January 2019 Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Frontal Snowsquall]

January 24-feb 2 is our snow storm opportunity as I'll be in Maui then.

You might get lucky and colder weather comes just as you come back!

[MikeInEverett]

Can see plenty of snowflakes mixed with the rain looking under the streetlight.

[Blizzard777]

Windshield splats!

Exciting, aren’t they ...lol

[Geos]

Just got word from son who is working in Snoqualmie Ridge that its "dumping snow" and sticking.

What is that... 1000ft?

[TT-SEA]

What is that... 1000ft?

 

 

900-1000 feet.

[Geos]

Can see plenty of snowflakes mixed with the rain looking under the streetlight.

Cool. Same here now.

[crf450ish]

Coldest until Dec 2020.

Dude you should consider doing what luvsnow is doing and what Snow_wizard will inevitably end up doing.....moving east! 90% of your posts are just you lamenting the weather at your location. I'm not sure what you do for work, but eastern Oregon gets routine epic cold snaps with some snow thrown in here and there... maybe theres a possibility you could move east and still earn a decent living? 

[seattleweatherguy]

Cool. Same here now.

Gotta look out my window

[SilverFallsAndrew]

That was quick. Another dusting at least. 

[crf450ish]

Cold heavy rain in Everett.

d**n, they're typically centered right in the convergence zone too.

[Geos]

Cold heavy rain in Everett.

Kinda surprised it isn't a mix there especially up by Paine Field.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

[Omegaraptor]

Dude you should consider doing what luvsnow is doing and what Snow_wizard will inevitably end up doing.....moving east! 90% of your posts are just you lamenting the weather at your location. I'm not sure what you do for work, but eastern Oregon gets routine epic cold snaps with some snow thrown in here and there... maybe theres a possibility you could move east and still earn a decent living? 

 

Plenty of towns in the Cascades get feet of snow every year. 

[snow_wizard]

Down to 35. 8 here now with only a light mix falling.  If the intensity picks up again it should go to straight snow.  Decently cold air mass.

[crf450ish]

I am disabled with rather severe epilepsy. I would love to move to Bend but it just isn’t in the cards at this time. Hopefully later in life

D**n

[Blizzard777]

Heavy shower turning to snow north end

Before and after

[snow_wizard]

Dude you should consider doing what luvsnow is doing and what Snow_wizard will inevitably end up doing.....moving east! 90% of your posts are just you lamenting the weather at your location. I'm not sure what you do for work, but eastern Oregon gets routine epic cold snaps with some snow thrown in here and there... maybe theres a possibility you could move east and still earn a decent living? 

 

Yup.  I am done with the lamenting of what others get.  It's way too painful and does no good.  I just totally ignore it when other people are getting hit.  You are correct that I will eventually get out of here.  I've gotten to the point where I get into a mild but persistent depression in the winter now.

[snow_wizard]

I'm getting pretty intrigued by the CFS.  Many of the recent runs are showing a dramatic / explosive invasion of cold air later in the month after a period of near nationwide warmth.

[Esquimalt]

Yup. I am done with the lamenting of what others get. It's way too painful and does no good. I just totally ignore it when other people are getting hit. You are correct that I will eventually get out of here. I've gotten to the point where I get into a mild but persistent depression in the winter now.

I can relate to how you feel. I’m going to try to go east for university next year.

[Geos]

Mix continues here at 36°.

 

Wintwr wx advisory issued for areas over 500 ft tonight. 1-4"

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Winter weather advisory east puget sound lowlands. JIM

[Blizzard777]

Seeing a lot of green echos becoming blue and pink on the radar.....even down in the south end now

[El_Nina]

Sounds like the biggest outage in Vancouver, pretty much the heart of the city, was kind of a fluke when one of the breakers at a substation failed to trip for some reason.

http://models.weatherbell.com/hires/2019010618/portland/hires_snow_portland_28.png

It's 38 degrees and raining in Sandy at 1000ft right now. I'm not expecting anything tonight.

