December 2018 Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Raining and windy here this morning in Whistler Village... 37 degrees.     Most of the mountain is closed right now due to wind.

 

Front is moving quickly though... and it will start improving this afternoon.

 

The next 3 days look very nice with lots of sun and cooler weather.    Anxious to get back to skiing.

 

41 with "heavy drizzle" (To borrow one of your terms.), this morning. The baby and wife appear to be hibernating this morning. 

[ShawniganLake]

Raining and windy here this morning in Whistler Village... 37 degrees. Most of the mountain is closed right now due to wind.

 

Front is moving quickly though... and it will start improving this afternoon.

 

The next 3 days look very nice with lots of sun and cooler weather. Anxious to get back to skiing.

The gradient looked pretty extreme across the coast mountains on the models last night. Probably even more so north of whistler.

 

Very mild here this morning. 50F with moderate rain and southerly winds gusting to at least 30mph

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Ya the GFS isn’t terrible.

 

Cloudy and dry. 44 right now.

[ShawniganLake]

12z is significantly cooler.

Even throws a little snow down for a few people

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Our hour 384 maps have been wet lately.

 

[Farmboy]

Yeah, enjoy your summers. I’m inside with the AC on whenever it’s above 95.

Higher elevation areas of AZ look great though. Sierra Vista still has the mild winters but the summers aren’t too hot.

But anyway, back to PNW discussion.

Oh lol, I'm not spending the summer here, lol... Not suicidal.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Even throws a little snow down for a few people

 

GEM is fairly cool around that time transitioning to more of a continental airmass as a strong system moves into the desert SW. Different progression, but still interesting.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Anything but shitt flow.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Anything but shitt flow.

 

Oh this run has plenty of that once we get past next weekend! Don't you worry!

[TT-SEA]

Not so nice...

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Not so nice...

 

 

Almost as bad as when they hosted the worst winter olympics in history.

[MossMan]

Stopped by our lake house on the way back from Marysville, getting very windy here! It’s more of a sustained constant wind instead of gusts.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Almost as bad as when they hosted the worst winter olympics in history.

 

Honestly, the olympics in general feel way less significant in the USA than they used to at least to me.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

FV-3 very similar to the operational in bringing low snow levels next weekend. At face value would be some light snow for Tim and I. Kind of doubt it verifies though.

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Honestly, the olympics in general feel way less significant in the USA than they used to at least to me.

 

I agree. Back in the day they were a way to measure up versus our cold war adversaries. 

[stuffradio]

Us east coasters are f**ked until at least Jan 20th. We’ll probably get 90% of our winter in Feb/Mar like always.

At least you get winter though, right?

[HighlandExperience]

Honestly, the olympics in general feel way less significant in the USA than they used to at least to me.

Yea lots of people have just stopped watching in the last 20 years.

[ShawniganLake]

Almost as bad as when they hosted the worst winter olympics in history.

?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

?

 

In all fairness Sochi was definitely worse.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/feb/15/vancouver-winter-olympics-2010

[stuffradio]

Almost as bad as when they hosted the worst winter olympics in history.

Is this because Canada beat you in hockey? It's ok, let it all out. It was one of the best winter olympics in history.

[ShawniganLake]

In all fairness Sochi was definitely worse.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/feb/15/vancouver-winter-olympics-2010

The athletes were housed in a medium security prison in Lake Placid. And Denver backed out of hosting the ‘76 games 2 years after winning the bid.

[TT-SEA]

Yeah... Andrew is definitely wrong.      He must be ornery this morning.      

 

Sarajevo and Sochi and Lake Placid on the list but not Vancouver.  

 

https://athlonsports.com/olympics/five-worst-winter-olympic-host-cities-all-time

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Is this because Canada beat you in hockey? It's ok, let it all out. It was one of the best winter olympics in history.

 

I didn't watch one minute of coverage of that Olympics. Always been more into the summer games since they have actual sports. 

 

I did watch the ones in Korea. They had to make their snow of course, but at least it was actually cold there.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I see we have our local pride going today! 

 

I'm sorry the Vancouver Olympics were amazing even though it was 50 degrees and the mountains had no snow.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Soaking rains for Baja

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Yeah... Andrew is definitely wrong.      He must be ornery this morning.      

 

Sarajevo and Sochi and Lake Placid on the list but not Vancouver.  

 

https://athlonsports.com/olympics/five-worst-winter-olympic-host-cities-all-time

 

Yes, I saw that list as I was cherry picking for an article that says the 2010 Olympics sucked.

[TT-SEA]

I didn't watch one minute of coverage of that Olympics. Always been more into the summer games since they have actual sports. 

 

I did watch the ones in Korea. They had to make their snow of course, but at least it was actually cold there.

 

There was a long sunny period during the 2010 Olympics.    There was a lack of snow though.

 

Here is one of the skiing competitions...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-PhtxIWD_M

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Is this because Canada beat you in hockey? It's ok, let it all out. It was one of the best winter olympics in history.

 

Most Americans are resigned to the fact that we always lose when it comes to playing Canada in men's hockey, it's like Clemson going on the road to UNC in basketball, they are like 0-59 in Chapel Hill.  Might be one of the reasons ratings are down amongst numerous others.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

The athletes were housed in a medium security prison in Lake Placid. And Denver backed out of hosting the ‘76 games 2 years after winning the bid.

