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8 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

Decent chance they get three straight 80 degree days. Can’t imagine that’s happened often this late in the year before but I’m not sure how to efficiently look up that stat.

The easiest way I have isn't perfect, but it says no on three, but there were two in 1987.  On the other hand it did reach the upper 80s on Oct 1, 1987 and the latest 80 was on the 14th in 1961.

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Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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Well that escalated quickly. Cyclonic motion of hot towers already evident just a few hours after development.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/sat/satlooper.php?region=09L&product=ir

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1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

What hemlock looper moths plus the accumulated stress of summer after summer of heat and drought will do. This is what Stanley Park now looks like. Everything is fine, anyone saying the world is burning is engaged in baseless accusations.

 

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The summer issues are more of a local phenomenon.  This general area has far exceeded pretty much anywhere on the planet for warming in the summer.  Looking at the global average today it's very close to normal.

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Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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11 minutes ago, Phil said:

Never said I was out on the winter. Just that I don’t think there’ll be a very strong jet or wet regime in general.

Which if anything could increase the odds for continental cold and lowland snowfall. Not sure how that qualifies as me being “out” on winter.

Back in? Winter cancelled everybody.

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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1 hour ago, Phil said:

I don’t think that’s a great analog. Much narrower z-cell background in addition to -QBO/solar min.

There are more viable (and more recent) analogs for seasonal scale stuff, IMO. But again, anything is possible. I don’t have the answers. 🤷 

I would have pegged 1956-57 for +QBO the way it acted.

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Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I would have pegged 1956-57 for +QBO the way it acted.

1955/56 had downwelling +QBO.

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What are y’all’s AnaLoGz?

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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18 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

What are y’all’s AnaLoGz?

There really aren't any.  I guess 2017 and 1971, but they both have a lot of problems.  From an observed weather standpoint 2017 is better, but 1971 had +QBO.  The other one is 1999, but the summer was not even in the same ballpark as this year.

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Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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24 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

There really aren't any.  I guess 2017 and 1971, but they both have a lot of problems.  From an observed weather standpoint 2017 is better, but 1971 had +QBO.  The other one is 1999, but the summer was not even in the same ballpark as this year.

I think 1967/68 is interesting from a seasonal standpoint. Also curious about 2000/01 and 1970/71.

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Can’t believe how fast this core is tightening up.

Could be a category-2 already. And almost certainly will be at some point tonight.

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14 hours ago, Kayla said:

Always nice having you back!😎

Thank you.

14 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Rob is back... the most definite sign of the seasons changing!    Hope all is well.

I wonder why I just vanish sometime in April usually. I dunno. Hoping for an active Fall and blockbuster Winter. The great white arctic winter of 2022-2023. All is as well as it can be. Hopefully things will get better. Focusing on the weather and my groups is a good distraction.

 

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43 minutes ago, Doiinko said:

December 2015 was the wettest month on record at PDX! And we had a subfreezing high with around one inch of snow in early January here. Then February was the warmest on record and so was the rest of spring.

It was an El Nino also.  Not a fit.

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Death To Warm Anomalies!

 

Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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As far as analogs go 2008 might also be in there.  That was a second year Nina with +QBO.  The summer was a poor fit though.

38 minutes ago, Phil said:

I think 1967/68 is interesting from a seasonal standpoint. Also curious about 2000/01 and 1970/71.

I was thinking 1971 because it was second year Nina and +QBO.  The problem with 1999 and 2000 is they were both at solar max or very close.  The summers were WAY different than this year also.  Really tough year to find a match.

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Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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4 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

As far as analogs go 2008 might also be in there.  That was a second year Nina with +QBO.  The summer was a poor fit though.

I was thinking 1971 because it was second year Nina and +QBO.  The problem with 1999 and 2000 is they were both at solar max or very close.  The summers were WAY different than this year also.  Really tough year to find a match.

2008-09 was the only winter to approach 30" of snow here I think this century, this area probably had at least 27-28"!

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1 minute ago, DJ Droppin said:

So we are going to have a triple Nina, back-to-back-to-back, but is there enough data of any previous ones to establish any kind of analog years to look at? I'm not so sure. A lot of unknowns and roll of the dice for the Fall and Winter.

 

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The 18z looked really nice in the long range, let's hope the 00z continues that!

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4 minutes ago, DJ Droppin said:

So we are going to have a triple Nina, back-to-back-to-back, but is there enough data of any previous ones to establish any kind of analog years to look at? I'm not so sure. A lot of unknowns and roll of the dice for the Fall and Winter.

