PNW January 2023 Observations and Discussion

[TacomaWx]

43/33 temp spread today. Just 0.13” of rain from that front this morning and 39 currently. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Froze up good here. 

[RentonHill]

16 minutes ago, MillCreekMike said:

Forecast said 1-3 inches here  

The nice thing about anywhere in and east of cascade crest....snowfall amounts usually verify quickly!!!

[Cold Snap]

Looks like a 41/27 spread IMBY today. Pretty good for recent January standards.

[RentonHill]

ICON looks improved at hr 63 

[lowlandsnow]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thierry Goose

 

@ThierryGooseBC

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57m

 

#Breaking: the AWS of Jingtao [Mohe] just had a Tmin of -53.0°C which is the lowest temperature ever recorded in #China since records began [among official stations]. -50.7°C Mohe Airport -49.1°C Tulihe, new monthly record and only 1.1°C above its all-time record (1966)

[LowerGarfield]

2 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

I also found out Republic is the second highest town in the State of WA.  Just slightly lower than Waterville.

It's kind crazy that is the case. Anything under 3k is not all that impressive..but maybe it's just us being westerners.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, lowlandsnow said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thierry Goose

 

@ThierryGooseBC

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57m

 

#Breaking: the AWS of Jingtao [Mohe] just had a Tmin of -53.0°C which is the lowest temperature ever recorded in #China since records began [among official stations]. -50.7°C Mohe Airport -49.1°C Tulihe, new monthly record and only 1.1°C above its all-time record (1966)

Iceagenow 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Goodland, KS is 3681’. 

[Gradient Keeper]

ICON does look improved.

[Deweydog]

11 minutes ago, lowlandsnow said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thierry Goose

 

@ThierryGooseBC

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57m

 

#Breaking: the AWS of Jingtao [Mohe] just had a Tmin of -53.0°C which is the lowest temperature ever recorded in #China since records began [among official stations]. -50.7°C Mohe Airport -49.1°C Tulihe, new monthly record and only 1.1°C above its all-time record (1966)

They shipped Covid here three years ago…

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

They shipped Covid here three years ago…

Chinavirus 

[Gradient Keeper]

00z GFS Day 1

[Gradient Keeper]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Chinavirus 

Kungflu

[TacomaWx]

As of today we’re +3F exactly MTD. With the way the last part of January looks to play out somewhere between +1.5-2F seems likely. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Gradient Keeper said:

Kungflu

WuFlu 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Nice icon run. 

[RentonHill]

8 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

ICON does look improved.

 

[Gradient Keeper]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

WuFlu 

(c)Rob 2020

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 2

[RentonHill]

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 3 (4-run trend)

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 4 (4-run trend)

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 4.5 solid ridge merger

[smerfylicious]

21 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

WuFlu 

Wu Ping Cough

[RentonHill]

3 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Day 4.5 solid ridge merger

shud b gud

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 5 (4-run trend) Hmmm....

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 5.5 (4-run trend)

[RentonHill]

1 minute ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Day 5 (4-run trend) Hmmm....

850 trends last 4 runs....much different 

[Deweydog]

1 minute ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Day 5.5 (4-run trend)

Ridge looks like it’s fornicating with the shortwave.

[Gradient Keeper]

1 minute ago, RentonHill said:

850 trends last 4 runs....much different 

Nice find.

[Gradient Keeper]

2 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Ridge looks like it’s fornicating with the shortwave.

It is. The Ridge thinks its Valentine's Day all hopped up on Peach Schnapps n stuff and the shortwave is like, hell nah. You don't know me like that. That was a terrible pick-up line, etc. etc.

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 6 (4-run trend)

[Cold Snap]

36 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

They shipped Covid here three years ago…

Maybe they can ship that cold air over as well!

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 7 (4-run trend)

[Gradient Keeper]

4 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Maybe they can ship that cold air over as well!

I'll take no symptoms and -50 degree temps any day.

00z ECMWF in 1 hour 25 minutes

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 7.5 850s

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 8

[Gradient Keeper]

Nothing real exciting through Day 8, but the pattern is awfully close to delivering in a major way just need some fine tuning and tweaks.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GEM is very cold next weekend.