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

[KingstonWX]

32 and all snow here now. 

[Gradient Keeper]

00z GEFS. Pretty good signal. The Columbia Basin never thaws.

[selkirks]

Mixing with snow now near U-Village/Ravenna.

Was trying to transition an hour or two ago, but then went back to rain. Maybe this time's a charm.

[andrewr]

Beginning to stick here about 1 mile west of SeaTac airport. They might report some accumulation by midnight.

[TT-SEA]

I left the TV on FOX13 after the game and was just subjected to local media stupidity that I usually try to avoid.

First they have a guy driving around with a dash cam and he has mostly been in rain so I got to hear comments like "look at that rain hitting the windshield"... then the weather person said its wrapping in Tacoma and just rain but North Bend will get lots of snow tonight.     

I mean... come on.    Every one of us would be a more knowledge weather anchor.   

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 9'er Hopefully just like the 12z the EPS will show this brief warming ridge will be an outlier. No one wants warm muck!

[SnowySeeker50]

After fighting a bit between rain and snow, currently snowing and sticking to roads/sidewalks.

[LowerGarfield]

45 minutes ago, Perturbed Member said:

Precip looking marginally better on the  00z Euro. Temps look good before the precip but ends up a hair too warm. Precip rates are still too light and much lower than the other models. 

 

 

Please please. I want measurable snow. I hope it works out for me.

[SouthHillFrosty]

10 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

So what model is performing best so far? 

GFS Tbh

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Day 9'er Hopefully just like the 12z the EPS will show this brief warming ridge will be an outlier. No one wants warm muck!

The ECMWF shows copious precip in the day 5-9 day period.    Luckily most of it is snow in the mountains.

[Seattle]

3 minutes ago, selkirks said:

Mixing with snow now near U-Village/Ravenna.

Was trying to transition an hour or two ago, but then went back to rain. Maybe this time's a charm.

Interesting fully snow for the past hour with accumulation now right around the west end of Ravenna park/Cowen park 

[smerfylicious]

Well it's not only dumping snow here, but it's also incredibly windy again. Blizzard 2: electric boogaloo

[Skagit Weather]

Alternating between light rain and snow mixed with rain here at 38F. This will be my fourth day I've seen snowflakes this season so maybe it will be my first accumulation of the season!

[TacomaWx]

6 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

ECMWF shows the heaviest precip for Seattle is coming in a couple hours... its going to be another sleepless night for many!    Probably won't get any snow out here.

It has stayed consistently heavy here for about 30 minutes now. If it were just a tad cooler it’d be adding up much faster. I haven’t gone and done a measurement yet but it’s probably getting close to 1/4” and sticking to the roads a bit now. Been a lot of 33 degree snow this past week which stacks up great on grassy/elevated surfaces but not so much on concrete. 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, smerfylicious said:

Well it's not only dumping snow here, but it's also incredibly windy again. Blizzard 2: electric boogaloo

Wow... somehow we have no wind and absolutely nothing falling here.  You would not know anything is going on around us.    I think of your location being similar to my area but I am learning now that we can wildly different weather depending on the situation.

[selkirks]

2 minutes ago, Seattle said:

Interesting fully snow for the past hour with accumulation now right around the west end of Ravenna park/Cowen park 

It's funny, I think it would look very different if I were 200 feet higher or 1,000 yards north.

[Gummy]

6 minutes ago, selkirks said:

Mixing with snow now near U-Village/Ravenna.

Was trying to transition an hour or two ago, but then went back to rain. Maybe this time's a charm.

It does seem to be a few degrees warmer. U-Village tends to be like that unfortunately for fringe events.

 

[Gradient Keeper]

Day 10

[Snownerd3000]

5 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

GFS Tbh

That's what i was thinking lol. 

[WeatherGeek2022]

Decent mix on south hill.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

The WRF wants to warm things up in a hurry tomorrow morning. Plenty cold just to the east though.

[SnowWillarrive]

1 minute ago, selkirks said:

It's funny, I think it would look very different if I were 200 feet higher or 1,000 yards north.

U-village is literally the swamp

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Gradient Keeper said:

Day 10

That is downright ugly.     Particularly with the eastern trough.   

