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PNW January 2023 Observations and Discussion


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Might be time to start thinking this just wasn’t our year. The cold November was nice, but that’s way in the rear view now. 

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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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I think we are all devastated by how disappointing this winter turned out. The worm could still turn, but it now seems unlikely. The pattern is just a meandering mess. It’s been our biggest issue the whole season sadly.

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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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1 hour ago, MossMan said:

06/07 was a weak Nino if I remember correctly? Also 2018/19 as well? I don’t follow that enough to remember but if so…I am good with taking my chances with a weak Nino. Let’s go neutral or weak Nino! 

Warm neutral and weak ninos are often fairly dynamic winters

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5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I think we are all devastated by how disappointing this winter turned out. The worm could still turn, but it now seems unlikely. The pattern is just a meandering mess. It’s been our biggest issue the whole season sadly.

Me and Jim have private messaged about this, I DON'T want to complain and look like a asss because i have had a bunch of snow but i still rate the winter lame because it wasn't a region wide event year so far. The fact is if you like winter weather you should NOT live west of the cascades at all. 6-10 days of what i consider winter weather just don't make it a good winter at all.  If everyone Had snow from Portland to Bellingham for a week then that would of been much better.  

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We come from the land of the ice and snow.

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15 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I think we are all devastated by how disappointing this winter turned out. The worm could still turn, but it now seems unlikely. The pattern is just a meandering mess. It’s been our biggest issue the whole season sadly.

Not in the least IMBY.

Yes, it has been a disappointment how the coming event has fizzled into more of a dry arctic fart than a true arctic blast, but December turned out pretty darn good for me, and I had one of my earliest accumulating snowfalls since moving to this region.

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It's called clown range for a reason.

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40 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I can't remember EVER seing a 1053 winter high move down the bc coast and not have interesting winter weather in the area. Bellingham will feel the cold though.

It’s not a great setup for delivering low level cold through the canyon.  I’d guess Bellingham sees highs in the mid to upper 30s with brisk outflow and sunny skies.  

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24 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I Still think February will deliver.  Mid month most likely.

Looks like he will need to put a plow on the front of that new mower! 

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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The worst winters are dry and warm winters. It does not help the ecosystem and makes us prone to wildfires. This winter at least has had some typical weather and some nice sunny days. It was cold in November and parts of December but then we had that ice storm and a bad wind storm. I can't give a very high rating so far. Maybe February will be better. We will probably have a cold spring.

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22 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I am still at a B- for this winter season. D- for January itself. 

B+ here. An A requires a single-digit low or a storm total snowfall of a foot or more, and this winter has fallen just short on both marks. Last winter got an A (single-digit low on two mornings).

D- might be generous for this January so far, but only because the weekend freeze hasn’t happened quite yet.

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It's called clown range for a reason.

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13 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

Indeed.  It snowed a number of times and got quite cold.  Whatcom County did really well too.  A lot of people do have reason to feel cheated though.  

Little doubt Feb will end up below normal, but who knows what the details will be.

Uh oh...

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Summer ☀️ grows while Winter ❄️  goes

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43 with some drizzle this morning. Made it down to 40 earlier. Looking forward to the cold mornings early next week at very least. I think most days will have trouble staying under 40 so cold nights will be the big story. We will see how much we can drag the January average down toward the 1991-2020 mean.

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5 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

43 with some drizzle this morning. Made it down to 40 earlier. Looking forward to the cold mornings early next week at very least. I think most days will have trouble staying under 40 so cold nights will be the big story. We will see how much we can drag the January average down toward the 1991-2020 mean.

Getting stuck in the gunk really cost PDX, they are still running a +2.7 departure. Cold nights should help though as you said. Eug and SLE are running +1.4, see if they can get down near average. 

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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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28 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

Pretty yucky down here still….ugh :( 

46*

Drizzle finally stopped here but it’s still a bit gooey and dark. 43 degrees. 

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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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2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Getting stuck in the gunk really cost PDX, they are still running a +2.7 departure. Cold nights should help though as you said. Eug and SLE are running +1.4, see if they can get down near average. 

The last week has been about the worst case scenario for budging the January average at all, given the pattern. They were off to a good start too until we had that little flurrymaker move in last Saturday morning. That really locked in the mid level gloom, especially at night.

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4 hours ago, Kayla said:

Yeah -30F here is still a very cold airmass. Definitely nothing to sneeze at.
 

I’ll have to go back and look but two -30 or greater air masses in one season is quite rare for even here.

To follow-up on this. The last time BZN saw -30F temps or greater in December and January was back in 1978-79.

If we see another Arctic airmass in February as well, you'd have to go back to 1972-73 to see a repeat. The 70's were D**n cold.

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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

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