Black Hole Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Looks like a 2-4" snow event tonight for me, with temperatures warming above freezing tomorrow. Should be a wild week with rain or snow just about every day. Perhaps a bigger snow event towards the middle to the end of the week. 1 Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiceast Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Inch just fell here, and still snowing. Nice to get third seriously overperforming event of the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Inch just fell here, and still snowing. Nice to get third seriously overperforming event of the winter.How cold were you with this arctic event? Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiceast Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 How cold were you with this arctic event?-19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Weird day here with a little snow and then "freezing" rain. By that I mean, it was 25-30F and raining for hours but never accumulated anywhere except on the snow. Not sure how that happened. Warming up now. Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiceast Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Snowed 2" last night(more than the local hill ) And snowing again now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 This morning, it's 90 degrees warmer than it was a few mornings ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happ Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 So far this has been a wonderful winter over the West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 I lost 2/3 of my snow depth or more last night with a gusty 50F south wind. Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happ Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 I lost 2/3 of my snow depth or more last night with a gusty 50F south wind. Snow eater winds. Santa ana winds undercut rain here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiceast Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 5" + freezing rain last night. Back to snow as of this morning. If tonight and tomorrow deliver again there will be a lot of digging to be down around town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Ranger Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 I lost 2/3 of my snow depth or more last night with a gusty 50F south wind. Insane Chinook winds here the past 24 hours have cut my backyard snow depth from 6" to 1". 1 Quote A forum for the end of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Some of our snow melted, but it's snowing hard again. This time it's a wet, heavy, sticky snow. I prefer the powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Insane Chinook winds here the past 24 hours have cut my backyard snow depth from 6" to 1".I've gone from 17" to about 3" in 36 hours! 1 Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiceast Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Too bad Missoula doesn't get Chinook winds. I don't really miss the winds but a moderate 40mph wind used to create a pleasant white noise at night when I lived on the third floor of an apartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 I am expecting maybe an inch at best tonight, then 1-3" tomorrow. Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happ Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 Are the Rockies averaging above normal snowfall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiceast Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 Are the Rockies averaging above normal snowfall?Yes except for Montanahttp://i.imgur.com/yjM2jqD.jpgUtah and California look the best atm(nearly all blue dots), Co looks fairly decent lots of blues and greens. NM is average AZ is below average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 A break for a few days, and then another big system next weekend (at least thats how it looks now). Could be a lot of rain or snow, depending on the exact track. Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 Socked in with stratus/fog this morning and some flurries. Its only 31F though, so not too cold. Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Yes except for Montanahttp://i.imgur.com/yjM2jqD.jpgUtah and California look the best atm(nearly all blue dots), Co looks fairly decent lots of blues and greens. NM is average AZ is below average. With La Niña, Montana should have got dumped on with snow, while southern Colorado and southern Utah should have been drier. This has been a strange La Niña, with the opposite of expected results, at least in the last month or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 With La Niña, Montana should have got dumped on with snow, while southern Colorado and southern Utah should have been drier. This has been a strange La Niña, with the opposite of expected results, at least in the last month or so.Scott, check out Challis, ID so far this month. Mean temp is an astounding 0.2 F or 17.7 degrees below normal. I think it's trying to beat Craig, CO haha. There's been talk of differences between a "Modoki" or central Pacific centered La Nina and a traditional La Nina centered on the far eastern tropical Pacific...might serve to alter the mean precip pattern for western North America depending on the type of La Nina. 1 Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiceast Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Scott, check out Challis, ID so far this month. Mean temp is an astounding 0.2 F or 17.7 degrees below normal. I think it's trying to beat Craig, CO haha. There's been talk of differences between a "Modoki" or central Pacific centered La Nina and a traditional La Nina centered on the far eastern tropical Pacific...might serve to alter the mean precip pattern for western North America depending on the type of La Nina.Is there a paper characterizing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Scott, check out Challis, ID so far this month. Mean temp is an astounding 0.2 F or 17.7 degrees below normal. I think it's trying to beat Craig, CO haha. Even with our brief cold snap with -30's, we're still 3.3 degrees above normal for the month. It has been a "warm" winter here thus far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Even with our brief cold snap with -30's, we're still 3.3 degrees above normal for the month. It has been a "warm" winter here thus far.Yeah the suppressed jet has been passing right over CO lately. 1 Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Yeah the suppressed jet has been passing right over CO lately. Lots of snow/precip though. We're at 424% average precip so far this month. It actually rained a few times in Craig, which isn't normal for January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 Another series of storms coming Thursday through Monday. I'll miss the last one on travel, but at any rate should be quite a bit of snow from this. Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Ranger Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 Even with our brief cold snap with -30's, we're still 3.3 degrees above normal for the month. It has been a "warm" winter here thus far. Not here. DEN was -2.2 for December, and we're running almost -5 for January so far. Not a ton of snow, though. I got 4" last night, which was a nice surprise (was expecting 1-2"), bringing me to 23" on the season. Average at this point is around 28". Quote A forum for the end of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 ECMWF ensemble mean shows about 10" here through Sunday when I leave for Seattle, and then another 5-6" on Monday. If anything like that verifies we will once again have a deep snowpack. Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Storm train is still coming. I think at my place 3-6" tomorrow into Friday, 1-4" on Saturday, and 6-12" on Monday. Of course those are subject to change but there will be a lot of snow either way.Looks like inverted conditions return after that. Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Didn't end up with much sticking snow, even though it snowed all day yesterday. Another chance tonight, 1-4" still seems reasonable. Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Another over performing storm in progress this morning.I am around 7" or so, with more to come. Up at the resorts there are reports of about 20" so far. 2 Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 About 11.5" of depth now. Still snowing. EDIT: Ended up with 13" of snow. 5 Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Another storm tonight, lingering into Tuesday or Wed.Should see several more inches of snow, my guess is 3-6", but if it works out right it could be more. 2 Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Another storm tonight, lingering into Tuesday or Wed. Should see several more inches of snow, my guess is 3-6", but if it works out right it could be more. Glad to hear you have been in such a favorable pattern for snow! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halofromajo Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Just wont end in SLC. Got another 1-3 overnight last night. It was so shallow that barely any of that was showing up on radar. With the 00z sounding I just looked at, id almost expect more of the same with very little temperature advection. Alta is over 100" on the base. Steenburgh Winter for the first time since 2010-2011. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Snow pack in the mountains is near record levels and many locations have more water than they typically do at the end of the season. Its been amazing! Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Ranger Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Snow pack in the mountains is near record levels and many locations have more water than they typically do at the end of the season. Its been amazing!That's awesome. When was the last winter comparable to this one for your area? Quote A forum for the end of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted January 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 That's awesome. When was the last winter comparable to this one for your area?In the mountains 2010/2011 was similar, but from what I've read online it's been 37 years since a similar snowpack was seen. It's on pace to easily be my snowiest winter since moving here. 3 Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 In the mountains 2010/2011 was similar, but from what I've read online it's been 37 years since a similar snowpack was seen. It's on pace to easily be my snowiest winter since moving here. That's good news. Utah has had some really low snowpack years recently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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