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39 minutes ago, ravensrule said:

He moved to Bend, Oregon. Lucky bastid

affirmative... 4 years in and no turning back. Have had record March snow at my house the past 8 days more than 30" / past 3 days in an inversion with ice fog and constant flurries with temps mostly in the teens.  Mountains are sunny when this happens so fun to drive 15 minutes and be above the clouds.  

Took this photo from my driveway on 2-28-19 /  9000 - 10,300-foot peaks in the background. 

Summers are amazing here with low humidity and cool nights ( 40's lows common all summer ) hike a glacier, biking, golfing, float the river through town or do the ale trail to one of the 20 plus craft breweries here in town...   I do have extra bedrooms  

1 hour ago, Steve25 said:

March rant: 

As the days continue to pass and the average temperatures are rising with each new sunrise, my anxiety increases. The acceptance that bugs, pollen, heat, and humidity are right around the corner is settling in. 7 months of misery upcoming before we get another 5 month break. I long for the future when I move somewhere that stays below 70 degrees most of the year! You'd think as I get older the warm seasons would get easier but it seems with age it becomes more unbareable. Time to grasp onto each cold day and try to bottle it up. 

 

That was a bit overdramatic, but it does sum up my feelings about Spring/Summer. I hate it with a burning passion, unless I'm at the beach, that's the only place I can enjoy it. 

One of the biggest reasons we moved from Virginia/ east coast.  No regrets, summer is now my favorite season.  Gotta take a big risk to move from the familiar but it is worth it. 

On 2/28/2019 at 6:55 AM, wxdude64 said:

When son decided almost 5 years ago that he wanted to move west to 'snow' the Bend OR area was one of the two on the list. He picked the Breckenridge CO area instead.

Colorado was not an option for me when we decided to move from Virginia as my wife would only be in state that touched the ocean.  CA was too expensive in every way and WA taxes are nuts so OR was my only choice really.  No regrets, it has been a blast living here and career #2 is going well. 

Biggest complaint, when wildfire season kicks in the smoke can be awful.  2 of my summers there were just a couple days with smoke. 2 years ago the smoke lasted for a month, August into September.  That was the worst! Last year on and off for a few weeks. 

I am sure your son is loving Breckenridge. How has his snow season been? I am sure he can confirm the profound effect of elevation on snow amounts. 

I had 30" of snow this week. Record breaking for our town.  Camera phone picture of my street this morning looking toward Mt Bachelor.  It was zero degrees this morning!

1 hour ago, jaydreb said:

Saw this on CWG.  This is near Tahoe.  The guy is 5’10”.  

Looks like the snow pack around Crater Lake here in OR.  No place in the lower 48 can get the insane snow amounts like the west coast mountains when the Pacific Faucet is turned on.  

53 minutes ago, Fozz said:

That’s incredible. What’s your elevation?

I looked up the wiki page for Bend, OR and it seems to average about as much snow as IAD.

Weather records & stats are sketchy at best here.  Most of the weather records are from Redmond and the Airport there. (around 3000')

This is my 4th winter season living here.  My lowest snow total was the 1st year at 32" - two years ago I had 90 straight days with deep snow cover and reached 40" on the flat at my house, had 98" that year in town. 

This year I am at 52" as of today but this storm will likely add at least 10" to that total.  Moderate snow and 15 degrees at 4 pm Pacific time as I type this. 

City of Bend, where I live, claims average of 40" of snow per year. 

I am on a west side butte at 3777 feet.  Downtown on the river is around 3,600 feet and the hills and south end of town go over 4000'  Micro climate here are insane. 

Just 5 miles west of me at 4,500 feet snow averages double even triple and then above 5,500 is where it normally has snow cover for 6 months and huge snow totals, usually measured in feet. 

Mt Bachelor Ski resort ( 21 mile easy drive from my house ) base elevation is 6,500 feet.  They have had about 300" this season at the base elevation with 128" base as of this morning. 

The 9,000-10,000 foot peaks get more than 50' of snow per year and are snowcapped year round. 

So bottom line, a very wintery place even when the averages in town don't seem like much. 

In May you can ski in the morning and golf in the afternoon just 15 miles apart. 

My favorite season here is summer. Endless sunshine, low humidity cool nights (don't have AC) most summer nights it drops into the 40's even if it is 90 in the afternoon.

Lived in Virginia area for 47 years and don't miss the climate there at all.

Link to my weather station and web cam (which points at Mt Bachelor) https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KORBEND204#history

More about this mountain recreation town: https://www.visitbend.com/

On 2/25/2019 at 6:22 PM, EastCoast NPZ said:

Damn, Duane, sweet.  Enjoy!

Historic Feb continues here.  7 degrees this morning with ice fog & flurries.

