PNW December 2022 - Part II

[Everleigh]

3 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

My response was 100% sarcasm by the way just to poke Tim. I think both of us will see a switch and some snow. 

Oh, no, man, I 100% expect to just see rain today. Really. I am at 43*right now, I do not see my area dropping enough to see legit snowfall today. I will happily eat my words later though, if I am proven wrong! 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Seattle said:

This is not even 7 minutes of accumulation. It’s coming down hard! 32.7 now.

Pretty rare for it to be snowing in Seattle and 40 degrees with sideways rain in North Bend.  

[snow_wizard]

Wind shift south of Seattle already.

[Blizzard777]

3 minutes ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

Never thought of this! Looks to be much more accurate than using the radar depiction. 

So close …..excited 

[Sam]

All rain in Kent..

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, bishbish777 said:

If the rain/snow line stalls out just north of us..

Not a chance in this case.

[snow_wizard]

Just now, Sam said:

All rain in Kent..

For now.

[MikeInEverett]

Roads are completely snow covered in Everett again. Looks like a couple more hours before precip moves out unless come convergence sets up. Coming down really good, no more shadow!

[Frontal Snowsquall]

3 minutes ago, Doinko said:

GEM is less aggressive too with the warmup

Great to see. The ICON trended colder to.

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Pretty rare for it to be snowing in Seattle and 40 degrees with sideways rain in North Bend.  

 

4 minutes ago, Seattle said:

This is not even 7 minutes of accumulation. It’s coming down hard! 32.7 now.

Love how it's sticking to the pavement so soon.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Definitely seems like the backwash is going to be more significant. 

It looks like the precip will end sharply. Do you think there will be convergence ? Btw it is switching to snow at work in port orchard with a north wind

[WildrootParable]

After holding steady for a while the temp and dewpoint are finally dropping at Bremerton Airport. 

[Poulsbo Snowman]

Since last stats posted 2 hours ago, received 2 more inches.  8" now and snowing insanely hard.  Winds appear to be picking up a bit because I'm now observing some blowing snow down the street.  

[RentonHill]

Temp dropping here now. 

[TeacherLori]

10 minutes ago, jcmcgaffey said:

Reminds me of the switchover in Dec 2008. 

That was epic. I remember teaching that year and telling the kids on a Tuesday (I believe) before break to take everything home because I had a feeling that they wouldn't be returning, and sure enough, that was it for the year.

Does this really feel the same?

[Poulsbo Snowman]

Now, an Xfinity van is stuck in front of my house, which sits on a small hill.  He's not going anywhere.  Guess I'll go help him.

[Sam]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

For now.

Oh I sure hope you are right!!

[snow_wizard]

9 minutes ago, jcmcgaffey said:

Looks to be short lived though as the back edge of this intense precip is just passing the Olympics. Should drop a couple inches on top of the wet slush we had before drying out. 

It's supposed to last for a while yet.

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

It looks like the precip will end sharply. Do you think there will be convergence ? Btw it is switching to snow at work in port orchard with a north wind

Not much convergence it appears... but arctic front gets going this evening.    

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Sam said:

Oh I sure hope you are right!!

It’s pretty likely your area sees a burst of snowfall before this wraps up based on how much precip there is still to work with on the cold side of the front. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

It's supposed to last for a while yet.

Looks like it might be moving faster than projected.

[Doinko]

Could someone post the sleet totals for the 12z GFS?

[SnowWillarrive]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Not a chance in this case.

Feels like an eternity as the evil southern winds attack us.

[Ziess]

10 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

12z GFS is less aggressive with the warmup. 00z last night had most of PDX Metro above freezing by Friday 10am. The 12z GFS now has PDX still in the teens at the same time. Good to see as we get closer to the event. 

00z:

12z:

Help me understand this, if there's down sloping and 30mph winds out of the east how the heck is that arm nose in Clackamas county going to happen at the surface? 

[bainbridgekid]

Bummed to be missing this, but I’m having almost as much fun tracking it from the couch in Chicago. My family thinks I’m insane.

[Cloud]

Welp… Seattle have gone more northerlies now. So has West Seattle. 

[Mid Valley Duck]

The GEM would be devastating for the Willamette valley. The eastern metro would look like a warzone with the east wind and heavy freezing rain.

[fubario]

28 minutes ago, Everleigh said:

Me, watching others getting more snow, while I sit here in my 42* rain.....

I'm with you, sister. *sigh*

[Front Ranger]

16 minutes ago, MossMan said:

21.5. Good god this is perfection! 

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Once again, all your b*tching about missing out the past couple days paid off! 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Cloud said:

Welp… Seattle have gone more northerlies now. So has West Seattle. 

Low is to your east now! 

[runninthruda206]

Woke up to rain at 7am,, woke up to lots of snow now??!!!,

 

[TacomaWx]

BFI down to 35!

[Timmy]

Anyone got a good look at the ukmet? I am not privy to the good maps. Looks colder at least, holds on to below freezing pdx until Saturday morning 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Timmy

[Front Ranger]

2 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Welp… Seattle have gone more northerlies now. So has West Seattle. 

The road cams between Seattle and Everett are nuts right now.

[TT-SEA]

I-5 in Bellingham...

 

[Cloud]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

BFI down to 35!

Pretty decent drop in about 20 mins!

[Ice_is_Everywhere]

Wind’s roaring from the north now. Precip is threatening to change, but not quite yet.

[seattleweatherguy]

Snowing hard in bothell 

[Blizzard777]

2 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Feels like an eternity as the evil southern winds attack us.

Confirming southern winds are indeed evil 

42*

[Cold Snap]

Switched back to a north wind now dumping snow!