September 2024 PNW Weather Discussion

[snow_wizard]

6 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

We had several hours of 18-22F snow during the Arctic front on 12/26/2022

I think that was 2021.  Yes....that one was great here too.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, Phishy Wx said:

twitter going nuts with aurora posts all over the country MS, TX, OK, MN, etc

 

looks like tonight is rivaling the May event in some areas. might have to take a ride in a few.  the May one was incredible here

It will probably just a take a bit to get going here like it did last time.  The moon is going to interfere though.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

30 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

We also didn't have a fall in 2022. Summer to winter and then back to summer.

Our earliest accumulating snow on November 2, 2022 and latest accumulating snow with 1” on April 18, 2023.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

It did appear to still be clear as of a few minutes ago.

[snow_wizard]

7 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Our earliest accumulating snow on November 2, 2022 and latest accumulating snow with 1” on April 18, 2023.

I just wish that winter could have given this area one really good dump.  I had about 10 inches that winter, but it was just a lot of small ones.  At any rate this decade has had no problem dishing out some winter for us.

[the_convergence_zone]

19 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

twitter going nuts with aurora posts all over the country MS, TX, OK, MN, etc

 

looks like tonight is rivaling the May event in some areas. might have to take a ride in a few.  the May one was incredible here

Unfortunately this one has a near-full moon. I tried to go look but that moon plus the city lights makes it impossible to see anything unless things really ramp up. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

22 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

twitter going nuts with aurora posts all over the country MS, TX, OK, MN, etc

 

looks like tonight is rivaling the May event in some areas. might have to take a ride in a few.  the May one was incredible here

Full moon. Storm is 25% of May 10th. Not even in the ball park. 

[Phishy Wx]

[Phishy Wx]

caught some faint green hue in my driveway.  going out again before bed later

[Cold Snap]

26 minutes ago, Jbolin said:

Monroe Correctional I assume?

Yeah that one.

[Phishy Wx]

dude in town here

[Meatyorologist]

23 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I think that was 2021.  Yes....that one was great here too.

Yes, you are right. Time passes in a flash. Oh the horrors!

[Cold Snap]

Some high clouds are starting to get in the way.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

7 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

May 10th was -300+

[Phishy Wx]

Edmonds, WA

 

 

 

[snow_wizard]

All of the troughs on the 0z GFS look very clipperesque.  Much drier than earlier runs, but plenty of cool shots.

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

Edmonds, WA

 

 

 

The moon is really washing it out.

[Phishy Wx]

NWS Spokane office shot

 

 

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Nothing visible here. Too much light pollution.

[SouthHillFrosty]

1 hour ago, snow_wizard said:

I think that was 2021.  Yes....that one was great here too.

Been disappointing down here the last 4ish winters. We have had only snowstorm more than 4in since the great 2019 winter. We are due. I think the last good south puget sound snowstorm was in Feb 2017.  

Edited September 17 by SouthHillFrosty

[Cold Snap]

5 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Been disappointing down here the last 4ish winters. We have had only snowstorm more than 4in since the great 2019 winter. We are due. I think the last good south puget sound snowstorm was in Feb 2017.  

It was also good for the central sound too. Power went out here from that one. Kind of surprised it didn’t go out from the snow it Nov 2022. The snow was even more we and heavy than it was in the 2017 event.

[SouthHillFrosty]

2 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

It was also good for the central sound too. Power went out here from that one. Kind of surprised it didn’t go out from the snow it Nov 2022. The snow was even more we and heavy than it was in the 2017 event.

How much you get in Nov 2022? The most we had out here was like 3.5-4in but it turned to rain towards the end and the melting was on If I remember correctly. Feb 2017 was epic in South Hill. School was cancelled for almost a week with a foot of snow on the ground made for an epic senior year.

[Cold Snap]

22 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

How much you get in Nov 2022? The most we had out here was like 3.5-4in but it turned to rain towards the end and the melting was on If I remember correctly. Feb 2017 was epic in South Hill. School was cancelled for almost a week with a foot of snow on the ground made for an epic senior year.

7 inches surprisingly. I think the cold east winds through the snoqualmie gap are what kept the precip as snow the entire time and the precip rate. A lot of the snow fell at 33 degrees.

[High Desert Mat?]

2 hours ago, iFred said:

What a crap winter.

Weren’t you like 11 or something? 

