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October 2020 Weather Observations for the PNW


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6 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I'm just commenting on his endless streak of 60 degree days.  We have had a lot of 50s here and today it was only 47.  At least the diff between here and Eugene has been pretty enormous judging by what he's been talking about.

I believe average highs are in the 60s down here still. And Tiger is always going to play up his warmth as much as possible. I’m betting the Eugene area was colder than either of our places the last two mornings. They just had back to back freezes.

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I wanted to comment on the post I saw about us not wanting a 1988-89 type winter in the current era.  What does that even mean?  In actuality 1988 and 1942 have a lot going for them as analogs and both had similar top tier cold outbreaks.  One difference is the October cold snap this year is more impressive than either of those years.  Other than that there a lot of similar context.

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Death To Warm Anomalies!

 

Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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I gotta go with Jesse in this debate. The warmth has been regional. Not north/south.  Everyone has been significantly above normal. Eugene does have a greater positive departure than Seattle, but they are running pretty close to PDX, and Salem has run slightly closer to average than any of them. 

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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This is worth noting.

The Dalles has ENE 40mph

Hood River meanwhile WNW 29mph. I've never seen this before with gusty winds seeming colliding with each other over such a short distance 23 miles and such a sharp, defined wind shift like this. That's fancy stuff. Pure weather geek porn.

6z GFS in 46 minutes

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4 minutes ago, DJ Droppin said:

2 AM Decent pressure rises as The Dalles now as the PDX-DLS gradient is about to switch easterly. C'MON!!!! The fact I'm tracking east winds and CAA pre-Halloween is awesome and makes me anxious cannot wait for the Winter ahead!

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You're right to be excited.  I'm pretty thrilled by this pattern and what we have had the past few days also.  Pretty interesting to note the EPS now shows the PNA remaining low through the remainder of the month.  -2 or below much of the time.  Impressively there are now many places in the north interior of WA that are in the mid 30s due to entirely to CAA.  I've never seen this so early in the season.  I can't comprehend how some people are so unimpressed by it.

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Death To Warm Anomalies!

 

Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

You're right to be excited.  I'm pretty thrilled by this pattern and what we have had the past few days also.  Pretty interesting to note the EPS now shows the PNA remaining low through the remainder of the month.  -2 or below much of the time.  Impressively there are now many places in the north interior of WA that are in the mid 30s due to entirely to CAA.  I've never seen this so early in the season.  I can't comprehend how some people are so unimpressed by it.

Most definitely. I may stay up working on music until the east wind develops. I've also talked to Old Man Winter about just going ahead and backing the ridge offshore merging with the Aleutian ridge. He was grumpy, so not sure how well he received my request.

 

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Snowiest October on record in the Twin Cities.   The Halloween blizzard in 1991 started on Halloween evening... another 2-3 feet of snow fell on November 1st.

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**REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED**

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11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Snowiest October on record in the Twin Cities.   The Halloween blizzard in 1991 started on Halloween evening... another 2-3 feet of snow fell on November 1st.

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Snow on pumpkins! My profile picture came true. 
 

Genius long range forecaster. 

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Looks like a super chilly morning out in W. Oregon! 

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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17 minutes ago, Kayla said:

Snowiest October day on record in Missoula and it's still snowing. 20" fell last night in Helena.

Posted this in the Intermountain thread but this historic storm and cold is too awesome not to share with you all.

10" overnight and still snowing heavily. Currently 11 degrees.

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What a underwhelming airmass 

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28 minutes ago, Kayla said:

Snowiest October day on record in Missoula and it's still snowing. 20" fell last night in Helena.

Posted this in the Intermountain thread but this historic storm and cold is too awesome not to share with you all.

10" overnight and still snowing heavily. Currently 11 degrees.

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Cold pics!

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**REPORTED CONDITIONS AND ANOMALIES ARE NOT MEANT TO IMPLY ANYTHING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED**

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Temp of 37, dewpoint of 23 this morning and definitely some gusty winds blowing out there this morning.  Looks like the peak we've had so far is 21mph, but we are on the fringes of the main "blast zone" of the Frazier outflow winds, so I'm sure its a lot stronger to my N-NW

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Dropped to 30F here. Looks to be a stunningly beautiful day.

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Home Wx Station Stats (Since January 2008):

Max Temp: 96.3F (2009)   Min Temp: 2.0F (2008)   Max Wind Gust: 45 mph (2018, 2021)   Wettest Day: 2.34 (11/4/22)   Avg Yearly Precip: 37"   10yr Avg Snow: 8.0"

Snowfall Totals

'08-09: 30" | '09-10: 0.5" | '10-11: 21" | '11-12: 9.5" | '12-13: 0.2" | '13-14: 6.2" | '14-15: 0.0" | '15-16: 0.25"| '16-17: 8.0" | '17-18: 0.9"| '18-19: 11.5" | '19-20: 11" | '20-21: 10.5" | '21-22: 21.75" | '22-23: 10.0" 

2023-24: 7.0" (1/17: 3", 1/18: 1.5", 2/26: 0.5", 3/4: 2.0", Flakes: 1/11, 1/16)

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16 minutes ago, jakeinthevalley said:

Uhh, Dodgers won game 1 this year?

Dodgers lead in the World Series for the first time since Tuesday!

Home Weather Station Stats for 2023

High - Satans Bunghole

Lowest High - Not sure

Low - I don't have the data

Sub 40 highs - Not quite

Sub-freezing highs - Try again

Lows below 25 - You're joking

Lows below 20 - No

2023 Snowfall - LOL

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