PNW Weather Discussion - December to Remember 2025

[ShawniganLake]

[Positive PNA Enjoyoor]

19/snow

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

who told you?

[antipex]

Snowing hard and 29. Should pick up another inch at least. Roads are super icy… will be messy in the morning.

[Positive PNA Enjoyoor]

3 minutes ago, antipex said:

Snowing hard and 29. Should pick up another inch at least. Roads are super icy… will be messy in the morning.

NICE!  

[Phishy Wx]

11 minutes ago, antipex said:

Snowing hard and 29. Should pick up another inch at least. Roads are super icy… will be messy in the morning.

started dumping here again too,  spending my night on the Spokane traffic cams site like a good nerd

 

https://www.srtmc.org/@-117.56045,47.70224,10?show=travelImpacts,roadwork,normalCameras,trafficSpeeds

[Phishy Wx]

these bands are pivoting through so fast though,  couple hours and gone.  looks like more upstream in Canada for late night after midnight

[AuburnWx]

This isn’t meant to be a negative post by any means, so please don’t take it that way! I think at some point you just get tired of tracking all of this year in and year out, especially anything beyond 5 days.

I feel like this year may be finally the year for me. The winter burnout is real and that passion is waning a bit. Thanks y’all for continuing to do the hard work, keep at it with the optimism and let’s hope we get the goodies sooner than later! 

[Phishy Wx]

pretty much done for now unless we get some back building, put down close to another 1"

[Slade]

1 minute ago, Cloud said:

This isn’t meant to be a negative post by any means, so please don’t take it that way! I think at some point you just get tired of tracking all of this year in and year out, especially anything beyond 5 days.

I feel like this year may be finally the year for me. The winter burnout is real and that passion is waning a bit. Thanks y’all for continuing to do the hard work, keep at it with the optimism and let’s hope we get the goodies sooner than later! 

I didnt realize this was an option

[SpaceRace22]

NO Arctic air in WA through hour 60 on the GFS. Ugh

[SpaceRace22]

2 minutes ago, Cloud said:

This isn’t meant to be a negative post by any means, so please don’t take it that way! I think at some point you just get tired of tracking all of this year in and year out, especially anything beyond 5 days.

I feel like this year may be finally the year for me. The winter burnout is real and that passion is waning a bit. Thanks y’all for continuing to do the hard work, keep at it with the optimism and let’s hope we get the goodies sooner than later! 

Screw that I prefer to agonize over every excruciating detail of every single frame on the GFS through hour 384.

[snostorm21]

6 minutes ago, Cloud said:

This isn’t meant to be a negative post by any means, so please don’t take it that way! I think at some point you just get tired of tracking all of this year in and year out, especially anything beyond 5 days.

I feel like this year may be finally the year for me. The winter burnout is real and that passion is waning a bit. Thanks y’all for continuing to do the hard work, keep at it with the optimism and let’s hope we get the goodies sooner than later! 

Oh thats sad to hear, I fear if this winter isn’t historically good for us, a lot of people here may also decide to step back.

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

Jim ain’t here and it’s December…

[MossMan]

15 minutes ago, Cloud said:

This isn’t meant to be a negative post by any means, so please don’t take it that way! I think at some point you just get tired of tracking all of this year in and year out, especially anything beyond 5 days.

I feel like this year may be finally the year for me. The winter burnout is real and that passion is waning a bit. Thanks y’all for continuing to do the hard work, keep at it with the optimism and let’s hope we get the goodies sooner than later! 

I cannot compute this…I hope to be in my 90’s and still freaking out (good and bad) when it comes to model/forum riding just like I have for the last 20+ years and before that watching every weather segment and listening to the weather radio waiting for that voice to say “6-10 day outlook calls for much below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation” 

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

20 minutes ago, Cloud said:

This isn’t meant to be a negative post by any means, so please don’t take it that way! I think at some point you just get tired of tracking all of this year in and year out, especially anything beyond 5 days.

I feel like this year may be finally the year for me. The winter burnout is real and that passion is waning a bit. Thanks y’all for continuing to do the hard work, keep at it with the optimism and let’s hope we get the goodies sooner than later! 

It burns you out quick if you take anything more than a week out seriously and it ain’t real until about 2-3 days out. 

[AuburnWx]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I cannot compute this…I hope to be in my 90’s and still freaking out (good and bad) when it comes to model/forum riding just like I have for the last 20+ years and before that watching every weather segment and listening to the weather radio waiting for that voice to say “6-10 day outlook calls for much below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation” 

Man, I legit miss those days. Before the forums, I glued myself to TWC. I took a glimpse of it the other day and not more than 5 mins after, I turned my attention to finishing up the Christmas lightings. I honestly can’t even find myself looking at the models these days. Miss the good ol’ 90s days. 

[SpaceRace22]

13 minutes ago, KeyPeninsula_Wx said:

It burns you out quick if you take anything more than a week out seriously and it ain’t real until about 2-3 days out. 

Hard disagree. I live for the long range when exciting events first start to get some hints in the models. That first moment around day 8-10 when the models all start to snap into agreement on a big event makes every shitty run worth it x10. For me, literally 90% of the fun is the model riding, and only 10% is from the actual event.

