December 2020 Weather Observations for the PNW

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[TacomaWaWx 3579]

30 degrees this morning in Tacoma...also 30 degrees here at my current location in central texas. 

[Tyler Mode 1533]

Extremely happy today features my coldest low temperature of the year.  Equally as disappointed that that temperature is 24.6 degrees

[..... 862]

another day i pop out of bed and look at the maps hoping to see the pacific is shutting down and well.....it aint.

 

if we get anything this winter it will be in march and just a sloppy mess

[..... 862]

[SilverFallsAndrew 13446]

Chilly morning. Clear skies and 28.

[FroYoBro 2480]

28 degrees here on this fine Christmas Eve. It’s a miracle! 

[TT-SEA 1981]

North Bend is the warm spot in the Seattle area... in the low 40s.     I can hear the wind at times.

 

[TT-SEA 1981]

Yesterday morning it was almost 50 degrees in the Twin Cities... this morning its -5 with a NW wind gusting to 30 mph and a windchill of -30 and 8 inches of new snow.    That storm is crossing the entire northern part of the country transforming it to winter.

[TacomaWaWx 3579]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Yesterday morning it was almost 50 degrees in the Twin Cities... this morning its -5 with a NW wind gusting to 30 mph and a windchill of -30 and 8 inches of new snow.    That storm is crossing the entire northern part of the country transforming it to winter.

Wasn’t quite as extreme here in central texas but it impacted the weather down here. Was about 75 mid day and by sunset we had north winds 40-45mph at times and down to about 40 degrees. Wind died down and it hit 30 this morning here. Quite the change as yesterday morning it was in the low 60s. 

[Rubus Leucodermis 1015]

Clear and 24˚F.

[Jginmartini 3378]

28* most the night and currently 31*

Heavy fog rolled in around 3:30 am 

 

[Ray 52]

27 and frosty this morning.  Looks like a beautiful sunrise is coming.  Not too shabby of a day so far.

[Cloud 1144]

Frosty and very dense fog this xmas eve morning. 

[SilverFallsAndrew 13446]

Currently 17 degrees warmer at the fire station 1 mile away. 

[TT-SEA 1981]

No frost on the trees this morning with the wind and dry air... and the snow has been blown off the trees on the ridge.   But the snow in the yard is hard and crunchy and not melting despite a temp of 40.  

[Rubus Leucodermis 1015]

[TheNewCulverJosh 167]

Speaking of the Pacific not shutting down.  Does anyone have a SST map?  How is our friend, the Blob, doing?

[Jesse 8021]

Beautiful Christmas Eve morning. Frosty and 29 degrees after a low of 27.

[TT-SEA 1981]

8 minutes ago, TheNewCulverJosh said:

Speaking of the Pacific not shutting down.  Does anyone have a SST map?  How is our friend, the Blob, doing?

 

[SilverFallsAndrew 13446]

Down to 23 at HIO. 

[The Blob 209]

My one cat got out while I was getting inside this morning. She decided that it was too cold after hopping around the drive way.

[MossMan 9474]

7 hours ago, iFred said:

Well it seems I've pissed the lot of you off with doubting this, but we've or at least I've heard the same song and dance over and over. Unless there is obvious bits that support cold making it and sticking around to this side of the coast then I just don't see a reason to get excited over what will be great pictures from Andrew and Tim. Anyway, its probably time to hand the forum over to someone else.

Phil, check your DMs for the admin password and the ssh keys needed. The forum is on top of a compute instance with performant blockstorage attached and will cost anywhere from 20 to 40 a month depending on bandwidth. Given the direction of our winters, you probably could host the site on a tamagotchi in a couple years.

Hey!! What about my pics!! Like my profile pic from January 2020! Or a pic from February 2019! Or a pic from February 2018! C’MON...Everyone has to be sick of my pics by now!! 

[The Blob 209]

Oh and we had snow 3 years ago in PDX. This is our former apartment. 

[Prairiedog 464]

20 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Steens Mountain is such a magical place. Burns does have some nice neighborhoods. I really appreciate some of those desolate Eastern Oregon towns. Lakeview, Dayville, John Day, Prairie City. We can see the milky way out here.

