PNW December 2022 - Part II

[MikeInEverett]

Trees in Edmonds right now:

[MV_snow]

Looks like the steady precip is almost done here. We will stay below freezing for a while but ice accumulation should be more scattered now.

[Everleigh]

26.6* and there is a layer of ice over everything. How thick, I do not know. It doesn't look too thick on the deck and BBQ cover...Who knows what the roads look like though. Haven't lost power though, so that is very good.

[TacomaWx]

Break in the ZR was brief raining again. We’re getting close to the point where this starts to weigh stuff down and becomes an even bigger problem. 

[Everleigh]

22 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Going to white knuckle this baby into Seattle. Wish me Goodluck 

[GHweatherChris]

Just went and walked around, pretty uniform 1/3" to 1/2" of sleet/solid ice accumulation.  This is the most ice accumulation since 2008 here but then it was on top of 12" of snow.

[skywatcher]

Metro services have been suspended entirely.

 

https://twitter.com/KingCountyMetro/status/1606277179268075521

[FroYoBro]

I just checked the conditions outside here. It looks like we pretty much stayed as sleet all night. Not as much glazing on objects as I expected, just lots of white and compacted sleet on the ground. The problem is a good shower is moving through now and it kind of sounds more like freezing rain than sleet at this moment. 

[Everleigh]

3 minutes ago, skywatcher said:

Metro services have been suspended entirely.

 

https://twitter.com/KingCountyMetro/status/1606277179268075521

This too. Yikes. 

[snow maniac]

Up to 29 now 1/4 to 3/4 inch ice glaze on everything, looks like it may be over soon.

**just measured at 6:30 am 1/4 inch ice

[MV_snow]

I-90 closed from 405 to 18. That’s almost a 20 mile stretch in a very populated area. Don’t think I’ve ever seen that before.

[Ray]

28 degrees and rain coming down lightly.  Decent layer of ice on everything.  No signs of cars driving anywhere I can see or hear.

[TacomaWx]

7 minutes ago, snow maniac said:

Up to 29 now 1/4 to 3/4 inch ice glaze on everything, looks like it may be over soon.

Unfortunately it’s not over yet. Still lots of time likely before we scour out…and radar is filling back in. 

[Everleigh]

My front porch (concrete steps and such), is just ice. Not very thick, but all ice. Gutters were dripping a bit though. I could also hear a car on the main road...I could tell it was going slow, but the sound of the tires were loud, Kinda crunchy, kinda that poppy sound snow tires make.....? Once it gets light enough, I'll walk to the end of the driveway and see how bad the road is. Maybe some of the trees will be pretty enough for photos..!

[TacomaWx]

D*mnit my boss wants me to start work at 10am in Covington. I really hope things are looking better on the roads by then…he seems to think it’ll just magically disappear in the next hour or two. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

18 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

I just checked the conditions outside here. It looks like we pretty much stayed as sleet all night. Not as much glazing on objects as I expected, just lots of white and compacted sleet on the ground. The problem is a good shower is moving through now and it kind of sounds more like freezing rain than sleet at this moment. 

Stayed sleet all last night over here too. Looks like most of the PDX Metro had sleet. Providence Park covered in ice, looks like snow.

 

[BLI snowman]

Most sleet I think I've ever seen here, ground is thoroughly white with it. Still 21 and coming down moderately.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1/3-1/2 inch glaze. The wind Is blowing some and can hear branches breaking out in the woods. Temp is 28.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

11 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

D*mnit my boss wants me to start work at 10am in Covington. I really hope things are looking better on the roads by then…he seems to think it’ll just magically disappear in the next hour or two. 

Tell him no. It's to dangerous brother. 

[GHweatherChris]

Tiniest sound of some drippage outside right now, very faint but encouraging.

[SouthHillFrosty]

1 hour ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Going to white knuckle this baby into Seattle. Wish me Goodluck 

Welp ppl, I made it! 3 semis in the ditch currently on I-5 in Federal Way. Federal Way has significantly more ice than Seattle.

[RayRay]

Wow the roads are bad… never seen this much traffic in my life…

 

[The Blob]

Looks like we only got sleet last night 

[Everleigh]

1 minute ago, RayRay said:

Wow the roads are bad… never seen this much traffic in my life…

 

I am not sure that is actually depicting current traffic volumes, I believe it's just showing that the roads are hazardous. 

[RayRay]

[T-Town]

 

[snow maniac]

Crazy, I just checked with Mason PUD 3 and no power outages! 
and I haven’t even heard a single tree crack… yet

With a good 1/4 inch of glaze, good thing the wind stopped.

[Snowdome]

Looks like it stayed sleet all night, almost looks like a little snow mixed in at some point too. 

[Katzen]

Street lamp check, the front door is frozen shut. I can still open the back door, so it’s all good

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1.5" of mixed sleet and snow overnight. Little or no freezing rain. Mixed sleet and snow falling now.

Regionwide event!!!

[Dave]

Slowly getting warmer. 29 with freezing drizzle. Roads are completely hideous. 

[MossMan]

25.9 with light mist at the moment. Was freezing raining moderately at 4:30 when I let the dogs out. Everything is crunchy hard, dogs didn’t know what to think when trying to walk on glass snow. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

24 and sleet/freezing rain here, looks like it’s been going on for at least a couple of hours.

 

[T-Town]

14 minutes ago, snow maniac said:

Crazy, I just checked with Mason PUD 3 and no power outages! 
and I haven’t even heard a single tree crack… yet

With a good 1/4 inch of glaze, good thing the wind stopped.

I checked TPU earlier and also nothing on the outage map. Pretty surprising. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Current I-5 conditions. A lot of idiot drivers on the road 

[MossMan]

So far so good up here, the Olympics seem to  be saving our bacon so far. Not much moisture at the moment. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

P.S. Don’t blame me. I’m not the one here who used his monkey’s paw to wish for a regional event.

[Blizzard777]

29* with light winds out of the NW.  Sleet shower around 5 am and now back to ZR.   Doesn’t look horrible yet against what I’ve been through when I lived in PDX but this isn’t over yet. 

[T-Town]

6 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Current I-5 conditions. A lot of idiot drivers on the road 

Looks gnarly. People were flying by me last night on my way home from the airport as it was pouring rain and 26 degrees. I was pretty much going the speed limit. People just don’t think…

[Rubus Leucodermis]

OK, enough snark. Stay safe out there everyone. Or, better yet, stay home and stay safe.