PNW December 2022 - Part II

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I went for a walk outside and the trees are already starting to droop. This is going to be bad out here. FUKK

[Kolk1604]

I just walked out side and everything is covered in ice. The Roads are so slick. Freezing rain definitely has a different sound to it. 

Honestly Frosty, I'm 5 min away from my work. (40 minute walk) and I don't even l think I can safely walk there. 

I start at 6am and temp is now 26 

[Cloud]

6z GFS shows we won’t get above freezing until after lunch time and there’s still precip around. Going to be several hours of this. 
 

this is additional ice prior to 10pm tonight.
 

[Requiem]

2 minutes ago, Cloud said:

6z GFS shows we won’t get above freezing until after lunch time and there’s still precip around. Going to be several hours of this. 
 

this is additional ice prior to 10pm tonight.
 

Wow-- storm's essentially over down here.

[Cloud]

Tuesday’s storm is barreling right at us at 970 prior to landfall. 

[North_County]

5 minutes ago, Cloud said:

6z GFS shows we won’t get above freezing until after lunch time and there’s still precip around. Going to be several hours of this. 
 

this is additional ice prior to 10pm tonight.
 

WTF Abbotsford?

[Cloud]

2 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Wow-- storm's essentially over down here.

Yes and no… you still have a bit of ice left to go heading into Christmas…. But given how the models are too fast to scour out the cold, could potentially be more. 

[Cloud]

Windows outside our house are covered in a sheet of ice. I’ve NEVER seen this before. Wtf

[Requiem]

9 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Yes and no… you still have a bit of ice left to go heading into Christmas…. But given how the models are too fast to scour out the cold, could potentially be more. 

Definitely think that any moisture coming in Saturday could be ice-- but I'm surprised how much wetter models (EURO in particular) were for this morning into the afternoon than what is verifying.

[4Runner]

Out in deep Ravensdale close to Palmer and the wind is absolutely ripping. Currently getting sleet which is better than freezing rain and 15 degrees

[Cloud]

Yikes!

[Tyler Mode]

Still sleet here in Battle Ground.  Still 23 degrees.

[HuskyMaestro]

Power’s been holding here with no lights flickering. But who knows what I’ll wake up to some hours later. 

I would be lying if I said I didn’t stick out my arm out in the freezing rain just to see. The water feels like it very briefly freezes before melting on my hand. Such a weird tingly feeling, that’s a first to experience supercooled water. 

[Tenochtitlan]

It's sleeting hard out there! It sounds like something's quietly crackling on the stove.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Looks like I have about 1/3 inch ice accumulation.  The limbs on my fir trees are hanging way down. Still 25 degrees. 

[SpaceRace22]

-11 degree wind chill in the West Hills of Portland right now, lol

[The Blob]

I haven't heard the wind in a while, but be frozen out there. 

[MikeInEverett]

23 and ZR in downtown Everett.

Little bit of a glaze on the car already. Today is usually one of the busiest days of the year at the grocery store, but it looks like yesterday took a lot of todays would be business. Interested to see how that goes.

[The Blob]

This is right by my house,  67mph gust... 

[TT-SEA]

Power went out here before the precip even started.     Presumably from the wind.   All sleet here now... half an inch maybe.  It looks like snow on the driveway.

[MikeInEverett]

21 with ZR all the way up in Everett. Has this ever happened like ever? Roads are a sheet of ice.

[AquaMoonCoffee]

Juanita (Kirkland) has been totally dry all evening and freezing rain just started with zero lead up. Everything's been showing and saying snow or sleet for at least an hour before we were to switch over but the fact it just began suddenly feels like a bad sign.

[Cloud]

3 am sirens in these conditions…. Not really something you want to hear.

[BurienSnowGlobe]

Going through WSDOT cams and all streets look very slick! Looks like a major collision around 272nd ST on i5.
 

Honestly nobody should be driving right now… I’m going to try and take my own advice if it stays this bad by the time I have to go into work

[MikeInEverett]

Welp. Things got much worse as I went south on 99. The whole road has a shiny glaze of ice on it, and I passed multiple cars that got stuck at stop lights and even on small hills on the road, had to inch my way by all those people and hope I didn’t slide into them. I’ve never seen anything like this. Really really bad situation.

[umadbro]

Eugene temps haven’t moved in several hours.

[Ellsworb]

1/4” of ice and only 26 degrees on the east shore of lake tapps. We still have power but I’m not expecting that to last through morning at this rate. We got zero snow or sleet. 

[GHweatherChris]

It is very bad out this way, I can't tell how much sleet/ice has accumulated, some spots its a 1/2", some are a bit less, east wind still strong, temp only up to 28.

Edited December 23, 2022 by GHweatherChris

[The Blob]

I just looked out the front door window. Sp much sleet and I have no idea how much ice is there.

[IceKing]

Snow switched to freezing rain in Marysville. Cars are already covered in a layer of ice

[BurienSnowGlobe]

Looks like it’s getting windy out there

[Frontal Snowsquall]

19 degrees out here with solid tapioca snow cover on the ground. Everything is coated in white. Looks beautiful out there. Very cold temperatures across the region still and in PDX Metro as of 4am. Some PDX Metro locations in the mid teens. Eugene is still only at 26 and Newport only at 34. 00z EURO was too aggressive with the warmup and last night had Eugene up to 32 and Newport up to 48 at this time. Newport still receiving cold offshore east winds.

[The Blob]

For some reason the weather station by my house is reading high gusts. I think something may have happened to it at some point during the night.

[FroYoBro]

It has warmed up all the way to 19 degrees after a low of 18 overnight. Really impressive. I’m supposed to work today, but have no idea how I’m expected to drive. Haven’t checked the roads yet, but can’t imagine they are good. 

[IceKing]

You can tell where the ice storm is impacting from traffic patterns 

[SouthHillFrosty]

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

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

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

Braver than I am. Freeways look like a nightmare. 

[TacomaWx]

Haven’t gone outside to actually measure but there’s a pretty decent layer of ice evident this morning. Not much precip falling at the moment and we’ve got power so that’s good. 27 here hasn’t warmed up that much…

[FroYoBro]

8 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

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

Man, good luck! I’m scared about venturing out at 7am. May have to give it a shot to take care some of animals though. 

[MikeInEverett]

Thankfully looks like most of the precip is moving out of the area for now.