PNW December 2022 - Part II

[MossMan]

So weird! 26.2 degrees. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

8 hours ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Walked outside and it looks like it is transitioning from sleet to rain already…. At 21 degrees! Who gets rain at 21 degrees. I am disgusted. Ugh

Must be warmer as you go up. Classic inversion. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Euro says above freezing for most by noon. GooFuS says above freezing for most by 3:00 pm.

The question is: is either one remotely correct? Models often botch scouring in these situations.

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

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.

 

Good day for a football game. Or an ice hockey game. 

[Blizzard777]

5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

So weird! 26.2 degrees. 

That’s what it sounds like when I eat crunchy cereal! 
Crazy stuff 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

20.7˚F. This is some Portland-level stuff. (Only other place I've seen sleet and mixed precip at temperatures that cold.) Very light sleet.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

So weird! 26.2 degrees. 

Obviously there’s a little freezing rain in the mix for it to be that crunchy. It’s completely loose so far up here.

[Blizzard777]

Outages not bad at all and hoping it stays this way. 

[Phishy Wx]

snow and blowing snow currently, expecting 6" ish then mixed precip by later tonight/tomorrow

5 degrees, WC -12

[The Blob]

Up to 19, it's all over.

[MossMan]

Walking on my plowed driveway with the half inch of snow that fell last night then the layer of freezing rain makes it feel like you are walking on a frozen lake that is cracking beneath you. My steep driveway looks fun! Also it’s quite windy now. Temp still rising, up to 26.9 Wild stuff and a first for me! 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

5 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Obviously there’s a little freezing rain in the mix for it to be that crunchy. It’s completely loose so far up here.

Spoke too soon. It’s definitely coming down as freezing drizzle now.

[ShawniganLake]

22F.  Mostly sleet overnight.  Looks like about 1/2” accumulation. 

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

1 hour ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Tell him no. It's to dangerous brother. 

My rule is always if I would make more at work that day than my car insurance deductible, sure, I'll risk it. But if my deductible is more than the money I'd make, I'm calling in. 

[antipex]

Blowing snow here and -1, wind chill -20 at times. Picked up an inch so far this morning.

[FroYoBro]

14 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Euro says above freezing for most by noon. GooFuS says above freezing for most by 3:00 pm.

The question is: is either one remotely correct? Models often botch scouring in these situations.

Well the Portland area isn’t going to get rid of the cold today. Still 21 here. 

[MossMan]

10 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Obviously there’s a little freezing rain in the mix for it to be that crunchy. It’s completely loose so far up here.

Oh yeah it was pouring down rain at 4:30 this morning. If it weren’t for the Olympics this would have been much worse here. I can tell my tree branches are drooping a bit but much of the moisture is bypassing me. 

[GobBluth]

Stayed sleet in Beaverton all night, but back to calm winds and we've jumped to 23.

[thickhog]

Is the moisture over for PDX ?

[jakerepp]

Little bit of a dusting (any snow on the road/driveway), if I can even call it that, overnight. Juicier looking showers heading our way though. 17 degrees and blustery. Gonna go for a walk when the snow starts falling.

[RentonHill]

Maybe 1/3-1/2 of ice here. Surprised we still have power. 

[FroYoBro]

Well I was able to make it to Lake Oswego. The sleet is a lot easier to drive in than freezing rain. Still had to go slow through. The problem is that we are now getting freezing drizzle at 21 degrees. Next trip may be a little scarier with ice on top. 

[Terreboner]

Good morning, warmed up to a whopping 9 degrees this morning.  Looking at cams, it is around 35 degrees at the 6000' level.  Mixture of sleet and snow right now.  My customers will have to wait until afternoon today, hopefully the temp starts rising for their sake.

[MossMan]

Incoming moisture looks quite limited, western Washington might just get spared from the worst of it. 

[jakerepp]

Anybody got a report from Vancouver? Looks like they keep getting blasted. 

[SimplySmoothWX]

Woke up to a trace of snow here. Anyone else in the Willamette Valley get some?

[MossMan]

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2022/12/major-freezing-rain-event.html?m=1

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, jakerepp said:

Anybody got a report from Vancouver? Looks like they keep getting blasted. 

Mostly a mix of sleet and snow. About 1.5" accumulation. Now getting light freezing drizzle.

[Terreboner]

Pretty heavy sleet/graupel coming down now.  Looking at the wind map, we are still light northerly as Bend has punched southerly.  Most likely some convergence occuring here.

[Doinko]

[SnowySeeker50]

Just woke up. All the roads are glazed over with a quarter inch of ice. Lots of cars sliding 

[High Desert Mat?]

53 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

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

As you’re in the road as well AND taking pics lol. 
 

currently 9 here with just cloudy skies. Had about an inch or so last night before it turned to sleet for about an hour. 

[Doinko]

23/20 for the day yesterday back home, and we're at 22 degrees right now

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

As of now no damage and this is just beautiful.  So cool looking. My woman is so hard headed, I told here she wasn't going to work tomorrow and she still got up thinking she was going. I had to hold her hand and walk her out to her truck I left out on purpose to show her the 1/3 inch of ice on it. We will be good if the wind stays calm. 

[High Desert Mat?]

17 minutes ago, Terreboner said:

Good morning, warmed up to a whopping 9 degrees this morning.  Looking at cams, it is around 35 degrees at the 6000' level.  Mixture of sleet and snow right now.  My customers will have to wait until afternoon today, hopefully the temp starts rising for their sake.

people here drive when the weather is inclement. You need to get that valley mentality out of your head before they label you something here lol. I’ll be going to work here shortly. 

[Doinko]

 

[Doinko]

Deepens even more

 

[MossMan]

Now that it’s daybreak I am able to see the trees, a little droopy but doing fine. 27.3 degrees. 

[Kayla]

Temps are slowing starting to rebound here. Up to -11F after a midnight low of -26. It is also now lightly snowing which is expected for most of the day here.

[jakerepp]

Snowing! Lots of small flakes and coming down at an angle. Will be a fun walk once I finish my coffee.