December 2020 Weather Observations for the PNW

[BLI snowman]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I know its cliche, but 2020 has really just completely sucked. Sometimes I think I've handled this year well, sometimes I feel like I'm completely falling apart. Living in 2020 is probably what a normal year felt like like a Century or so ago. But we are not used to it in our modern times. But yeah...From a weather standpoint this year has really sucked a big one too. 

If the next ten years can mimic the 1920s weatherwise then we'll all come out on top.

[Deweydog]

43 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Objectively, 2020 has been one of the more insipid years for weather events in my memory here. Minimal snow, no significant convective events, no significant storms of any kind really (I've only had three days with over 1" rainfall), and for temp extremes it's been severely lacking. PDX has a paltry low of 28 so far this year, which if it holds will be a new "warmest low" (1992 at 27, and that year at least ended with a bunch of snow). 

I think the most noteworthy event of the year here was easily the Labor Day windstorm and the ensuing infernos/smoke fallout. I would go as far to say that that's probably been the only significantly memorable event.

Ready for 2021....

It snowed in March!

And some of those model runs in January were crazy good!

[BLI snowman]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

2015 was pretty unredeemable from a weather standpoint, though our society had not yet completely fallen apart. 

It was pretty bottom-of-the-barrel, but the extreme nature of the warmth that year plus the incessant storminess of that December made it feel a lot more dynamic than this year has felt. And even with all the torching I still managed a number of colder temps than this year has featured.

Only years that "stand out" to me more for their weather dullness here locally are 1999 and 2001. And at least the economy was booming in one of those!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The long range is definitely close. That low looks like its going to cut off and drift toward Hawaii, but instead gets sucked back into the westerlies and kind of screws everything up. The east gets cold at least!

[Deweydog]

We were rewarded with a massive blizzard/Arctic blast on the backside of the last major pandemic......

[Deweydog]

It’s December 14th.

12 years ago snowed but it didn’t snow very much here. Such was the story the rest of the month.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

It snowed about 2.5" in Silverton where I was living on this date 12 years ago. It snowed 5" in Silverton 4 years ago today, though only about 3" up here.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Whatcom special at the end of this run. Also a massive snowstorm on the east coast

[TigerWoodsLibido]

On this date it has never snowed here.

[Deweydog]

12 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It snowed about 2.5" in Silverton where I was living on this date 12 years ago. It snowed 5" in Silverton 4 years ago today, though only about 3" up here.

How’s the puppy???

[Timmy]

2 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

On this date it has never snowed here.

Maybe this is your year!

[FroYoBro]

I can’t wait for Christmas. The model runs are going to be nuts that day! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

4 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

How’s the puppy???

Good. Our Chihuahua passed away over the weekend though :(. A lot of tears.  . She was 10 so not super old, but had heart problems. She was amazing with kids. 

[BLI snowman]

4 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

On this date it has never snowed here.

Eugene definitely had a few inches with that arctic front in 2008. It started late in the evening down there, but it still counts.

[BLI snowman]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Good. Our Chihuahua passed away over the weekend though :(. A lot of tears.  . She was 10 so not super old, but had heart problems. She was amazing with kids. 

  Sorry to hear that. Crap year!!

[jakerepp]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Good. Our Chihuahua passed away over the weekend though :(. A lot of tears.  . She was 10 so not super old, but had heart problems. She was amazing with kids. 

Sorry to hear that....10 is too young for a Chihuahua.

Glad you have a new companion to help through the loss though. 

[Deweydog]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Good. Our Chihuahua passed away over the weekend though :(. A lot of tears.  . She was 10 so not super old, but had heart problems. She was amazing with kids. 

Sorry to hear that. The 2020 vortex is very real.  We lost one of our dogs to a Ruffles potato chip bag of all things back in June.

[OysterPrintout]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Good. Our Chihuahua passed away over the weekend though :(. A lot of tears.  . She was 10 so not super old, but had heart problems. She was amazing with kids. 

Feel ya. Lost our 13 year old westie over the weekend too. Heavy hearts in our apartment.

[MossMan]

23 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

It’s December 14th.

12 years ago snowed but it didn’t snow very much here. Such was the story the rest of the month.

I was under a winter storm watch or warning for most of the time between the 15-the 25th. The 14th only featured a WWA.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
359 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-
TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
359 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY.

THE COMBINATION OF SUB-FREEZING AIR MOVING INTO WESTERN
WASHINGTON FROM THE NORTH AND SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER
LOW WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING.
SHOWERS WILL DECREASE FROM THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON.

WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING... MOISTURE ON ROADS AND
SIDEWALKS COULD TURN TO ICE SO PEOPLE SHOULD EXPECT DIFFICULT
TRAVELING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING ALONG WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES.
 