We were in Lake Placid a couple of months ago.  Such a small village for an Olympic Venue, there was definitely no room to house the athletes there.  Still, way more charm then the big cities, and in a way, it is too bad that they can't have the Winter Olympics in places like that anymore.  These days they are for the wealthy people only it seems.  Interesting fact about the Placid games:  There was only one celebrity at the famous "Miracle On Ice" game (Jamie Farr from MASH, who was pretty famous at the time).  These days a game like that would be full of the rich and famous, and people like us would be shut out.

 

It was pretty cool to have the Olympics so close to home though (I was in Bellingham at the time).  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Most Americans are resigned to the fact that we always lose when it comes to playing Canada in hockey, it's like Clemson going on the road to UNC in basketball, they are like 0-59 in Chapel Hill.  Might be one of the reasons ratings are down amongst numerous others.

 

A few other reasons. Winter sports really are not all that popular, and generally only accessed by people towards the upper end of the income scale. Whereas people who watch more TV are generally on the lower end when it comes to income. So your typical TV viewer does not care about and has never participated in winter sports. 

 

Also our nation has much less national pride as in years past, for a variety of reasons...

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

Yeah... Andrew is definitely wrong.      He must be ornery this morning.      

 

Sarajevo and Sochi and Lake Placid on the list but not Vancouver.  

 

https://athlonsports.com/olympics/five-worst-winter-olympic-host-cities-all-time

 

Lake Placid also had a problem with transportation, IIRC.  Great village, but logistical issues.

[stuffradio]

I didn't watch one minute of coverage of that Olympics. Always been more into the summer games since they have actual sports. 

 

I did watch the ones in Korea. They had to make their snow of course, but at least it was actually cold there.

You didn't watch a minute of coverage, and stated your opinion based on nothing. Great. Someone from Seattle even said it was one of the best. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/vancouvers-2010-winter-olympics-were-well-done/It was so poorly done that we were almost going to be considered as an emergency replacement for some of the European winter Olympic events.

[ShawniganLake]

I see we have our local pride going today!

 

I'm sorry the Vancouver Olympics were amazing even though it was 50 degrees and the mountains had no snow.

Haha. They were probably mediocre at best, certainly not the worst. I’m realistic. It’s kind of ironic, but if Vancouver had of experienced a winter storm during the olympics, it probably would have proved more problematic. Vancouver during a snowstorm = not good.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

We were in Lake Placid a couple of months ago.  Such a small village for an Olympic Venue, there was definitely no room to house the athletes there.  Still, way more charm then the big cities, and in a way, it is too bad that they can't have the Winter Olympics in places like that anymore.  These days they are for the wealthy people only it seems.  Interesting fact about the Placid games:  There was only one celebrity at the famous "Miracle On Ice" game (Jamie Farr from MASH, who was pretty famous at the time).  These days a game like that would be full of the rich and famous, and people like us would be shut out.

 

It was pretty cool to have the Olympics so close to home though (I was in Bellingham at the time).  

 

Its a shame, the Olympics hardly have anything to do with sports anymore it seems. It is all about human interest stories, global social causes, etc... I always joke that you know someone isn't a real sports fan if they are into the Olympics. Women love the Olympics.

 

This post looks like it was written by an 80 year old man...

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

Its a shame, the Olympics hardly have anything to do with sports anymore it seems. It is all about human interest stories, global social causes, etc... I always joke that you know someone isn't a real sports fan if they are into the Olympics. Women love the Olympics.

 

This post looks like it was written by an 80 year old man...

You missed my point.  Back then, the Olympics were about sports, not about human interest stories, not about celebrities who were wanting to be seen on TV, etc.  Celebrities did not go, because they did not care about sports.  Sports fans went.  Jamie Farr was a huge hockey fan, that is why he went.  I wish the Olympics were like that now, just about sports.

[ShawniganLake]

Some sporadic power outages showing up in southern BC from the wind this morning. There were still about 800 customers in the dark on the gulf Islands from the storm back on the 20th.

[HighlandExperience]

Is this because Canada beat you in hockey? It's ok, let it all out. It was one of the best winter olympics in history.

I agree it was actually one of the best in recent history despite the rough start. It ended up good and people loved Vancouver!

[ShawniganLake]

You missed my point. Back then, the Olympics were about sports, not about human interest stories, not about celebrities who were wanting to be seen on TV, etc. Celebrities did not go, because they did not care about sports. Sports fans went. Jamie Farr was a huge hockey fan, that is why he went. I wish the Olympics were like that now, just about sports.

I have lost some interest in them as it is all about money now. It used to be the largest display of amateur sport. Now it’s basically million dollar athletes competing for the next big endorsement deal.

[van city]

Haha. They were probably mediocre at best, certainly not the worst. I’m realistic. It’s kind of ironic, but if Vancouver had of experienced a winter storm during the olympics, it probably would have proved more problematic. Vancouver during a snowstorm = not good.

Whistler was just fine with the snow, the issue was with the local mountains.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The concept of amateur sports is pretty much dead. It's pretty much ruined college basketball and football too... Oh well, times change.