December 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Meatyorologist]

32 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

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

Galaxy Z Fold4

[Cascadia_Wx]

36 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

PDX once again hits 50.

 

Just two sub-50 days there for December so far. Getting into historic territory.

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

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

I'm driving to Portland in a few weeks.  How do I get to this place?

[Phil]

 

https://x.com/ryanmaue/status/1736484658731184627?s=46&t=656Z973wLtGKaIyhhq_7QQ

[SnowWillarrive]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

 

https://x.com/ryanmaue/status/1736484658731184627?s=46&t=656Z973wLtGKaIyhhq_7QQ

Gives me hope 

[Deweydog]

16 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Galaxy Z Fold4

If his name was Ben he’d fold5.

[Phishy Wx]

35 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

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

reminds of my days interning at the Mt Washington Observatory in NH, 23 years ago

[MWG]

Tosay high was supposed to be in the 50's but barely getting to 40

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[icyasf]

Looks like we are gonna have another sub 40 high here, only got up to 37. I know a lot of people don’t like the weather of the south valley but I do really like when we get inversions.

[Cascadia_Wx]

22 minutes ago, icyasf said:

Looks like we are gonna have another sub 40 high here, only got up to 37. I know a lot of people don’t like the weather of the south valley but I do really like when we get inversions.

A lot of people would complain no matter where they were.

[iFred]

3 hours ago, Front Ranger said:

I will take this.

Just in time for me to drive from Albuquerque to Las Cruces and enjoy some Rio Grande snow.

[Dave]

25 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

A lot of people would complain no matter where they were.

Just like you would if it was 50+ degrees with sunny skies.

[Ken in Wood Village]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

I'm driving to Portland in a few weeks.  How do I get to this place?

You take I-84 to the Corbett exit. Turn right and take the road all the way to the top. There is a Y at the top of the hill, you want to turn left. Come to the stop sign and drive forward. Keep on that street and drive probably a mile or more. When you see another Y in the road, keep left. The other road goes up and the one you want goes down. After that, it's easy to get there. 

[Dave]

2 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

You take I-84 to the Corbett exit. Turn right and take the road all the way to the top. There is a Y at the top of the hill, you want to turn left. Come to the stop sign and drive forward. Keep on that street and drive probably a mile or more. When you see another Y in the road, keep left. The other road goes up and the one you want goes down. After that, it's easy to get there. 

Also, be careful about how you orient your car when you park there unless you want to pull a tommy boy car door oopsie.

[Snownerd3000]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

If his name was Ben he’d fold5.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=e4qpTKiRewI&si=Q5D7ehm7jVn4WAiD

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=nD30KV26ivg&si=MltLS2hNslAvlsFm

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=eh30qfzi0fY&si=2wNAjNk5nIUtbKj3

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=hF-hEJkF2KA&si=-hNFrQQNyUOp-WjU

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-oLkHUiBMdw&si=J02B-YeNGvVK8LWu

5 of my favorite BF5 songs in no particular order.

 

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

 

https://x.com/ryanmaue/status/1736484658731184627?s=46&t=656Z973wLtGKaIyhhq_7QQ

Fake news. There's no cold anywhere. Tonganino.

[Cascadia_Wx]

17 minutes ago, Dave said:

Just like you would if it was 50+ degrees with sunny skies.

You mean like today? Just got done with a nice hike out in the Gorge.

[Dave]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

You mean like today? Just got done with a nice hike out in the Gorge.

So you're saying that enjoying some nice sunshine is better than having days on end of having smoke filled 38 degree fog is preferable? Sort of sounds like it.

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, Dave said:

So you're saying that enjoying some nice sunshine is better than having days on end of having smoke filled 38 degree fog is preferable? Sort of sounds like it.

Nope. A foggy hike would have been great too. I’ve gotten some of my favorite hiking shots in fog. In fact there was plenty of stratus clinging to the higher hilltops out here despite the raging wind.

I don’t really mind most weather conditions. It’s the constant torching that gets me, whether it’s sunny or cloudy or windy or rainy or foggy.

[Deweydog]

17 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=e4qpTKiRewI&si=Q5D7ehm7jVn4WAiD

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=nD30KV26ivg&si=MltLS2hNslAvlsFm

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=eh30qfzi0fY&si=2wNAjNk5nIUtbKj3

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=hF-hEJkF2KA&si=-hNFrQQNyUOp-WjU

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-oLkHUiBMdw&si=J02B-YeNGvVK8LWu

5 of my favorite BF5 songs in no particular order.

 

This one’s always been at the top of my list.  Oh, Steven… The portable phone ringing in the background is the clincher for me.

#winter97-98

[Dave]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Nope. A foggy hike would have been great too. I’ve gotten some of my favorite hiking shots in fog. In fact there was plenty of stratus clinging to the higher hilltops out here despite the raging wind.

I don’t really mind most weather conditions. It’s the constant torching that gets me, whether it’s sunny or cloudy or windy or rainy or foggy.

Cool story. I also don't mind most weather conditions, including rain. Some sunshine would be nice every once in a while. It's neat that you like fog a bit. Try living in it where it doesn't break for a week straight and then get back to me.

[Phishy Wx]

23 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Fake news. There's no cold anywhere. Tonganino.

speaking of Tonga

and large volcanoes effect on SSWs

 

 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

 

https://x.com/ryanmaue/status/1736484658731184627?s=46&t=656Z973wLtGKaIyhhq_7QQ

We gonna import that cheap Bs to the USA next month. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, Dave said:

Cool story. I also don't mind most weather conditions, including rain. Some sunshine would be nice every once in a while. It's neat that you like fog a bit. Try living in it where it doesn't break for a week straight and then get back to me.

