November 2022 PNW weather Discussion. #NoRidgeNovember

[snow_wizard]

5 minutes ago, KingstonWX said:

As the current precip blob winds down, it will be interesting to see how cold it gets before the next one rolls in. This break may do many of us a nice favor. 

I'm hoping we can get some drier air from up north in here later.  That can actually help enhance snowfall and of course makes the chances of it freezing up much higher.

[TacomaWx]

Some of the heaviest snow I’ve ever seen. 1/4” in 10 minutes. 

[KingstonWX]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

I had in my head every day for like 2 weeks... every time I turned on the TV I would immediately hear it.  

Same here. I keep my TV on the ID channel because I like true crime noise in the background and they play it at least once during every commercial break. Then I get to hear it again during every break for every Seahawks game. 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It’s a really *y song. It sounds cool on the ad because the sped up the track and cleaned up the sound. When I went back and listened to the Fleetwood Mac version I couldn’t believe how bad it sucked. 

I wonder how many people went to YouTube to see it performed live because of those commericals?    I know I did.  

[dhoffine]

Just now, TacomaWx said:

Some of the heaviest snow I’ve ever seen. 1/4” in 10 minutes. 

Where was this taken?

 

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

The orientation of the snow showers matters a great deal for me. If they come in from the NW like on Monday I will almost always underachieve or get nothing. If they come from the west or better yet the wsw then they enhance over my area. That was part of how come we did so well in early November, the orientation of the showers trained them right along Waldo Hills and into the Silverton hills. 

WSW is great for me too.  The way this trough played out is usually a good bet for here.

[Front Ranger]

9 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Yeah... the 2 - 9 a.m. period looks interesting again for western King County.

Perfect timing with a marginal air mass.

[T-Town]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Some of the heaviest snow I’ve ever seen. 1/4” in 10 minutes. 

Yeah sticking to the road here now. 

[SnowySeeker50]

Snow has lightened up a bit now. Got about 2 inches on the road and 2.5 on everything else.

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, dhoffine said:

Where was this taken?

 

North Tacoma 300’ of elevation. It’s incredibly heavy snow. 

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

31.4 here! 
.46” of melted snow through my gauge today. 
8.91” for the month. 
Current snow situation, the melting has finally ended! 

I actually have you beat tonight!    The snow on the trees has come back in the last couple hours.    All the trees were bare earlier with the wind and rain.   

[T-Town]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I had in my head every day for like 2 weeks... every time I turned on the TV I would immediately hear it.  

I’m not a huge Fleetwood Mac fan but I do like that song and their music has stood the test of time.  

[gusky]

Temp 35.1, DP 33.8. VERY light snow

[snow_wizard]

Looking close to 2 inches now.  I took some pics that I will try to post later.

[The Cats Meow]

Light dusting in the valley here.  Really nice to see the flakes flying.

From what I gather another surge of moisture is headed inland anywhere from now to 10am tomorrow.

I guess nobody knows for sure.

Go out and look up.

[Front Ranger]

9 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Most of the snow has melted off the road since this photo. Interesting. Really need some heavier showers to move through. 

CLIFF MASS WAS RIGHT.

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, SnowySeeker50 said:

Snow has lightened up a bit now. Got about 2 inches on the road and 2.5 on everything else.

This is a winner pattern for us.

[Winterdog]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I'm really shocked you have had such bad luck.

I've never been in this situation before.  When it snows in Everett, Marysville, and Lake Stevens I'm usually the guy with the most snow.  I'm glad you and the people down south are getting in on the action. 

[Cloud]

Radar is showing an almost complete changeover. Anything falling right now is snow. 

[gusky]

NWS forecast creeping up and up, 1-2" tmrw morning and less than an inch tonight for my location. AFD supports this. Feeling good

[Blizzard777]

32.6-32.7 and holding….will measure when I go to mailbox in a bit 

Still beautiful snowflakes falling gently to the ground

[thickhog]

33 minutes ago, Perturbed Member said:

Yep unless you are one of these people like Andrew who has some elevation, showery snow around here is almost always a non event. There are some exceptions of course but we usually need the showers to be quite organized and not moving directly west to east. It is enough of a long shot that I usually set my expectations to 0 when I see this sort of thing on the models. Washington county is especially rough for this kind of stuff. 

