January 2014 in the PNW

[TT-SEA]

Gorgeous day... Jim was certainly wrong about this week being nothing but inversion fog and cold in the lowlands.

 

Monday was perfect... we broke out Tuesday... just standard weak front low clouds yesterday... and then awesome today.    And probably the next couple days as well.

[Deweydog]

Gorgeous day... Jim was certainly wrong about this week being nothing but inversion fog and cold in the lowlands.

 

Monday was perfect... we broke out Tuesday... just standard weak front low clouds yesterday... and then awesome today.    And probably the next couple days as well.

 

Class act!

[brody]

Nah, I'll just block annoyances like you and Brody and be off on my merry way.

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[TT-SEA]

Class act!

 

 

He is just so negative.   

[Gradient Keeper]

Surprised no one has commented on the east winds in the Portland area today. PDX was gusting up around 40mph all afternoon.

 

It has been very cold and windy out here. High of only 37 today, after a low of 32, with east winds gusting in the 30-40mph range.

Yeah, really widespread downslope event.

TTD-DLS is around -9mb right now and OTH-GEG almost -18mb. Whenever you have the cross-cascade doubling the gap gradient the winds will spread out throughout PDX/VUO metro. Tomorrow it should be 90-100mph+ at Crown Point. WRF shows 40-50kts just off the surface. My peak gust this event is only 42.2mph so far. Last event Monday I had 46.6 and 46.2mph. We could see another Wind Advisory issued tomorrow mainly east of I-205 I'd think and not quite as strong throughout the area.

[AnthonyC]

BEAUTIFUL DAY!! I'm almost forgetting it's Winter...

[snow_wizard]

BEAUTIFUL DAY!! I'm almost forgetting it's Winter...

Except for every night having freezing low temps.

[snow_wizard]

Most of the models had a rather Arctic look to them today. Or at least a cold continental look. The ECMWF ensemble in particular has changed dramatically over the past two days. Not often you see the GFS operational runs lead the ECMWF ensemble.

[TT-SEA]

Except for every night having freezing low temps.

 

 

Not here.    Not in Seattle either.   

 

Its been an incredible January at my location... except for one week of rain its been sunny and dry and surprisingly warm.    

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Not here.    Not in Seattle either.   

 

Its been an incredible January at my location... except for one week of rain its been sunny and dry and surprisingly warm.    

 

I was around freezing this morning. PDX hit 37, SLE 35, EUG 31. Could be late March or early April.

[Jesse]

The roaring east wind and cold temperatures out here certainly haven't been springlike, but whatever people want to delude themselves into thinking elsewhere...

[westiztehbest]

Looks much colder next week and beyond.

 

To 240 hours:

 

 

 

Past 240 hours:

 

 

 

[Bryant]

Gorgeous day... Jim was certainly wrong about this week being nothing but inversion fog and cold in the lowlands.

 

I've come to the conclusion that you were picked on in school and growing up.

[TT-SEA]

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[TT-SEA]

The roaring east wind and cold temperatures out here certainly haven't been springlike, but whatever people want to delude themselves into thinking elsewhere...

 

 

Dude... why are people deluding themselves when there was not a roaring east wind and cold temperatures elsewhere???   

 

It felt very spring-like at lunch today in Bellevue.   Light wind... warm in the sun.    It is what it is.    

 

You are so bothered by people's perception of spring-like weather in the winter.    Trust me... people from the Midwest would think this is more than spring-like.   They would literally be running around in flip-flops and shorts here this week.     We have winter-like days in the summer as well.

[TT-SEA]

Where is the delete post button??    It somehow posted that last one 2 times but I can't rid of it other than by deleting the text and enter something else.

[TT-SEA]

.On a 53-degree day in August with drizzle... I am the FIRST person to say it is a winter-like day.     It is what it is.

 

Fact is... a warm, sunny day in January feels more like spring than winter.     Today felt very much like spring.    And I am noticing more daylight (don't have to wait until mid-February as Jesse claims)... that adds to the perception.    It used to be dark when I left a client office at 4:45... today the sun was still shining.

[TT-SEA]

And we all know that our second winter runs from March - May anyways.

[brody]

Let it be known I am trademarking the term "Springuary " 

[Phil]

Who knew frozen water falling from the sky could stir such emotion from the depths of our souls..haha.

