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ajreich

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  1. At our new spot about 850’ in the west hills and it’s all snow for the last 30 min. No idea what will happen, but this was much earlier than forecast. Kids coming home early after school. Not risking getting stuck on the roads. Maybe Mark busts again? Giving me the 2017 vibes.
  2. It happens consistently to me when I’m on my Verizon data plan (but not AT&T), so that makes sense.
  3. Ugh, well after 6 days we finally lost power last night too. The west hills are a disaster - it was hovering around 28 all night and looked like a thick glazing on everything again. So now no water and no power and no ETA on either. Luckily we escaped yesterday morning before the ice started again and are holed up in a 600 sq/ft apartment with two kids and two dogs. Fun times! But we have power and water, and maybe school will actually happen today though What a storm! I’m still amazed at the persistences of the cold and big busts from the models (Aside from the GFS I think?) Wishing everyone else a speedy warm up and recovery.
  4. Ugh this blows. Back below freezing and everything is starting to ice up again. We’re hoping to get a plumber out to fix the pipe, but it’s an ice rink right now.
  5. This is cool, we are right on the edge of the warm and cold air masses, keep ping ponging between fog and 30 degrees and clear(er) and 37. Change happens almost instantaneously. Bad news is we had a pipe burst with the thaw. No water for us
  6. I’m guessing they extend this for at least east metro and west hills.
  7. Yeah, you’re right. I noticed the south facing hills are about 4-5 degrees warmer than us on the north side. Interesting dynamics!
  8. I think a lot of the Oregon members are without power! Once the warm air makes it, temps will definitely rise rapidly. The CRB is supposed to moderate today/tomorrow, so even with east winds it probably won’t be enough to freeze PDX again. That said, GFS has us pretty borderline through the weekend, so it could go on a lot longer than people expect
  9. Still at 26 and now up to half inch of ice Really not sure how all this gonna melt off today as the NWS thinks. The warm air just isn’t coming north as modeled at all. At 600’ we should be mixing out before the valley and yet we’re still 3-4 degrees colder.
  10. Ugh so sorry for what you’ve been through - sounds like a nightmare
  11. BTW it’s now 5+ days with highs below freezing. I can’t recall that happening ever, but I’m sure someone here knows better than me
  12. We’re hovering around 24/25 degrees with a solid .3” of ice. Given temp is well behind models, looks like a mess of a morning at least. South winds just never really materialized - winds continue out of the east predominantly. No AFD yet, so looks like PQR are scratching their heads about what to do.
  13. 22.3 and raining steadily. Probably .25 of ice on everything? Forecast now says we don’t get above freezing until 7 am
  14. We’re stuck at 22.5 for the last 2 hours. Gonna get dicey.
  15. Thanks! We’re actually moving in a couple of weeks up to a place off Skyline. The view here is nice, but the winds and traffic noise from 405 mean we can’t enjoy the deck as much as you’d think, even when the weather is nice. Plus our new place is up around 1000ft, so better weather
  16. That low position tho. Gorge winds will be howling for Portland.
  17. Interesting, Euro ensembles have been trending colder longer the last 6 runs. Be curious as observation data keeps coming in on the cold side how that impacts 0z tonight. The air might be warming, but the ground is a frozen rock. I dont think we’ll hit 25 today, stalled at 23 and the sun is sinking.
  18. Up to 18 today and so pretty! 11/19 yesterday, so we’ve been below 20 since Friday at 5pm; I can’t remember a cold event like this. East wind picked up again today, so plenty of incoming cold air. Maybe a high of 25 today if we’re lucky?
  19. 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. 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! 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. 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. IMG_0021.MOV
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