I always enjoyed it.

 

[Dave]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I always enjoyed it.

 

Outside of the weather weanies forum, I've never encountered an individual that likes it other than for a day or two. We are a special breed of weather preferences here.

[Cold Snap]

Managed to get a freeze this morning with a low of 28.

[Gradient Keeper]

My Vista House trip report. I was there for about 1 hour. When I first got to the infamous southeast facing railing it was gusting probably 85-95mph. Strong, but not unusually so. As I reached the top of railing gusts were a bit stronger. The last 30 minutes though the gusts became increasingly stronger, violent and a few knocked me off balance slamming me into the railing. The worst almost blew me over it. I guarantee you the gusts were over 110mph. Wow exhilarating and fun! lol It was good to meet up with @Ken in Wood Village too! Now I'm freezing cold and am struggling to get warm. Still worth it lmao....

[TT-SEA]

30 minutes ago, Dave said:

So you're saying that enjoying some nice sunshine is better than having days on end of having smoke filled 38 degree fog is preferable? Sort of sounds like it.

He complains more than anyone here because its always a "constant torch".   Sort of our new normal.  If someone strongly advocates that people should find ways to love any kind of weather (in order to be a proud contrarian) then that person should also find ways to enjoy warming. 

Just my 2 cents.   I personally don't mind people complaining because its a way of venting.   But you can't be anti-complaining towards everyone else and then always justify why you are complaining.    

 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

20 minutes ago, Dave said:

Cool story. I also don't mind most weather conditions, including rain. Some sunshine would be nice every once in a while. It's neat that you like fog a bit. Try living in it where it doesn't break for a week straight and then get back to me.

He straight up hates the south valley dude. Best to not even interact with him. I still don't understand how he isn't still banned.

[Gradient Keeper]

2 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

He straight up hates the south valley dude. Best to not even interact with him. I still don't understand how he isn't still banned.

What's wrong with the southern Willamette Valley? Yeah it can be much foggier and stagnant than PDX metro, but....

00z GFS in 2 hours 50 minutes

[Dave]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

He complains more than anyone here because its always a "constant torch".   Sort of our new normal.  If someone strongly advocates that people should find ways to love any kind of weather (in order to be a proud contrarian) then that person should also find ways to enjoy warming. 

Just my 2 cents.   I personally don't mind people complaining because its a way of venting.   But you can't be anti-complaining towards everyone else and then always justify why you are complaining.    

 

Jesse basically likes "all" weather conditions other than when it's sunny and warm during winter (rare). Definitely seems like a normal dude.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 minute ago, Gradient Keeper said:

What's wrong with the southern Willamette Valley? Yeah it can be much foggier and stagnant than PDX metro, but....

00z GFS in 2 hours 50 minutes

I think it's a nice place here. I wish the winters were a little better in terms of coupled Arctic airmasses but we've done well for snow since 2012.

[Dave]

1 minute ago, Gradient Keeper said:

What's wrong with the southern Willamette Valley? Yeah it can be much foggier and stagnant than PDX metro, but....

00z GFS in 2 hours 50 minutes

We don't have the gorge and the valley ends down here. We get very little wind. Inversions are tough to break and it is the foggiest area in the entire state.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

2 minutes ago, Dave said:

We don't have the gorge and the valley ends down here. We get very little wind. Inversions are tough to break and it is the foggiest area in the entire state.

Yeah it's tough to get fun, Arctic cold here without it blowing over the Belknap gap and down the McKenzie, which is pretty rare.

Coupled Arctic airmasses from the north haven't happened here since Jan 2017.

[Dave]

Just now, TigerWoodsLibido said:

I think it's a nice place here. I wish the winters were a little better in terms of coupled Arctic airmasses but we've done well for snow since 2012.

I really like our summers. Yes, they are a bit warm but it isn't that uncomfortable and it is easy to adapt. For example, when I go on bike rides around our dozens of miles of bike paths, I take two water bottles. One for drinking and one for dousing myself during the ride. Even 100 degree bike rides during the middle of the day are manageable.

[Deweydog]

If I were to be a constant complainer and had to pick one thing to complain about it would be Jan from Toyoytathon.

[Anti Marine Layer]

2 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

If I were to be a constant complainer and had to pick one thing to complain about it would be Jan from Toyoytathon.

I constantly complain about commercials. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

2 minutes ago, Dave said:

I really like our summers. Yes, they are a bit warm but it isn't that uncomfortable and it is easy to adapt. For example, when I go on bike rides around our dozens of miles of bike paths, I take two water bottles. One for drinking and one for dousing myself during the ride. Even 100 degree bike rides during the middle of the day are manageable.

I honestly think it's fun to count up the number of 90F-burgers with NFL players every year. Makes it all the better if we get snow the next fall-winter.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Dave said:

Jesse basically likes "all" weather conditions other than when it's sunny and warm during winter (rare). Definitely seems like a normal dude.

The specifics don't matter.   Its inconsistent to mock people for complaining and then tell us why its fine for you to complain.   

[Dave]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

If I were to be a constant complainer and had to pick one thing to complain about it would be Jan from Toyoytathon.

The frogs in your pond are going to croak all summer long. It will be loud.