Rubus Leucodermis Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 A little lowland snow for tomorrow afternoon and evening is showing up on the Euro, too. 5 1 Quote It's called clown range for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacomaWx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said: Not hard to imagine the pattern shown on the 12Z ECMWF at day 10 crashing hard immediately afterwards. Definitely could…don’t want to get hung up on the details of one good run. Ensembles have been decent for the most part for the last few days though. Hopefully this pattern can deliver in a big way and not 500-1000ft snow levels. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacomaWx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Looking at it from an 850MB temp map there’s definitely some cold to work with up north with energy trying to push south. Starting to get interesting now that this is showing up on operational models within day 10…long way to go still. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentonHill Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 7 minutes ago, TacomaWx said: Looking at it from an 850MB temp map there’s definitely some cold to work with up north with energy trying to push south. Starting to get interesting now that this is showing up on operational models within day 10…long way to go still. Look who’s all conservative now that he’s got a job riding on it!! Jkjk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubario Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Snyder mentioning wind now.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentonHill Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Day 8. EPS 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacomaWx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Just now, RentonHill said: Look who’s all conservative now that he’s got a job riding on it!! Jkjk LMAO It’s going to be hard to contain my weenieism on my forecasts. I’m gonna try to play things conservative and within climo for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia_Wx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Ended up with a 42/32 day yesterday. Socked in with fog and low clouds most of the day but it cleared out enough in the evening to score a freeze before midnight. Low of 31 here today just after midnight. Low clouds and fog reformed late and it’s currently 37 and mostly cloudy. Very nice to have the wintertime chill back. 1 Quote Summer grows while Winter goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubus Leucodermis Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 7 minutes ago, TacomaWx said: LMAO It’s going to be hard to contain my weenieism on my forecasts. I’m gonna try to play things conservative and within climo for the most part. It gets very different when you share forecasts with others. Being a weenie and geeking about what might happen is very different from advising others what is likely to happen. One has to put one’s own personal desires aside. A rule of thumb that almost never fails me is that if it gets within 24 hours and both the Euro and the GFS are calling for it, it is probably going to happen. Sometimes (not often) the official forecasts are at variance with that rule, and those are the times I share my forecast with friends (and this has given me a reputation of being some sort of weather genius, even though I am just applying a fairly simple rule). 1 Quote It's called clown range for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacomaWx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Just now, Rubus Leucodermis said: It gets very different when you share forecasts with others. Being a weenie and geeking about what might happen is very different from advising others what is likely to happen. One has to put one’s own personal desires aside. A rule of thumb that almost never fails me is that if it gets within 24 hours and both the Euro and the GFS are calling for it, it is probably going to happen. Sometimes the official forecasts are at variance with that rule, and those are the times I share my forecast with friends (and this has given me a reputation of being some sort of weather genius, even though I am just applying a fairly simple rule). My boss said to give him just one forecast update a week….but I told him that would likely be unreliable and it would need to be twice a week. Models are obviously unreliable past 72-96 hours. I don’t want to say with certainty any forecast past 72 hours. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slushy Inch Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slushy Inch Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Kayla said: Day 10+ aside, the control run should never really be used for snowfall amounts (kind of wished they excluded that parameter). It has a resolution of 18km so most of what you are seeing is terrain bleed. It’s really just another member of 51 other members that is run four times everyday. At this range, it’s much more wise to hang your snow hopes on what the ensemble means are showing. If you looked at the 500mb heights of the run, you would know it was not terrain bleed. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawniganLake Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, TacomaWx said: My boss said to give him just one forecast update a week….but I told him that would likely be unreliable and it would need to be twice a week. Models are obviously unreliable past 72-96 hours. I don’t want to say with certainty any forecast past 72 hours. If you are able to nail down a snow forecast around these parts at 72hrs, you should probably be forecasting professionally. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubus Leucodermis Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, TacomaWx said: My boss said to give him just one forecast update a week….but I told him that would likely be unreliable and it would need to be twice a week. Models are obviously unreliable past 72-96 hours. I don’t want to say with certainty any forecast past 72 hours. Yeah, that's one of my benchmarks. If it's not within 72 hours, I regard it as very clown-rangy and if I do share any model insights with friends, I make sure to phrase things very tentatively. 1 Quote It's called clown range for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawniganLake Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said: If you looked at the 500mb heights of the run, you would know it was not terrain bleed. 15 day ensemble snow maps really aren’t any more valuable than the operational or control runs. The 500mb pattern in the long range ensembles is really all that matters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacomaWx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Just now, ShawniganLake said: If you are able to nail down a snow forecast around these parts at 72hrs, you should probably be forecasting professionally. With snow I wouldn’t say anything with certainty past 24-36 hours. I’d just say maybe past 24 hours. My boss isn’t concerned with snowfall as much mostly rainfall totals and freeze potential…which is a bit easier and even with that I wouldn’t want to give a forecast more than 72 hours on rainfall totals. