January 2023 Forecasts And Discussions

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Re: January 2023 Forecasts And Discussions

Post by VanCitySouth »

Radar tapering from the west so I'm gonna estimate it ended at near 2 cm IMBY (given the 1.5 at about 7:15).
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Climo :cancel: ∞ to 0.5 :14clown: GFS

Season total: 0.5 cm and TWO traces!
Peak depth: 0.5 cm (01/07/2026)
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Post by Nimbus2 »

About 3 cm overnight here...still snowing lightly, temp 0 C
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Hawk wrote: Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:29 am :shock:
That last band was intense. Sitting at 3cms now
:shock: again
Overperformed by a factor of 3 to 6 then!
Annnd there it is. 0.5 to 1cm of snow. :thumbup:
It's called clown range for a reason.
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1.5 cm here, same as @VanCitySouth.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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Major event. :flakey: :alert:
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Wow. We got 4.5 cm. :shock:
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Bonovox wrote: Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:45 am Wow. We got 4.5 cm. :shock:
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Wow woke up to a beautiful morning! Sucks I slept through it but wow.
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That was fun! Let’s do it again tomorrow morning!
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Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:05 am That was fun! Let’s do it again tomorrow morning!

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Is anyone rubbing it in the AF faces yet?
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Climo :cancel: ∞ to 0.5 :14clown: GFS

Season total: 0.5 cm and TWO traces!
Peak depth: 0.5 cm (01/07/2026)
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Short-term models agree on a repeat performance.
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VanCitySouth wrote: Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:05 am Is anyone rubbing it in the AF faces yet?
Widespread reports of dustings in the Seattle region this morning. Models totally blew it on the southern extent of the moisture.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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wetcoast91 wrote: Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:02 am Without sacrifices too.
Stuffy sacrificed this website yesterday evening.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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Holy it started coming down again, crazy big flakes and snowfall rates.
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Bonovox wrote: Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:45 am Wow. We got 4.5 cm. :shock:
You beat me. That should be illegal. :thumbup:
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