December 2020 Weather Observations for the PNW

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

If we are comparing our winters to Montana then they will never measure up. Western Washington is easily one of the most beautiful places in the country. 

I agree on the beautiful part. I've been all over and the Olympic mountains are the most epic place on earth I've experienced. 

[TacomaWaWx]

4 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

In the big picture there are fewer and fewer storms region wide. Not just talking snow either. The episodes of cold onshore flow has really decreased.  

Winter of 18-19 was probably one of the better ones in recent years. Had 3 big windstorms from late December to early January...very snowy February and early March. One of the more active winters in recent memory. 16-17 was pretty good too with multiple snow events and I think we had a decent windstorm in there at some point. 19-20 really sucked no windstorms and not much snow besides north of Everett but that didn’t even last too long. Still gotta give 20-21 a chance! 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Looking forward to being able to contribute to the forum again.  This has been the busiest last 6 months of my life, been working 12 hours 6 days a week to keep up with our work load. Also our biggest year in sales since we opened in 1989.

[Jesse]

I actually liked the long range 06Z. Consistently chilly, kind of a 2016-17 type look.

[Jesse]

Another very mild morning here with a low of just 43. Currently overcast and 45.

Ended up with a 50/41 day yesterday with widely scattered showers. Pretty dull. Looking forward to some heavy rain at times this weekend followed by the big cool down early next week.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Probably a few 44/28 type days for SLE and EUG next week. SLE's average high so far this month is 49.9, it will briefly go over 50 this weekend, but will hopefully drop back below by the middle of next week. The small victories in our climate...

[Blizzard777]

Windy later on 

Currently 43 and light rain

[Jesse]

14 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The new radar is absolutely crap. It looks like 1985 atari technology. 

I wonder if there is a way to submit a public comment on how much the new radar set up SUCKS? I mean it is our tax dollars that are paying for this crap.

[Jesse]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Probably a few 44/28 type days for SLE and EUG next week. SLE's average high so far this month is 49.9, it will briefly go over 50 this weekend, but will hopefully drop back below by the middle of next week. The small victories in our climate...

Gotta have those small victories. It is possible to enjoy a warming climate still, even for a cold lover. Every day give yourself a little present Andrew. Like that SLE nugget.

[MossMan]

20 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

Looks like just foothills mainly.

I’m almost back to the 3rd shade of grey! 

[Front Ranger]

18 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Looking forward to being able to contribute to the forum again.  This has been the busiest last 6 months of my life, been working 12 hours 6 days a week to keep up with our work load. Also our biggest year in sales since we opened in 1989.

That's awesome. The last 6 months have also been the busiest and most profitable at my business.

Not everything economically has been crushed by the pandemic.

[Jesse]

12z is a stellar run for Cascade and even some foothill snow at times, over the next 7-10 days.

[TacomaWaWx]

Picked up 0.10” so far this morning. 

[Timmy]

The mega block over Greenland keeps trending further north in the long range.  Seems like it is changing a lot.

[Jesse]

1 minute ago, Timmy said:

The mega block over Greenland keeps trending further north in the long range.  Seems like it is changing a lot.

At least it's not trending east...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

12 minutes ago, Jesse said:

12z is a stellar run for Cascade and even some foothill snow at times, over the next 7-10 days.

Are we looking at the same thing? 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Are we looking at the same thing? 

Conflicted reports! 

[Timmy]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Are we looking at the same thing? 

If this 11 day snow map doesn’t scream optimism, I don’t know what does!!!!!!!!

[TacomaWaWx]

Running +2.5 so far this month. Atleast we’re getting decent rainfall. 

[Timmy]

I woke up this morning with 128 new posts overnight. I was hoping for an incredible model shift. Instead it was a bunch of garbage discussion.

[Jesse]

5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Are we looking at the same thing? 

It looks like a pattern where the snow level could dip lower than 2,000 at times. There are more foothills than just your foothills

[Front Ranger]

The dominant feature in all recent model runs by day 10 is a massive -NAO block. Too bad the Pacific is a total mess.

[luminen]

It's gonna be a long winter.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

12 minutes ago, Jesse said:

It looks like a pattern where the snow level could dip lower than 2,000 at times. There are more foothills than just your foothills

Doesn’t look like a great mountain snow pattern over the next 10 days. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

I’m almost back to the 3rd shade of grey! 

More like 50 shades of grey.

[TacomaWaWx]

35 minutes ago, Timmy said:

I woke up this morning with 128 new posts overnight. I was hoping for an incredible model shift. Instead it was a bunch of garbage discussion.

Why even post here if that’s the case? If you’re so much better than us and the discussion why even bother being here right?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

After day 10 it looks like warm rain.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I actually thought the discussion last night was really good. Even really appreciate this more introspective incarnation of Jesse.

[Jesse]

8 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I actually thought the discussion last night was really good. Even really appreciate this more introspective incarnation of Jesse.

Well it’s a more accurate representation of me.

[Front Ranger]

The Canadian tries to go somewhere mildly interesting at day 10. Nothing like the GFS.

[Timmy]

18 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Why even post here if that’s the case? If you’re so much better than us and the discussion why even bother being here right?

I’m not sure how you took that as me implying that I am better than anyone. This is a weather forum, in a thread about current weather when there is a lot of action, often it means weather excitement. This however was not the case and was instead a letdown.  
 

i have been guilty of it plenty, no need to take it personally.

[Jesse]

15 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

After day 10 it looks like warm rain.

I was just basing my comment off of the snow map on pivotal, through day 10. Looked like 40 or so inches over Hood. Run definitely goes to crap after that though, not nearly as good as the long range 06z.

Long range ensembles are about the same though. Wettish and a little below average temp wise.

[Jesse]

2 minutes ago, Timmy said:

I’m not sure how you took that as me implying that I am better than anyone. This is a weather forum, in a thread about current weather when there is a lot of action, often it means weather excitement. This however was not the case and was instead a letdown.  

Self awareness is a beautiful thing.  

[Dave]

Can someone please remove the pinned recommended posts at the top of the thread. They aged like milk.

[BLI snowman]

15 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

After day 10 it looks like warm rain.

Yeah, whole lotta garbage. Looking like a pretty brief 2-3 day window for any freezes the rest of the way this month.

 

[Timmy]

1 minute ago, Jesse said:

Self awareness is a beautiful thing.  

By George, I fink he’s got it

[Timmy Supercell]

Nice froggy morning! 28 degrees.

The ground is very crunchy also.

[TacomaWaWx]

7 minutes ago, Timmy said:

I’m not sure how you took that as me implying that I am better than anyone. This is a weather forum, in a thread about current weather when there is a lot of action, often it means weather excitement. This however was not the case and was instead a letdown.  
 

i have been guilty of it plenty, no need to take it personally.

I don’t take anything personally here. Nobody here even knows my real name...I don’t know most people’s names here either. However I do get annoyed by your need to be a d*ck on here...most of your posts are subtle jabs and put downs and not many posts of actual relevance to the discussion. we’ve already got enough people on here trying to do the same thing your doing already. 

[Timmy]

7 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Yeah, whole lotta garbage. Looking like a pretty brief 2-3 day window for any freezes the rest of the way this month.

 

The GEFS isn’t going to help either

[Timmy]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

I don’t take anything personally here. Nobody here even knows my real name...I don’t know most people’s names here either. However I do get annoyed by your need to be a d*ck on here...most of your posts are subtle jabs and put downs and not many posts of actual relevance to the discussion. we’ve already got enough people on here trying to do the same thing your doing already. 

Thanks for the feedback, I will take this into consideration before I post.