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverFallsAndrew Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 That is a blast on the GEM. Pretty backdoor. 2 1 Quote 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slushy Inch Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Little bit too far west. Issue is that troughing gets sucked southeast like on control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slushy Inch Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Yuck . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverFallsAndrew Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said: Yuck . One F higher. It’s over 1 1 Quote 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentonHill Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayla Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 2 hours ago, LowerGarfield said: Salmon /crab fishing? I know several different people in WA that do it every year as a tradition. They go to Alaska and work at a cannery or a seafood boat and make more money in two months than they do the rest of the year. Ha not quite! It would be for some helicopter work up there. 5 Quote Cold Season 2023/24: Total snowfall: 26" Highest daily snowfall: 5" Deepest snow depth: 12" Coldest daily high: -20ºF Coldest daily low: -42ºF Number of subzero days: 5 Personal Weather Station on Wunderground: https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KMTBOZEM152#history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-SEA Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said: Little bit too far west. Issue is that troughing gets sucked southeast like on control. Control run is a disappointing mess. The control run giveth and taketh away. From 50 inches of snow to basically nothing. Good news is that the 00Z run will probably show 6 feet of snow in Seattle based on the assumption that there is no gap between the Olympics and the Cascades and Seattle is at 5,000 feet in elevation! 1 1 Quote **REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverFallsAndrew Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, RentonHill said: I’ve seen worse. 1 Quote 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubus Leucodermis Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 NAM 3km and HRRR aren’t calling for anything in the lowlands tomorrow, but HRDPS is. 3 Quote It's called clown range for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said: Control run is a disappointing mess. The control run giveth and taketh away. From 50 inches of snow to basically nothing. Good news is that the 00Z run will probably show 6 feet of snow in Seattle based on the assumption that there is no gap between the Olympics and the Cascades and Seattle is at 5,000 feet in elevation! The good news is, looking at the control run ever is a waste of time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slushy Inch Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said: One F higher. It’s over It's over! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia_Wx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 minute ago, Timmy said: The good news is, looking at the control run ever is a waste of time! What if it shows a general lack of summer troughing? Quote Summer grows while Winter goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthHillFrosty Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Completely mid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-SEA Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, Timmy said: The good news is, looking at the control run ever is a waste of time! Good for the general pattern at the 500mb level compared to the ECMWF through day 10. Pretty meaningless for snow totals and surface temps though. When there is a model battle going on it can be used to support or contradict the ECMWF run through day 10 and that can be somewhat valuable if its totally different than the ECMWF. 5 Quote **REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia_Wx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 40 minutes ago, TacomaWx said: My boss said to give him just one forecast update a week….but I told him that would likely be unreliable and it would need to be twice a week. Models are obviously unreliable past 72-96 hours. I don’t want to say with certainty any forecast past 72 hours. Not sure how well off you are listening to advice from someone here who seems overly confident in their abilities despite never putting out a forecast that I can remember. I think you’ll do just fine based on what I’ve seen from your model analysis/etc. Really cool that your boss has given you this unofficial duty! 1 1 Quote Summer grows while Winter goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentonHill Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 20 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said: I’ve seen worse. it definitely needs work for anything serious. Only one or two really good members in there. Lots of time to change 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phishy Wx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 25 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said: NAM 3km and HRRR aren’t calling for anything in the lowlands tomorrow, but HRDPS is. edit: nevermind that's CM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phishy Wx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 not worried, all systems go 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia_Wx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 The chance of low snow levels tomorrow looks interesting. 5 Quote Summer grows while Winter goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phishy Wx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said: The chance of low snow levels tomorrow looks interesting. Meso models have ramped up amounts over here in this afternoon's runs. Might be a sneaky inch or 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phishy Wx Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 bookend winter snowy > thaw > snowy at least over on this side 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubus Leucodermis Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 One more point for @TacomaWx: perhaps the biggest defect of professional and official forecasts is that they contain no estimate of forecast confidence. A forecast based on models that are all trending one way reads just like one when the models disagree with each other and flip-flop from run to run. Including something about one's confidence in a forecast is an easy way to improve on official forecasts. 9 Quote It's called clown range for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubus Leucodermis Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 21 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said: The chance of low snow levels tomorrow looks interesting. My guess is that it ends up mostly being snow at 500 feet and above, but if stronger showers develop they could drag the snow level down and yield a surprise or two. 3 Quote It's called clown range for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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