November 2017 PNW Discussion Thread

[Jbolin]

Found while driving: Northgate=Rain/Snow mix 38F, Ballard= Wet Snow 35.6F (Crown Pt) DT KSEA=Nada 43F, W.Sea=38F No precip

[Jbolin]

Wind has shifted out of the north, PCSZ has jutted SE a bit and now have a rain/snow mix here

[Geos]

Woke up to it snowing here. 33 degrees and sliding.

Front hit about 2am when it was still about 41.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Great pics guys! I love this!

[Geos]

Snowing hard enough for it to stick to the bushes and car tops right now.

[Jbolin]

Snowing here at 556ft ASL

[MikeInEverett]

Rain/Snow mix for about three hours now. A couple of changeovers to snow but those only lasted a few minutes. So close.

[Bryant]

A few pictures of/around the house from just now.

Just realized... my friend lived in that house a while back lol. That's hilarious

[Geos]

Rain/Snow mix for about three hours now. A couple of changeovers to snow but those only lasted a few minutes. So close.

Been staying all snow here. 33.2 deg.

[Geos]

Starting to stick to the grass now.

[bainbridgekid]

Set an alarm for 4:45 to check on the snow and woke up to 33 degrees with moderate to almost heavy snow.

 

Grass has turned white in the last few minutes 

[TT-SEA]

Nothing here. How many times does Seattle have their first snow before me? Enjoy!

[Jbolin]

According to NWS KSEA, this is the earliest snowfall in Seattle (not counting seatac data) since Oct 27th 1971 when 2" fell

 

Missed it by 6 days

[MikeInEverett]

Finally got in on the fun here as well, had heavy wet snow for a solid 15 minutes that turned everything white. Just stood outside and enjoyed it. Awesome stuff.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

November 9, 1945 would be the earliest one I think and that one was generally 3-4".

What do the records show for October 28, 1991? I remember getting about 4 inches of snow in the Sehome area that day. Only snow we had all winter (el-Nino)

[crf450ish]

Congratulations to everyone on their first snow of the season. It missed me over here. Nothing but rain and 35* allllllllllll day yesterday and most of the night. Which is fine because now it’s 22 outside and everything is frozen solid. Setting the stage for the next round of snow that hopefully falls here that sticks abd stays.

[snow maniac]

Just dropped 5 degrees and switched over to snow here. With a Stiff north wind

[crf450ish]

This is epic for this time of year. I cannot remember ever seeing flakes fly this early, even as a kid in the early 90's-mid 90's. Just wow. 

 

 

[Geos]

Picked up 0.8" so far. Got some slushy spots on the roads up here. Right at freezing.

[χιόνι (chióni)]

Got a dusting this morning.

[Geos]

This is one of the earliest accumulating snows I've ever seen in my lifetime, which includes living in the Midwest.

[Jbolin]

This is one of the earliest accumulating snows I've ever seen in my lifetime, which includes living in the Midwest.

Did you see my post on the previous page? NWS posted a stat on twitter

[Geos]

Did you see my post on the previous page? NWS posted a stat on twitter

 

About the records falling probably for today.... yeah.

[TT-SEA]

This is one of the earliest accumulating snows I've ever seen in my lifetime, which includes living in the Midwest.

 

Wow... I saw accumulating snow in Minnesota as early as September 25th.

 

The biggest snowstorm ever in Minneapolis started on Halloween in 1991.    I remember it well... over 3 feet by time it was over.

 

And Wisconsin has already seen significant snow this week per my family on facebook.    Here is a pic my Aunt posted this week in north central Wisconsin...

 

[Geos]

Wow... I saw accumulating snow in Minnesota as early as September 25th.

 

The biggest snowstorm ever in Minneapolis started on Halloween in 1991.    I remember it well... over 3 feet by time it was over.

 

And Wisconsin has already seen significant snow this week per my family on facebook.    Here is a pic my Aunt posted this week in north central Wisconsin...

 

 

Just in locations where I've lived before. Earliest significant snowfall I saw was just before Halloween when I was young. I think 4 or 5" fell. Other than that Octobers have been a dud for snowfall even in southern WI.

[TT-SEA]

A small dusting of snow here in the last hour.    I have a mobile marine guy coming to winterize our boat this morning and getting nervous!   I called 3 weeks ago for an appointment on a day when it was warm and sunny.   <_>

[wx_statman]

Awesome seeing Seattle switch over to snow!

[wx_statman]

NWS reporting 14" in Ferry County at 3,300 feet, just west of a town called Boyds. Ferndale had 3.8" according to a trained spotter at 4:15 am. 

[crf450ish]

Wow... I saw accumulating snow in Minnesota as early as September 25th.

 

The biggest snowstorm ever in Minneapolis started on Halloween in 1991.    I remember it well... over 3 feet by time it was over.

 

And Wisconsin has already seen significant snow this week per my family on facebook.    Here is a pic my Aunt posted this week in north central Wisconsin...

 

I love the upper midwest. We were considering buying a house in Duluth, but my wife did too much research on the cold winters and talked her way out of moving there. I love it. 

[Guest daniel1]

What a bizarre SSTA signature. Have to consider the possibility this might be the most east-based La Niña system ever recorded during the month of November.

 

And yet we're seeing a pattern that is complete opposite of an east based La Niña across North America

[wx_statman]

What do the records show for October 28, 1991? I remember getting about 4 inches of snow in the Sehome area that day. Only snow we had all winter (el-Nino)

 

The official reports, at least according to the WA state climate summary for October 1991:

 

3.0" at Olga

2.5" at Bellingham 3SSW

2.0" at BLI

2.0" at Sedro Woolley

1.5" at Blaine

[TT-SEA]

I love the upper midwest. We were considering buying a house in Duluth, but my wife did too much research on the cold winters and talked her way out of moving there. I love it. 

 

Duluth is crazy for cold and snow... big difference between Duluth and Minneapolis.  

[TT-SEA]

Fall color and snow on the ground in Bellingham this morning...

 

[Geos]

And yet we're seeing a pattern that is complete opposite of an east based La Niña across North America

 

That is a serious east based Nina. 

 

At 32.7 deg, with a few flurries right now. Post a few pics later.

[seattleweatherguy]

Got a dusting in my part of bothell on grass none on cement

[ShawniganLake]

Wow it is very cold in the BC interior for this early in the season. Some negative readings in the Cariboo. Windchills approaching -20F

[DareDuck]

Getting some light snow flakes in Bend. Currently 34 degrees.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Things warmed up here a bit overnight once the snow stopped and it looks like there was quite a bit of melting, but it's still pretty cool to wake up to snow on the ground at the start of November. Many of the trees haven't lost their leaves. The air has dried off a bit now too so what's left of the snow is turning pretty crunchy.

 

 

[Chewbacca Defense]

A couple of pics from this morning

 

the front is north facing so most of the snow has been blown away, the back yard has 5"

[ShawniganLake]

Bottomed out at 30F here this morning. Final snow measurement showed 2.75”