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Even though the temp is just above freezing,  all untreated roads are freezing over. The ground must be several degrees below freezing. In Lynnwood right now. 

In Mountlake Terrace and they definitely got a solid snow cover still. Down to 34° across most of this area. 

When I left the island it was snowing. There was hail and snow covering 405 in downtown Bellevue which caused a serious wreck going SB. Here in Bothell the sun is out and it is just above freezing.

1 minute ago, smerfylicious said:

Only...7 hours late, but now i'm under a winter storm warning lol.

How's it looking in Gold Bar? Or are you home yet?

5 minutes ago, Jginmartini said:

Not much to report here except the cul-de-sac making crave a Cinnabon roll!   37* and moderate rain.   Snow slowly being chewed away

I can totally see the Cinnabon roll pattern there! That actually does sound good right now. lol

Had a good run, 8 days with snow cover. I was going to mention there is definitely some minor to moderate street flooding out there tonight - in the areas I was driving around.

46 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

I have a Forester, and 3 years of experience delivering pizza in the Renton/Fairview area, during the 2008 snowpocalypse haha.

That's a good snow vehicle. Yeah I know that area a bit. I worked for Amazon for over two years as a subcontractor and then got sick of the long highway miles. But I know the roads well from Kent to Marysville and out to Monroe. I worked delivering during the 2019 snowpocalypse. Usually it was when it wasn't snowing, but one of the storms came in early and I almost got stranded up near Granite Falls. It took me about three hours to get back to the north side of Kirkland where I was living that day. A day I'll never forget. 

36 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Yeah....it was obvious some places were going to score.  My call earlier was Kitsap County, NW King County, Western Snohomish County would all see snow with SW King County on the bubble.  Worked out just that way.

I really wish I had known about this shallow cold air problem here before we bought this place.  We hold onto cold quite well here, but in cases like this I get screwed on snow 90% of the time.

Too bad you're missing out tonight. What is your elevation?

Issue here is that I'm surrounded by water. 

10 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

Getting reports of 6" of new powder at 200 feet. I think that counts as lowlands. Might be up to a foot by the time this wraps, conveniently when I'm due to drive home.

O wow, I hope you have a good vehicle for the snow. Those higher spots in Bothell were getting tricky to drive on and I have a 2010 Outback.

6 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Oh well.  It's not like we haven't seen a lot of snow recently.

Right. 11" in one week is pretty good!

I read Cliff's post saying no one in the lowlands will see accumulation tonight. What a bunch of ... lol

So upon leaving downtown Redmond; which really didn't have anything new on the roads, the snow picked up again as I climbed into the Overlake area. Streets were slushy near Microsoft and the Crossroads area. That's about where the last snowflakes I saw were falling. 

Here on Mercer Island it is just rain and 36*.

8 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

Better late than never. Just measured 2” here and just dumping snow.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Seattle WA
1245 AM PST Mon Jan 3 2022

WAZ507-031400-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0002.220103T0845Z-220103T1400Z/
Everett and Vicinity-
including Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, and Stanwood
1245 AM PST Mon Jan 3 2022

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Wet snow continued. Additional snow accumulations of up
  to 3 inches.

* WHERE...Everett and vicinity, including Stanwood, Marysville,
  and Mountlake Terrace.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM PST early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
  conditions could impact the morning commute.

 

If it wasn't getting so late I would have hung out up in Lynnwood. I really wish I was back in north Shoreline on a night like this! Gonna try to move back north at some point.

Drove down 202 into Redmond and it was dumping snow up on Education Hill, but barely sticking.

I am soaked- done for the night! A heavy rain and snow mix in downtown Woodinville. About every street at least has slush on it.

Back to a mix in Bothell below 300 ft or so.

Just now, SeanNyberg said:

Wait, did I see you getting snow on Mercer Island? Mix or all snow?

I am not there yet. I work for DoorDash and I am about to head south from Bothell. I'll report back when I do get back.

The outflow over the mountains must be a bit stronger... This is wild!

18 minutes ago, gusky said:

Do you know what the temp is over there?

33°. Now I am at over 400 ft in west Bothell and it is just dumping at 32°. Almost an inch on the roads.

4 minutes ago, gusky said:

Interesting that you guys are getting snow and it's just rain in Seattle. Precip seems heavier here based on radar

Yeah really. I am 150 ft too! There is a very slushy accumulation on the roads now.

We are so close to accumulating snow. 

Mostly snow now. Huge flakes!

34° with a rain snow mix in Canyon Park along 527.

Sprinkling out there now and 57°.

13 hours ago, hawkstwelve said:

12z NAM showed some strong east winds developing this evening.

I'm out right now in Kirkland and it's ripping out of the ESE. Political signs and leaves blowing down the roads!

1 hour ago, Meatyorologist said:

y'all.....

Wow! Too bad it has been pouring down rain all night here!

5 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

Where I was living on Finn Hill we had 11 consecutive freezing max temps in Nov 1985 (actually one of them on Dec 1).  There were 14 consecutive highs 35 or below, the coldest day had a 26/9 spread, several inches of snow on the ground for many days, with a max depth of 10 inches.  Absolutely amazing stuff for November.  Almost certainly my favorite run of winter weather I've seen here with a fantastic mix of sustained cold, snow, sunshine, and days with snow falling.

I also happen to know my present location performed even better than the King / Snohomish line area that month.

Finn Hill is a cool place. I miss it. It was amazing seeing the snow stack up in February two years ago. I remember the last snowstorm that month the snow held on a lot longer then areas just a couple hundred feet lower. That heavy wet snow did a number on the trees and the electrical wires.