PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[SouthHillFrosty]

Summer is coming!

[Phil]

8 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

This winter has reminded me some of 2017-18, probably the closest thing I can think of. Nina winter that was pretty benign overall. Had some cold in December that year, torched pretty hard in January and the first part of February, definitely harder than this winter. Just a dry year overall, had some wet weather in April if I recall, but then a record dry May. 

Been more like 2001/02 or 2005/06 out this way. To date this is easily the worst winter I can remember in terms of snowfall.

[weatherfan2012]

2 minutes ago, Phil said:

Been more like 2001/02 or 2005/06 out this way. To date this is easily the worst winter I can remember in terms of snowfall.

As bad as it is at least the northeast is suffering through it as well and it not just our suffering,

[Deweydog]

6 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Summer is coming!

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[Phil]

8 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Surprised no one said much about the EURO weeklies today. 

Looks like winter peaks in March again. Shocker.

[SnarkyGoblin]

1 hour ago, T-Town said:

I hope you guys are right about these costco pot pies because they’re massive. 

D**n 27 bucks?!?  they better use real butter for the crust at that price.

[Deweydog]

1 hour ago, T-Town said:

I hope you guys are right about these costco pot pies because they’re massive. 

INDOCTRINATION!

If you’re not feeding a ton of people they reheat to perfection even a few days later.

[TT-SEA]

44 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Well the clouds burned off and it’s up to 57.3 now. Really gorgeous day though!

Technically clouds lifted north and didn't burn off... now in the warm sector ahead off the weak system offshore.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I always feel like Costco is a bit of a rip off. Unpopular opinion. I know. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

64/28 at EUG today. Wowzers. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Operational appears to have been a significant outlier. 

[bainbridgekid]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Saw this graphic in the Democracy is Dead newspaper. 

San Nicolas Island just couldn’t get in on the fun.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GEFS appears to be rock solid. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Significant cutback on the GEFS snow totals 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

20 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I always feel like Costco is a bit of a rip off. Unpopular opinion. I know. 

For those of us in single-person households, it typically is. Not much value in buying a super extra jumbo size of something if most of it will spoil before you can use it. Exception can be in the case of a major purchase. I once bought a Costco membership just to buy a set of tires. Costco’s price was so competitive that the membership more than paid for itself with that purchase alone.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Only made it up to 47.1°F here. And looks like PDX missed out on a 60-burger by 3 degrees F.

[SnowWillarrive]

Europe just had its hottest January on record. Our world is burning. 

[Deweydog]

28 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I always feel like Costco is a bit of a rip off. Unpopular opinion. I know. 

It is totally a rip off if you shop there like it’s a Safeway. Membership costs have definitely crept up but they seem to be in line with inflationary ratios. Plus the perks side of their Citibank card is pretty awesome. We pay for just about everything on it but thanks to Dave Ramsey’s verbal abuse we pay it off immediately. We’ll end up with about an $1100 rewards check this year. Going right into the egg account.

With the Executive membership there’s a lot of programs people aren’t too aware of as well. We had to do some digging but we found a $750 manufacturer rebate through Costco when my wife bought her last car. The sales guy (named Jesse!!!) said people rarely use it for some reason.

[Tyler Mode]

32/60 today.  Opened up the entire house it was beautiful!

[BLI snowman]

33 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

GEFS appears to be rock solid. 

Dare I say approaching ICON levels of solidity.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

60F burger for here. Up to 62F.

[MossMan]

Lovely day back at work, and much warmer than it was in Wenatchee when I was there in my mobile office earlier. 

[Gradient Keeper]

5 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

60F burger for here. Up to 62F.

What kind of cheese or condiments do you recommend on a 60F burger? and does that vary from a 70F burger?

[T-Town]

1 hour ago, SnarkyGoblin said:

D**n 27 bucks?!?  they better use real butter for the crust at that price.

Well… it’s 4.5 pounds and 12 inches across. Assuming it’s good that’s not a bad price. 

[T-Town]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

INDOCTRINATION!

If you’re not feeding a ton of people they reheat to perfection even a few days later.

There’s two of us so it’s at least three meals. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

2 minutes ago, T-Town said:

There’s two of us so it’s at least three meals. 

I got last week and it fed me and my baby mama for three dinners 

[NWbyNW]

Pretty warm day.  It hit 57F degrees, currently 56F.  The low this morning was 39F and the low tonight will be 43F.  Lots of clouds to the north starting to fill in all the blue sky that dominated through the afternoon.  This morning was all gray skies with some decent wind gusts in the morning. 

[T-Town]

2 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

I got last week and it fed me and my baby mama for three dinners 

We get the chicken quesadillas and freeze them. Great for a quick work from home lunch. 

[icyasf]

56/32 today. Tulips are starting to come up.

[Anti Marine Layer]

54 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Europe just had its hottest January on record. Our world is burning. 

Warmest or hottest?

[MossMan]

13 minutes ago, icyasf said:

56/32 today. Tulips are starting to come up.

My unmolested grass is starting to get uncomfortably long all of a sudden…Though I worked at a golf course for nearly 10yrs so my definition of long is most likely different than most lol! 

[bainbridgekid]

26 minutes ago, MossMan said:

My unmolested grass is starting to get uncomfortably long all of a sudden…Though I worked at a golf course for nearly 10yrs so my definition of long is most likely different than most lol! 

Yet more evidence you’re actually two feet tall . . . 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Quite quiet

[SouthHillFrosty]

Just had a “Mexican pizza” from Taco Bell… it was average……. And I love Taco Bell also 

[Gradient Keeper]

2 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Just had a “Mexican pizza” from Taco Bell… it was average……. And I love Taco Bell also 

and the explosive diarrhea that follows roughly one hour after consumption.

00z GFS in 27 minutes

[Cascadia_Wx]

55/32 day here. High clouds early then severe clear. Pretty nice. East wind picked up later and kept a cap on temps. 57/33 day at PDX. Nothing too outlandish for early to mid Feb.

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I always feel like Costco is a bit of a rip off. Unpopular opinion. I know. 

We have a card but only go there for specific things. Doing general shopping there would be expensive and wasteful. But you can’t beat the prices on tp ,paper towels, stuff like that.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Speaking of outlandish, 64 at Eugene?!? Wonder if Tiger swapped out his sensor with the official one.

Although really this is nothing compared to the mid-Feb heatwave we were seeing a year ago around this time.

[MWG]

High of 63F! 

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, bainbridgekid said:

Yet more evidence you’re actually two feet tall . . . 

[Gradient Keeper]

00z GFS Day 1 (4-run trend)

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 2 (4-run trend)

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 3 (4-run trend)

[Doinko]

Looks great for @SilverFallsAndrew . Trough looks stronger on this run than the 18z

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 4 (4-run trend) Nice trend with the trough

[Doinko]

00z vs 18z snow totals for this trough

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks good. 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 5 (4-run trend)

[Doinko]

Looks like the Denver area could possibly see a big snowstorm next week

 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 6 (4-run trend)