PNW December 2022 - Part II

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Still some snow hanging on here, but last year today was far prettier.

As was 2017 on Bainbridge Island:

[TT-SEA]

Not so pretty here now... you can see some ground fog hovering over the snow indicating the melting process. 

[TacomaWx]

We’ve actually had snow right around Christmas quite a few times in recent years most of them just not quite. 
2017 (2” 12/24-12/25)

2020 (Tr. 12/21)

2021 (Tr. 12/20-6.5” 12/26)

2022(0.8” 12/20-12/21)

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS shows some lowland snow for New Years Eve...

 

[Kayla]

Chinooks been blowing all night here and 42 degrees on this Christmas morning.

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope everyone has a lovely day with your loved ones!

[Deweydog]

Merry Christmas everyone!

Thank you Jesus for being born and asking your dad to hook us up with massive ensemble improvement and ridge bridge!

Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!!!

[MossMan]

Merry Christmas everyone! Can I call this a White Christmas? 

[Christensen87]

Seeing two windstorm potentials next week now, Tuesday night and Friday night. 

[GHweatherChris]

S!!

[MillCreekMike]

Merry Christmas!! Still have some snow piles hanging on that are almost a month old!!

[MossMan]

Well it’s still chilly in Omak, only 19! 
48 and raining here. 

[TT-SEA]

52 at SEA on this Christmas morning.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

SLE down to 45 after a midnight high of 55! 

[Doinko]

GEM

 

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

52 at SEA on this Christmas morning.   

Just think if the timing was just slightly different and instead of Tuesday morning this was this morning.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Eugene currently at 54˚F… only 6 more to go for a Christmas 60-burger!

[SnowWillarrive]

1 hour ago, TacomaWx said:

We’ve actually had snow right around Christmas quite a few times in recent years most of them just not quite. 
2017 (2” 12/24-12/25)

2020 (Tr. 12/21)

2021 (Tr. 12/20-6.5” 12/26)

2022(0.8” 12/20-12/21)

We’ve had quite the stretch in recent years. Feels like something has changed in our climate. December’s have been good.
 

2021 still my favorite. We had close to 20 inches over a period of multiple snowfalls having started to snow on Christmas Day. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

My Christmas gift to all of you is news on this morning that the CFS is doubling down on cold for February and March. 

[BLI snowman]

A very Merry Christmas to all!!! Thankful that the ice gods were watching over us and let us have this one.

And the half melted sleet here still beats bare grass!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Rich Marriott says 

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

[Phishy Wx]

lol cooled back down to 25 over night, currently 27 with Heavy ZR.  this cold pool is a biitch

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Mitzy says merry Christmas!!

[Terreboner]

30 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

We’ve had quite the stretch in recent years. Feels like something has changed in our climate. December’s have been good.
 

2021 still my favorite. We had close to 20 inches over a period of multiple snowfalls having started to snow on Christmas Day. 

Nothing has changed, it's called natural variability.

[Phishy Wx]

looks like close to 2" of rain on the way tomorrow and tuesday with temps in the 40s.  that's going to a do a number on snowpack here.  gross. I'm just hoping for on time flights on Tuesday.  GEG > SLC > EWR

[Ice_is_Everywhere]

2 hours ago, Tyler Mode said:

Currently in the 40s and 50s in parts of Montana while north Florida is in the 20s...

The temperature swing in Montana from 50 below to 50 above is wild to think about.

[TT-SEA]

45 degree mess in North Bend.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

45 degree mess in North Bend.

I love pics like this on Christmas. It tells me you are a grinch at heart like me. 

[Forum Admin]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

45 degree mess in North Bend.

Snow Karen.

[Terreboner]

Mid 40's and slop so this is fitting.

Marriot Christmas and a Happy Nelsen Year to everyone!!!!

[DRG]

10 hours ago, gusky said:

I've gotten doubt from some mets and a PDX meteorologist when I shared this with them... they don't believe it is snowing, but your ring cam seems convincing. Are you sure it's snowing and not just some snow blowing off of a roof or something?

I'm about as certain as one can be for not physically being there.  Given that it was actively melting/dripping earlier, the odds of anything still being light and fluffy enough to be blown around are pretty D**n small I'd imagine? So weird...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

4 minutes ago, Terreboner said:

Mid 40's and slop so this is fitting.

