December 2019 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[Requiem]

We moved to Oregon the same year. My dad has lived in the same place near Silverton on the floor of the Willamette Valley that whole time. I would say the snowiest winters in that time were 1992/93, 2003/04, 2008/09, 2016/17. He measured 37" in 92-93, and 15-20" during the other 3 winters. 

 

To me 2016-17 was a poor man's 2016-17. There were a lot of similarities it seemed. Especially with how spread out the snow events were. Both winters had minor snow events at the beginning of December and late season events as well, the big 12" snow dump on 2/19/93, and the late season 2-3" event on 3/6/17. 

 

Well, I'd assume so...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Well, I'd assume so...

 

Haha oops. I meant 92-93'

[Deweydog]

January is the only month that counts.

 

Hey, that is pretty easy!

You can extrapolate February from January pretty easily if you’re good at pattern recognition. Just watch out for those leap years!

[Front Ranger]

PDX didn’t have six inches of snow in February 2017?

 

Meant Feb 2018 and Feb 2019.

[Deweydog]

Meant Feb 2018 and Feb 2019.

That makes more cents.

[Front Ranger]

42 here with continued heavy smoke.

 

Microclimates.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

February 2017 could have had 6" of snow at PDX had things turned out a little differently on Super Bowl Sunday. Things were never the same again for the Atlanta Falcons after that day either. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

38F and foggy.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Amazing how damp it can be on a clear night in December when the temp is above freezing, even after a nearly record dry November. Was just outside and pretty steady drips of condensation coming off the shop roof. 

[GHweatherChris]

System is getting shredded.

[Deweydog]

Amazing how damp it can be on a clear night in December when the temp is above freezing, even after a nearly record dry November. Was just outside and pretty steady drips of condensation coming off the shop roof.

Icicles!!!!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

System is getting shredded.

Shocker...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like I am pulling off an unintentional night shift. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Beautiful sunset on the river tonight.

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Oh my

 

[Phil]

Amazing how damp it can be on a clear night in December when the temp is above freezing, even after a nearly record dry November. Was just outside and pretty steady drips of condensation coming off the shop roof.

Lol. Doesn’t matter. People want their zonal flow.

[Phil]

Be careful with ensemble means this month.

 

Smoothing of wavetrains/divergent re-amplification start points among ensemble members in the LR will produce a look that won’t resemble the actual pattern.

[TT-SEA]

Lol. Doesn’t matter. People want their zonal flow.

Even I would love strong zonal flow for a couple weeks... to get the ski season going.

[TT-SEA]

Obviously there must be an east wind... currently 51 degrees here before dawn.

[Guest CulverJosh]

Lol. Doesn’t matter. People want their zonal flow.

You don’t get it and never will. Not really something to laugh about Phil. #eastcoastignorance

[MossMan]

Dive off that cliff you fuzzy little red lines! Tank Tank Tank!!!!!

 

.02” of gooey dribbles so far today.

[Jesse]

38 and partly cloudy this morning.

 

Hoping to see a little rain later today.

[Guest CulverJosh]

The weather channel makes it sound like we are just getting pounded by storms. Lol.

[Jesse]

The weather channel makes it sound like we are just getting pounded by storms. Lol.

 

California has been. Looks like they are the focus of that graphic.

[High Desert Mat?]

California has been. Looks like they are the focus of that graphic.

Just goes to show you what a 2nd year Niño hell we are in.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

40F and cloudy in downtown Springfield.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Models are not that interesting, but they have improved dramatically. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Yep.

 

Playing the long game.

I don't want to wait again until the back end of winter to score but it is what it is. I'm still feeling good about something big happening in January.

[TacomaWaWx]

Someone wake me up when a real storm shows up.

[Blizzard777]

Just sad

I do have .03 so far!

[Jesse]

40F and cloudy in downtown Springfield.

 

Looks like a low near freezing at EUG.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Looks like a low near freezing at EUG.

Yeah the airport has consistently been colder than a lot of the locations on the east side of town.

[Jesse]

Yeah the airport has consistently been colder than a lot of the locations on the east side of town.

 

Shocker.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

12z is not bad. 

[Phil]

You don’t get it and never will. Not really something to laugh about Phil. #eastcoastignorance

You’re too easy.

[Jesse]

Just sad

I do have .03 so far!

 

Looks like needed rainfall. 

[Jesse]

You’re too easy.

So fun to troll those dumb geeky westerners while spending inordinate amounts of time on their forum for some strange reason.

[Phil]

I don't want to wait again until the back end of winter to score but it is what it is. I'm still feeling good about something big happening in January.

I don’t think it will take until February this year (assuming things progress as I’m anticipating).

[Christensen87]

d**n, I hope the storm next weekend starts showing back up in the models. What they giveth, they taketh away so quick   Either way, it looks to change to a cooler pattern in general after next weekend. 

 

Side note, this forum really censors swear words?    **** D**n *******

[Phil]

So fun to troll those dumb geeky westerners while spending inordinate amounts of time on their forum for some strange reason.

I only troll those who troll me. Relax dude. You’ve got your panties bunched up so deep they’re gonna tickle your stomach.