PNW January 2023 Observations and Discussion

[Omegaraptor]

61 at Roseburg!

[Snownerd3000]

1 hour ago, RentonHillTC said:

Latching on to something!

 

Me thinks model riding will pick up around the 10th 

[Doinko]

Some fallen trees in this area. Seems like the wind has lightened up a bit but it has really been roaring for the past few hours

[MWG]

[snow_wizard]

Enumclaw just had a gust to 62.  That's getting pretty real.

[Slushy Inch]

The increase in ridging north of Alaska this run is notable.le. 

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Enumclaw just had a gust to 62.  That's getting pretty real.

This is like the third east windstorm this season? We had the mid November one, the late December one and now this one. I'm not sure I've seen south wind this strong in a while

[snow_wizard]

2 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Power is out here... and there is still very little wind up here.   This might be a longer one with many other areas in the Puget Sound area impacted this time.   And not sure how quickly they will be able to get out and make repairs with the wind still going.  

As I said.  Not exactly peaceful.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

This is like the third east windstorm this season? We had the mid November one, the late December one and now this one. I'm not sure I've seen south wind this strong in a while

I've had a number of wind events already this season.  Several with winds reaching the low 30s at least.

[OysterPrintout]

PDX had a gust to 43 earlier which I believe beat any reading from our all time epic ice pellet storm a few weeks back.

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Doinko said:

This is like the third east windstorm this season? We had the mid November one, the late December one and now this one. I'm not sure I've seen south wind this strong in a while

We’ve had a few strong offshore flow wind events in recent years. Most recent windstorm we’ve had that actually impressed me in terms of strength was September 2020. In terms of an actual classic strong southerly windstorm was January 6th 2019. 

[snow_wizard]

Check out the run to run change over the high latitudes.

[Slushy Inch]

I know everyone is interested in the east wind event and CAL rain but extended looks very promising. 

[Cold Snap]

Currently 50.2 at my place. Very light winds here it’s crazy how Duvall is so shielded from strong east wind events.

[Slushy Inch]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Check out the run to run change over the high latitudes.

Just posted about this. Big change even at 130 hours.

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

We’ve had a few strong offshore flow wind events in recent years. Most recent windstorm we’ve had that actually impressed me in terms of strength was September 2020. In terms of an actual classic strong southerly windstorm was January 6th 2019. 

I wasn't here for September 2020, but we were on our way back from Central Oregon. We were in Sisters when suddenly the wind speed picked up like crazy and smoke started blowing into the area. On the drive home you could see the massive smoke plumes moving over the area and then the sky became completely red in the central Willamette Valley. Crazy experience.

 

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, 12345WeatherNerd said:

I know everyone is interested in the east wind event and CAL rain but extended looks very promising. 

I've been keeping a very good eye on this.

[RentonHill]

Someone lose a trampoline??

[Slushy Inch]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

I've been keeping a very good eye on this.

GFS trends along with improved CFS gives me some hope.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Currently 50.2 at my place. Very light winds here it’s crazy how Duvall is so shielded from strong east wind events.

Indeed.  East winds can be ridiculously isolated.  In this case they are more widespread than normal, but some places are almost always blocked from them.

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Doinko said:

I wasn't here for September 2020, but we were on our way back from Central Oregon. We were in Sisters when suddenly the wind speed picked up like crazy and smoke started blowing into the area. On the drive home you could see the massive smoke plumes moving over the area and then the sky became completely red in the central Willamette Valley. Crazy experience.

 

It was obviously way worse in Oregon…but it was pretty crazy up here too. East winds were some of the strongest I’ve ever seen here…55-60mph. The smoke rolled in around sunset and the ash started falling. The wind and waves really tore up the docks on the west side of commencement bay and a crane in route to the port of Tacoma washed up on the waterfront right down the hill from my house. 

[MossMan]

Wind! 
49 degrees. 

[snow_wizard]

There have been many good control runs on the CFS.

