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Totally incredible. The FV3 is 100% on board for another round of significant cold just like the GFS. How is this possible after having the block in place so long already. Something really spectacular going on here!

Happy New Years everyone! 2020 will be here in just a few short hours... Looks like 2019 is ending on a rather warm note locally. Average high this December is 41.5 (+3.1) and low is 27.1 (+6.5) with a monthly Mean at 34.3 (+4.8) degrees. A contrast to the cool anomaly in late summer and early fall.

December is a few hours away! November ended a little warmer than normal at my place, ending the cool stretch that was September (-2.0) and October (-3.3)! Still had a nice cold blast and my most November snow in several years. High: 53.9 (+7.9) Low: 21.0 (-4.1) Mean: 37.5 (+2.0)

Do you think your city will see snow this year, and how much?

Hopefully we can score something during the second half of the month.

Looking back on the twin cold snaps of the past winter it is really beginning to sink in just how impressive they are. A lot of the outlying stations are now updated for those months on the Utah State Climate site and the totality of these events is really evident. Here are some of the numbers from some outlying Willamette Valley stations, and I will probably throw the airport stats in to for good measure. As you can see there weren't a ton of records for a lot of these stations because for most of them their all-time minimum records were set during the December 1972 cold snap. * Denotes daily record minimum. Falls City (El 670') December: Dec 4: 37/22 Dec 5: 34/17 Dec 6: 29/16 2.5" sn Dec 7: 24/16 1" sn Dec 8: 25/9 Dec 9: 25/ NA Dec 10: 29/13 Dec 11: 33/23 February: Feb 5: 33/22 Feb 6: 30/18 Feb 7: 21/13 4" Feb 8: 27/14 8" Feb 9: 30/24 Feb 10: 34/28 Dallas (El 290') December: Dec 5: 35/16 Dec 6: 29/22 Dec 7: 27/18 Dec 8: 27/6 Dec 9: 25/9 Dec 10: 31/24 Dec 11: 30/17 Dec 12: 29/19 February: Feb 4: 35/22 Feb 5: 31/20 Feb 6: 23/19 Feb 7: 24/19 Feb 8: 31/24 Feb 9: 35/30 Lebanon (EL 330') December Dec 4: 37/19 Dec 5: 30/16 Dec 6: 27/23 4" sn Dec 7: 28/9 Dec 8: 24/4 Dec 9: 28/8 Dec 10: 32/19 Dec 11: 31/16 February: Feb 5: 38/23 Feb 6: 24/19 8.5" sn Feb 7: 28/21 7.75" sn Feb 8: 31/28 0.5: sn Feb 9: 38/31 Silverton December Dec 5: 36/18 Dec 6: 28/18* Dec 7: 29/17 Dec 8: 28/10 Dec 9: 26/11 Dec 10: 27/13 Dec 11: 32/23 Dec 12: 31*/18 February: Feb 5: 33/21 Feb 6: 33*/20 Feb 7: 25*/18 Feb 8: 25*/19 Feb 9: 31*/25 Stayton December: Dec 5: 35/17 Dec 6: 30/15* Dec 7: 28/11 Dec 8: 26/3 Dec 9: 23/5 Dec 10: 27/7 Dec 11: 30/15 Dec 12: 27*/15 February Feb 5: 34/23 Feb 6: 34*/20 Feb 7: 23*/18 Feb 8: 27*/15 Feb 9: 32*/26