Thanksgiving Bomb Cyclone

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So I admit I had not really heard of the term bomb cyclone before about March of this year when one hit the midwest of the US. The west coast of the US, and the area where I live, had one forecast to arrive the day before Thanksgiving. A bomb cyclone is defined as...

the rapid deepening of an extratropical cyclonic low-pressure area. The change in pressure needed to classify something as explosive cyclogenesis is latitude dependent. For example, at 60° latitude, explosive cyclogenesis occurs if the central pressure decreases by 24 mbar (hPa) or more in 24 hours.

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For the coastal areas it meant large waves and hurricane force winds. There ended up being a recorded wind gust of 106 mph on the coast of Oregon and a 75 foot wave off the coast of Northern California. For us on the east side of the Cascade Mountain Range it was supposed to bring 5-9 inches of snow. As you will see we got a little bit more than that. :)

The Storm Begins

When out on the lawn road there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.

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Okay, my apologies to Clement Clarke Moore for my butchery of his poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas". Source


I did get up from my morning yoga though and grab my camera to catch these images of the plow.


I was able to get a few images with some unique lighting on an otherwise dark morning.


A shot of the deck as I gather some firewood.


The cat and I decided to hunker down by the fireplace until daylight arrived so we could check out more of what the storm had wrought.

A Couple Hours Later


The first daylight look at the snowfall. Looks like we might have already passed the 5-9 inches forecast and we still had about 24 more hours of snow possible.


The cat waiting for me to plow her some trails and probably realizing she would be spending a lot more time indoors. :)


Another shot of the accumulating snow.

Thanksgiving Day


It was time to get out for a little walk before the big dinner later. We had planned to go through the gate and out into the forest.


However after trudging through the 12-14 inches of virgin snow it became quite apparent we should have brought our snow shoes. So I took this little panorama of the forest and decided to head back.


A shot of the neighbors mailbox and their deer and winter resistant plastic flowers. :)


Back home for the T-day dinner.

The Next Morning


Yay, sunshine but also single digit fahrenheit temperatures!


A quick trip to town gave us this view of Broken Top and The Three Sisters. Now back home to stay warm. :)

Warming Up

With the clouds returning the temperature begins to rise. Here are a few shots around town before the thawing begins.

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Photos taken by me, @oldmans, with a Nikon D3300 and some Lightroom post processing.

Thanks for looking and enjoy your day!



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Thank you! Much appreciated. :)

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What an experience - I have never heard of such a Bomb Cyclone before, but this amount of snow that you got with it makes me wish to have some of this white stuff here too ;)

The panoramas are great, as always - the blue sky and the white snow look beautiful 😊
I like your town - it looks so winterly with these big icicles and that much snow.

Wish you a great weekend @oldmans 🙮


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Thank you @johannpiber! It was a very pretty sight. :) I'm just worried that we got almost all of our yearly average snowfall already (16 inches) and it's not even winter yet. Yikes, I guess I might be taking a lot of snow shots this year. lol.

Great weekend to you also! :)

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You're much welcome @oldmans 🙂
I am still waiting for some snow here in the valley, but it is different here, because since quite a few years we do not have much snow in Winter, but sometimes it snows in April or even May 10 inches or more.
So, I always hope for snow that I don't need to drive very far to get beautiful snow shots like yours ... I'm hoping to see more from you 🙂

Have a great Sunday @oldmans 🙂

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Thank you!

Things are definitely changing. The average snowfall here is 16 inches, we got almost all that already and winter hasn't even started. At the end of winter last year in late February we got 21 inches in 24 hours. It seems the extreme is becoming a lot more commonplace.

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Yes, I also think, that the weather and nature is changing. When I was young we had already snow in the beginning of December and now we can only hope that it snows in January. I mean down here in the valleys. And as you say, it has become more extreme than it was before.

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