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Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

Didn’t the Puget Sound area see some decent snow events in Late November and December? 

That is the one consolation for us northerners.

At this stage, I am deciding what to do on Sunday.  Should be a good day for a hike in brisk, dry weather. Ground should be frozen so safe to choose some trail that would normally be muddy and sloppy.

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3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Didn’t the Puget Sound area see some decent snow events in Late November and December? 

Yep. Northern parts of the Puget sound also had the big snowstorm in late December going into the cold.

Don't think anyone has seen much real snow in the Willamette Valley yet

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Just now, Rubus Leucodermis said:

That is the one consolation for us northerners.

At this stage, I am deciding what to do on Sunday.  Should be a good day for a hike in brisk, dry weather. Ground should be frozen so safe to choose some trail that would normally be muddy and sloppy.

Go to Costco?

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At least the GFS PNA looks one notch less vomit worthy. Perhaps we can still get a late February event like 2011 or 2018 or 2019 or 2021 or 2022. 

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7 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Didn’t the Puget Sound area see some decent snow events in Late November and December? 

Yea I strung together this. However, I never had more than 4ish inches on the ground at once tbh

11/29: 1.5in
11/30-12/1: 3in
12/2 morning: .5in 
12/2-12/3: 4in
12/4: 2in
12/18: .2in
12/19: .2in
12/20: .6in
12/21: .3in
1/21: Trace 
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1 minute ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Yea I strung together this. However, I never had more than 4ish inches on the ground at once tbh

11/29: 1.5in
11/30-12/1: 3in
12/2 morning: .5in 
12/2-12/3: 4in
12/4: 2in
12/18: .2in
12/19: .2in
12/20: .6in
12/21: .3in
1/21: Trace 

Looks terrible. I think we had a slushy 1/3 of an inch on 12/4. Peak accumulation of the winter so far!

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3 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Yea I strung together this. However, I never had more than 4ish inches on the ground at once tbh

11/29: 1.5in
11/30-12/1: 3in
12/2 morning: .5in 
12/2-12/3: 4in
12/4: 2in
12/18: .2in
12/19: .2in
12/20: .6in
12/21: .3in
1/21: Trace 

I haven't had more than 4" of snow on the ground in 6 years

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1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Highs from Sunday through Tuesday per 12Z ECMWF.

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One thing I will say is that at least this non stop drizzle fest up here will finally come to an end. And I usually run 2-4 degrees under those numbers so there is that as well. 

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20 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Where do you find the official numbers from the NWS office?

Couple of ways. Their official dataset is on the NOAA NCEI site

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets/GHCND/stations/GHCND:USC00356750/detail

or if you want to play around in xmACIS you can also find them there under 'Portland WFO'

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The northwest has such a weird winter temp profile, especially with the continued dominance of February in recent years. This map shows the average coldest day for stations across the US (1991-2020). Much of the area is coldest at the end of December except for widespread pockets of stations (especially near the coast) that are coldest in the beginning to middle of February.

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Home Wx Station Stats (Since January 2008):

Max Temp: 96.3F (2009)   Min Temp: 2.0F (2008)   Max Wind Gust: 45 mph (2018, 2021)   Wettest Day: 2.34 (11/4/22)   Avg Yearly Precip: 37"   10yr Avg Snow: 8.0"

Snowfall Totals

'08-09: 30" | '09-10: 0.5" | '10-11: 21" | '11-12: 9.5" | '12-13: 0.2" | '13-14: 6.2" | '14-15: 0.0" | '15-16: 0.25"| '16-17: 8.0" | '17-18: 0.9"| '18-19: 11.5" | '19-20: 11" | '20-21: 10.5" | '21-22: 21.75" | '22-23: 10.0" 

2023-24: 7.0" (1/17: 3", 1/18: 1.5", 2/26: 0.5", 3/4: 2.0", Flakes: 1/11, 1/16)

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16 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Yea I strung together this. However, I never had more than 4ish inches on the ground at once tbh

11/29: 1.5in
11/30-12/1: 3in
12/2 morning: .5in 
12/2-12/3: 4in
12/4: 2in
12/18: .2in
12/19: .2in
12/20: .6in
12/21: .3in
1/21: Trace 

My stats so far this season:

2022-11-06 trace
2022-11-07  1.2"
2022-11-29  4.7"
2022-12-02 trace
2022-12-06 trace
2022-12-18  2.8"
2022-12-20 10.2"
2022-12-23  1.6"
TOTAL      20.5"

 

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5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

One thing I will say is that at least this non stop drizzle fest up here will finally come to an end. And I usually run 2-4 degrees under those numbers so there is that as well. 

Yeah... the last couple of days have been the absolute worst pattern for your area and my area with a ridge offshore and moisture riding over the top and down through western WA from Bellingham to east of Seattle.   It just pumps in the gunk to the central and north Sound while other areas are dry and even partly sunny like yesterday.     

In some years this can go on for weeks... we have been lucky so far this winter and the upcoming pattern will definitely be welcome. 

For reference... this is a really gross 500mb pattern for our areas. 

 

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I got the Weather Channel on as background noise and they showed snow on the NYC cams atop the skyscrapers but it all turns to rain by the time it falls to the streets. Brutal, lol 

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8 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

You should move if you have the chance. I’ve had nearly 100 days with 4”+ of snow cover in the last 6 years. 

As a general rule, the further north the better.

Seattle tends to get more snow than Portland, Shoreline more than Seattle, Paine Field more than Shoreline, Bellingham more than Everett, Vancouver more than Bellingham.

Also, from Whatcom County northwards is it a lot easier to score subfreezing weather in arctic outflow. Though sometimes that works out as being left high and dry and cold while points south get the snow.

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2 minutes ago, HuskyMaestro said:

I got the Weather Channel on as background noise and they showed snow on the NYC cams atop the skyscrapers but it all turns to rain by the time it falls to the streets. Brutal, lol 

Still sitting on zero measurable snow for NYC (as well as D.C. and Philadelphia) this winter. With no real safe bets in sight. Their winters get a little more like ours each year!

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29 minutes ago, SnarkyGoblin said:

There were pockets of where it was decent but places like Seattle Metro didn't get a ton (2") and I know areas toward Bonney Lake also got very little.

I'm hoping that at least 1 area scores this upcoming week.

There’s time for the models to trend back in a snowier direction. Clown range cuts both ways.

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I figured since Minnesota has been getting blasted so would have the Chicago area as well, apparently not. That’s what I love about the tractor forums is that most of them are snow freaks as well! 

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