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

[TacomaWx]

8 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Light flurries right now

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Temp dropped to 35 here and DP 26. 

North Bend is at 41 now... we might have some downslope effects out here.  

[Gradient Keeper]

Temp: 34.5(Falling), Dewpoint: 28.0 with light snow. It looks like a snow globe outside! Gusty east wind. Ground is now starting to turn white.

[TT-SEA]

Everything seems to be enhancing at it moves west... I think Tacoma is in a great sport right now based on the radar loop.

[thickhog]

9 minutes ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

Are you kidding me. All this east wind and PDX is 41!! w/o ant daytime heating. This is a no go imo

This is all so marginal…

[GobBluth]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

This winter is a bust without a regional

arctic blast. We are way over do. Go big or go home. 

Consider it a good run when it still shows no indication of a SW AR. Cascades should be solid.

[Gradient Keeper]

Check that, moderate snow now!

[Gradient Keeper]

Radar trends shows indications a deformation band may be developing south of PDX!

[seattleweatherguy]

Sleet here

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Check that, moderate snow now!

 

2 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Temp: 34.5(Falling), Dewpoint: 28.0 with light snow. It looks like a snow globe outside! Gusty east wind. Ground is now starting to turn white.

That's a really good sign for when the heavier precip makes its way here

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Gradient Keeper said:

Check that, moderate snow now!

Wow... that is pretty impressive given the east wind is still cranking there!  

[SnowWillarrive]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

North Bend is at 41 now... we might have some downslope effects out here.  

It was 40 here this morning. I was a bit annoyed. I assume downslope winds out here. Was crazy windy last night. 

[Gradient Keeper]

Temp nose diving now 33.3 !

[DeepFriedEgg]

38/25. Maybe once precip reaches surface temp will fall?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Doinko]

Snow is picking up

[thickhog]

Up on the hill in Oregon City

[TacomaWx]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Everything seems to be enhancing at it moves west... I think Tacoma is in a great sport right now based on the radar loop.

Getting some holy sleet here!

[Gradient Keeper]

Fkin neighbors like usual leaving their cat out in what is now a snow storm with icy east winds. Pisses me off. Not even looking out their front blinds for it.

[SnowWillarrive]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

Getting some holy sleet here!

That’s a good sign 

[Skagit Weather]

15 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

It shows 6 feet of snow at Snoqualmie Pass over the next 10 days.    That would be pretty nice.

But I guess we are now in a situation where any GFS run that does not show 3 feet of snow in Seattle and Portland has to be considered lame. 

Yeah, I wouldn't mind having some sort of pattern reset with a bunch of snow for the mountains. The 06z GFS showed 160"+ in the North Cascades by the end of the run. While the snowpack is in a decent position right now, it would be nice if it really dumped up there for a week or two before the snow levels lowered again and we went into a cold and dry pattern.

Wind kept the temperature up a bit last night, low of 28F with clouds moving in from the south.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

14 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

It shows 6 feet of snow at Snoqualmie Pass over the next 10 days.    That would be pretty nice.

But I guess we are now in a situation where any GFS run that does not show 3 feet of snow in Seattle and Portland has to be considered lame. 

If Goofus doesn’t show at least 3 feet, how are you supposed to score so much as 3 inches?

[Terreboner]

Snowing as hard as ever and accumulating fast, temp is 22.1.  Hasn't moved much since 9 PM last night.

[Jbolin]

28 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Hard to tell by the picture, but the clouds to the south sure do look dark and snowy like…If I didn’t have access to anything forecast wise I would be getting super excited right now. Temp down to 25.9

Don't worry, it's raining down here in Seattle.

[SnowWillarrive]

Just started sleeting/snow here 

[Terreboner]

9 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Radar trends shows indications a deformation band may be developing south of PDX!

Ya, that same band is pivoting right over us now, hence the heavy snowfall.  Looks like it is doing so at just the right trajectory to stay right over me for a while.

[BLI snowman]

7 minutes ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

38/25. Maybe once precip reaches surface temp will fall?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes. It will.

[Doinko]

Snowing light to moderately with the cold east wind blowing!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

6 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Fkin neighbors like usual leaving their cat out in what is now a snow storm with icy east winds. Pisses me off. Not even looking out their front blinds for it.

Cats are tough man, they have awesome insulation.  We have Farrel cats around here and they have zero issues surviving.  But I get your point. 

[SnowWillarrive]

Turned to full on snow now. Picking up! Was not expecting it this soon. 

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

If Goofus doesn’t show at least 3 feet, how are you supposed to score so much as 3 inches?

Exactly.  

[TacomaWx]

**MOSTLY REGIONAL EVENT**

[Terreboner]

Approaching 3 inches now I'm thinking.  I will go out and get a measurement later today.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

**MOSTLY REGIONAL EVENT**

From Seattle south.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Turned to full on snow now. Picking up! Was not expecting it this soon. 

Totally dry and windy here.    Your area will probably do better than up here just a few miles away.     I think we have too much downsloping up here.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Looks like I will be just north if the action today. Looks like a deformation will set up around tacoma and west. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

From Seattle south.

Tacoma south. Nothing just north of Tacoma so far 

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

From Seattle south.

Snohomish county and some people yourself included got snow though. Some people up there got screwed hardcore for sure. 

[DeepFriedEgg]

Looks like it's dumping east metro! Just flurries here

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Tacoma south. Nothing just north of Tacoma so far 

@SnowWillarrive is well north of Tacoma and reporting snow already.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

14 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Fkin neighbors like usual leaving their cat out in what is now a snow storm with icy east winds. Pisses me off. Not even looking out their front blinds for it.

I’ve had cats all my life and none have ever lived inside. It will be fine.