 

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Pretty much 1956-57, and 2000-01.  One great and one terrible.

At face value though you have to think this one has a decent shot.

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Death To Warm Anomalies!

 

Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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25 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Pretty much 1956-57, and 2000-01.  One great and one terrible.

At face value though you have to think this one has a decent shot.

Also 1975/76. Can’t limit analog pools to 3rd year -ENSO without rendering the sample size useless, though.

Years like, 1999/00, etc can easily be included. And I’d personally throw in 1967/68 and 1970/71 as buffers.

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49 minutes ago, DJ Droppin said:

Thank you.

I wonder why I just vanish sometime in April usually. I dunno. Hoping for an active Fall and blockbuster Winter. The great white arctic winter of 2022-2023. All is as well as it can be. Hopefully things will get better. Focusing on the weather and my groups is a good distraction.

 

00z ECMWF in 2 hours 16 minutes

Nothing substantive occurred here since April. Except some lightning shots. Otherwise we just bitched and moaned and our contempt for each other grew and grew. Leaving in April is the only truly healthy decision one can make.

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On 9/24/2022 at 7:24 PM, snow_wizard said:

I'm guessing the horses are ok.  Apparently parts of that island are nearly 100 feet elevation.  Certainly high enough to be above any storm surge or wave action.

Yeah, the horses are all okay. They knew where to huddle together and find shelter.

 

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Just now, DJ Droppin said:

Very ridgy AGAIN.

Hard to get meaningful rain within 7 days in the models.   The mid and long range is even more worthless than usual right now.

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4 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

Nothing substantive occurred here since April. Except some lightning shots. Otherwise we just bitched and moaned and our contempt for each other grew and grew. Leaving in April is the only truly healthy decision one can make.

Yeah…the big AR event in mid June was pretty impressive and the thunderstorms in august were cool but other than that a pretty boring warm season as is climo. 

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Just now, TT-SEA said:

Hard to get meaningful rain within 7 days in the models.   The mid and long range is even more worthless than usual right now.

Yeah the ensembles have also been a let down. After Day 6-7 they had routinely showed a sharp cooling trend persisting into the second week of October with temps remaining around or slightly below average with precip chances too, but 36-48 hours later back away from any pattern change. Annoying. It's not October yet, so this isn't too alarming.

 

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5 minutes ago, DJ Droppin said:

Yeah the ensembles have also been a let down. After Day 6-7 they had routinely showed a sharp cooling trend persisting into the second week of October with temps remaining around or slightly below average with precip chances too, but 36-48 hours later back away from any pattern change. Annoying. It's not October yet, so this isn't too alarming.

 

6z GFS in 5 hours 8 minutes

The ECMWF/EPS has been okay. The GFS for whatever reason has been consistently too progressive in the long range this month, basically the inverse of last spring when it was cutting off/over-digging every single trough.

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2 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

The summer issues are more of a local phenomenon.  This general area has far exceeded pretty much anywhere on the planet for warming in the summer.  Looking at the global average today it's very close to normal.

Actually:

https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/

And while it is worse here in the summer, this is where I live, and the ancient forests are one of the things I am most attached to in this area. But people would rather rationalize inaction, so here we are. May the future have mercy on our souls. (But they probably will not and we will go down as the most reviled generation in all of human existence.)

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1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

But people would rather rationalize inaction, so here we are. May the future have mercy on our souls. (But they probably will not and we will go down as the most reviled generation in all of human existence.)

There is no action the US alone can take that would affect climate to a statistically significant degree. It would have to be a global effort.

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3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

As of today we’re running +2.8. Still just 0.04” so far this month. Probably will get 0.10-0.20” before the months over but it’ll still be one of the driest Septembers I’ve ever recorded. 

Looks about right.   And as you mentioned yesterday... a good soaking over the Bolt Creek fire with the weak system on Wednesday into Thursday which would be very helpful.

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38 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Rain for next Sunday is completely gone on the 00Z run.    Looks like another summery weekend now.

So I should wait a little longer to pull the water toys out of the lake? Was going to do that on Tuesday after enjoying an afternoon on the water tomorrow…But perhaps I will wait another week…Or three! 

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Elevation 580’ Location a few miles east of I-5 on the Snohomish Co side of the Snohomish/Skagit border. I love snow/cold AND sun/warmth! 

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