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

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Over 1.5” now and it’s coming down good again. Radar is looking impressive and this time it’s also impressive at the surface. 

That is really amazing.    Glad to see the South Sound scoring again.    

[Perturbed Member]

Pretty good showers moving in from the west. Temp is 34.4.F, hopefully drops with precip.

Dumping down to low elevations now

[snow_wizard]

I've picked up about another inch this morning.  Looks like a nice area of snow east of OLM right now.  Hard to tell how far west the snowfall from that will extend when it gets further north.

[SnowWillarrive]

4 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I've picked up about another inch this morning.  Looks like a nice area of snow east of OLM right now.  Hard to tell how far west the snowfall from that will extend when it gets further north.

Hope that band over Olympia can move NE

[Blizzard777]

A few shots moments ago 

[FroYoBro]

Well it should be cold enough for snowflakes at this point.  Down to 35 and the upper levels have cooled. The problem is getting moisture. It all looks NW of me for the time being. 

[SnowySeeker50]

Auburn, Federal Way, and Kent school districts have called a snow day now. Currently 31 degrees and light snow. Low overnight was 28.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Both Euro and GFS are calling for a little snow Friday night IMBY.

Side streets are a total icy mess this morning with the hard freeze.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

-40 this morning at Puntzi Mountain, BC.

[MossMan]

28.1 degrees. No snow falling. Might never snow up here again. It’s over, dreams are dashed. Time to move down to Puyallup. 
The snow is now crunchy with the paw prints frozen in time. 

[LowerGarfield]

We had a dusting of snow last night. Not enough to measure and really just a coating. Still interesting.

[snow_wizard]

Looks like the South Hill is about to get blasted with snow.

[snow_wizard]

9 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Hope that band over Olympia can move NE

I think you're going to catch this big shower moving up now.  It might be far enough west for me too.

[TacomaWx]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

Looks like the South Hill is about to blasted with snow.

It’s coming down hard. I’m at Allen more in Tacoma and there’s over 2” now

[Perturbed Member]

It is snowing and sticking down to the lowest elevations along the coast. Pretty decent airmass. Hopefully we can get one of these clusters of showers to go directly over the metro. Could lead to some quick accumulations.

[snow_wizard]

5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

28.1 degrees. No snow falling. Might never snow up here again. It’s over, dreams are dashed. Time to move down to Puyallup. 
The snow is now crunchy with the paw prints frozen in time. 

I have more snow than you!  WTF?

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

I have more snow than you!  WTF?

It’s bizarro world for sure. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

It’s bizarro world for sure. 

If a week ago someone would have posted snow total maps showing Puyallup scoring more than your place, I would have said “throw it out, it’s obviously garbage.”

[SnowWillarrive]

4 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I have more snow than you!  WTF?

Climate change 

[fubario]

34 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Not snowing here currently.... but the snow yesterday evening sure flocked the trees nicely going into the cold and dry period coming up.    

Every time Tim mentions "dry" an angel gets its wings. 

[xfkirsten]

Nothing new here overnight. My deck is still bare.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

38 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Not snowing here currently.... but the snow yesterday evening sure flocked the trees nicely going into the cold and dry period coming up.    

I love the blue light you get at dusk and dawn when there’s snow on the ground.

[TacomaWx]

Band is parked right over us. Getting a bit snowy! 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, fubario said:

Every time Tim mentions "dry" an angel gets its wings. 

The 06Z GFS showed the next significant precipitation here is on December 12th... that it 12 days with almost nothing.    Pretty unusual for early December.    The snow here is going to be around for a long time... until we get a SW wind and rain event.   

[RentonHill]

[snow_wizard]

6 minutes ago, fubario said:

Every time Tim mentions "dry" an angel gets its wings. 

Dry is nice once you have snow on the ground.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Friday night looking good

[SnowWillarrive]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

Dry is nice once you have snow on the ground.

Radar shows a nice band moving north from Puyallup into E King. Hope it can hold together!

[TT-SEA]

That is some strong offshore flow on the 12Z GFS this weekend... very low dewpoints ahead.

[Perturbed Member]

06z Euro still shows snow for western OR on Sunday. Not much juice but this comes from the same low that slides by to the south on Friday, some precip wraps back up north by Sunday. By this point the low is down by CA and fairly weak so I wouldn't expect too much moisture from this if it happens.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Be awesome if everyone got a few inches Friday night before heading into the cool dry spell

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

That is some strong offshore flow on the 12Z GFS this weekend... very low dewpoints ahead.

With any snow Friday Night this could be a very period with snow on ground for a long time

[snow_wizard]

That big shower is going to be a close call for this area.  The more steady stuff has stayed a bit west for the most part.  Great day for Tacoma.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Radar shows a nice band moving north from Puyallup into E King. Hope it can hold together!

This has your area written all over it.  I think it might link up with the area of steady precip just to the west.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

With any snow Friday Night this could be a very period with snow on ground for a long time

Especially with that dense base of wet snow you got.

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Especially with that dense base of wet snow you got.

The snow on Tuesday night was dense here as well... it was unusually tough for the snowblower to throw it and it kept getting clogged.

[FroYoBro]

No way this setup could go wrong for me. 

[Phishy Wx]

Cheers to a regional local starting the thread.  Hoping it's good luck

[Phishy Wx]

probably going to to get dry on the eastside for awhile, maybe something later next week.  Cold and Dry.  Hoping for some clear nights at least for temps to plummet 

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS shows a Portland special on Sunday night...

 

[Seattle]

Nothing here but a light frost. Glad I stayed up to watch the Tuesday night slush, hope that’s not the only snow of the season.

[GHweatherChris]

Pathetic

[Blizzard777]

It continues  

Maintaining  32* 

[BurienSnowGlobe]

Sun break

[Cascadia_Wx]

Had some flakes in the air earlier but nothing sticking yet. Down to 35 which is the low for the day so far. Heading down toward Corvallis today so should be an interesting drive at very least.

Ended November with a 46/38 day yesterday. PDX put up an absolutely pathetic 49/41.

[xfkirsten]

I spoke it into existence! Light flurries finally dusting the ground!

[Doinko]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z GFS shows a Portland special on Sunday night...

 

Hope that east/west gradient is being overdone

[Cascadia_Wx]

Speaking of PDX, looks like they managed to get over 5” of rain for November, just a little shy of average despite the lengthy cool and dry period much of the month.

[T-Town]

Coming down good here. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

14 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

The snow on Tuesday night was dense here as well... it was unusually tough for the snowblower to throw it and it kept getting clogged.

I'm glad you had that problem too. I thought it was my blower but the snow was like concrete. I was going to message you and ask how yours was working.