Model riding thoughts Remember, every pattern change, all of the great and memorable events of the past and the ones coming in the future all started with that one model run. When the heck that will take place? Not a clue. No idea. Not even a little. BUT this is why we put ourselves through this insane and demented season of model riding which is mainly torturous. Honestly. We often resort to the, "What ifs", and "If the ridge did this, or that", but alas we wait, and wait, and wait even longer for that moment when that one run finally shows up, then another model camp or ensembles shows a similar pattern progression. We are then tricked into believing it more than any sane person should, but the next day the same progression pops up, and now it's inside day 9'er. The next few days models waffle back-forth on the idea, but our hopes remain. Now we're 5 days out and the models are clearly coming to an agreement for a full on arctic blast, or a back door shot. Moving ahead to 4 days out and the ensembles are looking excellent. Now it's 3 days out and some weenies show up afraid everything falls apart. Ah yeah. It is not for the faint of heart. We keep on ridin' though. Always.

Yes it will.

January 2012 was awesome in north Seattle. We had almost a foot on the ground by the 19th with some well placed convergence zones and consistently cold air. And who can forget the 2' walloping Olympia received on the 17th into the 18th? That event was saturated all the way through, I don't think we cleared out a single day during that event. Awesome for snow, and still a handful of subfreezing highs.

Working on an MS Paint for weather maps. If I can’t live my dreams, then I sure as hell can paint them.