PNW January 2023 Observations and Discussion

[Deweydog]

Nice afternoon for Xmas demobilization.

[Deweydog]

Oh, and it’s coming.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Deweydog said:

Nice afternoon for Xmas demobilization.

Our house went from Christmas central this morning to everything packed in boxes now... just 11 months away until it all happens again!    

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

Oh, and it’s coming.

Woah... that is huge coming from you.   When?

[Deweydog]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Woah... that is huge coming from you.   When?

We’re gonna make the last 2/3 of January our b*tch.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Eujunga said:

Can anyone tell me where to find a list of water year (not calendar year) precipitation totals for regional stations such as EUG? I know I've seen this a million times, but now for the life of me I can't find it. All I can find is calendar year.

Go to the WRCC site and then copy the monthly precip grid into Excel.

[Deweydog]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Our house went from Christmas central this morning to everything packed in boxes now... just 11 months away until it all happens again!    

Still a work in progress here. And it’s 10 months here. Covid seemed to alter my wife’s no-Xmas-before-Thanksgiving brain chemistry.

[Tenochtitlan]

1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Mean temp of 34.5°F last month at YVR. Last year’s mean was 33.6°F.

Meanwhile BLI was slightly colder this December vs. last December, 34.5°F and 34.6°F.

[Deweydog]

2 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

People are so hung up on the SSW.  I guess I kind of understand due to some events in recent years, but I'm afraid people are looking at it as being a magic bullet that we can't do well without.

Don’t be afraid.

Edited January 1 by Deweydog

[Doinko]

6 minutes ago, Eujunga said:

I don't have the computer chops to do that, but thanks for the suggestion.

You can use this: https://www.weather.gov/pqr/cliplot

Select Eugene, then Water Year Chart and you can select a year

I think it unfortunately only goes back to 2001

[RentonHill]

20 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Oh, and it’s coming.

I also have been drinking today

[Doinko]

6 minutes ago, Doinko said:

You can use this: https://www.weather.gov/pqr/cliplot

Select Eugene, then Water Year Chart and you can select a year

I think it unfortunately only goes back to 2001

You can also use this http://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

It goes back farther in time than the other site

Select Seasonal Time Series and then Water Year and then you can choose the station

[WeatherGeek2022]

16 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

We’re gonna make the last 2/3 of January our b*tch.

hell yea

[Snownerd3000]

I'm dumb and shares these in Dec thread. 

 

 

[Deweydog]

2 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

I also have been drinking today

The elusive -PNA/-EPO combo is always easier at a .08 or above. Unless you live in Terrebone.

[ShawniganLake]

1 hour ago, snow_wizard said:

Very impressive pair to say the least.

That’s what she said. 

[Phil]

4 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

I get a sense that Phil finally realized he didn't want to waste his life trolling a PNW forum!   But I do miss his content... he posted lots of great stuff.

I’ve been dealing with a particularly severe bout of seasonal depression so not motivated to post. Also been traveling and busy in general.

Am currently in FL.

 

[Phil]

2 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

People are so hung up on the SSW.  I guess I kind of understand due to some events in recent years, but I'm afraid people are looking at it as being a magic bullet that we can't do well without.

In some years it’s more important than others. February 2019 wouldn’t have happened without the SSW.

[Deweydog]

21 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

I'm dumb and shares these in Dec thread. 

 

 

Hung up.

[Phil]

2 hours ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

For who?

First Asia. Then the western-hemisphere middle latitudes. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

16 minutes ago, Phil said:

In some years it’s more important than others. February 2019 wouldn’t have happened without the SSW.

That year we got really low snow levels and did not reach 70 once in Downtown LA, but there were sunny days in between as no stupid inversion was able to form.

[LowerGarfield]

Just got home from Pullman. It's 31F here with freezing fog which has mainly stayed above 1500ft to about 3k. Bit of an inversion as the LC valley is overcast but the freezing fog layer is above it. 

@TigerWoodsLibido would have appreciated the game. Today's game was an early matinee against U$C men. USC is a better team I think but they looked tired with the noon start after a day of traveling. WSU won by about 12 or 13 but they reset the scoreboard right away as they had a Women's game against CU that just started now but we didn't stay and it was a separate ticket.

We had really cheap seats at court side where the students sit but because school is out, they let anyone sit there and get a free Wazzu blanket after the game ended. Their game experience is so much better than Idaho's. Idaho's new arena is pretty but their ads are like grandpa tv volume level. WSU not so much. Granted the band is on break but I don't mind noise but not when it is fake or ads louder than the game. WSU didn't have that so my son wouldn't mind going again.

