November 2022 PNW weather Discussion. #NoRidgeNovember

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, SouthHillFrosty said:

Yea it happens in that area

Downslope flow?

[WeatheringLoyalHeights]

Long time lurker, first time poster. It’s been a blast learning from you all! Mostly back to snow now in Loyal Heights/Ballard. Sticking to cars and grass again after a long bout with heavy rain. Maybe we aren’t done with this after all! Now it will be really hard to get to sleep…

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Snow has become much drying the last 30 minutes and the temp has fallen more. What remarkable evening of weather. 

[Gradient Keeper]

[snow_wizard]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Snow has become much drying the last 30 minutes and the temp has fallen more. What remarkable evening of weather. 

I wish it could be more widespread.  Really depressing for some on here.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Just now, 12345WeatherNerd said:

Downslope flow?

That area warmed with southerly flow and never got a lot of precip so it stayed warm? Idk weird

[Hawksfan2008]

Seeing lots of reports of rain switching to snow. Not done yet! 

[The Winter Warlock]

32.2 here and still falling as rain. Hoping the cold slides south a bit more! Just a few more degrees!

[SnarkyGoblin]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Snow has become much drying the last 30 minutes and the temp has fallen more. What remarkable evening of weather. 

You're a good story teller.

[Gradient Keeper]

Just now, WeatheringLoyalHeights said:

Long time lurker, first time poster. It’s been a blast learning from you all! Mostly back to snow now in Loyal Heights/Ballard. Sticking to cars and grass again after a long bout with heavy rain. Maybe we aren’t done with this after all! Now it will be really hard to get to sleep…

Welcome to the chaos!

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, 12345WeatherNerd said:

Downslope flow?

South wind hitting the brick wall of east winds.

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Directv dish is officially blocked with snow. 

We have an HD receiver and a standard receiver... only because they wouldn't remove the other one for free.   But it comes in handy during snowstorms because there is a setting on DirectTV to show the non HD version of every channel and the standard receiver is not affected by snow for some reason.   I see two versions of every channel.   HD ones aren't working right now but the other ones are normal.

[TonyP]

Excuse my French but it is pissing rain in down town Tacoma. Of course I prefer snow but a nice cold rainy night can be nearly as cozy, at least it isn’t heatdome-ageddon. Can’t lose sight of the little things. 

[selkirks]

11 minutes ago, yellowstone said:

Folks, this is WILD!  I couldn’t stand seeing a 50/50 snow mix at my house any longer so I got in my car and drove from 55th up to 145th on I-5. Complete change to snow happens by 100th and by 145th it’s DUMPING and I5 is completely snowcovered with well over an inch on the ground. I’ve never seen conditions change that fast without an elevation change. Back at my house and the temp has dropped a degree in 20 minutes and it’s more like 90% snow now. Come on down snow!!!

The CZ is such an interesting phenomenon!

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, SnarkyGoblin said:

You need to get a streaming TV service now that you have reasonable internet.

Elon has decided to abandon the unlimited data usage starting in December.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

I wish it could be more widespread.  Really depressing for some on here.

We've all been there. I've watched your area get blasted with nice dry snow while I had clear sky. It would really suck if there wasn't anything on the horizon my friend. 

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, The Winter Warlock said:

32.2 here and still falling as rain. Hoping the cold slides south a bit more! Just a few more degrees!

This area can be tremendously frustrating in these cases.  Actually colder than places that are getting snow.  Tomorrow night should be much friendlier to us.

[Requiem]

Just now, TonyP said:

Excuse my French but it is pissing rain in down town Tacoma. Of course I prefer snow but a nice cold rainy night can be nearly as cozy, at least it isn’t heatdome-ageddon. Can’t lose sight of the little things. 

I have a feeling that tomorrow into Thursday could be your time to shine snow-wise... fingers crossed! 

[Front Ranger]

2 minutes ago, SnarkyGoblin said:

You're a good story teller.

He definitely has a flair for the dramatic, in a good way.

[Requiem]

4 minutes ago, WeatheringLoyalHeights said:

Long time lurker, first time poster. It’s been a blast learning from you all! Mostly back to snow now in Loyal Heights/Ballard. Sticking to cars and grass again after a long bout with heavy rain. Maybe we aren’t done with this after all! Now it will be really hard to get to sleep…

Welcome to the forums and your username is awesome 

[snow_wizard]

Pardon my sour mood.  I am really Jonesing to see the ECMWF.

[SouthHillFrosty]

No fuckiing way. The ppl working at the NWS need to be fired. U can’t remove and add WSW like this 

[yellowstone]

Rofl..NWS just issued a WSW for Seattle and Shoreline. Half inch of snow here in the last 20 minutes. 

[Nov1985]

Around 4" on my residential road. 

[SnarkyGoblin]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Elon has decided to abandon the unlimited data usage starting in December.

I'd totally invest in starlink if it was public.  Good internet from anywhere in the world is a game-changer.

Giant flakes in Fremont. Gonna stick to roads if it keeps up.

[SnowWillarrive]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

This area can be tremendously frustrating in these cases.  Actually colder than places that are getting snow.  Tomorrow night should be much friendlier to us.

