PNW January 2022, Contact Info for Phil

[Cloud]

So the potential for the second week or possibly 3rd week of January looks fantastic. Base off of various ensemble runs and the GFS op runs continues to show the block retrograde back to GoA in the LR, this looks to set the table for arctic air to move back to us after the fake cold. Can't really ask for anything better if you're a cold fan. An exciting January on tap. 

[RayRay]

3 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Happy New Year. The first crime of 2022 was just committed here with some guys shooting illegal fireworks.

we did firecra-ckers here illeg-ally brought from japan in a large shi-pment

[RayRay]

temp slowly rising here...

[The Winter Warlock]

I for one welcome drowning in snow.

[Meatyorologist]

Goodbye 2021. Worst year of my life no doubt, but I'm a better and tougher person for it.

Welcome 2022. I have a feeling you may not be so putrid. Though I've got to say, the bar has been set pathetically low...

Cheers y'all, whishing every single one of you happiness and good health this year. As for January.... it's coming.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 hour ago, DJ Droppin said:

6z same progression as previous runs. After day 7 big ridge develops over us. Inversions strengthens, low level cold pool develops and intensifies quickly with big time east winds.

It's almost a carbon copy of what happened in January 2013. Clipper with a shot of cold air, and then the inversion. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 hour ago, DJ Droppin said:

La Grande hit -18? No way!

As far as I can tell looking at their current station and the defunct station that went 1948-1965, it is tied with 12/23/1983 as the 2nd coldest temp in the 1948-present period of record, and within reach of the -20 from January 1950. You have to remember that area is very windy and they almost never decouple, which is why their record lows are so mild when compared to Baker City. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

-17 at Burns, OR

[Tyler Mode]

18 degrees here, not quite a record but close.  A few high clouds now.

[Brennan]

6*F Hit here at BLI for a moment before jumping up to 19*. Coldest low of the snap. Impressive streak of temps here. 
From 12/25-12-31 BLI averaged 24.3* high and 12.1* low with stand out lows of 9,7 and 6*f. Puke on them for not measuring snow. I think they probably would have totaled around 16” at the airport. Parents place near Lake Whatcom had 20” total. 

[snow maniac]

Low of 13 this morning, up to 18 now.

[Everleigh]

We got down to 15.6* last night. So, I was wrong about not getting below 16.3*, which was our previous lowest low this last week.  Now, can I be wrong about getting rain instead of snow, Sunday/Monday too? Cause that would be swell.  

[Ray]

Good morning and happy new year!  Love that 2021 ended and 2022 started with so much beautiful snow on the ground.  Hopefully it is a hint of good times ahead.  We had a low of 19 this morning and now up to 21.  

[MossMan]

Up to 22 and my roof is leaking! 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Up to 22 and my roof is leaking! 

Welcome to the wonderful world of ice dams!

[TT-SEA]

Looks like it stayed in the 20s here... it cloudy and 23 here now and 25 in North Bend.

[Bryant]

GFS really is on its own for the most part regarding tomorrow night. Would be nice to see the Euro show more potential in the coming runs

[Timmy Supercell]

Klamath Falls had -1 this morning, first time in 2 years they hit below zero. Last winter the minimum was 8. lol

The record is -10 for January 1st in 2016 though (old record -3 in 1988). 

[MossMan]

51 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Welcome to the wonderful world of ice dams!

I wonder if we went with a metal roof and pumped in a little more insulation if that would eliminate this ice damming issue. Well I’m about to go out now that it’s getting light enough and start chipping away at the ice. 

[Jginmartini]

Reached 16* at 1:50am……then the clouds moved in. Now up to 24* 

2021 snow will begin to melt in my rain collector and mess up my data from the get go   

 

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

4 hours ago, RayRay said:

we did firecra-ckers here illeg-ally brought from japan in a large shi-pment

Say Hi to your brotha Pookie for me.

[FroYoBro]

Made it to 20 for a low. Now 22 with some clouds. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

13 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I wonder if we went with a metal roof and pumped in a little more insulation if that would eliminate this ice damming issue. Well I’m about to go out now that it’s getting light enough and start chipping away at the ice. 

Next time you visit some place like Roslyn or Leavenworth, pay attention to the roofing materials. Typically metal. Snow and ice tend to naturally slide off before they build up to ridiculous levels.

Biggest problem with metal on the West Side is that falling branches tend to poke holes in it.

[Ray]

19 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I wonder if we went with a metal roof and pumped in a little more insulation if that would eliminate this ice damming issue. Well I’m about to go out now that it’s getting light enough and start chipping away at the ice. 

A less expensive option might be to check out Gutter Helmet.  Not sure if this would address your exact problem but it looks like it will reduce the chance of ice damming to me.

 

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[SilverFallsAndrew]

La Grande appears to have set their all-time low. Looks like they hit -22, breaking the record of -20 from 1/31/1950. Amazing. 

