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  1. Abbotsford_wx
    77 up here so far. The record is 79.
  2. Abbotsford_wx
    I give it a "D-" overall, and that seems generous. It was more like an extended fall than a winter. There was very little of note aside from some heavy rain and wind events. There was virtually no snow or cold to speak of, and it rained on 80% of days in Dec-Feb. Snowfall Overall: F Seasonal snowfall total: 0.8" (F) Number of snow events: 3 (D-) Heaviest snowfall: 0.4" (F) Temperature Overall: D- Number of sub-freezing lows: 31 (D) Number of sub-freezing highs: 0 (F) Lowest temperature: 20.5F (D-) Winter departure from normal: +2.8F (D) Dynamics Overall: C- (bordering on C) Arctic outbreaks: 0 (F) Continental air masses: 1 (D-) High wind events: 10 (A) Heavy rain events (1" or greater in a 24 hour period): 6 (B ) Note: Average in all categories would be a "C".
  3. Abbotsford_wx
    I need to average 25" or more per winter to start making up for all the terrible winters lately. My ultimate wish is for 50" in a single winter here. It's happened four times in my lifetime (and was over 40" two other times). I would also like to see the temperature drop to -15C (5F) or colder... something that hasn't happened here since the early 90's. That about covers it. It sounds like a lot, it was pretty normal by late 20th century standards.
  4. Abbotsford_wx
    I don't know about SEA or PDX, but here (YXX) the coldest period is Dec 27th to Jan 9th with an average high of 41.5 and low of 30.6. Slow warming begins on January 10th. By January 26th the averages are 43.5 and 31.6. Not much warming at night, but noticeable during the day. The data spans from 1944 to 2012.
  5. Abbotsford_wx
    He didn't say that exactly... http://cliffmass.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-winter-so-far.html
  6. Abbotsford_wx
    Still just 44 here. I've noticed it often takes 4-6 hours longer for the wind to shift up here. On a side note, I must be one of the only places west of the Cascades that has had below average rainfall since October. Only December was wetter than normal.
  7. Abbotsford_wx
    Out where I am, I've noticed that most of our storms are of the warm-core variety and typically occur between June and September. I rarely see any lightning here with cold-core convection, just heavy rain/hail. Further west toward the coast, it seems like the cold-core variety are more common and typically occur in the spring and fall.
  8. Abbotsford_wx
    That's an interesting stat... you've certainly had a good stretch over there. I've had 14 freezes in the last 25 days. Most of the other days were near misses, except for 39 on Dec 14th and 20th, and 36 on Dec 15th.
  9. Abbotsford_wx
    Maybe not the same but I still remember people saying we were done with the 90's at the end of last July. I think people just get angsty at any prediction that goes against their preferences... human nature.
  10. Abbotsford_wx
    Crazy. This December doesn't even crack the top 20 for rainfall here... and less than one inch of snow. Wettest December here was 1972 with 14.37".
  11. Abbotsford_wx
    I will finish with 9.27" here, compared to the normal of 7.35". Not exceptionally wet for this location. January 2006 recorded 17.25" November 2006 recorded 16.61"
  12. Abbotsford_wx
    It's 100% rain up here. I'm only at about 200 feet, but it seems to be rain most everywhere under 1000 feet.
  13. Abbotsford_wx
    Mostly a bust up here... less than half an inch of slop. Story of the last few years really.
  14. Abbotsford_wx
    Merry Christmas everyone. It's another green Christmas here, but it was painfully close... I had snow/rain mix most of the day yesterday while east of me in Chilliwack had accumulating snow. Had it been about 1F colder here I would have snow on the ground right now.
  15. Abbotsford_wx
    That's crazy good for my area, though I doubt it verifies.
  16. Abbotsford_wx
    Wow, that's nuts. How much snow would you say there is.. .looks like about 4" or so already.
  17. Abbotsford_wx
    Still about 10" below normal up here for the year, though December is above normal so far. Major wind storm tonight for Southwestern BC... gusts to 65 mph forecast.
  18. Abbotsford_wx
    Bellingham had a wind gust to 54 knots at 2322z.
  19. Abbotsford_wx
    It began at the end of November up here. It made for some great scenery.. I got a lot of neat photos of the snow and fog. Hard to believe that was 10 years ago.. wow.
  20. Abbotsford_wx
    That might verify for the valley. I expect mid 40's at least, and above freezing overnight lows. We should dip below freezing when the outflow slackens off Thursday night.
  21. Abbotsford_wx
    Ditto here. It's looking like we'll finish around 8" compared to our normal of about 10". We're running a deficit of about 14" for 2015.
  22. Abbotsford_wx
    The pattern shown on the 12z ECMWF reminds me of early Feb 2014... a crushing disappointment up here, but amazing down south. Of course it's way too early to say if it will play out the same.
  23. Abbotsford_wx
    Basically they're saying people should be happy because GDP, life expectancy, freedom, etc... not that they are happy. There's a difference. Anyway, 0.9" of rain here since midnight. Some areas are reporting 3"+.
  24. Abbotsford_wx
    The key word is "overall". Notice they rank WA or OR as having the two highest depression rates. But, as long as you're not prone to depression you could do a lot worse for places to live.
  25. Abbotsford_wx
    It's down to 39 here already.
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