PNW February 2022 - Winters Last Stand

[TacomaWaWx]

3 years ago today…the 2nd biggest snowstorm in my lifetime began. Ended up with 9.5” of snow going into the next day. Not very exciting today low of 41 degrees. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Very dense fog this morning with a low of 34

[The Blob]

Very foggy morning, but it is letting up a little

[AlTahoe]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah, feels like 2015 on roids. Terrible situation. 

Yep even Jan, Feb 2015 weren't this dry and that was a once in 500 year drought year. 

[seattleweatherguy]

https://theconvergencezone.com/2022/02/07/west-coast-ridging-turns-february-into-a-spring-month/

 

Bad news.

[RentonHill]

12z runs are better. 

[RentonHill]

GEM

[MossMan]

With nothing on the horizon I am downgrading this winter to a B. If we hadn’t had that amazing stretch of weather between Christmas and New Years I would currently have this winter as a D+. 
What an incredibly dull stretch we have been in since 1/2/22.

[ShawniganLake]

Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 10:31 p.m. PST Monday 7 February 2022.

Discussion.

The following areas set or tied a daily maximum temperature record 
on February 7, 2022: 

Cache Creek Area (Ashcroft) 
New record of 13.5 
Old record of 13.2 set in 2015 
Records in this area have been kept since 1944 

Lillooet Area (Lillooet) 
Tied record of 13.9 set in 1941 
Records in this area have been kept since 1917 

Lytton Area (Lytton RCS) 
New record of 14.2 
Old record of 12.0 set in 2015 
Records in this area have been kept since 1921 

Mackenzie Area (Mackenzie Airport Auto) 
New record of 7.0 
Old record of 6.5 set in 1978 
Records in this area have been kept since 1971 

Nakusp Area (Nakusp CS) 
New record of 8.5 
Old record of 7.6 set in 1999 
Records in this area have been kept since 1966 

Nelson Area (Nelson CS) 
New record of 9.6 
Old record of 9.4 set in 1918 
Records in this area have been kept since 1904 

Penticton Area (Penticton A) 
New record of 13.5 
Old record of 11.1 set in 1995 
Records in this area have been kept since 1907 

Salmon Arm Area (Salmon Arm CS) 
New record of 12.9 
Old record of 9.4 set in 1918 
Records in this area have been kept since 1893 

Sechelt Area (Sechelt Aut) 
New record of 12.8 
Old record of 12.5 set in 1998 
Records in this area have been kept since 1956 

Summerland Area (Summerland CS) 
New record of 11.7 
Old record of 10.6 set in 1953 
Records in this area have been kept since 1907 

Vernon Area (Vernon Auto) 
New record of 12.0 
Old record of 8.3 set in 1960 
Records in this area have been kept since 1900 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Time to hit the snooze button for a few days and work on yard projects!

[seattleweatherguy]

46 minutes ago, MossMan said:

With nothing on the horizon I am downgrading this winter to a B. If we hadn’t had that amazing stretch of weather between Christmas and New Years I would currently have this winter as a D+. 
What an incredibly dull stretch we have been in since 1/2/22.

C plus for me. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

12z GFS wasn't awful...

[ShawniganLake]

We still have a good month left up here but it’s hard for me to give a winter anything more than a “B-“ when we’ve only seen 1 event. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I think I'd have to give winter a C at this point. Hard to give it anything less given how good the late December event was. Take away that week and it's an F. 

[Deweydog]

[rsktkr]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

With nothing on the horizon I am downgrading this winter to a B. If we hadn’t had that amazing stretch of weather between Christmas and New Years I would currently have this winter as a D+. 
What an incredibly dull stretch we have been in since 1/2/22.

I give it an F+ even with the good week in December.

When its all said and done, eleven weeks of boredom will overpower one week of fun.

[rsktkr]

Extended is actually looking decent.

Maybe we can extract a tiny bit of joy from this winter before we mercifully take it out back and shoot it.

[RentonHill]

Yesterdays Euro Weekly Control at hr 384. Neat!

 

[BLI snowman]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

With nothing on the horizon I am downgrading this winter to a B. If we hadn’t had that amazing stretch of weather between Christmas and New Years I would currently have this winter as a D+. 
What an incredibly dull stretch we have been in since 1/2/22.

C- for here.

 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Winter still an A here. Not an A+ but still an A.