Another 6-12" is forecast tonight into Thursday morning.  

Maybe above freezing on Saturday? 

My deck yesterday afternoon.  That deck wall is 38" high.  

5 hours ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

I hope they also have their own (and very private) version of summer 2010.

Rob, Big time Feb winter here in OR.  Mt Bachelor has had 62" in the past week  I have had 21" here at my house since yesterday.  Expect another 4 to 8 today and then 2 more smaller storms later this week.  Over climo for sure in what was forecast to be a mild dry winter. LOL  Photo of my neighbors SUV taken and hour ago.

15 hours ago, AdamHLG said:

For those that saw my post yesterday related to the Winter Storm Watch affecting my ski trip to Jackson Hole, it is now a Warning. I need to share this area forecast discussion with my home weather forum. For this to happen while I am here is just unthinkable to me as I am never lucky with storm timing. Read this lol. I assure you I will take a jeb walk for everyone.

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Similar forecast here in Oregon Cascades.  18" overnight at Mt  Bachelor and another 40-50" expected before it starts winding down Wednesday.  Base depth snow pack will be 12-14 feet by Wednesday.  (from my house is it 8 miles west (1800' up) to deep snowpack and 21 miles to Mt Bachelor Parking lot)  Not near as much snow here at my house but does look like 18-24" by Wednesday morning. The April- May ski conditions should be awesome.  I am not missing my 47 years of winters in Virginia.  Even though there were some incredible storms and winters there the normal 6 months of deep winter here in the mountains is hard to match for winter weather lovers.  

Just now, EastCoast NPZ said:

Good to hear from you, Duane.  Yeah, ice-storm just missed to my north.  Literally, by 2 miles.  Sounds like your winter has been good.  Hope all is well!

My oldest brother lives very close to you? on Wythe Avenue.  He just had new siding but on his home.  

I was in VA in early January but is was a very fast trip for business. I will reach out on my next visit and meet up for a beer. 

Hope you and your family are doing well!

13 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

I do take it seriously.  We are had a nino this year.  We will likely have a nina, or two, before we get another.  Check out our nina snow climo.  Neutrals following nina are not much better.  

It has been a surprising season here in the PNW.  All the outlooks were warm & dry. LOL  

Feb has been like living in a snow globe shaker here and looks like a good sized snowstorm middle of next week 

The snow pack is actually normal to slightly above normal.   It has been too stormy for skiing many days this month. 

Sunshine & snow showers today with a 92" base at the mountain base. 

My family back in VA has been keeping me updated on the endless wet there.  My brother had bad ice storm damage at his home in Clearbrook this week. 

Take care!

1 hour ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

Wow.  I have almost 9 inches this month alone.  What is your "normal" 12 month total?

Normal annual rainfall here at my west side home at 3,800' is around 12" /  less than 10" east of town.  There are insane differences 30 miles west in the mountains where 70" or more fall (mostly as snow)  The coast ranges get up to 200" of rain per year which is where the "PNW is so wet" reputation comes from? Yes, parts of the state can be extremely wet but most of OR consists of dry sunny high desert plateaus.  Had first measurable rain since June 20th yesterday, a whopping .03 in the bucket. LOL. 

Strangely the mountains are still mostly snowless, my other years here there have been September snows on the summits.  I think it snowed above 8000' last night but mountains are hidden in clouds this morning so cannot tell yet?  

Photo of glacier fields from a hike I took on September 20th.

On 7/21/2018 at 8:34 AM, EastCoast NPZ said:

My yard is mostly brown.  The drought is back.  And as today's futility has proven, it's only getting stronger.  Long live the Shenandaoh Valley Desert.

Real drought here, even by high desert standards.  At my home the last drop of rain was on June 20, 2018.  12 month total 7.38"  /  so ready for some pineapple express storms. 

Far West Texas, and New Mexico are in for rapidly changing conditions characterized by warm weather transitioning to very cold with heavy snow and blizzard conditions. Farther east in Austin, a generally fast moving squall will form and blast through the I 35 Corridor in a rather short time followed by breezy and colder.

 

Heavier rain will be found in the usual regions: Coastal sections, Houston, East Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, where snow will develop as well, This is going to be memorable everywhere in the southwest US except for Austin lol, unless you like high winds and tornadoes. I'm crazy, but I am not one of those fkin crazy nuts that likes tornadoes.

 

To sum up: I'm damn glad I'll be getting the hell out of this southwestern climate in a few short days.

I prefer cloudy rainy weather and flooding.

 

The farther east and north from Austin one travels, the more steady and heavy rain one shall find. In the more northern areas, rain will change to snow and pile up and blow around. The northern guys can have the snow. I enjoy rain and lots of it.

Jebman why were/are  you away from the lovely mid atlantic???