I used to take 20-30 of my students each summer to Malheur to do some birding and then hike up in the Steens.  Amazing country.  The drive through the high desert through Brothers, Hampton, Millican, and Riley was special.  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder in that stark environment.  We'd find an old dirt road, pull over after a long day fossil hunting at the Painted Hills or the town of Fossil.  we'd just throw out our sleeping bags in the sage brush and listen to the coyotes all night long.  For the city kids it was a rich experience.  No rattlers but lots of black widows!   We'd always flush a few burrowing owls there which was a highlight.  One year on August 12th we got caught in a great snowstorm at Lily Lake at 7k on the Steens.  Never a bad time to sing Christmas carols as that's what we did.  I think we pegged 124 species of birds on that trip. 

[GHweatherChris 2960]

So glad we aren't gonna have a fake white xmas out this way.

[Jginmartini 3378]

44 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

No frost on the trees this morning with the wind and dry air... and the snow has been blown off the trees on the ridge.   But the snow in the yard is hard and crunchy and not melting despite a temp of 40.  

Still holding onto mine in areas.....I might carry some over into Christmas

[Brian_in_Leavenworth 2778]

44 minutes ago, TheNewCulverJosh said:

Speaking of the Pacific not shutting down.  Does anyone have a SST map?  How is our friend, the Blob, doing?

Pretty apparent that the "blob"  which is much weaker than the blob of a few years ago, did not hurt Puget Sound's snow the other day.  A pretty amazing drop of temperature in a short time.  So I think this year's blob is much ado about nothing.

[El_Nina 1184]

Second freeze in a row here this morning with a low of 29. No fog this time. 

 

[MR.SNOWMIZER 5863]

February 19. Take that MossMan. 

[MossMan 9474]

Well it’s not much but I will take it! A white Christmas Eve! Had a low of 28. Currently 32. 

[Jesse 8021]

6 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

Pretty apparent that the "blob"  which is much weaker than the blob of a few years ago, did not hurt Puget Sound's snow the other day.  A pretty amazing drop of temperature in a short time.  So I think this year's blob is much ado about nothing.

It always is.

[TT-SEA 1981]

7 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

February 19. Take that MossMan. 

This was on the night on 2/11/19... and there was another 18 inches that fell after I took this pic.   The snow went through about noon the next day.

 

[MR.SNOWMIZER 5863]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

This was on the night on 2/11... and there was another 18 inches that fell after I took this pic.   The snow went through about noon the next day.

 

It was incredible.  I think my peak depth was 38 inch. 

[MossMan 9474]

3 minutes ago, Jesse said:

It always is.

Cliff will be right with you. 

[MossMan 9474]

12 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

February 19. Take that MossMan. 

December 2008! Bam! 

[Jginmartini 3378]

Mossmen just don’t live up North. Spotted one working here

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/Itasca/headwaters.html

 

[Brian_in_Leavenworth 2778]

9 minutes ago, MossMan said:

December 2008! Bam! 

December 2010

 

[MR.SNOWMIZER 5863]

18 minutes ago, MossMan said:

December 2008! Bam! 

Small.

[jakerepp 718]

24 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

This was on the night on 2/11/19... and there was another 18 inches that fell after I took this pic.   The snow went through about noon the next day.

 

I obviously remember all that happened in my neck of the woods in 2019, but I forgot how buried you were up there. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER 5863]

The 12z looks active and I'm happy to see that! Going to be at cabin from 26th to 3rd. Should be snowing a bit.

[MossMan 9474]

17 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Small.

My Jetta buried! This was the evening of 12/25/08

[TT-SEA 1981]

Beautiful Christmas Eve day...

[Jesse 8021]

22 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The 12z looks active and I'm happy to see that! Going to be at cabin from 26th to 3rd. Should be snowing a bit.

We are staying a few nights in a cabin in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon (outside of Baker City) next week, then will be spending New Years in Dufur. Should be snowy and wintry for all locations.

[SilverFallsAndrew 13446]