10" of snow is enough in this location.

[AlTahoe]

31 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

31 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

C- for here.

 

This chart is incredible for the Southern Sierra. 

 

[Phil]

9 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

Won't be feeling that for another two to three months up this way.

Also haven't you said before that March averages more snowfall than December in your area? Crazy to think your winter may just be getting started in a month, right when ours is pretty much over and done with. I checked the NOAA nowdata for your forecast office (Sterling) and y'all have record min highs in the low 20s well into March; this despite being 10° South of Seattle.

Since there are so many paths to dynamic warming here (downsloping, oceanic radiation, enhanced mixing), our winter potential is largely a function of sun angles+the ambient warming they provide over the course of the season. Ironically enough this means that in the right year Seattle can be the first to cash in on those cold air masses from the north in November, while y'all out east are waiting their turn. When we had our cold airmass in late Dec, my house had more snowfall than Boston at that point in the season. Obviously that's changed in a big way, but it's crazy how delayed your seasons are over there.

I guess the trade-off here is that -50°F giga-airmasses are reduced to +23°F highs... 

Yeah March averages more snow than December in the new 1991-2020 averages.

December used to be decent around here, but it’s basically an autumn month now. It’s just gone. Not a single snowflake fell here in December this year, which is becoming increasingly common. March is holding its own, possibly getting a bit snowier. Weird stuff. 

BTW, our winter may peak late but our spring is very short..like 4-6 weeks then it’s right into summer for the next 5 months. At some point the sun angles and warm Gulf Stream/Chesapeake just overwhelms any residual cold advection. 

[TT-SEA]

12Z EPS...

 

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z EPS...

 

How’s the weather in Palm Springs? 

[TT-SEA]

10 minutes ago, MossMan said:

How’s the weather in Palm Springs? 

Thankfully we won't be here for that frigid weather next Tuesday.  

[Phil]

3 hours ago, seattleweatherguy said:

https://theconvergencezone.com/2022/02/07/west-coast-ridging-turns-february-into-a-spring-month/

 

Bad news.

They correctly noted the elephant in the room:

[Phishy Wx]

13 hours ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

 

page 16.   cheers

[MossMan]

15 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Thankfully we won't be here for that frigid weather next Tuesday.  

Looks perfect!! 

[ShawniganLake]

Not much excitement in the ensembles the next 2 weeks. Perhaps we see some seasonal weather later in the month. 

[Phishy Wx]

6 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah, feels like 2015 on roids. Terrible situation. 

I mean I'm already planning to plant citrus and a couple cactuses.  Why not?

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Winter still an A here. Not an A+ but still an A.

10" of snow is enough in this location.

Probably a C- here.  unless things change we'll end the winter at about 60% normal snow at KGEG.  Lowest temp I think has been 1 above.  Hardly any measurable frozen precip in the last 5 weeks.  La Nina, LOL

[TT-SEA]

10 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Looks perfect!! 

Also... this is what shows as partly cloudy for today.   

[Phishy Wx]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Also... this is what shows as partly cloudy for today.   

my brah-n-law has a place in Palm Desert.  might hafta' make a run

[Phil]

33 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Also... this is what shows as partly cloudy for today.   

YuckYuckYuckYuckYuckYuckYuckYuckYuck

 

[Phil]

Replace the palm trees with a mix of conifers and hardwoods. Then it’s ok.

[Phishy Wx]

12 minutes ago, Phil said:

Replace the palm trees with a mix of conifers and hardwoods. Then it’s ok.

too hot

[MossMan]

Memories…

The days before I had a snow plow attachment and it wasn’t long before my driveway was pure ice and I couldn’t make it up even with 4wd so I had to borrow the neighbors tractor to plow it with the front bucket. Oh and yeah my old yard was a wreck from December 2008. 

[ShawniganLake]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Memories…

The days before I had a snow plow attachment and it wasn’t long before my driveway was pure ice and I couldn’t make it up even with 4wd so I had to borrow the neighbors tractor to plow it with the front bucket. Oh and yeah my old yard was a wreck from December 2008. 

Back in the days when our winter’s didn’t suck. 

[Deweydog]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Also... this is what shows as partly cloudy for today.   

[ShawniganLake]

1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

Just saw someone mowing their lawn. It’s over. Moving on to spring.