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January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)
PuyallupChris replied to Meatyorologist's topic in West of the Rockies
Here in Puyallup I see a really interesting cloud formation sweeping across the Sumner valley. Has been sunny and 40 for a while. IMG_1742.mov -
I have a friend in Wawona, inside Yosemite. She said the town lost power and water, and likely wouldn’t have it back for a week. Roads are shut down but there was a 2 hour break between storms and authorities said they were plowing in that break so anyone could evacuate if they needed, before closing the roads again. I love snow but that is probably just a LITTLE more than I’d like.
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Woke up to my kids telling me it snowed last night! They were not excited. I’ve now reached official “shocked” status with how bad the models have been this year. For weeks now we’ve seen snow maps that defy logic, and time and time again I’ve seen “snowing now” reports from weather apps that are blatantly wrong. I’m a weenie because I’ve been skunked so much this year, but it’s pretty pathetic to model ride for a week and a half and get…this as a result.
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A lot of backyards are rating this winter as A/B material with a ton of snow. But overall it seems like this year has been VERY spotty. A lot of marginal events that have dumped snow and left neighborhoods a few miles away completely snowless. I fall into the latter. It's definitely a lesson in microclimates.
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I feel this so hard. Nothing here last night. I was a little splotch of green in a sea of blue the night before. Every single day seems to be a "Looks ok for the South Sound" evening, and every day--nothing. Nothing but a few traces since our November snow. I mean it's even snowing on the coast right now, but this little neighborhood in North Puyallup can't catch a break! Give me somethin!
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Looking off my deck toward the Sumner/Auburn valley, there’s something brewing. Maybe a burst of snow down there? After no snow yesterday, currently 42 and dynamic in North Puyallup. I’m having trouble following the wave of models over the next few days but I hope we get something. It’s been a little disappointing lately.
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I was going to chime in similarly before I saw your post. I’m also Puyallup (obviously, I suppose) and am sitting at 45/46, and looks like Auburn is also 45. I know we’re in the swamp but it seems so unlikely we’ll drop from 46 to snow in just a few hours, when forecasts are saying it will *warm up* as the front arrives. This does not smell right to me. At all.
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Swamp alert. Hard to grade this winter for me also. Not good, but I can't call it a complete wash. A number of 1/4" - 1/2" snowfalls, and the one "big" snow seemed to drop only a few inches here in the valley that disappeared from the roads almost instantly. Meanwhile, a LOT of hype and close calls which make me feel a little more sour grapes than I honestly should.