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PDX recorded 0.3" of snow this afternoon.

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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This last rain shower brought me down to 37F, but it's still only been rain here.

Home Wx Station Stats (Since January 2008):

Max Temp: 96.3F (2009)   Min Temp: 2.0F (2008)   Max Wind Gust: 45 mph (2018, 2021)   Wettest Day: 2.34 (11/4/22)   Avg Yearly Precip: 37"   10yr Avg Snow: 8.0"

Snowfall Totals

'08-09: 30" | '09-10: 0.5" | '10-11: 21" | '11-12: 9.5" | '12-13: 0.2" | '13-14: 6.2" | '14-15: 0.0" | '15-16: 0.25"| '16-17: 8.0" | '17-18: 0.9"| '18-19: 11.5" | '19-20: 11" | '20-21: 10.5" | '21-22: 21.75" | '22-23: 10.0" 

2023-24: 7.0" (1/17: 3", 1/18: 1.5", 2/26: 0.5", 3/4: 2.0", Flakes: 1/11, 1/16)

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2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

PDX recorded 0.3" of snow this afternoon.

Back 2 back measurable snowfall days! #2008/2011 redux. 

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Tacoma WA elevation 300’

Monthly rainfall-3.56”

Warm season rainfall-11.14”

Max temp-88

+80 highs-2

+85 highs-2

+90 highs-0

 

 

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1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

18Z ECMWF says that some of the same areas that were hit hard yesterday in SW WA will get hit again tonight.

 

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Let's see the more exciting 10:1 map ;)

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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Just now, TT-SEA said:

 

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There we go. LOL. I'm thinking 2-4" up here tonight. 

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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Kind of a weenie type comment, but latest meso guidance throws up a deformation band overhead tonight. Could mean snowfall in the area, but more (or less?) importantly, it means cloudcover and capped cooling potential north of Olympia. Even still, the airmass overhead is mystifyingly cold for mid April, so we should still approach the low 30s under cloudcover.

If we do manage to clear up tonight, there's a reasonable shot for KSEA to challenge the all time April cold record of 29°F, last reached in 1975. Tonight will be the only night to do it, as gradients pull onshore and things (relatively) dry out under the coldest point of this airmass. This is right up there with the Spring airmasses seen in the early 50's which set the record from a 500mb perspective. This is assuming of course that we don't get another one of these nuclear airmasses late this month; which under this roided -ENSO regime, can't be completely ruled out. Last night's 06z GFS even hinted at AK blocking and sharp NNW flow towards the waning days of April.

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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I'd also rather not do this again; I spent hours today cleaning up downed tree branches with a power saw. Cleaned up my 95-year-old neighbors' trees and yard. Additionally I lost power Monday morning briefly which was actually scary since I didn't know how long it would take to restore

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8 minutes ago, StruThiO said:

I'd also rather not do this again; I spent hours today cleaning up downed tree branches with a power saw. Cleaned up my 95-year-old neighbors' trees and yard. Additionally I lost power Monday morning briefly which was actually scary since I didn't know how long it would take to restore

Good news is that the weakest branches in your area were already culled in yesterday's snowfall. Only strongest now remain, which under any future snowfall (likely much lighter than yesterday) would most likely survive.

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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Also worth noting that SeaTac airport officially reported falling snowfall today. So that's neat.

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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2 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Good news is that the weakest branches in your area were already culled in yesterday's snowfall. Only strongest now remain, which under any future snowfall (likely much lighter than yesterday) would most likely survive.

That's a great point, thank you. Only problem now is that I've got an appointment at 8am tomorrow morning.. lol.

My family is moving to Georgia in just a couple months, so this was our final winter in the beautiful PNW. After getting completely skunked earlier in the season we had resigned ourselves to no more snow (we are Floridian so we live for the snow). And then this happens. I feel awful for all the animals, though. I also hear local orchards have been impacted, which is horrible.

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Just this winterlike chill to the air. Dark outside too. If the trees weren’t mostly leafed out, it would be pretty hard to tell today apart from a typical December day.

Gonna be a while before we see any appreciable warmup either, even with a WPAC MJO transit coming up (which would probably roast us in last year’s background state). Some real 2008/2011 vibes. Or maybe it could just be a 1967 bait-and-switch. Who knows.

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High of just 44 here today a few degrees cooler than yesterday. Easily the coldest high I have recorded this late in the season. 

Had an epic graupel to dollar sized snowflake shower around 2-3pm in the Salmon Creek area. Missed the thunder though looks like another decent cell is heading this way currently. It’s also been hanging in the upper 30s here the last couple hours since the last shower passed

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