PNW January 2023 Observations and Discussion

[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, 2023 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.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 hour ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Still not over my Buckeyes losing yesterday @TigerWoodsLibido

That was tragic. Such a winnable game and they flubbed it. Now we'll get yet another year with an SEC winner. Feels like this part of the country doesn't have much to play for in terms of college football anymore. One of the big reasons why I have increasingly liked college basketball.

[Slushy Inch]

Looks like chilly onshore flow.  Height anomalies are neutral over Alaska, so could trend in a better direction.

[Deweydog]

19 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

1 down, 30 to go.

Freezes?

[snow_wizard]

Kind of looks like the models have latched onto a path other than retrogression to shut down the Pacific.  Looks like we may be there by mid month.

[Slushy Inch]

Colder in B.C in this run.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, 12345WeatherNerd said:

Looks like chilly onshore flow.  Height anomalies are neutral over Alaska, so could trend in a better direction.

A few ensemble members getting cold late in the run.  Nice to see things going the right way so quickly.

[Deweydog]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Kind of looks like the models have latched onto a path other than retrogression to shut down the Pacific.  Looks like we may be there by mid month.

Latched?

[snow_wizard]

22 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

1 down, 30 to go.

Probably call it 2 unless something changes before midnight.  33 here so I think I'll get a 2 for the price of 1 as well.

[Slushy Inch]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

A few ensemble members getting cold late in the run.  Nice to see things going the right way so quickly.

It's at a point where a bit of a shift east and we get the sweet spot, plenty of time for that to happen.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

30.7, nice chilly start to the month. Wish it was going to stay this Kold.