Regarding the weather in Pullman, aside from the freezing fog it wasn't too bad outside. Not as warm as yesterday but warmer than it has been so kind of where your face feels a bit cold but the rest of you is fine with a coat. My son asked why WSU football doesn't have a roof like basketball and I told him it helps when they play teams from CA or AZ who don't know Arctic air.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

40/32 to start the year. Was a sunny morning and then low clouds and fog moved in for the afternoon. Now starting to burn off as the sun sets. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

 

 

[snow_wizard]

It appears the first three or four days of January will go down as below normal for many locations.  I'll take it!

[snow_wizard]

31 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

 

 

Just up and died?

[Meatyorologist]

We love to see it!

[snow_wizard]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Pattern next 10 days sure is nasty. Classic Nino pattern. 

It sure is weird how we went into literally one of the worst patterns for this region right after that great run we had, and we will probably go right back into a great pattern afterward.  Can't wait to see what the analogs flip to when the pattern change gets a bit closer.

[snow_wizard]

12 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

We love to see it!

The Okanagan has sure done well so far this winter.

[Cold Snap]

Currently 41.8. Good chance I see a freeze tonight and might even be able to squeeze another one in tomorrow night with recent trends.

[ShawniganLake]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

I’ve been dealing with a particularly severe bout of seasonal depression so not motivated to post. Also been traveling and busy in general.

Am currently in FL.

 

Sorry to hear about the seasonal depression.  Best to bump the PNW pretty far down your list if you ever move from your current location.  Hopefully the FL sun does some good

[AlTahoe]

5 hours ago, Phil said:

East-Asia/Siberia High descent on the LR EPS. Signal growing stronger too.

Winter’s gonna come roaring back 2nd half of Jan, following our multiweek thaw.

With the current setup in the western Pacific some long time forecasters are saying the only other similar setups have been 1955-1956, 1994-1995, and 2010-2011. thoughts on that? 

[jakerepp]

Incredible clouds down here tonight. Nasty weather rolled through earlier and gave way to this!

 

[Snownerd3000]

 

Do you even have a pulse? 

[TacomaWx]

46/37 today…down to 37 already though. Got down to 38 earlier this morning for our first temp in the 30s since the morning of Christmas Eve. 

[Deweydog]

ICON is a step back.

[Doinko]

23 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

ICON is a step back.

[Omegaraptor]

16 at SUNRIVER.

Single digits incoming???

[Meatyorologist]

35F with some frost here. Starry skies and a fairly bright moon.

[Blizzard777]

2 hours ago, jakerepp said:

Incredible clouds down here tonight. Nasty weather rolled through earlier and gave way to this!

 

Saw some of those but really dark towards Jerome Az this afternoon! So cool looking!  
otherwise currently Puking snow here in Prescott Az!  But it’s just not the same as home.  Driving in it a challenge here where I’m locally staying as they have a no lights outside ordnance.  So it was kind of crazy to depict if I was on a road. 
33*

[Rubus Leucodermis]

[Phil]

2 hours ago, Snownerd3000 said:

 

Do you even have a pulse? 

This Aleutian low/NW-Pacific trough pattern is actually really good for disrupting the PV. Short term pain, long term gain.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Still not over my Buckeyes losing yesterday @TigerWoodsLibido

Edited January 2 by SouthHillFrosty

[Deweydog]

Frost!!!

 

[TacomaWx]

8 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Frost!!!

 

You’re really banking hard on late January huh  

[Deweydog]

29 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

You’re really banking hard on late January huh  

Well… considering the fact the first half is pretty much shot and it appears to be the only January this year, yes!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Omg 

[BLI snowman]

1 down, 30 to go.

[ShawniganLake]

YXX came in at 31.5 for December. I think that’s the coldest December there since 1990

[TigerWoodsLibido]

5 hours ago, LowerGarfield said:

Just got home from Pullman. It's 31F here with freezing fog which has mainly stayed above 1500ft to about 3k. Bit of an inversion as the LC valley is overcast but the freezing fog layer is above it. 

@TigerWoodsLibido would have appreciated the game. Today's game was an early matinee against U$C men. USC is a better team I think but they looked tired with the noon start after a day of traveling. WSU won by about 12 or 13 but they reset the scoreboard right away as they had a Women's game against CU that just started now but we didn't stay and it was a separate ticket.

We had really cheap seats at court side where the students sit but because school is out, they let anyone sit there and get a free Wazzu blanket after the game ended. Their game experience is so much better than Idaho's. Idaho's new arena is pretty but their ads are like grandpa tv volume level. WSU not so much. Granted the band is on break but I don't mind noise but not when it is fake or ads louder than the game. WSU didn't have that so my son wouldn't mind going again.

Regarding the weather in Pullman, aside from the freezing fog it wasn't too bad outside. Not as warm as yesterday but warmer than it has been so kind of where your face feels a bit cold but the rest of you is fine with a coat. My son asked why WSU football doesn't have a roof like basketball and I told him it helps when they play teams from CA or AZ who don't know Arctic air.

Awesome!! Love to see this!! Glad y'all had fun there!! I need to get over to Pullman and Moscow for games there.