JoshK Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 Current snowpack data from 1/15 http://www.seawfo.noaa.gov/products/CLISNO Well, on the good side, at least it isn't 1981 Quote
rr666 Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 What did people do in '81? Can you imagine the bitching about the eletricity back then. oh wait, not many people lived up here, and we didn't care about salmon back then. Quote
JoshK Posted January 25, 2003 Author Posted January 25, 2003 Hmm...seems like it's peaking this year. fucking SUVS Quote
ChrisT Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 I can't remember a winter as mild as this since '92, our first year in the PNW. But we still have February... Quote
JoshK Posted January 25, 2003 Author Posted January 25, 2003 I remember from about 85 to 81 there was always at least one big snowstorm a year that dumped 9" + in the seattle area. since then there hasn't really been once that dumped more than 2 or 3 inches. sux... Quote
obsydian Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 February is always nice around here, hmm...kind of like last weekend Quote
JoshK Posted January 25, 2003 Author Posted January 25, 2003 a few years ago during the big year mt baker got more snow in february than any colorado resort got all year, and more than most average every year. PNW still rocks...but we gotta take our shitty years like everybody else. at least a shitty year around here is still 70" of base instead of 12"....... Quote
ChrisT Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 It seems that Feb is often colder than Jan. I remember snow in the city as late as March 1 and the ski resorts were already closed! Quote
obsydian Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 I look at it this way.. Lots of snow, will be able to traverse through those tough bushwaking routes on easy snow in June, no snow, the rock routes open up early...so about anything is cool Quote
ChrisT Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 that's a good way to look at it. But what about Mt. Hood? I don't want to get swallowed by a crevice like those climbers last year. Oh when, pray tell, shall I climb it? Quote
ChrisT Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 duh! I think I just answered my own question! Quote
catbirdseat Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 I can't remember a winter as mild as this since '92, our first year in the PNW. But we still have February... Our first year in the PNW was 1990 and it was a cold, cold year. We had more than a week of 12 degree F lows at night with 20 degree F highs in the day. I lost several expensive orchid plants in my greenhouse that year because the heater couldn't keep the temperature above freezing. Quote
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