PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[Phishy Wx]

I cancelled winter once when I lived in SC on Xmas Day

[SilverFallsAndrew]

8 minutes ago, WeatherGeek2022 said:

except if it's for the PNW, right?

Well, I did get 18" of snow in mid-April last year...

[Phishy Wx]

 

[Phishy Wx]

Colleague in outside St Louis said its right over his house

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

20 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It's only a good model when it shows 18-24" of snow in my backyard, then I know we might get a few inches.

It was one of the first models to pick up on the light snow Monday night into Tuesday morning up this way, although it did end up exaggerating the amounts.

[Slushy Inch]

[Gradient Keeper]

850s over the Northeast US

[Gradient Keeper]

700mb

[Iceresistance]

16 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

Colleague in outside St Louis said its right over his house

 

This is going to be too close to Washington DC

[Cascadia_Wx]

You know global warming is really tightening its grip when we’re making a big deal about wind chill records.

[Cascadia_Wx]

SW winds have kicked in and the temp is up to 50. The torch is on.

[RentonHill]

Cool looking GFS run but never really delivers the goods

[SilverFallsAndrew]

4 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

SW winds have kicked in and the temp is up to 50. The torch is on.

Average high for the date. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, RentonHill said:

Cool looking GFS run but never really delivers the goods

Yeah, it's close, but no cigar. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Average high for the date. 

I’m not sure what the average high is for this location. But it’s 50 at PDX and they are currently 53 and rising.

[Phil]

10 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

You know global warming is really tightening its grip when we’re making a big deal about wind chill records.

Only 2 degrees from their all time record low, FWIW.

It could fall tonight!

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, Phil said:

Only 2 degrees from their all time record low, FWIW.

It could fall tonight!

Nice! Good to know. Seems like I’ve been hearing all about windchill temps but nothing about actual temps with this event. 

[Snownerd3000]

 

 

[Meatyorologist]

13 minutes ago, Phil said:

Only 2 degrees from their all time record low, FWIW.

It could fall tonight!

Rare W

[Phishy Wx]

BRUTAL

 

 

[Phishy Wx]

2 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

 

 

yep I remember those days

[Gradient Keeper]

Temp: -45.7, Wind Chill: -107 now

[Cascadia_Wx]

Would be neat if we had a weather station, visitor center, webcam and kiddie train on the summit of Rainier. Not sure if any of that stuff would survive for long up there.

[Phishy Wx]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Would be neat if we had a weather station, visitor center, webcam and kiddie train on the summit of Rainier. Not sure if any of that stuff would survive for long up there.

those conditions at 6200',  compared to 14,000' +

now imagine that type of weather at Paradise station

[Omegaraptor]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Would be neat if we had a weather station, visitor center, webcam and kiddie train on the summit of Rainier. Not sure if any of that stuff would survive for long up there.

Only spot in the lower 48 where all months of the year average below freezing!

[Phishy Wx]

lol I know some of these folks

 

 

[Phil]

Holy crap. That’s gotta be a 100+ gust midway thru the vid.

 

[Phishy Wx]

5 minutes ago, Phil said:

Holy crap. That’s gotta be a 100+ gust midway thru the vid.

 

indeed, it is.  now imagine carabinering/clicking in and climbing on the roof into the instrument tower to clean off the anemometer so it didn't get frozen in place by rime.  it was heated, but didn't do much in those conditions.  we didn't go on the roof over 80mph.  they rarely let us outside in winds over 100mph. but you could go into the sheltered bay just off the observation deck where those folks above took that photo

[TT-SEA]

16 minutes ago, Phil said:

Holy crap. That’s gotta be a 100+ gust midway thru the vid.

 

Had to look it up... Google Street view shows scenes from a happier time.   

[MossMan]

9 minutes ago, Phil said:

Holy crap. That’s gotta be a 100+ gust midway thru the vid.

 

Meh. Should be happening here…Not the darn east coast. 

[Gradient Keeper]

I would like to experience below zero temps. Already been in 100+ mph winds. I don't think we'd do well in the metro area with wind chills -50 or colder.
 

00z GFS in 3 hours 16 minutes

[T-Town]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Had to look it up... Google Street view shows scenes from a happier time.   

The great mt Washington glacier is basically gone. There’s no end to this sh1t. 

[Phishy Wx]

Tuckerman's Ravine just off the side of Mt Washington is cool too.  It often held snow into June that was skiable which is pretty rare on the east coast.  People hike up it to ski, and it's one of only a couple places on the east coast that naturally avalanches.

[Gradient Keeper]

1 minute ago, Terreboner2 said:

Anything on the horizon?  I see you guys are salivating about New Hampshire.  That's never a good sign.

Not within the next 7-9 days probably.

[Phishy Wx]

2 minutes ago, Terreboner2 said:

Anything on the horizon?  I see you guys are salivating about New Hampshire.  That's never a good sign.

2/20 Blizzard

[T-Town]

A blustery rainy day here. It’s nice to have the PNW version of winter back at least. 

[joelgombiner]

Stormy out there! 

[snow_wizard]

I expect good model runs will begin this weekend.  ECMWF and GFS continue to be more bullish with a significant MJO wave continuing.

[Gradient Keeper]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

I expect good model runs will begin this weekend.  ECMWF and GFS continue to be more bullish with a significant MJO wave continuing.

I'm sticking with real interesting model runs 2-4 or 2-5. C'MON!!!!

[Gradient Keeper]

Wow 99mph sustained, G 112