October 2019 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[MossMan]

Mark almost got killed by a drunk driver last night!

 

Analog?

1949.

[Timmy Supercell]

Even though we all know Feb 2019 was pretty snowy in most areas, it also did fairly strange things. On the day Redding gets a foot of snow it was raining moderately in Klamath Falls. But soon after it changed back to snow. I forget what day that was, there were a handful of separate snow events that month. Somebody in Tacoma had more snow depth than I did as well. My max depth was only 9.5" the whole month.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Winds still out of the north and temp is 55F. DP still 32F.

[TT-SEA]

FWIW... the12Z EPS is much less troughy than the operational run in the 8-10 day period and then ridgy in the 10-15 day period.

[TT-SEA]

63 and sunny here now.

[TacomaWaWx]

Even though we all know Feb 2019 was pretty snowy in most areas, it also did fairly strange things. On the day Redding gets a foot of snow it was raining moderately in Klamath Falls. But soon after it changed back to snow. I forget what day that was, there were a handful of separate snow events that month. Somebody in Tacoma had more snow depth than I did as well. My max depth was only 9.5" the whole month.

We had 22.0” max depth on 2/11 before it changed to rain here.

[Timmy Supercell]

We had 22.0” max depth on 2/11 before it changed to rain here.

 

21.0" was the most I've ever had on the ground here (Jan 2017), and I think before I came to town that was the highest since the 90's.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

We had 22.0” max depth on 2/11 before it changed to rain here.

 

You had a 22" depth?! How much snow did you have total? We had a depth of 14" on the 11th, and then peaked on the 27th at 18". Our max depth for the season came a few days later on March 9th at 20". 

 

We had 52.2" of snow in February. 

[Requiem]

We had 22.0” max depth on 2/11 before it changed to rain here.

That’s insane. We had maybe...5.0 inches if I’m being extra generous. Really shows the insane disparity that last year presented.

[Timmy Supercell]

Depths are very hard to maintain in my town in comparison to places like Central OR, I'm pretty confident the last 24-30+ inch depth here was in Jan 1993.

[TT-SEA]

You had a 22" depth?! How much snow did you have total? We had a depth of 14" on the 11th, and then peaked on the 27th at 18". Our max depth for the season came a few days later on March 9th at 20".

 

We had 52.2" of snow in February.

Pretty sure we had over 40 inches on the ground on the day we managed to escape to SEA and then Kauai.    The drive from our house to Issaquah was straight out of a movie.    It was crazy... even on I-90 we were driving through a one-lane tunnel with abandoned cars and semis everywhere.

 

Then once we got to Issaquah... just 12 miles away... it was raining and the freeway was bare and wet.

[MossMan]

[Timmy Supercell]

What if nobody below 1,000ft sees any snow at all this season...

 

501 feet just to troll most of the I-5 stretch.

[MossMan]

501 feet just to troll most of the I-5 stretch.

I’m at 550’ so I am safe!

[TacomaWaWx]

You had a 22" depth?! How much snow did you have total? We had a depth of 14" on the 11th, and then peaked on the 27th at 18". Our max depth for the season came a few days later on March 9th at 20".

 

We had 52.2" of snow in February.

It was actually 20” the first 2” that fell on February 4th had compacted and melted, so 20” was my max depth my mistake. 22” was my total for February with another 1.5” in March to go to 23.5” for the season.

It snowed 9” on 2/9, 5” on 2/10 and 6” on 2/11.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Pretty sure we had over 40 inches on the ground on the day we managed to escape to SEA and then Kauai.    The drive from our house to Issaquah was straight out of a movie.    It was crazy... even on I-90 we were driving through a one-lane tunnel with abandoned cars and semis everywhere.

 

Then once we got to Issaquah... just 12 miles away... it was raining and the freeway was bare and wet.

 

Silver Falls had a 47" depth in January 2008, given we usually get more snow it was probably in the 50-55" range here at the house. Would have been something to see. I'm sure I will one of these years. 

 

With the February/March stuff we never really had one big event, just tons of light to moderate snowfalls. 18 days with measurable snow in February and another 5 in March.

 

I measure depth on my deck, it is just a consistent spot that is pretty representative of the property and easy to measure. It is where I keep my snow board too. There were shaded spots in the yard and on the roof of my shop (unfortunately) that were up around 3'. 

[Omegaraptor]

I think we maxed out at a 1” snow depth in February and March 2019.

