December 2016 Observations and Model Discussion for the Pacific Northwest

[MossMan]

The radar certainly looks like it is filling in a bit. Light snow for everyone!

A pleasant surprise...hopefully it keeps up for a bit!

[MossMan]

Always wonderful when it's snowing and the temp is at 21.6 degrees!

[BLI snowman]

Flurry party!

[MossMan]

Flurry party!

And everyone's invited! Though I just had a temp spike to 22.8...it's great watching snow fall and not look at my thermometer and see it reading 34.1! I cannot tell you have many times I have seen that during slushfests of the last several years! I would always get super excited when it would drop to 33.6!!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Incoming!

[Kayla]

Definitely getting light to moderate snow here now.

[TT-SEA]

Very light snow here... cold air is effective at squeezing out available moisture.   This reminds me of a typical winter day in MN.   6 inches of snow on the ground... lightly snowing... 18 degrees here.  

 

Too bad this is not Christmas weekend.  

[MossMan]

This is trying to verge from light to moderate now! Everything turning white.

[TT-SEA]

This is trying to verge from light to moderate now! Everything turning white.

 

Wow... that is impressive.   

[luvssnow_spokane]

Crystal clear 21 degree morning here... 

[MossMan]

Crystal clear 21 degree morning here...

Perhaps the swamp will see a flurry storm a little later!☃

[HighlandExperience]

Crystal clear 21 degree morning here... 

 

Looks like some shadowing from the Olympic mountains. 

[bainbridgekid]

Just woke up to solid flurries here in Mountlake Terrace.

 

The side of the roads are actually starting to get the lightest possible coating of white.

[Jesse]

Snowing beautifully here. 26 degrees. Wind is calm. Already a dusting on everything and still coming down!

[luvssnow_spokane]

Looks like some shadowing from the Olympic mountains. 

Yeah and will do so most of day. Very unlikely to see snow here. Quite Normal for this type of progression. Enjoy all!  I will bask in crystal clear skies.

[Chewbacca Defense]

Got down to 10 here last night, and getting some very light flurries now. I would not mind getting a bit more snow before this round comes to an end.

[kokaneekidz]

The ground is covered white here in Mukilteo and it is snowing fine round snowball flakes. Temp 25

[TT-SEA]

GFS MOS has 40 at SEA tomorrow and 46 on Monday. Sadly the end of this fun is almost here.

[Jesse]

GFS MOS has 40 at SEA tomorrow and 46 on Monday. Sadly the end of this fun is almost here.

Very important to keep in mind.

[MossMan]

GFS MOS has 40 at SEA tomorrow and 46 on Monday. Sadly the end of this fun is almost here.

Let's enjoy today and tomorrow morning!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

GFS MOS has 40 at SEA tomorrow and 46 on Monday. Sadly the end of this fun is almost here.

OMG

[MossMan]

Sun and snow!

[Deweydog]

GFS MOS has 40 at SEA tomorrow and 46 on Monday. Sadly the end of this fun is almost here.

Let's start a countdown! Or maybe an end-of-cold-pattern advent calendar! Replace the candy with little bits of onshore flow!

[FroYoBro]

That was fun while it lasted! Light snow has turned back into sporadic flurries as the moisture is already moving east. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The 12z GFS sucked. Time to find a cliff!

[Deweydog]

The 12z GFS sucked. Time to find a cliff!

The 528 line doesn't love you because you touch yourself.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

The 12z GFS sucked. Time to find a cliff!

Tim is having a razor blade party. Go there everyone is invited!

[Jesse]

The 12z GFS sucked. Time to find a cliff!

Do you have anything better to do in Oklahoma besides trolling this place day and night

[MossMan]

The 12z GFS sucked. Time to find a cliff!

Booooo...perhaps the GEM and Euro will look good! Even more tankage I noticed on today's PNA forecast!

[TT-SEA]

The 12z GFS sucked. Time to find a cliff!

 

 

Yeah... I am slowly accepting that after 2 weeks of snow and cold here it might well be raining with a bare ground when we have family at our house for Christmas and the days afterward.  Of course it makes logical sense from a pattern evolution perspective, but I was holding out hope that we might sneak in some snowy fun still when it really would be nice.   

[HighlandExperience]

There are radar returns over me but nothing falling. Current temp of 25 degrees after a low of 18.

 

Hope to get in on a least a little flurry action before it's all over.

 

Radar is actually filling in pretty nicely. Hopefully some flurry storms will commence. 

[MossMan]

Tim is having a razor blade party. Go there everyone is invited!

His month long snow will start slushing up tomorrow...I would be sad as well.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Do you have anything better to do in Oklahoma besides trolling this place day and night

I always have time to talk about the negative aspects of our climate! 28 with light drizzle!!!

[TT-SEA]

Tim is having a razor blade party. Go there everyone is invited!

 

 

Dumb.   Just talking about the upcoming pattern.   Wish it was different timing... that is all.    Time to move on.    I won't be throwing hissy fits like some other people.  

[TT-SEA]

Booooo...perhaps the GEM and Euro will look good! Even more tankage I noticed on today's PNA forecast!

 

 

GEM sucks.  

[MossMan]

Dumb. Just talking about the upcoming pattern. Wish it was different timing... that is all.

I wouldn't give up on Christmas just because of one 12z GFS run...00z Euro would have you white!

[jcmcgaffey]

Another pic from the in laws in Bend OR

[TT-SEA]

I wouldn't give up on Christmas just because of one 12z GFS run...00z Euro would have you white!

 

 

00Z EPS mean was not as favorable and the control run completely went off the rails last night for Christmas weekend.  

[The Swamp]

Light snow in Spanaway. Pretty cool!

[Jesse]

I always have time to talk about the negative aspects of our climate! 28 with light drizzle!!!

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