January Weather In The PNW 2024 (Part III) - The Warming Shot

[Tyler Mode]

The best part about the weather recently is, not only can it be cold, miserable rainy down here in the lowlands.  But it can also be the same amount of cold, miserable and rainy in the mountains.  Nobody wins!  Yay lol

Currently 36 here with rain, 35 at Government Camp.  Barely freezing at Timberline.

[MossMan]

44/34 on the day. Currently 38. 
Current snow situation. 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

1 hour ago, CliffMassYelledAtMe said:

How's the skiing today? Looks like it would be a beautiful day for it. I miss skiing

Edit: Never mind. Webcams look gray. Snoqualmie probably got rain on top of all the new snow, which is gross. Not sure about Crystal or Stevens though.

It's not too bad down here at bachelor. Pretty cloudy but the snow conditions are good.

 

[Chewbacca Defense]

2 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

My 80 year old mother couldn't stand being trapped by snow in her sloped driveway up in Bellingham so she figured out how to use the electric snowblower that my dad bought years ago and cleared her driveway today and then took pics and sent them to me and my sister.  I specifically told her not do that... particularly since there was a layer of ice under the snow.    If it hadn't melted by today then I was going up there tomorrow but she couldn't wait.    They have lots of snow on the ground up there still.  

Ever have a situation where she needs something like that done and you can get up here give me a shout!  Send me a DM and we can coordinate from there.

[ShawniganLake]

20 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Niño climo going strong

Not the worst ever for southern Vancouver island but not far off

 

 

[Chewbacca Defense]

3 hours ago, Deweydog said:

It ALWAYS trendz north.

Unless you ask Cliff Mass, and in that case the ground trended south.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Temp has been on a rollercoaster today. 

[Tyler Mode]

My neighbor spent a lot of time chipping away ice and snow from the sidewalk yesterday.  I did no shoveling what so ever.  Can you guess which is his?

[Chewbacca Defense]

33 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

there was a story on the news the other day that they're seeing this in younger and younger people (Colon cancer specifically).  they think it's something environmental affecting our food supply but they're not sure what yet.  it's happening in people who are otherwise completely healthy 

My wife's job is going through all of the pathology reports for the area and cataloging cancer findings in the national cancer database.  She said the same thing, cancer is showing up earlier and earlier, though it seems to be breast cancer up here.  A lot of women figuring out they have breast cancer during their pregnancy or when they go to nurse their newborns and there are issues.  She has noticed color cancer as well, but breast cancer is the front runner for our area.

It can be a pretty rough job, particularly when you come across a friend or co-worker.

[Phishy Wx]

still at 29, had about a .10" of freezing rain, but its stopped.

[Chewbacca Defense]

1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I don't know how warm it is where you are, but it still hasn't warmed out of the 30's Fahrenheit from Bellingham north. Pair that with how much snow fell on Wednesday, and there is still a lot of snow and slush around.

Topped out at 40 today.  All of the areas that I shoveled before the snow/ice on Thursday are finally clear as of this afternoon, but otherwise still lots of snow around.

[TT-SEA]

17 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

Ever have a situation where she needs something like that done and you can get up here give me a shout!  Send me a DM and we can coordinate from there.

Thanks man... really appreciated!  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Chewbacca Defense said:

My wife's job is going through all of the pathology reports for the area and cataloging cancer findings in the national cancer database.  She said the same thing, cancer is showing up earlier and earlier, though it seems to be breast cancer up here.  A lot of women figuring out they have breast cancer during their pregnancy or when they go to nurse their newborns and there are issues.  She has noticed color cancer as well, but breast cancer is the front runner for our area.

It can be a pretty rough job, particularly when you come across a friend or co-worker.

Not trying to start an argument, but there was this experimental thing we were all forced to take a few years ago... Biggest regret of my life. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

My 80 year old mother couldn't stand being trapped by snow in her sloped driveway up in Bellingham so she figured out how to use the electric snowblower that my dad bought years ago and cleared her driveway today and then took pics and sent them to me and my sister.  I specifically told her not do that... particularly since there was a layer of ice under the snow.    If it hadn't melted by today then I was going up there tomorrow but she couldn't wait.    They have lots of snow on the ground up there still.  

Sounds like my grandmother. She lived to 97. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Continue to be encouraged by the long range GFS, not a great pattern, but not a terrible one. Hoping for a February/March 2020 type of late winter. 

[TT-SEA]

29 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Temp has been on a rollercoaster today. 

That is pretty crazy.  Don't think I have ever seen anything quite like that here.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

That is pretty crazy.  Don't think I have ever seen anything quite like that here.

It's been pretty weird. 

[sherwoodor]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

there was a story on the news the other day that they're seeing this in younger and younger people (Colon cancer specifically).  they think it's something environmental affecting our food supply but they're not sure what yet.  it's happening in people who are otherwise completely healthy 

reminds me of a quote:

 

"Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans."

-Jacques Yves Cousteau

[ShawniganLake]

20 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Not trying to start an argument, but there was this experimental thing we were all forced to take a few years ago... Biggest regret of my life. 

If that’s your biggest regret then you’re living a good life.  
 

I regret not buying bitcoin like 10 years ago.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

22 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Continue to be encouraged by the long range GFS, not a great pattern, but not a terrible one. Hoping for a February/March 2020 type of late winter. 

I was told it's impossible for cold to be in Canada like gfs shows 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I was told it's impossible for cold to be in Canada like gfs shows 

I was once told we would have significant west coast troughing around June 26, 2021. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I'm looking forward to see what happens if we get a very strong Nina like is shown. 

[Dave]

I ended up with a sub 40 day at 39/31. It probably helped that there is still a decent amount of slushy ice below my thermometer and it doesn't receive any sunshine this time of year. At 8am it was 32 degrees with light rain. No telling what EUG got since it appears to be broken.

[ShawniganLake]

12 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I was once told we would have significant west coast troughing around June 26, 2021. 

Unfortunately Phil’s probably right this time. Canada is going to be a blowtorch south of 60N for the next 2 weeks at least. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, ShawniganLake said:

Unfortunately Phil’s probably right this time. Canada is going to be a blowtorch south of 60N for the next 2 weeks at least. 

You know what they say about broken clocks? 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

The rain is the tears of winter giving up.

[Deweydog]

Vancouver trying to go next level with this year’s version of post-cold snap pothole-apalooza.

https://www.kptv.com/2024/01/21/car-falls-into-sinkhole-downtown-vancouver-intersection/

[Deweydog]

ICON is running

[MossMan]

11 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

ICON is running

I’m holding out for the JMA. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Deweydog said:

ICON is running

Rock Solid

[Deweydog]

4 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I’m holding out for the JMA. 

We always have the Spirograph…

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Deweydog said:

We always have the Spirograph…

Not much talk about the AI models lately. 

[TT-SEA]

Regular raining... nice change of pace.

[Skagit Weather]

With a high of 42F today, it was the first day in 9 days to get above 40F. Not too shabby for January.

What's amazing is that even before any possible torching on the horizon, my average temperature for this January of 34.8F is still warmer than the 34.3F from February 2019. I imagine I'll probably end up a couple degrees warmer than my coldest January in 2017 unless things get really torchy at the end of the month.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

44F with some rain.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

44F with some rain.

Back to BSF.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GFS says California finally scores. 

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

Snowing hard here, temp at 29

 

[Timmy]

2 hours ago, Deweydog said:

ICON is running

Icon looks fine

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

29 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

Snowing hard here, temp at 29

 

How much expected tonight