[LowerGarfield]

I passed out asleep when putting my son to bed about 9pm. My neighbor posted their square weather station device showing negative temps right before I fell asleep. This am it is 3 degrees. Happy New Year!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like we hit 19 this morning. First low in the teens since March 2019, an embarrassingly long stretch.

[Eujunga]

Low of 30º here in the South Willamette Valley hilltop banana belt.

Reporting this so everyone else will feel better about whatever low temp they scored.

Best to you in 2022!

[snow maniac]

My official low was 13.1 before the clouds rolled in, now up to 22

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

We were 17 below at 9pm headed for a record but the clouds rolled in and we stayed at about minus 15. BTW I'd bet the 5 at bremerton is suspect, when I get home if I didn't get down to 9 or 10 then the bremerton reading is definitely suspect.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I'm always within a few degrees of bremerton Airport for lows. I have 3 weather stations lol.

[Randyc321]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

I wonder if we went with a metal roof and pumped in a little more insulation if that would eliminate this ice damming issue. Well I’m about to go out now that it’s getting light enough and start chipping away at the ice. 

Pics or it didn't happen!  Good luck.

[jakerepp]

My parents got down to -2. 

-9 in Kuna, Idaho this morning!

[Prairiedog]

23f and a nice sunrise.  Looks like we best enjoy the sun and cold today as it looks pretty wet and more normal temps most of the week here.  Rivers are going to blow so no steelhead fishing to start the New Years.  Clackamas R at 12' headed to over 16'.  Sandy River at 9' headed to probably over 12' and I think those are conservative values.  Will depend on where the FL ends up.  These aren't flood stage levels but they're gonna pop pretty good.  Just glad it's not an AR.  Lot of low and mid level snow. 

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Next time you visit some place like Roslyn or Leavenworth, pay attention to the roofing materials. Typically metal. Snow and ice tend to naturally slide off before they build up to ridiculous levels.

Biggest problem with metal on the West Side is that falling branches tend to poke holes in it.

Many places here in Leavenworth have snow guards to prevent sliding and protect the roof.  It also prevents enormous piles of snow from accumulating underneath, which can pile so high that it reaches the underneath of the roof and takes forever to melt in the spring.

Our building codes require that roofs can handle large snow loads so no worries that the roof can collapse.

It also is more asthetically pleasing.

[jakerepp]

1 minute ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

Many places here in Leavenworth have snow guards to prevent sliding and protect the roof.  It also prevents enormous piles of snow from accumulating underneath, which can pile so high that it reaches the underneath of the roof and takes forever to melt in the spring.

Our building codes require that roofs can handle large snow loads so no worries that the roof can collapse.

It also is more asthetically pleasing.

Do you have a picture of these snowguards without snow on them?

[puzzledknitter]

2 hours ago, MossMan said:

Up to 22 and my roof is leaking! 

Right there with ya. Looks like the pervious owners didn't disclose the issue when we bought it. I can see now where it's happened before on the inside wall of the bathroom. 

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

16 minutes ago, jakerepp said:

Do you have a picture of these snowguards without snow on them?

First is a house with a metal roof where the snow slides, illustrating my point about how it piles up. And note another slide was imminent when I took the picture.  Not my house, I work at that house but don't live there.

Next 2 are my house.  Different kind of guards over my garage than the house they were installed at different times.

 

 

 

 

 

[TT-SEA]

Facebook popped up with this memory from 1/1/2017... looks similar to today.  

[hawkstwelve]

Got down to a low of 14.9 after a 31/15 spread yesterday.

5 of the past 6 days had highs below freezing with two of those days having low temps in the teens. Still think we could have had a bit better luck on the low temps but overall, pretty impressive stretch. 

[RentonHillTC]

Fun times ahead this week

[Winterdog]

My low was 10.7 and it occurred at 12:30am.  High clouds moved in, otherwise I'm sure I would have been near 5 degrees or possibly lower.  Currently 21.5, calm and cloudy.  I loved the weather this past year, with the exception of late June, but the year itself was the worst ever for me and I thought having a worse year than 2020 would be impossible.  I pray this year will be a great blessing to all of us.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Happy 2022 everyone. Got down to 21 overnight some wind kept things a little mixed out here. Not as cold as I was expecting but at least not as pathetic as the 25 at PDX

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looks like Hood River hit 5F this morning 

[seattleweatherguy]

Happy new year to all 

got to 18 last night

[KingstonWX]

Happy New Year everyone! What are everyone's thoughts on scouring out the cold air? Models and mets seem (mostly) insistent that we will be well above freezing when precip arrives, but that seems dicey at best to me, especially given my anecdotal experiences in the past. Thoughts?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GFS showing enough to keep things interesting. 

[Phil]

@Timmy_SupercellRiding the WF. Maybe one of these will latch. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Low of 20 this morning in Tacoma. 

[Skagit Weather]

This morning was actually the warmest morning of the whole event here. I was down to 16F at 6 pm last night, but then hovered in the mid 20s for the rest of the night with the clouds.