[MossMan]

9 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Sorry to hear that. The 2020 vortex is very real.  We lost one of our dogs to a Ruffles potato chip bag of all things back in June.

That actually happens a fair amount unfortunately.

[Deweydog]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I was under a winter storm watch or warning for most of the time between the 15-the 25th. The 14th only featured a WWA.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
359 AM PST MON DEC 14 2020
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-
TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
359 AM PST MON DEC 14 2020

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY.

THE COMBINATION OF SUB-FREEZING AIR MOVING INTO WESTERN
WASHINGTON FROM THE NORTH AND SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER
LOW WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING.
SHOWERS WILL DECREASE FROM THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON.

WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING... MOISTURE ON ROADS AND
SIDEWALKS COULD TURN TO ICE SO PEOPLE SHOULD EXPECT DIFFICULT
TRAVELING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING ALONG WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES.
 

Fixed!!!

[Deweydog]

It was 41 degrees at PDX for over 12 hours.

#wildride

[MossMan]

Up to .09” on the day!!! 
42 degrees!!! Who needs a December like 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008 when you can have drizzle!

 

Anyway, 1.31” of rainfall for the month, 55.11” for the year. 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, BLI snowman said:

Objectively, 2020 has been one of the more insipid years for weather events in my memory here. Minimal snow, no significant convective events, no significant storms of any kind really (I've only had three days with over 1" rainfall), and for temp extremes it's been severely lacking. PDX has a paltry low of 28 so far this year, which if it holds will be a new "warmest low" (1992 at 27, and that year at least ended with a bunch of snow). 

I think the most noteworthy event of the year here was easily the Labor Day windstorm and the ensuing infernos/smoke fallout. I would go as far to say that that's probably been the only significantly memorable event.

Ready for 2021....

Exact same story here. Only notable event was that cold blast with snow flurries in mid-May.

Wednesday’s storm might change that equation but it could also bust locally.

[Jesse]

Appears to be some sort of lowland snow event from Eugene south next Tuesday, on the 12Z Euro.

[ShawniganLake]

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

My old house is in the lightest shade of gray!! 

[Requiem]

12 years ago today was a far better time... weather-wise and other.

[Kayla]

That would be something else if Tiger ends up with a white Christmas. 

[BLI snowman]

10 minutes ago, Phil said:

Exact same story here. Only notable event was that cold blast with snow flurries in mid-May.

Wednesday’s storm might change that equation but it could also bust locally.

Gonna be extremely close for you. Could be a situation where IAD has 10" and DCA has 1".

[Jesse]

Just now, Kayla said:

That would be something else if Tiger ends up with a white Christmas. 

Seeing him lose his coveted whining rights would be another great tragedy of this year.

[Meatyorologist]

1 minute ago, Kayla said:

That would be something else if Tiger ends up with a white Christmas. 

That would be great. Hoping he gets his.

[BLI snowman]

9 minutes ago, Jesse said:

Appears to be some sort of lowland snow event from Eugene south next Tuesday, on the 12Z Euro.

Yeah, that anafront scenario has been tossed around on a few runs now. Those setups do seem to favor the south valley a bit more on average (probably owing to the tendency for airmasses and fronts to stall over the higher terrain in SW OR).

[Timmy Supercell]

Sunny today with a low of 16.

Yesterday was just a trace of snow, and was mostly wet. We're in mid-December and I am behind other winters considerably right now.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Wouldn't that be something. 

[High Desert Mat?]

You guys don’t even know how good you have it. I live in Redmond where it’s supposed to snow. I’ve registered a solid 1.5” so far. At least you’re not really supposed to get it. Sucks when the models show no glimmer of hope for Xmas either. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, High Desert Mat? said:

You guys don’t even know how good you have it. I live in Redmond where it’s supposed to snow. I’ve registered a solid 1.5” so far. At least you’re not really supposed to get it. Sucks when the models show no glimmer of hope for Xmas either. 

You could say the same about up here. We probably average more snow annually than Redmond and I've had less than you. Only a sloppy 1/2". 

[Timmy Supercell]

2 minutes ago, High Desert Mat? said:

You guys don’t even know how good you have it. I live in Redmond where it’s supposed to snow. I’ve registered a solid 1.5” so far. At least you’re not really supposed to get it. Sucks when the models show no glimmer of hope for Xmas either. 

You, Andrew and I all live in pretty snowy climates. As of now I think the only places that have performed pretty well are confined mostly to the cascades.

[umadbro]

If Eugene scores like that again this year, I'll vomit. 

[Timmy Supercell]

On 12/14/2019 I would have totaled 12.0".

My current total of 3.5" matches 2018 exactly.