February

Imagine this sounding over Everett, with a rapidly bombing low strengthening in place off the mouth of the Chehalis, shoving north a hot, moist LLJ, smacking squarely into a stalled arctic boundary anchored right over the city of Seattle. Heights are exploding over AK and the reload of all reloads is phasing into and riding around the western periphery of our trough, currently entering Ketchikan. It's dark under the storm at 3pm and already growing darker. Ten inches of snow lay on the ground, well ahead of forecast, and both KATX and KLGX are lit up like Christmas trees. The NWS is losing their game of catch-up, now correcting their position to an additional 2-3'. But just one peek at satellite tells you that even those estimates are still too low. The 18z Euro just came in, and it's plopping down another 2' with the reload in 36 hours, followed by endless sunny weather and highs below 10, lows dipping into all time record territory well below zero. You become aware of a soft pressure on your face. Your blizzard view out the living room window fades away with each light tap of the nose, the scene growing blurry and dim. You awake to two cat paws massaging your eyes. You set the beast aside to her rightful quarters and draw your glance to your bedroom window; the trees are brown, the ground is brown, everything is brown. Your mom opens your bedroom door and laments your waking up at 1pm. She asks if you've applied yet for the cashier position at Auntie Anne's. You say no. She rolls her eyes, scoffs, mumbles something about being tired of your shit, then finally leaves you be. Tsh. She'll never understand the model riding pain. You check the EPS. Heights below normal in Unalaska through day 16. You notice your shotgun leaning in the corner of the room. It's glistening

2026

56/52 here so far on the day.

Wow, yeah that PDX record seems like low hanging fruit, especially given the increased UHI.