Hope so. Don’t feel to bad. It’s been a slushy mess here and my elevation is not helping me much. Hard to believe areas north of the u village going better than here. 

[MossMan]

This just popped up! 

[Front Ranger]

1 minute ago, yellowstone said:

Rofl..NWS just issued a WSW for Seattle and Shoreline. Half inch of snow here in the last 20 minutes. 

I honestly feel bad for them in scenarios like this. They can't win. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Nov1985 said:

Around 4" on my residential road. 

Its not still hot from that 80 degree day in October?   Surprising.

[Phil]

Sorry Tim.  

 

 

[Poulsbo Snowman]

2 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

No fuckiing way. The ppl working at the NWS need to be fired. U can’t remove and add WSW like this 

Hilarious.  We were talking about this about 6 pages back.

[SnarkyGoblin]

3 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

No fuckiing way. The ppl working at the NWS need to be fired. U can’t remove and add WSW like this 

Tbf, Seattle originally had an advisory.

[Requiem]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Pardon my sour mood.  I am really Jonesing to see the ECMWF.

I believe there's some sort of internal sever issue that's delaying the output. I feel ya, us southerners are banking on it this week 

[Hawksfan2008]

Man so much passion In here. I want nothing more than a regional storm for everyone. We deserve it. 

[KingstonWX]

3 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

No fuckiing way. The ppl working at the NWS need to be fired. U can’t remove and add WSW like this 

OMG that's hilarious. It's not even WSW criteria unless it fits the fast accumulation guidelines. Even then, I think a WWA would be more appropriate. 

[jcmcgaffey]

5 minutes ago, WeatheringLoyalHeights said:

Long time lurker, first time poster. It’s been a blast learning from you all! Mostly back to snow now in Loyal Heights/Ballard. Sticking to cars and grass again after a long bout with heavy rain. Maybe we aren’t done with this after all! Now it will be really hard to get to sleep…

Welcome. The family and I hit up the loyal heights playfield all the time. 
 

Starting to accumulate on the roads here. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Temperature dropped 5 degrees in the last 20 minutes. Down to 36 now

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Phil said:

Sorry Tim.  

 

 

It will be fine... waving in warm breezes next summer.   

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

4 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

No fuckiing way. The ppl working at the NWS need to be fired. U can’t remove and add WSW like this 

And not mention the hood canal where 6-10 inches has fallen  with thunder snow.  This is by far the worst they have ever done. 

[Slushy Inch]

5 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

No fuckiing way. The ppl working at the NWS need to be fired. U can’t remove and add WSW like this 

Too funny

[ChrisAmunRA]

Big Wet snowflakes here in Belltown Seattle 

[yellowstone]

2 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

I honestly feel bad for them in scenarios like this. They can't win. 

This was a tremendously difficult storm to forecast but it does look like in the end we’ll end up with a huge gradient starting around downtown up to Everett just like the models predicted, except it was supposed to be turning to rain right now, not the other way around. Only thing we don’t know yet is how much we’ll end up with by morning. 

[TT-SEA]

Not totally sure without seeing the latest ECMWF... but the HRRR current 925mb temp map sort of explains the observations here.

 

[Slushy Inch]

Seven inch advisory... WTF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Seattle WA
1024 PM PST Tue Nov 29 2022

WAZ555-556-301430-
/O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-221201T0000Z/
East Puget Sound Lowlands-Bellevue and Vicinity-
including Bonney Lake, Maple Valley, Monroe, Woodinville,
Arlington, Granite Falls, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Gold Bar,
Duvall, Carnation, Fall City, Snoqualmie, North Bend, Covington,
Black Diamond, Orting, Eatonville, Bellevue, Bothell, Kenmore,
Clearview, Kirkland, Newcastle, Redmond, Sammamish, and Issaquah
1024 PM PST Tue Nov 29 2022

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Snow. Additional snow accumulations of up to 7 inches.

* WHERE...East Puget Sound Lowlands from Snohomish County to
  Pierce County, including Arlington, Gold Bar, Duvall,
  Snoqualmie, Buckley, and Eatonville and Bellevue and vicinity,
  including Mill Creek, Kenmore, Kirkland, and Issaquah.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM PST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on very difficult travel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Slow down and use caution while traveling.

For the latest road conditions in Washington state, call 5 1 1.

[Gradient Keeper]

EURO finally initialized

[Hawksfan2008]

The king be like…

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Temperature dropped 5 degrees in the last 20 minutes. Down to 36 now

Looks like I might avoid the warm spike here at least.  Still just above freezing.  Pretty hollow victory though.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

Looks like I might avoid the warm spike here at least.  Still just above freezing.  Pretty hollow victory though.

Yea, u got lucky. I think I got up to 42 or 43 even possibly. I don’t own a weather station yet so I don’t have the stats. 

[Phishy Wx]

the fix is in.  local media now saying a rain or rain/snow mix during the day tomorrow in Spokane. oof

then turning back to snow later tomorrow

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

I honestly feel bad for them in scenarios like this. They can't win. 

I agree... this is just about impossible to nail down.   Nature is trolling everyone tonight.