PNW December 2022 - Part II

[The Blob]

Woken up by 0530 from 2 out of 3 kids. I hear the rain going down the down spout so it must be a good rain.

[Timmy]

Crazy how long we have held into the cold here. 34 still

[Meatyorologist]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays you unhinged freaks! It's been fun this past year tracking the weather with y'all

[Tyler Mode]

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

[Doinko]

PDX is finally up to 35

[Meatyorologist]

28F with one and a half feet of snow on the ground here at my grandparents in Post Falls, ID. A postcard white Christmas. One day we'll do that whole charade in Seattle and it will be glorious

[hawkstwelve]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

2a8F with one and a half feet of snow on the ground here at my grandparents in Post Falls, ID. A postcard white Christmas. One day we'll do that whole charade in Seattle and it will be glorious

A white Christmas here as well... about 5 inches of snow still on the ground but 41 degrees with rain showers so definitely not postcard worthy.    We somehow avoid the south wind here yesterday evening which would have led to much faster melting.   Snow melts quite slowly when its calm and in the low 40s as opposed to when its windy... particularly when its capped with a layer of ice.

[Meatyorologist]

10 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

Merry Christmas everyone!

Fred picked a good one to help with the forum. You make it easy. Hope you and your family are enjoying the holiday

[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.