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18 minutes ago, Dave said:

This "winter" so far is a D-. That doesn't look to change any time soon. 

Solid B here so far…At least November and December. January so far is at a D

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Back in the states and home now. Iceland is a pretty incredible place. We happened to be there during an unusually cold and snowy period as well which added to the climate shock.

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30"+ of heavy wet snow is frozen solid this morning. Snow blowing and shoveling is gonna be a work out. 

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6 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

My stats so far this winter:

Total snow: 20.5"
Heaviest 24-hour snowfall: 10.5"
Deepest snow depth: 13"
Coldest low: 9.5°F
Below freezing days: 4

Last winter was colder here, my lowest reading was 7.7°F.

How is that not an A? Although I thought you had more sub-freezing days. Must've been close on both ends?

2022-23 Winter:

11/29: .25" + 1" = 1.25" | 11/30: .25"

12/2: .2" + .5" = .7" | 12/3: .2" | 12/4: trace

12/18: .4" | 12/19: .2" + .8" = 1.0" | 12/20: .2 + 1.5" = 1.7

1/31: trace | 2/14: trace | 2/22: .2 | 2/26: 1.0"

Total: 6.7"

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3 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Wow, that's a nice amount of snow!

It’s a lock for me to pull off back-to-back 20+" snowfall winters.

Of course, that’s not as unusual up this way, I think YVR airport averages 14 or 15"/year, and my locale gets more snow on average than the airport does.

It's called clown range for a reason.

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3 minutes ago, Seattle said:

How is that not an A? Although I thought you had more sub-freezing days. Must've been close on both ends?

To get an A, must get a foot of more of snow in 24 hours or a low that rounds to a single-digit number (so last winter got an A because 7.7 rounds to 8). To get an A+, must get both.

I grade on a curve, an A should be hard to get, and an A+ even more so.

Sunday the 18th was not a below-freezing day because the arctic front swept in around 5:30 AM and it was above freezing and raining before then. And by Friday the 23rd, the temperature was above freezing again as the freezing rain transitioned to plain rain. Even up this way, where the cold lasted longer, last December’s cold snap was a quick-hitter. Another reason it doesn’t deserve an A.

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2 minutes ago, Seattle said:

How is that not an A? Although I thought you had more sub-freezing days. Must've been close on both ends?

That would be an A++ for Seattle. And for Portland a rating wouldn't even do it justice. We would have to just call it an act of god.

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1 minute ago, Gummy said:

That would be an A++ for Seattle. And for Portland a rating wouldn't even do it justice. We would have to just call it an act of god.

It is definitely easier to score cold and snow up this way. When I lived to the south, it was something that frequently caught my notice.

It's called clown range for a reason.

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3 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

To get an A, must get a foot of more of snow in 24 hours or a low that rounds to a single-digit number (so last winter got an A because 7.7 rounds to 8). To get an A+, must get both.

I grade on a curve, an A should be hard to get, and an A+ even more so.

 

I think that's a fair metric, though for me personally maybe if a ton of snow falls over a bit longer period of time then maybe it could also be an A, or a lot of subfreezing highs. By that metric I think the only winter to get an A+ this century would be 2016/2017 (10.5" of snow in ~6 hours, 13" in 12 then HIO a few miles away from me dropped to 3 degrees) and As would be 2008/09 (I wasn't here but I'd guess over a foot fell in a 24hr time frame, around 25-30" of snow that winter) and 2013/2014 (Single digits in December, then a high in the low 20s with 10" of snow in February)

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3 hours ago, rsktkr said:

Bummer that even if we get a great setup in the coming weeks there will be virtually no real cold air to work with.

I give a February surprise about a 3% chance this year.

This winter is starting to feel real short and real done.

The great news though....spring training is right around the corner! Go Giants!

You spelled Dodgers wrong.

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First week of February.

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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! 
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And if we are talking singular cold/snow events. December 2022 was a B- for me. (December 2021 was a A-) for December 2022 it was a very nice event, below freezing for several days, a day that didn’t make it out of the teens for a high, single digits for a low, and about 8” of snow. The snow depth is what marked my score down a little, duration was a little shorter that what I would have liked, plus the timing was off and it was melty mess for Christmas. 

What constitutes an A+ for me…December 2008. 30+” of snowfall, basically below freezing for two weeks straight, a low below zero, and heavy snow falling on Christmas morning. Truly special! 

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4 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

More people here need to take one for the team and schedule trips out of area.