Marriot Christmas and a Happy Nelsen Year to everyone!!!!

After yesterday I think it’s safe to say Mark is the GOAT!

[DRG]

4 hours ago, Tyler Mode said:

It's old video.

Nope.  It was minutes old when I posted it

[MossMan]

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, DRG said:

Nope.  It was minutes old when I posted it

I cannot imagine it was snowing given how insanely warm the upper levels are and how shallow the cold layer is. The cold layer can’t be more than a few hundred feet thick and the you have to go up 8-9,000’ to hit the freezing level. 

[smerfylicious]

Merry Christmas everyone! Snow entered a delete code at my place so here's a nice view instead.

[DRG]

10 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I cannot imagine it was snowing given how insanely warm the upper levels are and how shallow the cold layer is. The cold layer can’t be more than a few hundred feet thick and the you have to go up 8-9,000’ to hit the freezing level. 

Makes no sense to me either, that's why I thought I'd share it...

[LowerGarfield]

My snow depth is 2-3 inches. Nothing fell today. This is still an official White Christmas, correct???

[SilverFallsAndrew]

11 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

My snow depth is 2-3 inches. Nothing fell today. This is still an official White Christmas, correct???

I would say yes. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

13 minutes ago, DRG said:

Makes no sense to me either, that's why I thought I'd share it...

It’s a holiday mystery. 

[LowerGarfield]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I would say yes. 

NWS Spokane replied and said it was so.

How are the SilverFalls family celebrating?

[Cascadia_Wx]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It’s a holiday mystery. 

Merry Christmas Andrew, and to the rest of the forum. It was pretty nice to have some cold temperatures and wintery precip leading up to the holiday this year.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Merry Christmas bois. Get your rest, the big snowstorm is coming….

 

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Now up to 59˚F at EUG. Just one more degree to go!

[Eujunga]

60-burger already achieved here at 11 a.m.!

Santa left quite the lump of coal in Eugene's stocking with every model except the Euro showing systems splitting right over Oregon and drastically reduced QPF for the coming week. A few days ago they were promising 6"-8" of rain. Now the NAM is showing 0.9", and it will probably prove to be the most accurate. Yes, this is a weenie post.

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, Eujunga said:

60-burger already achieved here at 11 a.m.!

Santa left quite the lump of coal in Eugene's stocking with every model except the Euro showing systems splitting right over Oregon and drastically reduced QPF for the coming week. A few days ago they were promising 6"-8" of rain. Now the NAM is showing 0.9", and it will probably prove to be the most accurate. Yes, this is a weenie post.

Eugene was in the 60s in early January 1969 after the snow/ice storm farther north. Then of course they had the massive snowstorms later on that month.

Maybe that could happen this year!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

There must be downsloping involved at Eugene. Roseburg and Corvallis are not nearly so warm.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Eugene was in the 60s in early January 1969 after the snow/ice storm farther north. Then of course they had the massive snowstorms later on that month.

Maybe that could happen this year!

It's possible. Next snow event could well be a south valley special.

Up here, we’re now overdue now for our own patented way to achieve a snowfail: a big dry blast that furnishes the cold air for points south to get the goods.

[Doinko]

Meanwhile PDX is still 38.  The NWS thought we'd be in the mid-hugh 40s yesterday

[North_County]

9 hours ago, North_County said:

Been off the forum since this morning (or yesterday morning now, I suppose). Really shocked to see how quickly the snow vanished for many of you on Saturday. Mine basically looks the same as it did before the warmup, except coated in ice, and slush developing in the low spots,  even with temps reaching into the mid-40s.

Looks like we dodged the flood bullet in the warmup, which has been occupying a lot of my headspace the past 48 hours.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Looks like I spoke too soon. Sounds like ice dams and possibly the king tides caused a very rapid and scary rise near the mouth of the Nooksack. Marietta was evacuated in the middle of the night.

Video of the ice flowing through Ferndale upstream of Marietta in the link.

https://www.facebook.com/372138779882157/posts/pfbid0TPYRqehBPWHKKW8S3W2QvrAnpyfVYBcuJ3VcGAHQN7KzLdkJeUCjDhM812yvQRkDl/?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=RUbZ1f

[HuskyMaestro]

Gonna be out for today so Merry Christmas to you all and have a great one! May the rest of our winter season be totally fetch!