January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[SeanNyberg]

1 minute ago, Meatyorologist said:

We might be in for a treat... 00z ICON looks goated!!

NO!! go back and do that bit you did before the earlier runs. Be all angsty and negative. It worked wonders!

[RayRay]

I love UW too! I was born there and graduated from school there.

[Cold Snap]

Happy birthday! @Cascadia_Wx

[Meatyorologist]

ICON making a HUGE shift to previous solutions...

[SpaceRace22]

Just now, Meatyorologist said:

Check out that IMPROVEMENT 

Excuse me sir were you not sticking a fork in this thing last night? The night shift knows what you did.

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, Meatyorologist said:

Check out that IMPROVEMENT 

Ridge looks stronger

[Meatyorologist]

Just now, SpaceRace22 said:

Excuse me sir were you not sticking a fork in this thing last night? The night shift knows what you did.

I'm an emotional wreck with no basis in reality 

[Slushy Inch]

14 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Opposite is usually true in the summer though!  

Another localized climate feature of the area. The urban heat bubble balanced does balance it out some. So much more vegetation east. 

[Ken in Wood Village]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Tuesday has become sneaky turbulent and stormy.    This is the new ICON but all models show it now.   Doesn't seem to have much bearing on what happens later per the ECMWF. 

This storm on Tuesday looks like it could be a widespread wind event. Need to keep an eye on this storm. It would be amazing if we got a windstorm then a snowstorm and a Arctic Outbreak all in one week 🌨

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, RayRay said:

I love UW too! I was born there and graduated from school there.

Go Huskies!

[SpaceRace22]

1 minute ago, Meatyorologist said:

I'm an emotional wreck with no basis in reality 

Aren't we all, my dude. Aren't we all...

[SeanNyberg]

2 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

I'm an emotional wreck with no basis in reality 

Ah... got it, so you're a human living 2024, gotcha. LOL

[The Blob]

6 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Ngl those look super gross.

I switched when it became harder to find Bang drinks. The fruity ones aren't too bad.

4 minutes ago, Christensen87 said:

My partner loves the Arctic and Island vibes. 

They keep me going at work, if I'm dragging I'll have a coffee as well.

[HuskyMaestro]

3 minutes ago, RayRay said:

I love UW too! I was born there and graduated from school there.

This'll be my last quarter at UW with 3 classes left to go. But almost no work has been done since model riding

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Slushy Inch said:

Another localized climate feature of the area. The urban heat bubble balanced does balance it out some. So much more vegetation east. 

On a sunny summer day... proximity to the Sound makes a big difference.  I watched this all summer with my son living in Ballard.  It was usually 8-10 degrees warmer in North Bend on sunny days.

[Weiner Warrior]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Go Huskies!

I'm a huge Huskies fan eventhough I got my MBA at WSU. Go Dawgs!! I still have the back-to-back rosebowl sweatshirt from the 90's

[Frontal Snowsquall]

1 hour ago, SpaceRace22 said:

TIL Australia has a model, lol

Here’s more information about it. It’s resolution is 25km.

“The Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS) weather models have been developed and tested by research staff from the Bureau's Research & Development Branch and are based on the UK Meteorological Office's Unified Model. ACCESS output is available in map form or as gridded data products.“

http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/about/about_access.shtml

 

[Slushy Inch]

17 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

I remember that one pretty well. I remember looking out west I could see so many transformers blowing up. I also remember during the Jan 2019 windstorm there were transformers blowing up as well. Surprisingly didn’t lose power during the Jan 2019 one. I think the part of Duvall that’s on the other power grid did. Lost power for a week from the Hanukkah eve one.

I remember it started when I was at my cousins in Redmond. It was late evening and all of a sudden it started getting really breazy, we grabbed garbage bags and started playing in the wind. On the way home we were driving around fallen trees

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

I'm an emotional wreck with no basis in reality 

Hey something we have in common! Let’s start there and rebuild.

[Slushy Inch]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

On a sunny summer day... proximity to the Sound makes a big difference.  I watched this all summer with my son living in Ballard.  It was usually 8-10 degrees warmer in North Bend on sunny days.

Oh for sure that dwarfs the urban heat bubble

[Slushy Inch]

6 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Ridge looks stronger

Block is so much stronger this icon run wow. Who knows where this goes

[jakerepp]

Some of y'all are making me feel old as hell and I'm 31.

[awright-31]

Just now, Slushy Inch said:

Block is so much stronger this icon run wow. Who knows where this goes

Trough shifted west too.

[Cold Snap]

I have a feeling the GFS will be better on this run.

[The Blob]

1 minute ago, jakerepp said:

Some of y'all are making me feel old as hell and I'm 31.

I'm 33 and still going to school and working. I have kids and am married. Whole nine yards

[SeanNyberg]

The first part of this ICON is looking like a big improvement. I know we don't care that much about this one, but the more we can get trending favorably the better we will all sleep.

So far so good. Let's hope it continues. GFS 00z starting now. Not expecting a ton out of the GFS, but even a slight improvement would be nice.

[TT-SEA]

Ummm... what is going on with ICON??  Not out out this far on WB.

[Doinko]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Ahhh... what is going on with ICON??  Not out out this far on WB.

Wow

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

4 minutes ago, jakerepp said:

Some of y'all are making me feel old as hell and I'm 31.

I’m 35 and I hurt every morning 

[OysterPrintout]

I'm 41 and hard at work in a career helping progress AI hardware that will solve weather modeling/destroy the world

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, jakerepp said:

Some of y'all are making me feel old as hell and I'm 31.

I'm 51 but honestly feel just the same as I did when 35. Hard to believe how fast it went by. My wife has been gone over 7 years and I remember the day I told you all here. Been on here for 16 years.

[MossMan]

Oh my I feel quite old after reading the last two pages. I was in my midish 20’s when I first joined the OFA and Yahoo groups in the early 2000’s. Tim was in those original forums and I HATED HIM SO MUCH since he was always posting contrarian posts to my “we are going to get a foot of snow” posts. He was always right.
I’m 47 now. 

Edited January 7 by MossMan

[Cold Snap]

Well I wouldn’t say the ICON looks fine. I’d say it looks great!

[Doinko]

Snowy arctic front on the ICON

[SeanNyberg]

12z from this morning, to 00z just released. That cold air is moving much farther over the ocean in the newer run. This is very good.

[awright-31]

here it comes

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

Snowy arctic front on the ICON

498dm down to Seattle! 

[Christensen87]

Please, GFS. It’s Saturday night, let’s throw some good vibes our way. 

[Slushy Inch]

Nice!

[High Desert Mat?]

7 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Block is so much stronger this icon run wow. Who knows where this goes

Maybe it’ll reflect on the gfs tonight.