January 2009 was probably a GOAT candidate up there. Pretty insane mid levels with 850’s around 18c not too far west of the crest.

The longest stretch of cold here in the PDX area was December 1972. Here just west of Portland the temperature didn’t go above freezing for 10 days. 5 days is fine by me, certainly better than nothing.

There's a new GEM now too?? The model overload is real.

Lots can be digested from this. 1) If people complains about a 4-5 day heatwave in the summer from non-hear fans, a 4-5 days cold spell with snow here is considered fantastic for cold and snow lovers. From this post, you made it sound like 4-5 days should be a disappointment. No, it isn’t, which will bring me to the next point. 2) If that GFS solution verifies a 4-5 day cold and snow will have a much longer impact because the snow will not immediately be melted away at day 6 base on your, “but afterwards, you can see where it’s going” — a solution like the GFS will have much longer impact even once the cold and snow departs. 3) In a winter like this one, we’ll take any we can get, February 2019 was another great example of it.