PNW January 2023 Observations and Discussion

[Brennan]

It has been 60*F on three separate days since Christmas... In Bellingham. That's gotta be some kind of a record. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

51 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I guess high temps around 50 in Seattle in late January is not exactly torching.   The normal high is close to 50 by that time.    I just blanket assume anything 50+ in the winter is sort of torchy but that is technically not true per climo.

And even when the mean maxima are in the 40’s, highs in the 50’s are much closer to climo than highs in the 20’s, so clown range model runs calling for the former are intrinsically more believable than ones calling for the latter.

[Doinko]

Surprisingly, the maximum temp this month of 54 so far is actually the "coolest" since 2017. Mostly just shows how torchy the past few Januarys have been.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

7 minutes ago, Brennan said:

It has been 60*F on three separate days since Christmas... In Bellingham. That's gotta be some kind of a record. 

Bellingham is actually one of the easiest places to get wintertime 60+ readings in western Washington. This is due to downsloping off the Chuckanut Mountains during periods of southerly flow.

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Surprisingly, the maximum temp this month of 54 so far is actually the "coolest" since 2017. Mostly just shows how torchy the past few Januarys have been.

Very likely this January ends up much warmer than last January in the Seattle area.

[Cascadia_Wx]

[TT-SEA]

If anyone has some extra time... lots of good stuff in the Ag Weather update.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTls7KHcNwg

[Deweydog]

35 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

And even when the mean maxima are in the 40’s, highs in the 50’s are much closer to climo than highs in the 20’s, so clown range model runs calling for the former are intrinsically more believable than ones calling for the latter.

[Omegaraptor]

48 minutes ago, Brennan said:

It has been 60*F on three separate days since Christmas... In Bellingham. That's gotta be some kind of a record. 

PAYBACK FOR APRIL AND MAY.

[plainguy]

11 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Bought a new Maxima at February 1989 Portland Auto Show. Had to wait to get it due to snow and cold all the way to the coast. Analog??

[Anti Marine Layer]

14 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Infiniti is more than the maxima, or is it?

[Skagit Weather]

52 minutes ago, Brennan said:

It has been 60*F on three separate days since Christmas... In Bellingham. That's gotta be some kind of a record. 

Today makes 4 days (high so far is 61F) which would be a record for the period from 12/25-01/13.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

24 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Looks more like an 80's or low 90's maxima than a 60's one to me.

[Doinko]

Since there's not much going on, I was looking at some past events and March 1960 looks incredible.

Snow Totals:

• Hood River: 20"
• McMinnville: 11"
• Forest Grove: 8.5"
• Salem: 8.5"
• Longview: 5"
• Hillsboro: 5"
• Corvallis: 4"

The more impressive part was probably the temps though. A lot of stations highs below freezing. Here are the coldest high temps:

• Hood River: 24/16
• Troutdale: 28/23
• PDX: 29/24
• Hillsboro: 30/22
• Salem: 33/25 (2)
• Forest Grove: 32/23

[joelgombiner]

It's been warm for a while. Good chance it cools down soon. 

[Doinko]

3 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Since there's not much going on, I was looking at some past events and March 1960 looks incredible.

Snow Totals:

• Hood River: 20"
• McMinnville: 11"
• Forest Grove: 8.5"
• Salem: 8.5"
• Longview: 5"
• Hillsboro: 5"
• Corvallis: 4"

The more impressive part was probably the temps though. A lot of stations highs below freezing. Here are the coldest high temps:

• Hood River: 24/16
• Troutdale: 28/23
• PDX: 29/24
• Hillsboro: 30/22
• Salem: 33/25 (2)
• Forest Grove: 32/23

Not as cold in the Puget Sound as areas exposed to the Gorge but some impressive totals there as well:

Olympia: 8.4"
SeaTac: 5.1"
Sedro Wooley: 6.5"

[Deweydog]

4 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

It's been warm for a while. Good chance it cools down soon. 

There’s an acronym for that.

[Front Ranger]

3 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

going on the record of saying this will be better than the December episode

all in

Would be absolutely stunning to see places east of the Cascades get colder than they got with that.

Hell, would be very impressive to see the westside best their December highs.

[Front Ranger]

3 hours ago, Doinko said:

73 years ago today:

 

The first 2/3 of Jan 1950 was really missing those cold, clear nights Jim loves.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

53F and doing some work on the porch.

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

I once owned a 1992 Sport Edition V-6, baby!

[NWbyNW]

1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Bellingham is actually one of the easiest places to get wintertime 60+ readings in western Washington. This is due to downsloping off the Chuckanut Mountains during periods of southerly flow.

I was just gonna say that Bellingham may have hit 60F in places today.  I saw some temp gauges at 59F and 58F.   I used to live in Bellingham and having hot days in winter and spring was common.  We seemed to get to 70F quicker then a lot of places too... calendar wise.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Raining and 52 in Albany. 

[Deweydog]

23 minutes ago, Terreboner2 said:

Lost emails suck.  How's everyone doing?  I think there is a palm tree sprouting up in my yard.

Did you check the liquor cabinet?

[Front Ranger]

23 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

It's been warm for a while. Good chance it cools down soon. 

"Warmups followed by cooldowns". Sounds familiar.

[joelgombiner]

My garlic (planted in November) came up this week. Daikons are getting fat and ready for harvest soon.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

51.6°F. Back-to-back 50-burgers!

And the lawns are (at long last) greening.

[Tyler Mode]

Looking back at 2022, I set 5 all time monthly precip records.

Can you pick out the months? Lol

[Timmy]

[Doinko]

[Slushy Inch]

10 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Same timing as Euro weeklies and GEFS extended.

[SouthHillFrosty]

NIGHT SHIFTS ARE BACK ON!!!!! 
@Gradient Keeper @TigerWoodsLibido

[Timmy]

5 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

NIGHT SHIFTS ARE BACK ON!!!!! 
@Gradient Keeper @TigerWoodsLibido

Kuchera 384hr maps are back!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

20 minutes ago, Timmy said:

Kuchera 384hr maps are back!

Anyone checked temperatures to see how reasonable any of that modelled snow actually is?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like the real deal. Arctic blast first week of February?!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, Terreboner2 said:

I think we all always knew that February would be the savior.

#FebIsTheNewJan

[Cascadia_Wx]

51/47 day here. Mostly cloudy with light rain at times. At least today wasn’t as much of a total torch as yesterday down south and in the foothills.

[Cold Snap]

If I were to bet on the weather betting on January being a torch and February delivering and summer being a torch in the PNW would basically be free money.

[Timmy]

[Deweydog]

6 minutes ago, Terreboner2 said:

Are you jealous of my calendar appropriate Vodka/Vitamin water??

And yes, my cat has some Pet Semetary going on there. 

Sounds like Washington might be lowering the per se limit to .05. Not good if we’re indeed headed into a multi-year nino.