 

Not sure which day, however.

[Timmy Supercell]

Silver Falls had a 47" depth in January 2008, given we usually get more snow it was probably in the 50-55" range here at the house. Would have been something to see. I'm sure I will one of these years. 

 

With the February/March stuff we never really had one big event, just tons of light to moderate snowfalls. 18 days with measurable snow in February and another 5 in March.

 

I measure depth on my deck, it is just a consistent spot that is pretty representative of the property and easy to measure. It is where I keep my snow board too. There were shaded spots in the yard and on the roof of my shop (unfortunately) that were up around 3'. 

 

4-5 ft. depths...   That's like 1950's stuff down here.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

501 feet just to troll most of the I-5 stretch.

 

We're fine just to the east of Eugene in Springfield in that case, esp as you get to Thurston.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

4-5 ft. depths...   That's like 1950's stuff down here.

 

Well your area is a lot colder than mine, but we have much more available precip. We had 95.5" of snow in January 1969, I'm not sure K-Falls has ever had that in a season. 

[Timmy Supercell]

Well your area is a lot colder than mine, but we have much more available precip. We had 95.5" of snow in January 1969, I'm not sure K-Falls has ever had that in a season. 

 

1955-1956 gave the old station 100.6" but yeah I don't think any other official station since then has ever broken 90". Though there are some people that are barely in city limits that sometimes get about 10-20 percent additional accumulation compared to a station. 1993 could have had a spread somewhere between 80-95".

[Jesse]

There have been times it has snowed a lot at my house.

[Deweydog]

There have been times it has snowed a lot at my house.

Good thing Jim wasn’t part of this discussion or we all would have missed out on this gem from ATF.

[Requiem]

There have been times it has snowed a lot at my house.

 

#notrelatable   

[Blizzard777]

Just think in 1880 we would have had no idea it was coming, and after it happened we would have had no idea why it had happened.

Fear mode was probably high! Even with all the information we have now days we still get caught with our pants down but can’t imag8ne how they must of felt.  Crazy storm

[Jesse]

Good thing Jim wasn’t part of this discussion or we all would have missed out on this gem from ATF.

Jim!!!

[Timmy Supercell]

There have been times it has snowed a lot at my house.

 

And sometimes it decides not to snow at all. Weird.

[Deweydog]

Jim!!!

Kevin!!!

 

(released almost a month to the day before the start of the December 1990 cool snap)

[Blizzard777]

Other than Andrew's 384 hour GFS maps and my HPRCC precip maps, this is probably the map that has been posted the most times here.

Let us not forget MossMan’s outdated winter weather warning he throws into the mix at times

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Up to 61F. Should get a closer to avg temp today but still probly a negative departure. Should be somewhat chilly but fairly comfortable at the Duck game tonight. Looking forward to going.

[TT-SEA]

Up to 61F. Should get a closer to avg temp today but still probly a negative departure. Should be somewhat chilly but fairly comfortable at the Duck game tonight. Looking forward to going.

 

Go Buffaloes!!  

[Timmy Supercell]

59 so far at KLMT. And apparently 19 was actually my low, not 20. So we just matched a daily record from 1924..

[Thermal Trough]

What’s wrong with that?

 

Best time to have one..fuuck summer.

Just always been a fan of starting summers early. Take advantage of those sun angles!

[jakeinthevalley]

Go Buffaloes!!

Bear Down!

[Thermal Trough]

Bent back occlusion brought snow to the valley in onshore flow? lol

I think so. From the article.

 

"In Marion County, winds raged for four hours, and the roof of the State House in Salem was damaged. As the winds faded, snow started sifting down [6]. The following day, seven inches adorned the capitol grounds in a peaceful display that seemed to deny the previous gale. Further south, in Lane County, Eugene reported little or no damage, and had four to five inches of snow."

[Thermal Trough]

All models had that low tracking inland from Florence to Eugene. Major bust for PDX.

Would of royally sucked for snow lovers but at least got a decent windstorm out of it.

[Thermal Trough]

What an epic storm!

 

Great storm for the Puget Sound. Getting like 2 feet of more snow with already around 3 feet on the ground is something I want to experience once in my lifetime.

[kokaneekidz]

What is the over / under on whether the snow level is actually 5,000 feet next week as advertised by NOAA-WRH SEA office?

[Thermal Trough]

[Thermal Trough]

Mark almost got killed by a drunk driver last night!

 

Analog?

Thank God he's okay.