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The first 17 days of January 2017 were extremely impressive here. It was actually the coldest Jan 1st to 17th on record at PDX with an average temperature of 28.5, beating out 1979, 1950 and 1949.

Hillsboro has a longer POR (1930 - Present) and it was even more impressive, averaging 26.9 degrees, beating out 1937, 1930, and 1942. They also dropped to 3 degrees on the 13th, the coldest since 1972.

The first 17 days averaged 30.0 at Eugene, 31.4 at Salem, 30.0 at Corvallis (only behind 1979) even though those places didn't have significant snow cover going into the low level cold from the 11th to the 17th. We had 14" of snow in that stretch as well, by far the snowiest month in this location probably since December 2008

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Some virga due to unseasonable midlevel convection. Wharm phloe alopht

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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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19 minutes ago, awright-31 said:

Peak of the Tuesday wind on the 18Z Euro. 3pm Tuesday. Looks like a longer-duration event as well with gusts over 40 mph at KOLM for 10-12 hrs. 

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Ugh. Boring non event up here. 😞

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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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a little climatology note. The 
temperature at the Spokane Airport has been below freezing since 
the 12th. Which means we will have been below freezing for nearly 
2 weeks. This is the longest streak since January 2017 when we hit
18 days. fx

 

Local media last night said we've been below 40 since I believe 11/8 (sometime in early/mid November)

 

both streaks should fall this week

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2 hours ago, fubario said:

thinking about going to the coast to see the windstorm/surf...westport. maybe a bit south. any suggestions for places to stay for a night along the coast? thanks in advance!

I've never been there but I keep seeing tv ads for Quinault Beach Resort with these very tempting weekday offers that include dining vouchers.  One night stay with $50 dollar food and gaming credit (if you gamble) for $159.  That seems like a pretty decent offer.  Again, I have never been there, so I don't know.  Website 

I've also been tempted to rent a cabin at Seabrook because the town looks really neat.  I've also never stayed there, but it's a bit spendy.  

I've stayed at a few hotels/motels in Ocean Shores and Westport, as well as camped.  They are pretty decent and with off-season pricing you can find stuff around $100 bucks, maybe a bit under.  I always aim for the free breakfasts too!   The best places to have hotels facing the open ocean and getting the full brunt of the storm would be Ocean Shores over Westport.  The hotels in Westport are more protected than the open water facing hotels of Ocean Shores... though personally I find Westport more interesting a place to visit.  

Good luck!

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We got two rain bands to deal with.  The first and smaller rain band has already hit much of the populated places, and a larger, bigger rain band is right off the coast already wetting the tip of the Olympic Peninsula.  Wet tip!   Puget Sound is currently getting rained on from Marysville to Centralia.  Portland's western burbs are getting wet as we speak.  Temps are pretty warm throughout the western region, varying from 40s to low 50s. 

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Great holiday at the Nelsen house. 

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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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No need to pray to the weather gods any more. You can now just buy global cooling from a startup that will inject sulfate into the stratosphere on your behalf.  They claim they can produce 0.1 F of global cooling for $1 billion or 1 x 10^-9 F for $10. They literally have a page where you can buy "cooling credits". LMAO. 

https://makesunsets.com/pages/about

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/

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8 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

We got two rain bands to deal with.  The first and smaller rain band has already hit much of the populated places, and a larger, bigger rain band is right off the coast already wetting the tip of the Olympic Peninsula.  Wet tip!   Puget Sound is currently getting rained on from Marysville to Centralia.  Portland's western burbs are getting wet as we speak.  Temps are pretty warm throughout the western region, varying from 40s to low 50s. 

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Can confirm. It's been dumping here in that more inland band! 

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6 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

No need to pray to the weather gods any more. You can now just buy global cooling from a startup that will inject sulfate into the stratosphere on your behalf.  They claim they can produce 0.1 F of global cooling for $1 billion or 1 x 10^-9 F for $10. They literally have a page where you can buy "cooling credits". LMAO. 

https://makesunsets.com/pages/about

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/

if it were that easy....