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Currently 50.2 at my place. Very light winds here it’s crazy how Duvall is so shielded from strong east wind events.

Still basically no wind here either.    We were down at Safeway in North Bend and it's windy but not too crazy.   Power is back on here and in North Bend.   No idea how they restored it so fast.   Mild winter evening for sure... I was out with the dog just now in shorts and barefoot on the deck and was not in a rush to get inside.  

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

It was obviously way worse in Oregon…but it was pretty crazy up here too. East winds were some of the strongest I’ve ever seen here…55-60mph. The smoke rolled in around sunset and the ash started falling. The wind and waves really tore up the docks on the west side of commencement bay and a crane in route to the port of Tacoma washed up on the waterfront right down the hill from my house. 

That was a weird event.  That whole year was just stranger than fiction in so many ways.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

15 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Enumclaw just had a gust to 62.  That's getting pretty real.

A little colder airmass and this would of been a localized snow event here tonight.  Been bouncing between 37 and 39 tonight with chunky rain. 

[Slushy Inch]

Very impressive GEFS extended. Just like CFS.

[Requiem]

Really howling out there-- PDX gusted to 47 a couple minutes ago.

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Wind! 
49 degrees. 

I must be right in line to get chilly air from the pass here.  46 while many other places fairly close are around 50.

[Slushy Inch]

[TacomaWx]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

That was a weird event.  That whole year was just stranger than fiction in so many ways.

That was probably the most wild anomalous weather event of the year. There was a lot more interesting extremes in 2021 and 2022 IMO. However in terms of the real world…yeah 2020 life and society really changed significantly and 3 years later  it has still been weird. 

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, 12345WeatherNerd said:

Very impressive GEFS extended. Just like CFS.

Looks like the pattern is locking there.

Maybe a turd for the first half of the month and something good for the second half.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Still basically no wind here either.    We were down at Safeway in North Bend and it's windy but not too crazy.   Power is back on here and in North Bend.   No idea how they restored it so fast.   Mild winter evening for sure... I was out with the dog just now in shorts and barefoot on the deck and was not in a rush to get inside.  

Dead calm here and 37.5. Tonight is a text book example of cold pooling up the east side of Olympics caused by evaporation cooling. 

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I must be right in line to get chilly air from the pass here.  46 while many other places fairly close are around 50.

Not sure if it’s necessarily chilly air from the pass…it’s dead calm here and 44 degrees with rain. 

[Doinko]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Still basically no wind here either.    We were down at Safeway in North Bend and it's windy but not too crazy.   Power is back on here and in North Bend.   No idea how they restored it so fast.   Mild winter evening for sure... I was out with the dog just now in shorts and barefoot on the deck and was not in a rush to get inside.  

The microclimates over there are really interesting. It's milder now too, 45 outside with the wind roaring. Lots of power outages here as well. Felt cold in the afternoon, it was only around 40 degrees with sideways rain.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

That was probably the most wild anomalous weather event of the year. There was a lot more interesting extremes in 2021 and 2022 IMO. However in terms of the real world…yeah 2020 life and society really changed significantly and 3 years later  it has still been weird. 

Besides mother nature, politics, and Covid the whole year was just bizarre for me.  Probably many others too.

[Slushy Inch]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Looks like the pattern is locking there.

Maybe a turd for the first half of the month and something good for the second half.

Hoping tonight's ensembles and tomorrows Euro weeklies are great.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Dead calm here and 37.5. Tonight is a text book example of cold pooling up the east side of Olympics caused by evaporation cooling. 

Yep. 

Don't think we are going to see even a drop of rain from this front here... air is way too dry.   Precip is getting eaten up quickly as it moves north.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Over 3 hours without power now. How long will it go? 

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Not sure if it’s necessarily chilly air from the pass…it’s dead calm here and 44 degrees with rain. 

Not sure what's going on really.  Most places north of here are 50ish.  Maybe some evaporative cooling entering into it.