KPTV, KOIN and KATU, they all get A's....

Thanks Gary for your report, Snow Level in the Northern Coast Range is about 900 ft according to Gary's observations while a snow/rain mix at Vernonia. I will admit, I didn't do all too well for this storm as well..but I did start to feel that it wouldn't happen by 11 PM last night. I brought up a large map of current observations for the western half of Oregon including the Gorge and looked at temps on the east side and in the Gorge. It was way too warm to have a sufficient cold flow pour into the Willamette Valley. Mark Nelsen of KPTV did a real good job at predicting this storm by going against the National Weather Service warning for the first time in his career. And it paid off, I give Mark a lot of respect and credit for pulling that off. Mark is a good friend of mine, and probally one of the best NW Meteorologist's I know of. He knows the climate very well, and he understands a lot about the NW. There is one thing he needs to work on though and that is Freezing Rain situations. Hope we don't have too much of those events around this year. Other than that, KATU and KOIN also went against the NWS by saying little to no snow. The only goof of the day was from KGW where they predicted an all out snow event. Ouch. Now Matt Zaffino is a really smart guy, but come on..I think you could of done way better than that. Now you will understand why the Meteorologists here are so pessimistic when snow is in the forecast. And I will be too! Thanks for those who read the blog to keep track of the storm.. I hope it was a useful and informational tool. Comments or Suggestions welcomed. By the way.. Bellingham, Washington got some snow, thanks to Brian's report.. if you guys received snow, send me reports and I will make a storm report. Take Care!