PNW December 2022 - Part II

[Blizzard777]

1 hour ago, JSnowlin said:

Tacoma and Seattle

Formal protest  

[Terreboner]

Where's Rob??  He must be resting for a fun night shift.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

850s

925s

So far so good... no freezing rain threat with that!  

[GHweatherChris]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

So far so good... no freezing rain threat with that!  

Almost thought the warmth to the south was already shoving the 850s north, but when you run the loop it isn't.

[DRG]

26.7 with a 17 dp.  Dropped about 8 deg in the last 3 hrs

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

5 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

25.1756 degrees currently after a high of 32.2569 today.  Got some liquid gold for the genny just in case.  Like @MR.SNOWMIZER I feel like there could be more snow than progged before the switchover to potentially damaging ice.  How long we hold on to the offshore flow is important, but will need to keep any eye on the 825 and 950 temps starting tomorrow, I will post the current ones shortly and if an admin or staph member could pin the post they will update  as each hour passes on the forum at the top, @Meatyorologist @snow_wizard @TT-SEA, I know there are others, too lazy to find em.

I agree, it's a tough call because it's just a rare pattern to have such a warm storm moving in with such cold offshore flow. The pass gaps will feed a bunch of cold air In also. Snow or sleet will be the main precip over here, infact we could stay snow here for a long time because of the upslope and the cold pool building up into the atmosphere.  

[WildrootParable]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I agree, it's a tough call because it's just a rare pattern to have such a warm storm moving in with such cold offshore flow. The pass gaps will feed a bunch of cold air In also. Snow or sleet will be the main precip over here, infact we could stay snow here for a long time because of the upslope and the cold pool building up into the atmosphere.  

Does that go for Kitsap in general or for your specific location? 

[ShawniganLake]

3 hours ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

We get more direct access in these situations but you'll probably end up colder overnight if there's good radiation cooling. Looks like we'll end up with a midnight high of 22.8F here, the highest it got during daylight hours was 19.8F and it's since cooled back down a bit. The outflow is roaring now, getting some snow dunes on the rocky hills. This is pretty top tier stuff for Victoria.

 

Reached a high of 25F this afternoon. Dropping quickly now. Down to 13F. 
 

yes, it was pretty calm here today. Not much outflow reaching us here. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

It must be the high pressure and the cold air but my wood stove is ripping good. The draft is amazing!

[snow_wizard]

The current temp of 9 in Arlington is certainly noteworthy!

I ended up with a midnight high of 30 and the current temp of 21 is the low so far.

[jcmcgaffey]

Just left work and shocked by the cold when I stepped outside. 19deg at 6pm! 

[Cascadia_Wx]

PDX holding at 31. It’s over.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

6 minutes ago, WildrootParable said:

Does that go for Kitsap in general or for your specific location? 

The sweet spot for kitsap is belfair north to bremerton airport  to sunnslope then from there nw to seabeck. I probably no the snow zones in kitsap county better than anyone lol. West of that line btw.

Edited December 22, 2022 by MR.SNOWMIZER

[Cascadia_Wx]

21 in Hood River, but 24 at The Dalles. Definitely seems like something’s up there.

[MossMan]

Forgot we had snow on this date two years ago today as well! 

[DRG]

Precip still looking like it'll arrive Oregon coast around noonish tomorrow, spend a couple hours saturating the air mass before it makes its way down to the ground?

[Kolk1604]

24 here

[LowerGarfield]

Down to 8F here. We sat at 15F all night and most of today. Rapid drop though nothing like east of the Rockies.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

It must be the high pressure and the cold air but my wood stove is ripping good. The draft is amazing!

Noting better than a wood stove in weather like this.

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The current temp of 9 in Arlington is certainly noteworthy!

I ended up with a midnight high of 30 and the current temp of 21 is the low so far.

Gonna be crazy cold tomorrow morning this is the stuff you dream for man 24 here after a high of 31

[WildrootParable]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The sweet spot for kitsap is belfair north to bremerton airport  to sunnslope then from there nw to seabeck. I probably no the snow zones in kitsap county better than anyone lol.

Fantastic! Thank you. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

PDX holding at 31. It’s over.

I'm just glad you have some fun stuff to track at home.

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Forgot we had snow on this date two years ago today as well! 

I had some too.  Pretty sad event though.  It is quite noteworthy to have snow three consecutive years in the same general time period though.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Currently 39F DP 37F with a light wind from the NNW. Cloudy but dry today.

[Deweydog]

Still a pretty shallow gradient for now…

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

5 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Noting better than a wood stove in weather like this.

That's all we use to heat our home. Works awesome,  load it at 6pm, load it at 6am house stays 70 -72 degrees and the stove burns non stop for a month and we clean ashes. It burns very clean. 

[snow_wizard]

8 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Gonna be crazy cold tomorrow morning this is the stuff you dream for man 24 here after a high of 31

Just too bad it's going to end on kind of a sour note.  Pretty impressive event overall though.  I ended up with a little over 1.5" of snow from the whole thing.

EDIT: Actually just about 2 inches.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Down to 29 with light NE winds and clearing skies. 

[Phishy Wx]

down to 2, WC is -13

 

Clear skies

[Frontal Snowsquall]

What Mark’s thinking with the arrival of moisture tomorrow.

 

[ShawniganLake]

9 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Forgot we had snow on this date two years ago today as well! 

We had a big hit of snow with that. 11”

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Just too bad it's going to end on kind of a sour note.  Pretty impressive event overall though.  I ended up with a little over 1.5" of snow from the whole thing.

Just 0.8” here but I’m really enjoying it though. Snow should stick around through tomorrow and another solidly cold day as well. 

[snow_wizard]

The magnitude of this cold air mass is pretty incredible.  It has already made it down to Kansas east of the Rockies and there are still -50s and even some -60s in Canada.

[Brennan]

10 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Noting better than a wood stove in weather like this.

No kidding. LOVE THEM for the warmth and the ambiance. 

[WildrootParable]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

That's all we use to heat our home. Works awesome,  load it at 6pm, load it at 6am house stays 70 -72 degrees and the stove burns non stop for a month and we clean ashes. It burns very clean. 

Same. Nothing better. The electricity in our house is a bit dodgy (that's the next big investment we need to make, sigh) so we quickly got out of the habit of using the baseboards and only use the woodstove from pretty much October through April or so. It's the best.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Just too bad it's going to end on kind of a sour note.  Pretty impressive event overall though.  I ended up with a little over 1.5" of snow from the whole thing.

I've been thinking about it all day, we were sooo close to something epic and probably would of been a top 5 all time blasts if the forcing would of been better. If this thing had dug just a little more we would of been looking at something incredibly cold and snowy. The Monday night would of been 12+ inches from Olympia north easy.

[Terreboner]

Quit with the "too bad it will warm up" stuff.  It is going to and there is nothing we can do about it.  Let's just enjoy what mother nature gives us and I'm sure another experience is around the corner.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, Brennan said:

No kidding. LOVE THEM for the warmth and the ambiance. 

 

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

We had a big hit of snow with that. 11”

We had a couple of inches and some it lasted to Christmas Eve! 

[MikeInEverett]

19 at home and 16 where I’m currently at in Mill Creek