January Weather In the PNW

[Jesse]

Programmers invented the ignore function for a reason.

It gets to the point where people shouldn’t be expected to constantly ignore someone lest this pace go off like a powderkeg. At a certain point the person who we’re all just supposed to ignore should be dealt with.

 

People who are sick of Tim’s antics, speak up. Don’t just PM me like has been going on the last few days.

[TT-SEA]

62 at the station of the DEVIL.

 

You beat me to it by one second!   

[TT-SEA]

It gets to the point where people shouldn’t be expected to constantly ignore someone lest this pace go off like a powderkeg. At a certain point the person who we’re all just supposed to ignore should be dealt with.

 

People who are sick of Tim’s antics, speak up. Don’t just PM me like has been going on the last few days.

 

Really Jesse?   Same thing on my end.   Just stop.  

[Deweydog]

#resist

#dumptrimp

[Front Ranger]

 

 

Some people take this too seriously.

[Front Ranger]

62 at the station of the DEVIL.

 

Borderline historic.

[TT-SEA]

Should be some excellent skiing at Snoqualmie...40’s and slushy slopes!

 

This will be our 6th dull and boring (western wa) January in a row!

 

Perhaps a late Feb. 2011 redux will still happen!

 

My kids finally got out of the house today and went up there... they said the snow conditions are not too good and its really warm.

 

[TT-SEA]

Borderline historic.

 

63 now at SEA.

 

What is considered historic?   

[Jesse]

Borderline historic.

Meanwhile it’s 48 at BLI and 51 at OLM.

[BLI snowman]

Borderline historic.

 

Only broke the daily record by four so far.

 

And only two off the monthly record.

 

Kinda underwhelming.

[ShawniganLake]

The EPS ends like this.

[Deweydog]

My wife literally just walked in the front door freaking out about the fact a bunch of the bulbs she planted last fall just broke the surface. She's now undergoing concussion protocol.

 

#mandatoryreporter

[TT-SEA]

Mesonet map shows lots of low 60s from Tacoma to Everett.  

[BLI snowman]

Colder in Jacksonville today.

 

And their football team is better than ours.

[Deweydog]

The EPS ends like this. 06EE7358-5094-4DFA-AB2E-EA542849CA4A.png

Not bad.

[TT-SEA]

Only broke the daily record by four so far.

 

And only two off the monthly record.

 

Kinda underwhelming.

 

Thanks for the perspective.   Impressive.  

[Deweydog]

51 at the station of perfectly rational.

[ShawniganLake]

When the other shoe drops. Look out!

[Deweydog]

When the other shoe drops. Look out!

We may still be filling the tank from our chillyish December. It's gotta be close though...

[Front Ranger]

We may still be filling the tank from our chillyish December. It's gotta be close though...

 

I was under the impresson this winter had been an unmitigated blowtorch to this point...

[Deweydog]

I was under the impresson this winter had been an unmitigated blowtorch to this point...

#frontloaded

[TT-SEA]

I was under the impresson this winter had been an unmitigated blowtorch to this point...

Compared to all of our expectations... probably a good description.

[TT-SEA]

Tomorrow is going to feel like winter now... low to mid 50s with showers.

[MossMan]

Wish I would have brought shorts to work, it’s down right warm in the sun!

[BLI snowman]

I was under the impresson this winter had been an unmitigated blowtorch to this point...

 

Looks like this calls for a Flatiron colorful map special!!

 

[Deweydog]

Wish I would have brought shorts to work, it’s down right warm in the sun!

Reminds me of one of the most enjoyable aspects of a PNW cold snap... Tim telling us how despite the fact temperatures are in the 20's it actually feels very pleasant in direct sunlight with no wind.

[Deweydog]

Looks like this calls for a Flatiron colorful map special!!

 

blowtorch.png

-PNA

[TT-SEA]

Reminds me of one of the most enjoyable aspects of a PNW cold snap... Tim telling us how despite the fact temperatures are in the 20's it actually feels very pleasant in direct sunlight with no wind.

This is true.

 

That feels much better than 40s with wind and rain. Its not even close.

[liquidsnow]

My wife literally just walked in the front door freaking out about the fact a bunch of the bulbs she planted last fall just broke the surface. She's now undergoing concussion protocol.

 

#mandatoryreporter

Winter...delay of game. 11 months penalty. That penalty will be enforced in the ensuing month.

[Phil]

Wait, so you're saying -PNA usually means troughing in the West???

Yes. A full latitude western North American trough won’t arise from a +PNA, however, a GOA/NPAC trough and stormy W/SW flow into BC/PNW coast certainly can.

 

Huge difference, synoptically speaking.

[Deweydog]

Almost 1:53...

[luvssnow_spokane]

I am happy to report a glorious 65 here. Perfect May like day out there. I am really enjoying this!!

[Phil]

West-Pacific index and NAO. Definitely a decadal scale correlation here. Interesting.

 

[luvssnow_spokane]

Almost 1:53...

Plenty of time for me to reach 70... 

[Front Ranger]

Looks like this calls for a Flatiron colorful map special!!

 

blowtorch.png

 

It's certainly been warm here since mid November!

[Deweydog]

PDX is DOWN to 55.

[Front Ranger]

This map is much better.

 

[Phil]

This map is much better.

 

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This one is more interesting, academically speaking.

 

Seattle has been warmer than Charleston this month.

 

[TT-SEA]

Almost 1:53...

63 at SEA on the hour.

 

I think we are now past peak heating for the day... it is January after all.

[Deweydog]

Certainly an #MLK to remember in the central Puget Sound!