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Jesse

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  1. Wow, the 12z totally jumped the shark.
  2. Some nice improvement on the 00Z GFS ensembles.
  3. Yes, but one or two days in the mid-40s wouldn't be enough to flash melt a lake in a month who's average temp is 0F.
  4. That was my initial issue. I didn't expect it to turn into such a drawn out argument. Looking at monthly stats for areas in the BC interior has been fun, though!
  5. I thought the article was more about the BC interior than northern BC specifically. Prince George is at 53N anyway, that's pretty far up there. If you are interested in FAR northern BC, Fort Nelson (58N) has had an average monthly temperature of 0F for January so far: http://www.wunderground.com/history/station/71945/2014/1/20/MonthlyHistory.html
  6. I don't know. Prince George had an average temp of 19F in December. Pretty close to an average January. That had to have put some ice on the lakes. Then all of that ice flash melted when January's average rose to a balmy 25F? Further south, Kelowna had an average December temp of 26F. January has been 31F so far.
  7. Monty67 said: " It is the first time people can remember seeing completely open water on these lakes in January." My point is that Januaries that were just as warm or even warmer have occurred within the last decade or so. So I have trouble believing that no one in living memory has ever seen the lakes unfrozen at this time of year.
  8. I would think a mean temp of 25 degrees would still be enough to keep the lakes frozen. Areas in the Cascades at 3,000 (which have frozen lakes) have no doubt averaged a little warmer than that this month so far. It looks like they had a mean January temp of 29 degrees as recently as 2006. I guess the people who can't remember the lakes having open water in any other January were all under 8 years old. January 2003 had a similar mean temp to how this January will likely end up. You're right. Not too hard to research...
  9. Yeah, it's hard to imagine the difference being so stark. Diamond Lake in the southern Oregon Cascades was frozen solid when we were down there earlier this month as well. People were ice fishing on it. The BC Interior is WAY colder than southern Oregon on average.
  10. Where have you been reading this? I would like some links. I would imagine they have seen much warmer Januaries, even in recent years.
  11. Yeah, I am having a lot of trouble figuring out why you think this winter has "sucked" so much. It has probably been the driest, sunniest winter for you since you moved here.
  12. I think the writing is on the wall about a big pattern change. The long range models may be flip flopping about whether or not we see a pattern conducive to cold/snow starting 7-10 days from now, but they all seem to agree about the ridge going away.
  13. I certainly don't think a decent February is out of the question.
  14. Did anyone notice how spring like it was out there today? The sun is as high in the sky as it was the week before Thanksgiving. It almost felt hot out there! VERY warm and spring like. I noticed the sun came up five minutes earlier than a month ago when I was scraping ice off my windshield this morning. We're on our way! 39/30 out in Stevenson today with a chilly east wind.
  15. The seasons according to our forums: January-June = Spring July-September = Summer October = Fall November-December = Winter
  16. I think I'll be just fine. Too much positive stuff going on in my real life to worry a lot about this forum or sports talk. Appreciate your concern, though.
  17. At face value there would be a lot of valley snow too.
  18. PDX has mixed out a little. Up to 48 there. They may hit 50 today. At least they managed 29 this morning.
  19. I think a lot of people have been talking about the late January/early Feburary time frame. I think KVUO snowman said something about it way back at the beginning of December. I have been saying it since December as well. Rather than portraying those who have been making the call as rogue geniuses, I would say it is more accurate to acknowledge that something around this time frame has been the general consensus of the entire forum for quite some time.
  20. It is really easy to be a constant naysayer. Almost lazy. Perhaps you should try to start contributing something meaningful to the discussion.
  21. Really good run. Nice to see timing moving up too. There is hope yet.
  22. I just want to see some snow. I have only had 1" this winter. That's pathetic. A shame my two winters out here have been so dry and quiet overall. This one still has some time to make up lost ground but the clock is starting to tick at a pretty good pace.
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