Thurston Howell III

16 minutes ago, WildrootParables said:

We still had about 3 inches of thawed and refrozen old snow leftover from the past few events (we're pretty shaded here so it takes awhile to thaw fully), now just over an inch of fresh stuff and I can see it's finally starting to dust the trees. 

Thanks.  Just checking to see if SK will maybe be late again.  

2 minutes ago, WildrootParables said:

Still snowing here, outside of Port Orchard up 500 ft. Bounces between moderate and heavy and then back again. One weather app has finally caved and given us snow until midnight, then rain through the morning. Pretty sure I'll be staying up to see if we get a changeover then; too invested now. 

How much do you have on the ground?

Hard to tell but it looks like a mix at 34.1 in GH.  

It's been snowing at 370' in Gig Harbor for over an hour. Temperature has dropped just over a degree down to 33.8 

12 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

How can the ground be to warm after like a week long freeze. 

Obviously he didn't have to drive to work on a sheet of ice this morning.  

I will say in all my years of driving the roads may have been about the worst this morning.  Definitely should not have taken the usual backroads to work from Gig Harbor to Manchester.  Winding hilly roads and not to far from the sound, but usually a few minutes quicker.  35 degrees and roads were mostly bare and a little bit of slushy snow at my place but within a mile from my house it was pretty bad and only got worse.  Looks like the most snow from last night was probably an inch or less, and the black ice was insane.  Looked at doppler and it showed rain for an hour or so after it snowed earlier.  The black ice seemed to be fairly thick from the freezing rain.  The local "Banner jump" area was insane.  

10 minutes ago, MossMan said:

WSP might frown on me driving my mower down I-5 to HWY 2. Would probably take me about 5hrs to get there as well…But hey sounds fun, I’m on my way now! 

If it was driving through Gig Harbor, that 5 mi might actually be OK.  

21 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

I’m optimistic some people will get light snow accumulations south of Seattle tonight. We had a decent short moderate snow shower here a bit ago. 

Done now here.  Covered the bare spots from the dogs tracks and wrestling and covered road.

heavy sleet only lasted a few minutes now just light sleet?

Getting sleet? fairly heavy in GH. 33.8

7 minutes ago, gusky said:

God, it's snowing to the S, E and N. But nope, still just plain ol' rain in Seattle.

West also!

8 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

That station is likely on the edge of the Hood Canal cold pool. As its perimeter oscillated inwards, warmer southerlies were allowed to overtake the observation site, and the thermometer warmed as a result. Temps could crash there again as the boundary moves randomly over time

Just the heavy precipitation can also effect temp by 3 or 4 degrees also.

17 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

I'm not too familiar with the greater metropolitan Yelm area, but Bellingham runs into that a lot, the city itself is rainy and 40, but parts of the school district are 1,000-1,300 feet, or are on the north face of hills and don't get sun to melt the roads, so the roads are still really sh*tty.  It sucks for the majority of students but I guess they have to account for everyone.

We're late also (South Kitsap).  County wants to get the nasty side roads and side walks done.  Didn't get above freezing til today.  

49 minutes ago, Loniu7 said:

Welp cksd hour delay. My kid did his snow dance! ( I might've helped lol)

SK is 2hrs late.  Side roads and side walks need to be cleared.

58 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Wal Mart is not onboard. 

Now they have kayaks!

12 minutes ago, KingstonWX said:

No, you're right. My brother lives there and I have a cabin outside of Leavenworth. He's been bitching about snow totals since before then. 

Funny, I always thought Ellensburg got a lot of snow because in my college yrs at WSU in the 80's it seemed like every winter it got dumped on.

Temperature is rising.  Was back under freezing and all of a sudden it's 32.9 in GH.

14 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

Who would have thought the Ducks would have a few good baseball teams? I still remember when they started their program. I mean they aren't exactly Oregon State with their recent titles, but considering all the rain that the WV gets, you'd think it would hamper their ability to get solid talent.

I know it was a quick rise to the top.  My nephew is going to pitch at Oregon State.  He won the family genetic lottery, quickness, coordination, strength and he's 6-3.

38 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I'm okay with 7 inning doubleheaders. We had those in college. The whole analytics thing is interesting. It gives you a better chance to win, but it also ruins the game and makes it unwatchable. And what's worse is most guys don't even try to hit away from the shift. 

Drives me crazy that they can't just bunt away from the shift.  It reminds me of when people have those unwritten baseball rules like not bunting to break up a no hitter.  If the guys unhittable you have to figure out a way to get on base anyway you can.

32 minutes ago, Prairiedog said:

So are you saying the Yankees spend too much money with unchecked spending, trying to buy a WS? that their almost $200,000,000 budget hasn't gotten them a WS since '09?  Can't stand them.  I'd love to see them get clipped.  There's a couple other teams in that group too. 

Hard to compete if you're a small market.  Oakland just keeps selling high, buying low in the hopes of finding a Marlins-like combo of players.  Money Ball.  That's not working either right now either. 

Go M's.  For once they have a great farm team and some money to spend. 

The money ball thing worked for a bit until everyone else is doing it too.  Small market teams have to be lucky to win and then the guys that pan out leave in a couple yrs and you have to start over.  There is enough luck in it all that you're not guaranteed a title, but I find it hard to believe they can't get titles more often with lineups of all stars.  

3 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Hard to imagine they would leave fans hanging after all of the problems people have endured the last couple of years.  Who knows though.  It kind of ticks me off they don't think the obscene amount of money they make is enough.

Baseball needs to buck up and have a salary cap.  I'm so tired of the season starting with only 1/3 of the teams with a realistic chance.  The NFL had most of the teams this yr still in the playoff hunt with a couple weeks left and it's still crazy for Sundays games. 

6 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Biggest 24 hour snowfall I’ve seen here at my house was 9” from noon February 8th to about 10am February 9th. Even that was pretty awesome. Then 5” in 2 hours the next night...and 6” the day after that! 

That was really crazy how the warm nose stalled in that storm.  I live just across from N Tacoma in Gig Harbor at 370' and we ended up with 17".  Even a mile down the road from me it rained for hrs while we were still getting snow.  About 5 miles North of my place in Olalla there was probably another 5 or 6".  Never changed over in Port Orchard.  

12 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I’m not dying until I get to experience a January 1950 redux. 

You're living to 125yrs old?

As I get older I'm getting more tired of the rain and lack of snow in the sound.  I will say I loved my yrs in Pullman going to WSU.  The winters were great with more snow, less rain and more sun.  However the springs were really cold, which might have been a positive since I was usually behind in my studies by that time and was forced to study more and drink less beer.  But I do love my indie music. I live on a couple of acres and drive less than 30 minutes to see great bands for $20 which is very rare.

1 minute ago, 12345WeatherNerd said:

We just have to blow big holes in the Cascades and Rockies so we get more cold air.

That is not a bad idea.  Just make a big gap at snoqualmie pass.