6, 2013-08-31, 0
10, 70.5, 1917-08-31, 0

Period of record: 1893-01-01 to 2024-02-19

What's funny is my mom talked about the heatwave of 1967. She said the heatwave broke after I was born. I was born on September 6th, 1967. I'm not sure if her comment was true but it's interesting people are talking about that heatwave. 

I said a couple of days ago, there is a lot of potential with this pattern. February's are notorious for snowstorms

I'm not sure if this will work but I saw this on Facebook and thought it was interesting. 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/58ySaevqpbP6isH4/?mibextid=oFDknk

I think there is a lot of potential with this pattern. I liked the end of the run as you can see what I circled in red that's if it verifies. If you look closely, it's painting a mix precipitation even over the ocean. **Update** I just noticed the low up in Alaska that looks like it's heading down to the PNW. If those two merge together, there could be a major event

I like to remind everyone, the models show what type of pattern we could be seeing in the future. Don't get caught up with the exact details until the event gets closer. We have a week to get more details on what will happen so enjoy the ride

36 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

12z ECMWF and EPS are going to be the best runs yet, atleast I hope. Realistically I'm expecting them to be worse than their previous runs.

I think there is a lot of potential in the 12Z Euro today and it's not finished. Looks like there are a couple of polar lobbs (not sure if I spelled that correctly) lined up to come down from BC reinforcing the cold air

Well, the EPS looks very interesting for the end of the month for my area

I can say this, my weather station never reached 40 degrees today. We reached 39.9 degrees we are sitting at 36.9 degrees now. It's been a cold raw day here with a little east wind blowing which makes it feel a little colder  

I stopped at KFC around 3pm and there was a lot of wet snow mixed in with the rain. The temperature here keeps falling. It was 45 at noon, it's now 37. There is a slight east wind blowing which makes it feel colder. Let's hope by this evening it switches to all snow

I'm in Clackamas now, looks like chunky rain. I looked at the dew point at my house, it shows 33° but it's been falling. It could get interesting later  

These are pictures after the big snowstorm on this day in 2021. We had snow drifts over 2 feet because of the Eastwinds. This was an amazing snowstorm. The snow was very fluffy and most of the pictures you see, I was the first person to walk in the snow...lol 🌨

This is what it looked like 3 years ago today when I still lived in Wood Village 🌨

That mass of moisture I talked about last night is coming onshore now. I get to drive in it to work this morning

Wow, I posted this picture a couple minutes ago and the area I circled dropped 8 degrees within minutes

Looks like a good amount of moisture is coming from the SW of Oregon and will impact us tonight into tomorrow. Another thing you can see is the extreme cold Arctic air in Alaska. Check out these temperatures

1 minute ago, Blizzard777 said:

Do you have a rain rate on your machine…curious what the reading is

It shows 51.5dBZ. It's windy too.