December 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Front Ranger]

3 hours ago, Phil said:

I bet Seattle winters would be lit af without the Cascades. Or at even just a 100 mile wide gap in them.

 

2 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Ever heard of the Columbia Gorge?

This is why Portland's winters are LIT AF compared to Seattle's.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

6 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Yikes. That looks like a prolonged low level cold pool, east wind regime to me. A pattern change will come though....

00z ECMWF in 9 hours 39 minutes

We will know when the pattern change is imminent because we will stop seeing EPS maps.

[Front Ranger]

2 hours ago, BLI snowman said:

Looks like zero arctic air anywhere in the CONUS the rest of the month.

I will take this.

[Ken in Wood Village]

11 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Alright found it. Apparently the anemometer is an ultrasonic and tops out at 89mph, which will be woefully below the actual max wind gusts. The State Park Rangers are the ones who put up the new station.

That sucks the winds have to be 90+ now. I'm having a hard time trying to stand in the wind. I'm happy I came up. It's so exciting...lol

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

We will know when the pattern change is imminent because we will stop seeing EPS maps.

I will post at least a few runs that show the pattern change... then other people will take over.    A pattern change will be welcome by me when it finally comes.   We really need a period of mountain snow.

[Snownerd3000]

The eff with blame Canada. Time to team up on Alaska and demand they share winter. 

 

[Ken in Wood Village]

Ok, I think we just had a gust of 100 mph. I fell down and hurt my hand a little. 

[Gradient Keeper]

24 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

That sucks the winds have to be 90+ now. I'm having a hard time trying to stand in the wind. I'm happy I came up. It's so exciting...lol

I am heading out and up to Crown Point/Vista House. If anyone is up there or is going to head up there I will be in a silver Kia wearing a Santa hat and huge puffy black coat. You can't miss me. Trust me. I will be signing autographs Lol Just kidding, but it would be outstanding though to meet anyone who ventures up there!

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

I'm heading up there right now. I'll be in a silver Kia wearing a Santa hat.

Your Santa hat might end up at PDX.

[Cascadia_Wx]

34 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

 

This is why Portland's winters are LIT AF compared to Seattle's.

My point was it doesn’t make as big of a difference as he was implying. As shocking as it may seem, it appears Phil may have been making a hyperbolic statement.

Edited December 17, 2023 by Cascadia_Wx

[Gradient Keeper]

11 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

Ok, I think we just had a gust of 100 mph. I fell down and hurt my hand a little. 

Be careful!

[Mercurial]

Removing the Cascades would be great news for my winters, though.  

[Slushy Inch]

Weeklies again. Probably the only chance this winter for  arctic air. If it doesn’t leave from the models. Oh my the control run.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

22 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

The eff with blame Canada. Time to team up on Alaska and demand they share winter. 

 

Glad someone gets to have a winter!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Slushy Inch said:

Weeklies again. Probably the only chance this winter for  arctic air. If it doesn’t leave from the models.

My expectations are something like we had around New Years Day 2015.

[Darrington Troll]

We should get together at a local brewery to confirm how miserable we are and drown our sorrows as a team. 

[SnowWillarrive]

5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Glad someone gets to have a winter!

This winter will be used as justification for draconian climate change laws. 

[Slushy Inch]

5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

My expectations are something like we had around New Years Day 2015.

Uh I got no snow in 2015

[Ken in Wood Village]

I'm going to say this to all the stupid people. DON'T BRING YOUR SMALL KIDS to Crown Point. Your kids will end up in Portland. I can't believe people do that to their kids. It's to D**n windy for them to stand up. I'm still up here for a little longer. 

[RentonHill]

10/10

 

[Slushy Inch]

2 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

10/10

 

How did you make the gif?

[Phil]

56 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z EPS now takes us to January. 

I’ll be in FL 12/28 to 1/3. Safe bet it’ll snow here while I’m gone if that pattern verifies.

15 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

My point was it doesn’t make as big of a difference as he was implying. As shocking as it may seem, it appears Phil may have been making a hyperbolic statement.

Would need to be significantly larger than the Columbia Gorge.

[the_convergence_zone]

Top of Mt Si was balmy this morning. A little bit of crusty snow at 4,000 ft but that’s it. The easterlies were doing just enough to warm things up without being too strong to be uncomfortable. 

[Phil]

7 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

10/10

 

I’ll take it!

[RentonHill]

9 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

How did you make the gif?

[Slushy Inch]

10 minutes ago, Phil said:

I’ll take it!

Snow off the CA coast

[Front Ranger]

29 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

My point was it doesn’t make as big of a difference as he was implying. As shocking as it may seem, it appears Phil may have been making a hyperbolic statement.

I was busting on his comment.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

17 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

I'm going to say this to all the stupid people. DON'T BRING YOUR SMALL KIDS to Crown Point. Your kids will end up in Portland. I can't believe people do that to their kids. It's to D**n windy for them to stand up. I'm still up here for a little longer. 

I’ve taken my kids there… They didn’t get out of the car though. Lol

[TT-SEA]

14 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Top of Mt Si was balmy this morning. A little bit of crusty snow at 4,000 ft but that’s it. The easterlies were doing just enough to warm things up without being too strong to be uncomfortable. 

Nice pic!

I think that is Mt Si Golf Course in the foreground and Club at Snoqualmie Ridge golf course at little farther to the west.

[Ken in Wood Village]

Not sure if you can see them but the white caps are hugh

[Front Ranger]

25 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

I'm going to say this to all the stupid people. DON'T BRING YOUR SMALL KIDS to Crown Point. Your kids will end up in Portland. I can't believe people do that to their kids. It's to D**n windy for them to stand up. I'm still up here for a little longer. 

[Deweydog]

@Cascadia_Wx Walter found the source of the smoke 4 u. He says you’re welcome.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

21 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

Not sure if you can see them but the white caps are hugh

They are very visible

[SilverFallsAndrew]

46 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

10/10

 

Just one of these years I want to look back on a torchy December and be able to say six weeks later. “Now I know what December 1929 felt like.”

[FroYoBro]

PDX once again hits 50.

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, FroYoBro said:

PDX once again hits 50.

 

Just wait until January. 

[Ken in Wood Village]

Met up with @Gradient Keeper at Crown Point. Winds at least 100+ mph. 

[Ken in Wood Village]

This is how the winds are. They are very strong now

[Phishy Wx]

6 hours ago, Phil said:

Color me skeptical of the Pangea v2.0 solution.

Just like the Climate nevers changes, plate tectonics have stopped too

[Slushy Inch]

1 hour ago, RentonHill said:

Was doing trying it on my phone. Didn’t realize I need to just save image once it loops.