You just have to learn to not take the many inevitable failures too hard. Always hold out hope and optimism, but gotta let go of the doom and gloom asap when goes south. Long range chances evaporating used to bother me a lot more, but lately I've learned to (usually) just move on and not care when a rug gets pulled. The faster you can drop the disappointment, forget it even happened, and start looking toward the next opportunity, the better.

Another key is to check out entirely when things get boring, or if the disappointments are getting to be too much. I, like many others, tend to post on here a lot less in the off season for that reason. It gives me the energy to autistically obsess during times like these when the models are starting to flirt with possibilities.

[LowerGarfield]

My wife and son both said they saw a few flakes this afternoon.  I have seen a few this evening but no stickage.

[MV_snow]

16 minutes ago, KeyPeninsula_Wx said:

Jim ain’t here and it’s December…

Not looking good, but I won’t give up hope completely until we are within a few days of a potential big event and he’s still not back.

[snostorm21]

11 minutes ago, KeyPeninsula_Wx said:

Jim ain’t here and it’s December…

Yes and interestingly, this also happened in 1950 and 1968. ANALOG??

[MV_snow]

The models giveth and taketh 10 days out. In the meantime, I’m happy for a couple of sub-freezing mornings here and what looks to be a decent mountain snow pattern later this week. Hopefully next week’s AR’s come in a little cooler than modeled to avoid nuking the snowpack.

[MossMan]

11 minutes ago, KeyPeninsula_Wx said:

It burns you out quick if you take anything more than a week out seriously and it ain’t real until about 2-3 days out. 

But it’s the best feeling in the world when the first flakes start to fly knowing you are about to get hammered! Makes it worth every second! 

[MikeInEverett]

7 minutes ago, SpaceRace22 said:

Hard disagree. I live for the long range when exciting events first start to get some hints in the models. That first moment around day 8-10 when the models all start to snap into agreement on a big event makes every shitty run worth it x10. For me, literally 90% of the fun is the model riding, and only 10% is from the actual event.

You just have to learn to not take the many inevitable failures too hard. Always hold out hope and optimism, but gotta let go of the doom and gloom asap when goes south. Long range chances evaporating used to bother me a lot more, but lately I've learned to (usually) just move on and not care when a rug gets pulled. The faster you can drop the disappointment, forget it even happened, and start looking toward the next opportunity, the better.

Another key is to check out entirely when things get boring, or if the disappointments are getting to be too much. I, like many others, tend to post on here a lot less in the off season for that reason. It gives me the energy to autistically obsess during times like these when the models are starting to flirt with possibilities.

I agree with this take SO HARD. Model riding especially in those winters where it’s almost nonstop (like ‘22-23) makes life a lot more fun during these dark dreary months. Model riding in the winter is basically my equivalent of the Mariners in the spring / summer, they both drive my wife equally crazy (in a loving way). The fun of imagining if that insane GFS run were to verify and seeing the models start to agree on a potential arctic blast 7-10 days out like you mentioned hits so hard. It’s worth the disappointment of the eventual rug pull / water down, because sometimes these events do play out in an epic way that makes all of this worth it.

[Positive PNA Enjoyoor]

Can't ski or sled on top of the 360hr euro.  Snow > model riding.  

[WestCoastWX]

10 hours ago, ShawniganLake said:

For a first post on here, this is good stuff. Welcome! 

Thankyou (: 

[Deweydog]

10 minutes ago, Positive PNA Enjoyoor said:

Can't ski or sled on the 360hr euro.  Snow > model riding.  

You can sled on a waffle though. And models waffle all da time. 

[snostorm21]

5 minutes ago, WestCoastWX said:

Thankyou (: 

Welcome to the forums!! You’re sure you aren’t Phil right lol.

[Deweydog]

Released 36 years ago TODAY! 

[crf450ish]

[MossMan]

Quite the heavy shower pounding on the roof at the moment. 

[Doinko]

GFS gets there at the end

[Poulsbo Snowman]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

GFS gets there at the end

LOL.  It always does.

[Snownerd3000]

29 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Released 36 years ago TODAY! 

Maybe my favorite Christmas. 

[Slushy Inch]

AI 

[Edmonds Husky]

Just now, Slushy Inch said:

AI 

Three for three… and a reload at the end

[smerfylicious]

Speaking of...where's Phil at nowadays?

[SouthHillFrosty]

1 hour ago, Cloud said:

This isn’t meant to be a negative post by any means, so please don’t take it that way! I think at some point you just get tired of tracking all of this year in and year out, especially anything beyond 5 days.

I feel like this year may be finally the year for me. The winter burnout is real and that passion is waning a bit. Thanks y’all for continuing to do the hard work, keep at it with the optimism and let’s hope we get the goodies sooner than later! 

Dawg, didn’t you move into my area? Welcome to the snow hell’. Haven’t had 4 inches in a snowstorm since like 21 I think. 

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

 

[Kolk1604]

Looks like Canada has been having better runs. 

00z GEM