PNW January 2023 Observations and Discussion

[Slushy Inch]

CFS really matches CANSIPS. 

[TacomaWx]

Forums been even more dead than some low points in the summertime lol

[TacomaWx]

Looks like the low so far this morning is 35. Atleast we’ve been getting lows into the low-mid 30s these first couple days of the month. Not much else interesting besides that…

[SilverFallsAndrew]

19 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Forums been even more dead than some low points in the summertime lol

It’s true. Nina dormancy. Don’t worry. I am always here. 

[Doinko]

Already pretty windy

[MWG]

Hmm 52F?? Check our thermometer and says 49F too. Crazy! 

[Mr Marine Layer]

2 minutes ago, MWG said:

Hmm 52F?? Check our thermometer and says 49F too. Crazy! 

Heat wave. Put on the AC.

[MWG]

4 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Heat wave. Put on the AC.

I'm thinking about it! 

[Mr Marine Layer]

47 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It’s true. Nina dormancy. Don’t worry. I am always here. 

Not Nina-like in California. 

[Mr Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, TacomaWx said:

Forums been even more dead than some low points in the summertime lol

Looks fairly typical, so why is it dead?

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Looks fairly typical, so why is it dead?

My area will probably see very little rain through the weekend... even though technically there might be light rain at some point each 24-hour period.    Offshore flow just eats away any precip that tries to move up from the south in this pattern.    

[MossMan]

Dry start to the year. .01” so far.

Sunny start to the day with some frost. Low of 34. 
The Fuzzy forecast looks good once again today! 

[Snownerd3000]

10 hours ago, RentonHillTC said:

"California needs some rain"

Since we're wishing on a monkey hand, can we wish for an epic region wide true arctic blast with feet of snow in the major metros not just at @MossMan place?

[Rubus Leucodermis]

6 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

Since we're wishing on a monkey hand, can we wish for an epic region wide true arctic blast with feet of snow in the major metros not just at @MossMan place?

Better than wishing for a “regionwide event” during a cold spell. That wish was recently granted with a regionwide ice storm!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Crazy looking ice on the truck at work. 

[The Blob]

Someone keeps bumping the heat in the house up to 70.

[Slushy Inch]

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, 12345WeatherNerd said:

I'm in the pepto terrain bleed zone of a deep clown range run! Fun times!

[SouthHillFrosty]

4 minutes ago, 12345WeatherNerd said:

 

[Slushy Inch]

5 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

 

Yeah, probably phantom snow, but heights are very low.

[Mr Marine Layer]

10 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

 

Get out that popcorn. The suspense is on. The plot thickens.

[Mr Marine Layer]

19 minutes ago, The Blob said:

Someone keeps bumping the heat in the house up to 70.

Thermostat wars

[BLI snowman]

37 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

 

39 degree snowstorms are a ton of fun.

[Requiem]

Quite a windy day already 

[Phishy Wx]

3 hours ago, TacomaWx said:

Forums been even more dead than some low points in the summertime lol

Vacations/Holidays

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

41 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

 

So Everett North is rain, but south of that is snow.  And snow in the upper 30s at that.  Thought the new GFS was supposed to correct that.  

[Phishy Wx]

any New Year's resolutions to officially give up on the GFS?

[Slushy Inch]

3 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

any New Year's resolutions to officially give up on the GFS?

Other than using GEFS for predicting upcoming patterns yes.

[Slushy Inch]

[Christensen87]

Winds already howling in Covington. Heading to Enumclaw tonight for some action. 

[FroYoBro]

Make sure everyone hits this comment with a windy reaction. 
 

DEFINITELY DO NOT GIVE IT A DOWN ARROW!!!!

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, Christensen87 said:

Winds already howling in Covington. Heading to Enumclaw tonight for some action. 

Just a little breezy here... but barely noticeable.   Hopefully that means the focus of the wind will be to the south later today.

[MossMan]

Been a long time since we have seen California lit up like a Christmas tree while we are mostly in the white! 

[Mr Marine Layer]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Been a long time since we have seen California lit up like a Christmas tree while we are mostly in the white! 

The brown stuff looks like drought warnings.

[Slushy Inch]

Interesting Euro run.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

39F with some rain. Nice morning.

[Snownerd3000]

2 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Better than wishing for a “regionwide event” during a cold spell. That wish was recently granted with a regionwide ice storm!

What I get for wishing on a monkey paw

[Snownerd3000]

2 hours ago, The Blob said:

Someone keeps bumping the heat in the house up to 70.

reminds me of a scene from one of my new favorite christmas movies.

[Poulsbo Snowman]

3 hours ago, MWG said:

Hmm 52F?? Check our thermometer and says 49F too. Crazy! 

I like that 11 degree warmup in 5 minutes once the winds started.

[Cloud]

The Euro runs have been decently wet over the next 7-10 days ranging anywhere from 2.5-4" of rain for the in land areas. More at the coast. Decent mountains snow and an uptick east of the mountains. 

[Cloud]

Even SoCal gets in on the action.  areas NW of LA around Santa Clarita and Thousand Oaks nearing a foot of rain. Unbelievable. 

[Slushy Inch]

Deep trough, I just want the weather to be more interesting than it is now. 

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, Cloud said:

Even SoCal gets in on the action.  areas NW of LA around Santa Clarita and Thousand Oaks nearing a foot of rain. Unbelievable. 

[Cloud]

Impressive looking. And maybe my eyes are deceiving me but I'm seeing a double rotation. 

The eye is extremely tight and compact. Very good looking storm. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Good thing that sucker didn't approach the coast with that 1066 high in Montana. The gradient would of been scary.

[MossMan]

Yeah quite the difference between North Bend and Skykomish. I would pick Skykomish. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Models seem improved today. 

[Mr Marine Layer]

22 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Impressive looking. And maybe my eyes are deceiving me but I'm seeing a double rotation. 

The eye is extremely tight and compact. Very good looking storm. 

Looks behind schedule 

[TT-SEA]

20 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yeah quite the difference between North Bend and Skykomish. I would pick Skykomish. 

Its actually 50 in North Bend right now... and 48 here.    Breezy but nothing unusual.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

25 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yeah quite the difference between North Bend and Skykomish. I would pick Skykomish. 

Being further east really helps Skykomish.