[Blizzard777]

37* Federal Way

[seattleweatherguy]

Mix continues here at 36°.

 

Wintwr wx advisory issued for areas over 500 ft tonight. 1-4"

38 here. Bothell just misses out. I'm at 423

[snow_wizard]

Looks like a vort max is spinning around the King / Pierce County line.  That could produce some interesting dynamics for the Central Puget Sound.  Some areas are showing as all snow now on the radar.

[snow_wizard]

Just saw that WWA posted for the EPSL. 1-4 inches above 500ft.

 

Interesting.

 

Much better.

[snow_wizard]

I can relate to how you feel. I’m going to try to go east for university next year.

 

Yeah...it's not only the lack of cold and snow, but the horrible gloom.  It just gets to me way more than it used to.  I need a more continental climate.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

33 here and anything that is falling is falling as snow. Unfortunately precip is pretty sparse.

[crf450ish]

Yup.  I am done with the lamenting of what others get.  It's way too painful and does no good.  I just totally ignore it when other people are getting hit.  You are correct that I will eventually get out of here.  I've gotten to the point where I get into a mild but persistent depression in the winter now.

Being depressed about the weather is no good. I feel your pain. Large part of the reason why my wife and I moved to eastern wa. We both wanted four true seasons, particularly summer. I love the snow & cold, no doubt, but we were both utterly and completely sick of unpredictable summers. I love both ends of the weather spectrum. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Yeah...it's not only the lack of cold and snow, but the horrible gloom.  It just gets to me way more than it used to.  I need a more continental climate.

 

The older I get the more the gloom gets to me. I love rain and don't mind it in spring and summer, but in the winter, especially the warm frontal drizzle fests get old. I had rain 22 of the last 23 days in December and still finished the month below average...

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Being depressed about the weather is no good. I feel your pain. Large part of the reason why my wife and I moved to eastern wa. We both wanted four true seasons, particularly summer. I love the snow & cold, no doubt, but we were both utterly and completely sick of unpredictable summers. I love both ends of the weather spectrum.

 

what is your current snow depth.

[MikeInEverett]

Precip doesn't really seem to be going anywhere, bummer that temps weren't just a few degrees colder.

[Requiem]

No precip down here, dang.

[GHweatherChris]

Down to 31 here, frost is forming, any more showers should be snow and sticking usual surfaces other than roads unless it gets heavy enough.

[seattleweatherguy]

All rain here so far

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Potential wind storm between hours 252 and 264 on the 00z GFS.

[crf450ish]

what is your current snow depth.

Super weak @ like maybe 2". Its been a bizarre winter so far. Started late, snows like 3" then melts and gets cold for a week, snows another 1-2"...sticks around for a few days, 1/2 of it melts away and then it gets cold again for a while then wash rinse repeat. 

 

Unlike the last few winters....where the first snow marks the beginning of snowpack until melt off. Winter of 16'-17' was truly epic for us here. No kidding, there was nearly 30" of snowpack in our front yard before it began to melt away in March. I've never seen anything like it in my life, except in the mountains. 

[Phil]

I'm getting pretty intrigued by the CFS. Many of the recent runs are showing a dramatic / explosive invasion of cold air later in the month after a period of near nationwide warmth.

February is gonna be pretty stupid. The upstream surf zone looks to continue to gradually amplify for at least the next 4-5 weeks.

 

By the middle of the month, we’ll be in a narrow z-cell regime with a strong -NAM and equarorward STJ with the possibility of a secondary block over Alaska. Fun times.

[Esquimalt]

February is gonna be pretty stupid. The upstream surf zone looks to continue to gradually amplify for at least the next 4-5 weeks.

 

 

By the middle of the month, we’ll be in a narrow z-cell regime with a strong -NAM and equarorward STJ with the possibility of a secondary block over Alaska. Fun times.

You mean bad here?