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9 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

No need to pray to the weather gods any more. You can now just buy global cooling from a startup that will inject sulfate into the stratosphere on your behalf.  They claim they can produce 0.1 F of global cooling for $1 billion or 1 x 10^-9 F for $10. They literally have a page where you can buy "cooling credits". LMAO. 

https://makesunsets.com/pages/about

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/

Sounds like something from GeoStorm 

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10 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

No need to pray to the weather gods any more. You can now just buy global cooling from a startup that will inject sulfate into the stratosphere on your behalf.  They claim they can produce 0.1 F of global cooling for $1 billion or 1 x 10^-9 F for $10. They literally have a page where you can buy "cooling credits". LMAO. 

https://makesunsets.com/pages/about

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/

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Summer ☀️ grows while Winter ❄️  goes

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7 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

Geo always seemed like a great, fuel-efficient brand to me. Never understood why it disappeared. 

Short answer was that no one wanted Suzuki's/Isuzu's as Suzuki's/Isuzu's, and no one wanted a Suzuki/Isuzu's with a Geo badge either.   GM's cheap attempt to capture the import craze was just not enough.  Most of the cars were too small and had odd 'Japanese-isms' that American buyers didn't care for.  Today we look back on them as neat oddities.  Sure they got great mileage, but they were pretty tight inside with pretty cheap materials... very cheap materials. 

Probably the best selling Geo's were the Tracker, which was a Suzuki Sidekick, and the Geo Prizm, which was a rebadged Toyota Corolla.  Even after GM ended Geo, they actually made a few rebadged Corolla's as the Chevy Prizm.  Very strange history for this brand indeed. Also the iconic Geo Metro!  The car of champions!

Okay, I will stop being the car nerd/historian now. 

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Check this out y'all... Incredibly weird and rare event in Anchorage!

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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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22 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Check this out y'all... Incredibly weird and rare event in Anchorage!

What does that mean?

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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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5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

What does that mean?

jet stream reaches to the surface

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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, Hawksfan2008 said:

NAM trended windier for Tuesday. Will be an interesting night of model riding with the potential windstorm and cold opportunities in the long range. 
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Getting better! 

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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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37 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Check this out y'all... Incredibly weird and rare event in Anchorage!

Brett had some pretty cool footage from Anchorage that day. The gradient in wind and temps was pretty sharp, only over a couple miles.

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51 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

Short answer was that no one wanted Suzuki's/Isuzu's as Suzuki's/Isuzu's, and no one wanted a Suzuki/Isuzu's with a Geo badge either.   GM's cheap attempt to capture the import craze was just not enough.  Most of the cars were too small and had odd 'Japanese-isms' that American buyers didn't care for.  Today we look back on them as neat oddities.  Sure they got great mileage, but they were pretty tight inside with pretty cheap materials... very cheap materials. 

Probably the best selling Geo's were the Tracker, which was a Suzuki Sidekick, and the Geo Prizm, which was a rebadged Toyota Corolla.  Even after GM ended Geo, they actually made a few rebadged Corolla's as the Chevy Prizm.  Very strange history for this brand indeed. Also the iconic Geo Metro!  The car of champions!

Okay, I will stop being the car nerd/historian now. 

Isn't the old joint Toyota/GM plant in California that made all those cars the one that is now producing Teslas?

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55 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

Short answer was that no one wanted Suzuki's/Isuzu's as Suzuki's/Isuzu's, and no one wanted a Suzuki/Isuzu's with a Geo badge either.   GM's cheap attempt to capture the import craze was just not enough.  Most of the cars were too small and had odd 'Japanese-isms' that American buyers didn't care for.  Today we look back on them as neat oddities.  Sure they got great mileage, but they were pretty tight inside with pretty cheap materials... very cheap materials. 

Probably the best selling Geo's were the Tracker, which was a Suzuki Sidekick, and the Geo Prizm, which was a rebadged Toyota Corolla.  Even after GM ended Geo, they actually made a few rebadged Corolla's as the Chevy Prizm.  Very strange history for this brand indeed. Also the iconic Geo Metro!  The car of champions!

Okay, I will stop being the car nerd/historian now. 

Imagine how cheap the materials are going to be once they make all vehicles electric.  To bring the cost down they will be held together with duct tape and bailing wire, all to appease a small segment of the population.

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