 

What differentiates a warm day from a cold day is simply the vibration of the gas molecules surrounding us.

 

So let's think about what we're really fretting over

[TT-SEA]

Odd looking pattern next week:

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/data/gfs/00/gfs_namer_168_500_vort_ht.gif

[GHweatherChris]

Who knew frozen water falling from the sky could stir such emotion from the depths of our souls..haha.

 

What differentiates a warm day from a cold day is simply the vibration of the gas molecules surrounding us.

 

So let's think about what we're really fretting over

Why do you bother contributing to this when you apparently live at the arctic multiple times a winter.  It is like a slap in the face.

 

It would be so easy for me to be breezy about winter weather with other regions if I lived where you do. 

[luvssnow_spokane]

Let it be known I am trademarking the term "Springuary " 

To late!

 

Springuary™

[luvssnow_spokane]

00z GFS is looking chilly!  Trend continues... Starts getting chilly around hr 189 gets really cold around hr 216 were we have 850mb temps around -10c to -12 in the puget sound. The image below is hr 228... 

 

 

 

 

Edit: cold enough for snow around hour 200 for much of the sound and sooner northern parts of Western Wa.   Nice to see things not getting pushed back in this run.

[westcoastexpat]

Except for every night having freezing low temps.

 

Well, maybe for your location. Vancouver for example has gone below freezing once in the last 16 days.

 

It has been a pretty "normal" or "average" January for metro Vancouver, Blaine, Bellingham, etc. Perhaps a couple degrees above normal overall, if that. It has been dry for quite a while now but there was that very rainy period in the second week of January which makes up for the dryness now.

[luvssnow_spokane]

Well, maybe for your location. Vancouver for example has gone below freezing once in the last 16 days.

 

It has been a pretty "normal" or "average" January for metro Vancouver, Blaine, Bellingham, etc. Perhaps a couple degrees above normal overall, if that. It has been dry for quite a while now but there was that very rainy period in the second week of January which makes up for the dryness now.

Yeah, I am not sure how he is getting all these freezing temps. I have maybe three or four (max) the last few weeks and honestly I am fine with that.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Not gonna be that great as long as we have that deep eastern trough...Sorry guys.

[BLI snowman]

Not gonna be that great as long as we have that deep eastern trough...Sorry guys.

 

You sure have been in weenie panic mode lately. 

[luvssnow_spokane]

Not gonna be that great as long as we have that deep eastern trough...Sorry guys.

I do not care about "great" wet 32 degree snow would satisfy right now. Specially if it can last for a few days. I just want some winter action and most of all mountain snow. Plenty of time for things to evolve but I am far from sold on any of this good or bad. 

[Parksvillewx]

Just dropped below freezing here for the 1st time since Jan 5th. Was very foggy around 6pm then cleared out within a half hour now crystal clear outside.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

You sure have been in weenie panic mode lately. 

 

Just an observation...The 00z isn't bad though. I'd welcome it.

[Jesse]

The 00Z looks great.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The 00Z looks great.

 

Its about this good...

 

[TT-SEA]

Not gonna be that great as long as we have that deep eastern trough...Sorry guys.

 

The new Andrew is much improved.   No silly cheering and posturing.    Just honest analysis.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The new Andrew is much improved.   No silly cheering and posturing.    Just honest analysis.   

 

Thank you! And I'm not stopping either!

[Jesse]

Thank you! And I'm not stopping either!

 

You've got the Tim stamp of approval. I'd change your ways immediately.

[BLI snowman]

The new Andrew is much improved.   No silly cheering and posturing.    Just honest analysis.   

 

The 00z shows a pretty good event for the lowlands. Not sure why you can't just leave it at that. No one is expecting a February 1989 type event.

[TT-SEA]

The 00z shows a pretty good event for the lowlands. Not sure why you can't just leave it at that. No one is expecting a February 1989 type event.

 

 

And on Super Bowl Sunday.

 

Brennan might drop dead from sensory overload.   

[GHweatherChris]

And on Super Bowl Sunday.

 

Brennan might drop dead from sensory overload.   

That would be awesome, possible snowstorm on the biggest day in Seattle sports history since 1979.

[Dan the Weatherman]

Let it be known I am trademarking the term "Springuary " 

 

Down here in Socal, it has been feeling like "Falluary", as the pattern has been more reminiscent of October and November, rather than January.