[SouthHillFrosty]

17 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

7 inches surprisingly. I think the cold east winds through the snoqualmie gap are what kept the precip as snow the entire time and the precip rate. A lot of the snow fell at 33 degrees.

Yea that's awesome man! I am working like crazy rn to save up to buy a piece of land anywhere but this anti snowzone here lol.I wanna do North Bend, Hood Canal or Oly. Duvall is also on the short list since I believe it gets up to 800 feet on the higher hills out there (correct me if I am wrong lol). 

Edited September 17 by SouthHillFrosty

[ShawniganLake]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Our earliest accumulating snow on November 2, 2022 and latest accumulating snow with 1” on April 18, 2023.

That was a crazy good season.  So many snow opportunities. I had accumulating snow on 25 days. Totalling 58.5”. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

57 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

That was a crazy good season.  So many snow opportunities. I had accumulating snow on 25 days. Totalling 58.5”. 

We really missed out in 2022-23 here. EUG even did way better than Springfield. We had a bunch of traces but that was it. Nothing that even made it to morning.

[kokaneekidz]

Just gorgeous Aurora Northern LightsIMG_20240917_012718.heicIMG_20240917_012718.heic

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[iFred]

Drove to Ross Lake, a two hour jaunt from my place. A band of clouds and haze really occluded everything and I later found out that I most likely missed the good stuff. Two hours back and it’s a bust for me.

10 second exposure.

[Cold Snap]

4 hours ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Yea that's awesome man! I am working like crazy rn to save up to buy a piece of land anywhere but this anti snowzone here lol.I wanna do North Bend, Hood Canal or Oly. Duvall is also on the short list since I believe it gets up to 800 feet on the higher hills out there (correct me if I am wrong lol). 

Yeah it does get to 800 feet. Lake Margaret is that elevation. There’s times where it’s a rain/snow mix here at 400 feet and then it will be sticking snow up there. I’ve heard that hill going up there can be treacherous during snow events though.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like September ends up a dry and warm month overall. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

CFS continues to look stellar for January. 

[RentonHill]

Almost ALERT time

[MossMan]

1 hour ago, RentonHill said:

Almost ALERT time

Looks like Moses Lake would be the place to be on October 3rd. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Interesting despite the dry and near record warm weather the lawn has been greening up nicely. We had a good watering regime this summer, and the sprinkling of light rain and clouds here and there has performed miraculous signs and wonders. 

[Phishy Wx]

38 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Looks like Moses Lake would be the place to be on October 3rd. 

was there this past weekend, closest hotels to The Gorge (went to a concert Saturday night at The Gorge). Moses Lake is a dump, what a depressing place

[TigerWoodsLibido]

2 hours ago, RentonHill said:

Almost ALERT time

Looking pretty warm here. Looks like a pretty sharp N/S gradient possibly developing?

[MossMan]

7 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

was there this past weekend, closest hotels to The Gorge (went to a concert Saturday night at The Gorge). Moses Lake is a dump, what a depressing place

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard!! 

Yeah the town of Moses Lake is depressing. However when my mom still lived on the lake she lived up north and well away from town so it was lovely there. Fun lake to jetski on as well since it’s large with lots of nooks and cranny’s to explore on the water. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

8 hours ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Yea that's awesome man! I am working like crazy rn to save up to buy a piece of land anywhere but this anti snowzone here lol.I wanna do North Bend, Hood Canal or Oly. Duvall is also on the short list since I believe it gets up to 800 feet on the higher hills out there (correct me if I am wrong lol). 

When I moved to Vancouver I did some research on what parts of the city got the most snow and let that influence (not guide, influence, there were still other factors influencing my choice) my decision of which neighborhood to move into. I haven’t regretted it. Every year since I moved in there have been days with a thick blanket of white IMBY and mostly bare ground in and around Downtown.

I could have gotten even more snow if I was willing to have a somewhat longer commute. Sometimes I still fantasize about living on Burnaby Mountain (elevation 1,200 feet, and yes, there is a residential area up on top of it). Life is always about compromise.

[Omegaraptor]

10 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

was there this past weekend, closest hotels to The Gorge (went to a concert Saturday night at The Gorge). Moses Lake is a dump, what a depressing place

Moses Lake is an alright vacation destination, although Pasco and Redding still reign supreme for best vacation destinations in the region.