PNW December 2022, winter might be coming; but mostly canceled.

[RentonHill]

6 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Wow

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the train whistled back to you!@

[Dave]

7 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Graupel and snow fun!!!

We did it. The power of negative energy has triumphed!

[Ice_is_Everywhere]

Seeing some continued echoes on the Kitsap Peninsula, worth keeping an eye on for areas to the south and west of there, I think.

[TacomaWx]

4 minutes ago, Ice_is_Everywhere said:

Seeing some continued echoes on the Kitsap Peninsula, worth keeping an eye on for areas to the south and west of there, I think.

Could be a flurry fest coming up here we will see the radar looks good for it. Haven’t seen any flakes here in Tacoma since about 10am. 

[TacomaWx]

Nice to see a minor score down in the willamette valley this afternoon. Some places down in the south valley did decent in early November as well. 

[TT-SEA]

14 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

Incredibly enough its been lightly snowing all day here. Was not expecting that.

On days when cold northerly flow starts... the foothills are often socked in because we are protected from the north wind and there can be low level precip that is under the radar beam.     There have been a few flurries here as well but I can also see blue sky now.

[Fircrest]

Nice to see much of the snow is still on the trees in my neighborhood and didn't fall off and melt so soon like it has frequently done in the past. And there seems to be more snow in my front yard then when I left for work this morning.

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, Fircrest said:

Nice to see much of the snow is still on the trees in my neighborhood and didn't fall off and melt so soon like it has frequently done in the past. And there seems to be more snow in my front yard then when I left for work this morning.

More snow hanging on than here but it’s still hanging on the trees and grass well. 

[Fircrest]

And we still have a lot of Fir trees in Fircrest, though people keep cutting them down.

[Cold Snap]

Light snow flurry moving through my area right now. Currently 32.

[snow_wizard]

The 18z GEFS is jumping on that next possible cold snap for next weekend (not this coming weekend).  The mean dropped from -2.3 on the 0z to -6.7 on the 18z.  Strong signal for that far out.

[smerfylicious]

18 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

On days when cold northerly flow starts... the foothills are often socked in because we are protected from the north wind and there can be low level precip that is under the radar beam.     There have been a few flurries here as well but I can also see blue sky now.

Decent flurries for the past...9 hours or so. Enough for another 1.5-2"

[WeatherGeek2022]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

The 18z GEFS is jumping on that next possible cold snap for next weekend (not this coming weekend).  The mean dropped from -2.3 on the 0z to -6.7 on the 18z.  Strong signal for that far out.

expecting either shattered hopes and dreams or another underwhelming event for tacoma.

[High Desert Mat?]

Where’s Phil? Seems like anytime we get anything remotely interesting he disappears.  

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, smerfylicious said:

Decent flurries for the past...9 hours or so. Enough for another 1.5-2"

Wow... that is more than flurries!    We have had zero accumulation here during the day.

[seattleweatherguy]

3 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The 18z GEFS is jumping on that next possible cold snap for next weekend (not this coming weekend).  The mean dropped from -2.3 on the 0z to -6.7 on the 18z.  Strong signal for that far out.

So this weekend snow not looking good specially Friday? 

[Fircrest]

3 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The 18z GEFS is jumping on that next possible cold snap for next weekend (not this coming weekend).  The mean dropped from -2.3 on the 0z to -6.7 on the 18z.  Strong signal for that far out.

This can't continue...I am spending way too much time on this forum

[SnowySeeker50]

Not much left after today's meltage. Currently 31 degrees

[Gradient Keeper]

52 minutes ago, umadbro said:

Interesting bit of information. Can anyone confirm this?

There is no way we can confirm that just yet. Really? Winter? When it's "technically" colder or cooler than say May or August. I suppose. We will need a multitude of research conducted consisting of thousands of researchers, scholars, scientists, volunteers, then add at least 2,000 years of data sets, ground core samples, and observations. Most importantly I'll have to read this on the internet before I'll ever believe this and a wacky weather forum is not credible enough for me to do so.

[DeepFriedEgg]

Hotbox PDX hit 43 with a DP of 30 and a SW wind. 

[DeepFriedEgg]

In fact, PDX hasn't even hit freezing during this "event".

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, SnowySeeker50 said:

Not much left after today's meltage. Currently 31 degrees

Way more melting than what I had.  Strange.

[Katzen]

Went for a little walk and it is getting crunchy after a day of drips and drops. Gave myself a snow day and worked from home. Watched kids pulling their sleds down to our local sledding hill as school was cancelled. Just one of those magical days that looks like it is going to finish with a pretty sunset.

Between Issaquah and Renton Highlands a little under 500 ft

[snow_wizard]

Temp is dropping now.  Already freezing.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

11 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The 18z GEFS is jumping on that next possible cold snap for next weekend (not this coming weekend).  The mean dropped from -2.3 on the 0z to -6.7 on the 18z.  Strong signal for that far out.

Yeah even the mean at SLE is below -6C. Looks like a pretty good pattern for up here potentially. Silver Falls Christmas Celebration is the 10th, so it would be timely to get a little snow. 

[smerfylicious]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Wow... that is more than flurries!    We have had zero accumulation here during the day.

It's been this all day

 

 

 

[Terreboner]

I have a feeling that the 00z runs are going to be a lot juicier for the wraparound on Saturday night into Sunday-ish.  Let's hope so.

[snow_wizard]

9 minutes ago, seattleweatherguy said:

So this weekend snow not looking good specially Friday? 

This weekend hasn't changed.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Finally a nice snow shower. Just in the nick of time as the moisture is about to shut off. I'll measure here in a few minutes, at least 1/2". LOL

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

It's been this all day

 

 

That is pretty crazy.

[Gradient Keeper]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah even the mean at SLE is below -6C. Looks like a pretty good pattern for up here potentially. Silver Falls Christmas Celebration is the 10th, so it would be timely to get a little snow. 

Yeah, it's real cold onshore flow nothing backdoor.

[Cloud]

Some wonderful photos people are sharing! Magical during this time of the year. 

[Ice_is_Everywhere]

5 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

It's been this all day

 

 

Slightly jealous.

[T-Town]

23 minutes ago, Fircrest said:

And we still have a lot of Fir trees in Fircrest, though people keep cutting them down.

I thought there was some kind of ordinance that prohibited people from cutting them down there. 

[Seattle]

37/29 (or 30- it got to 29 right before midnight) at SEA today. If clouds keeps clearing out should be able to beat that low later this eveing.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Looks like YVR has its first subfreezing day of the season.

[T-Town]

As others have noted, there’s something about sun on snow…

[SilverFallsAndrew]

41/34 at SLE. Chilly. Might be able to knock off a degree or two off that low this evening. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

A 32/23 day IMBY.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

34/31 here today.