The period from Friday, January 12th through the 19th saw a major intrusion of arctic air into much of the Pacific Northwest, except for the southernmost locations like Medford. Now the cold air is gone, but the aftermath of the storms linger. I remember thinking back in November that we probably wouldn’t get a major cold wave this season…or if we did, that it would be in and out within 3-4 days. Instead, PDX has been below 40° F…
It’s been a very stressful week for weather forecasters in the Pacific Northwest. Lots of uncertainty about the upcoming cold spell, but it’s now coming into clear focus. HIGHLIGHTS 1. Cold air arrives tomorrow Friday! Expect east wind to arrive in Portland midday, causing temps to suddenly drop below freezing. 2. There will be some precip tomorrow, but most of it stays south of Salem. But if anything falls over Portland it will be light snow. 3. Serious snow arrives…
“…And,what happened if you watched the mountains in December, it was the lowest snow pack in decades. Ski resorts were unable to open for Christmas or even New Year. People were calling it…this winter was over. And then the weather did DUMPS – they call ‘em dumps. Big massive dumps of snow in Washington and Oregon, and all over.” Ugh…it’s one of those nail-biting weekends in Northwest weather where we don’t know exactly what is going to happen,…
December 2023 is now a wrap! I’m not going to do a year-end review of 2023 tonight, but maybe later this week…. Highlights: 1. December was extremely warm and quite wet! In fact the warmest at PDX in over 70 years. 2. We’re going to see a pattern change to cooler temperatures and lower snow levels, beginning this weekend and continuing well into the 2nd week of January. ….Let’s take a look at December first. There was a lot…