[selkirks]

Just now, SnowWillarrive said:

U-village is literally the swamp

Not as bad as Puyallup! 

[Gradient Keeper]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

That is downright ugly.     Particularly with the eastern trough.   

Thinking it will be an outlier like 12z was. I hope so! C'MON EPS!

[Margaritaville]

Still snowing 

[Gradient Keeper]

00z ECMWF 10 Day Rainfall, Snowfall totals

[Requiem]

Like clockwork the easterlies have turned on here

[Blizzard777]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I left the TV on FOX13 after the game and was just subjected to local media stupidity that I usually try to avoid.

First they have a guy driving around with a dash cam and he has mostly been in rain so I got to hear comments like "look at that rain hitting the windshield"... then the weather person said its wrapping in Tacoma and just rain but North Bend will get lots of snow tonight.     

I mean... come on.    Every one of us would be a more knowledge weather anchor.   

Ya, the TV news thing is history for me…..this forum is where I get all my info regarding weather along with NOAA.  Your all a lot more entertaining as well!  Used to love the weather segments back in the old days though.    
33.3 now and snow continues 

[TacomaWx]

Down to 33 now…

[VancouverIslandSouth]

3 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

Alternating between light rain and snow mixed with rain here at 38F. This will be my fourth day I've seen snowflakes this season so maybe it will be my first accumulation of the season!

I really hope you get some accumulation tonight. I think your area is one of the few that has done as bad or worse than this area. You're doing better than here so far, in spite of continuous moderate radar returns overhead nothing measurable has reached the ground yet, still 38F with a SE breeze. Tonight seems like the last decent chance around here before the pattern resets and who knows when the next opportunity will come.

[Meatyorologist]

Wow. A lot to catch up on!

Moderate snow and 32F. Right north of the boundary. Sticking on everything. A rare GFS verification in progress.

[TT-SEA]

My son just reported that its "dumping" at UW.   He is up on the hill above U-Village.

[Requiem]

Just now, Meatyorologist said:

Wow. A lot to catch up on!

Moderate snow and 32F. Right north of the boundary. Sticking on everything. A rare GFS verification in progress.

I'm *hoping* this means the GFS is more on the money regarding Sunday for down here, but at the same time I know that's not how it works...

[Gradient Keeper]

7 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Like clockwork the easterlies have turned on here

The breezy east wind is ramping up rather gusty here now.

[Winterdog]

Actually getting blobs in the rain here and 35 degrees.  

[SnowySeeker50]

Dumping and sticking right now. 

[selkirks]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

My son just reported that its "dumping" at UW.   He is up on the hill above U-Village.

Now all snow at the bottom of the hill as well! 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, SnowySeeker50 said:

Dumping and sticking right now. 

Impressive.

I-5 is snow covered now south of SEA.

[thisisacreativename]

Just started dumping here on the East Hill... every surface is turning white in a hurry.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Slipped and fell on my ass trying to pull my finance’s car into the garage. Heavy snow rn 

[MillCreekMike]

Wow things finally picking up here! I was getting so confused as to why that was happening and was in serious weenie danger.

[Snownerd3000]

6 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Wow. A lot to catch up on!

Moderate snow and 32F. Right north of the boundary. Sticking on everything. A rare GFS verification in progress.

Now do that storm on the 13th

[WeatheringLoyalHeights]

Really coming down now! Bonus outside time for the pup 

[TacomaWx]

Half dollar sized flakes at times. 

[BurienSnowGlobe]

No green on the radar over Seattle now, and all the reports seem to verify. Something changed quickly

[MillCreekMike]

Yeah this definitely has over performance written all over it for a lot of people. Radar looks awesome right now.

[SnowWillarrive]

8 minutes ago, SnowySeeker50 said:

Dumping and sticking right now. 

You have already exceeded what the euro showed for your location

[runninthruda206]

Snow! But not sticking 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, BurienSnowGlobe said:

No green on the radar over Seattle now, and all the reports seem to verify. Something changed quickly

If you look at the region wide UW radar loop you can see a burst of heavier precip moving through from Seattle down to Tacoma and Puyallup.