PNW January 2023 Observations and Discussion

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I feel like some of y’all need an 00z pick me up. 

[Doinko]

46 minutes ago, Timmy Supercell said:

I achieved a 6-hour high of 3 in the afternoon of Dec 23rd. Ignore the 40's at midnight, the entrance of that front was just poorly timed.

It looks like I did have a 31 on 12/8/2021 but I wouldn't say we had any arctic air that month. Lots of 50's to near 70 throughout that one. 

That cold wave was amazing throughout the CONUS. 23 degree high here on the 22nd.

[ShawniganLake]

May 5, 2002 is the latest I can remember seeing snow falling. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

10 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I feel like some of y’all need an 00z pick me up. 

Damn right we do

[Rubus Leucodermis]

I’ve seen slushy rain fall in June, but that was in the Rockies at over 6,000 feet elevation.

Have not seen snow fall later than April in the lowlands west of the Cascades.

[Timmy Supercell]

11 minutes ago, Terreboner2 said:

I was a couple of years into my first home purchase.  Honestly could've been anywhere from 2001 to right about 2006.  I really don't think it was 2008 though.  I didn't keep records or anything back then and honestly was way too busy with my business to pay much attention at all.  It did happen though.

I remember telling my ex how crazy it was that we had snowflakes coming down in June.

Now that you mention the range in years.. 2001 would be the only year where June had a couple chillier days at the beginning and a few locations had a freeze in early June '01. But anything after '03 doesn't really check out. 

A first home purchase sounds pretty big a life event, if there is anything else you can remember happening that stands out right after you got the home, and you can place a year to it, I'm sure there's something. 

[Requiem]

April 2022-- now that was an event. I'd fathom one of the more incredible events we've seen in the last decade, even over more significantly impactful events like February 2019 and 2021.

[Timmy Supercell]

6 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I’ve seen slushy rain fall in June, but that was in the Rockies at over 6,000 feet elevation.

Have not seen snow fall later than April in the lowlands west of the Cascades.

I've not seen measurable snowfall between Memorial Day and middle of October In K-Falls at 4k ft. 

That range will get even wider now at my new location.

[Chewbacca Defense]

9 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.

Used to work with a guy who was part of a group who worked in Alaska 3 months and surfed in Hawaii the other 9 months.  They were in their early 20’s so they just had a basic crash pad close enough to walk to the beach.

I tried to get a gig up on the north slope for a few years but couldn’t make it work out

[Gradient Keeper]

Will the GFS Op continue to look lost, or will it make a move towards the blockier GEM/ECMWF? No idea. Stay tuned.

[Gradient Keeper]

00z GFS Day 1

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 2

[Chewbacca Defense]

11 minutes ago, Terreboner2 said:

I worked in Anchorage on a school contract for 2 years and the prevailing wage was pretty sweet.  I won't divulge what I made but I could've bought 3 or 4 high end Teslas from those 2 years.

Yeah the money was the main driver, the adventure aspect was a close second.  I have a buddy that worked up there and he was trying to help me, but not having experience in oil and gas was too much of an obstacle to overcome.  My buddy told me what he was making at his old job and what it would have been at his new job and it was eye opening.  Plus there was nothing to do but work, he could work all the hours he wanted so he was on OT by his 3rd or 4th day, and he worked all 14 days of his trip up there…

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 3

[SnowWillarrive]

9 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Front window view...

Nice view. This is the view up the hill behind my house just a hair above 2,000 feet this week. I can see North Bend and RattleSnake Ledge from here

 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 4

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, Terreboner2 said:

It's a frigid 34.8 here at almost 3000' ASL on January 20th.  Amazing!!!!

Colder here. 29 and very frosty. Was 46 in the house when I got home from Newport. 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 5 (Past 4 runs)

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 5.5 (Past 4 runs) That's more like it. A definite move towards the GEM, ECMWF.

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 6 (Past 4 runs) MASSIVE block on tonight's run!

[Snownerd3000]

Saw this on FB. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

10 minutes ago, Terreboner2 said:

Explain.

Explain what? I was gone for 2 days. It was cold, there was no heat on in the house so it got chilly. 

[Gradient Keeper]

3 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

Saw this on FB. 

I'll take a #4 the Winter Carl Burger, Waffle Fries, with the Snow Shovel, AND napkins. Outstanding. Thanks.

[MossMan]

21 minutes ago, Terreboner2 said:

It's a frigid 34.8 here at almost 3000' ASL on January 20th.  Amazing!!!!

32.9 here! 580’

Edited January 21, 2023 by MossMan

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Snownerd3000 said:

Saw this on FB. 

Wild. 

[RentonHill]

YES YES YES

[SilverFallsAndrew]

4 minutes ago, Terreboner2 said:

That's what I was getting at. Why no heat?

Giving our planet a break. 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 7

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, Terreboner2 said:

That's what I was getting at. Why no heat?

Wood burning is his source of heat. 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 7.5 the base of the blocking ridge is awfully close to us. Sounds familiar.

[Deweydog]

570 line paying a visit to Anchorage.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Wood burning is his source of heat. 

It’s true. If it had been colder I would have had my in laws stay here. We have an electric furnace that I haven’t used since fall 2011. In the next few years we may be replacing our heating system. The wood stove is pretty labor intensive, though between my place and my dads we never pay for wood. Just have to get the chimney cleaned periodically. 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 8

[GHweatherChris]

Something's cumming.

[TacomaWx]

6 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

570 line paying a visit to Anchorage.

I’m guessing this also may have happened in 2006?

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 8.5 arctic air spilling south into the Columbia Basin and nearing the eastern Gorge.

[TT-SEA]

Pretty big shift on the 00Z GFS.   

[Deweydog]

Just now, TacomaWx said:

I’m guessing this also may have happened in 2006?

February.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Near miss

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Deweydog said:

February.

I’m guessing you also went to Costco that day huh