I'd probably be decently satisfied with this climate if I moved up to 1500ft or so. If you can't beat the Coast Range, join it. 

I’m constantly looking at property on the Chehalem Mountains because you can get up around 1500 feet and have an actual winter most years. East Washington County is a nightmare if you like snow. 

[gusky]

 

[HuskyMaestro]

You know what’s better than shining a flashlight into snowfall? Shining your high beams into the fattest snowflakes on a lonely county road.

Was driving home from picking up pizza and once I hit a dark stretch of road by myself, I switched on the high beams and got greeted with the glorious white stuff of billions of flakes. Wish I had a dashcam that could snap pics, I loved it. 

[jakerepp]

1 minute ago, HuskyMaestro said:

You know what’s better than shining a flashlight into snowfall? Shining your high beams into the fattest snowflakes on a lonely county road.

Was driving home from picking up pizza and once I hit a dark stretch of road by myself, I switched on the high beams and got greeted with the glorious white stuff of billions of flakes. Wish I had a dashcam that could snap pics, I loved it. 

Yeah that sounds amazing!

[SouthHillFrosty]

Tacoma wasn’t kidding, heavy snow rn!!!

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, gusky said:

 

And of course the ECMWF basically nailed it perfectly.  

[Winterdog]

The NWS is calling for snow to start after 1am here with a low temp of 22!  They are taking the same drugs the GFS takes.  34, cloudy and calm

[Cloud]

3 minutes ago, gusky said:

 

Why am I not surprised by this. Mesoscales are terrible. Better off just watching radar. 

[The Winter Warlock]

Heavy stuff falling outside Covington for a while. Probably up to 3” already.

[Fircrest]

My clumping bamboo is starting to sag...

[gusky]

1 minute ago, Cloud said:

Why am I not surprised by this. Mesoscales are terrible. Better off just watching radar. 

Gotta give WRF credit for nailing yesterday though

[Cloud]

5 minutes ago, The Winter Warlock said:

Heavy stuff falling outside Covington for a while. Probably up to 3” already.

We have a snow wizard and a winter warlock living in the same area. Now it’s a party!

[xfkirsten]

My apartment complex just sent out an "urgent" email about watching out for ice and snow in the parking lot tonight and tomorrow... it's still completely bare (I do appreciate them giving the warning, though, and using de-icer and salt, it's going to get icy)

Looking at the WSDOT cameras for I-90 at SR-18, I'm pretty sure my hockey night in Snoqualmie is off the table tonight, too...

[Blizzard777]

12 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Tacoma wasn’t kidding, heavy snow rn!!!

That band moved through here as well!   Huge flakes 

[Blizzard777]

10 minutes ago, Fircrest said:

My clumping bamboo is starting to sag...

Oh my….thanks for reminding me!  Got my own set of plants that I need to knock snow off of! 

[MossMan]

6 minutes ago, Winterdog said:

The NWS is calling for snow to start after 1am here with a low temp of 22!  They are taking the same drugs the GFS takes.  34, cloudy and calm

I remember several times where the moisture shield was forecasted to only make it as far north as Everett and we ended up getting many non-forecasted inches! November 1996, December 1998, February 2011 and a few others. Let’s trend this thing north as well!! 

[T-Town]

 

[The Winter Warlock]

7 minutes ago, Cloud said:

We have a snow wizard and a winter warlock living in the same area. Now it’s a party!

BEHOLD, OUR FROZEN TUNDRA

[TT-SEA]

Just looked through the long range on the models... amazing how dry it looks.   Even the EPS was really dry for the next 15 days.     We seem to be in a repeating pattern of short bursts of heavy precip and long dry periods.   The complete opposite of last fall and last spring.  

Oh... and winter starts in just about 5 hours.