Tim did his part anyway! 
I am not going anywhere until mid March. I Don’t want to wind up being a TacomaWX redux from December 2021! 

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Figured it might be fun to look at some cameras around the region, choose some oddball ones today.  All these are from within the past hour when I snapped em.  Overall, looking pretty wet and or gloomy around the region! Forgive me if I am wrong, but the Granite Falls camera has a nice view of Mount Pilchuck?  Didn't expect that today.

Nice view from Granite Falls right now.  Looks surprisingly dry at that very moment.  Currently 50F at their weather station at the school.

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Looking towards Seattle's skyline.  Lights just coming on.  Not raining here, but it is now.  51F at Salty's in Seattle.

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Gloomy day in Olympia.  Light's starting to turn on.  Raining and 48F in downtown Olympia.

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Cloudy and overcast in Everett.  Current temp downtown is 49F.

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52 and drizzly outside of Silverton 

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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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44 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Tim did his part anyway! 
I am not going anywhere until mid March. I Don’t want to wind up being a TacomaWX redux from December 2021! 

Lol I’m not going on any out of state trips until early May. I got to enjoy the last 2 nice events so by this point I’m mostly over missing December 2021 but not entirely 😂

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4 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Lol I’m not going on any out of state trips until early May. I got to enjoy the last 2 nice events so by this point I’m mostly over missing December 2021 but not entirely 😂

I’m still not completely over missing most of the December 1990 cold snap in Seattle, though being in the area to fully experience the December 2008 cold snap did do a lot to compensate for it.

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4 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I’m still not completely over missing most of the December 1990 cold snap in Seattle, though being in the area to fully experience the December 2008 cold snap did do a lot to compensate for it.

Yeah, missing out is always a bummer especially on something significant…but last month was very good in its own way. 

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I have never missed an event from 1976 to present time! Though I don’t remember much  from the 70’s other than my dad falling off the roof and onto the deck at some point during that period. I think it was a January. The roof tv antenna rotator froze up so he went up there to free it up during a snowstorm so he could watch a football game that was on channel 7 I believe! All I really remember is a lot of snow, it was very cold, and a thud….And a lot of cussing. 

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35 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Yeah, missing out is always a bummer especially on something significant…but last month was very good in its own way. 

December 2021 was even better and was in many ways quite comparable to 1990 or 2008. It was without any single-event snowfalls as big as either of those two featured, but it lasted a long time and there were enough snowfalls that the total amount of snow was quite impressive.

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9 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

December 2021 was even better and was in many ways quite comparable to 1990 or 2008. It was without any single-event snowfalls as big as either of those two featured, but it lasted a long time and there were enough snowfalls that the total amount of snow was quite impressive.

Yeah I would definitely rank December 2021 about the same as 1990…At least in my area. Similar duration, temps, and snow totals. Again for my area anyway. 

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My fiancee has 2 girls that live with us, they are now 17 and 14. If anyone has pointers and raising teen age girls please pm me!  I only had my one boy and it was easy. These girls are nuts!!! The drama DRAMA.  They cry over anything. Last night the oldest started to cry when I asked what she was looking for in the fridge. She had been from her room to the fridge 3 times so I was just asking lol. And then when it is that time, you know. 3 women in the house I'm surrounded!!

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27 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

Last night's long-range GEFS

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Control so obviously means almost nothing but hoping this trend continues1675209600-qbzDeA2yA8A.png

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13 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

My fiancee has 2 girls that live with us, they are now 17 and 14. If anyone has pointers and raising teen age girls please pm me!  I only had my one boy and it was easy. These girls are nuts!!! The drama DRAMA.  They cry over anything. Last night the oldest started to cry when I asked what she was looking for in the fridge. She had been from her room to the fridge 3 times so I was just asking lol. And then when it is that time, you know. 3 women in the house I'm surrounded!!

Maybe she found out La Niña is fading??
 

Seriously though, my daughters are 4 and almost 9…Love them to pieces and they are the world to us…but yeah the emotions from one extreme to the other is already insane lol! And it will only amplify as they become teenagers like what you are experiencing…😬

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33 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Maybe she found out La Niña is fading??
 

Seriously though, my daughters are 4 and almost 9…Love them to pieces and they are the world to us…but yeah the emotions from one extreme to the other is already insane lol! And it will only amplify as they become teenagers like what you are experiencing…😬

My daughter is a couple years ahead of your oldest.   In some ways it become a little easier because she is much more self sufficient now but the emotional swings are getting crazy! 

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Rest in power Lisa Marie. 

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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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