Part I - January 2020 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[Perturbed Member]

GEM looks like a no go for the mid week event for PDX. Way north. 

 

 

[FroYoBro]

This is awesome!

Glad you are getting some of the good stuff!

[kokaneekidz]

Our feerless leader looked into the mirror and told the GFS to become the Nostradamus of all WX computers worldwide.

[snowbustcity]

All rain in northeast seattle. Currently 36.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

38 and partly cloudy. Coldest temps we have had in a while.

 

Grade for the cold season is still an F to this point for this location.

[umadbro]

38 and partly cloudy. Coldest temps we have had in a while.

 

Grade for the cold season is still an F to this point for this location.

D for me only since I got about an inch of sloppy wet snow the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

[Perturbed Member]

Clear northward trend with the midweek system across models

 

[TT-SEA]

[Esquimalt]

Clear northward trend with the midweek system across models

 

I shall not complain about this fortunate development

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GFS is still very impressively cold north of Eugene thanks to the low level component with this. As it stands right now, it appears similar to January 2004 or a poor man's December 1968, neither of which got very cold in the Willamette Valley at 850mb. It doesn't always have to be a major upper level blast overhead to see something great.

 

I hope so. That would be great. 

[Deweydog]

Next week’s big snowstorm was brought up at least three different times this morning in the meeting.

[Omegaraptor]

King Euro is running

[jakerepp]

High/lo temps from 12z GFS for KBLI, KSEA, and KPDX.

 

 

 

 

So the GFS is still trying to keep the cooler than normal air around for a good while, huh? 

[runninthruda206]

looks to be not much snow sunday night. cold air moves in monday morning? 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Grass is white and starting to stick to streets now. Nice little event

[bainbridgekid]

Next week’s big snowstorm was brought up at least three different times this morning in the meeting.

Did you get kicked out for incessantly bringing it up?

[MossMan]

Snowing hard all of a sudden here at work! (Right at I-5, 3miles south of the Snohomish/Skagit border.

[TT-SEA]

Per the 12Z ECMWF... once this band moves through there should not be much if any snow here at my house until maybe early Monday morning and that is just an an inch or two.

[MossMan]

Total snow for the weekend...

 

Not bad in my area!

[MossMan]

Per the 12Z ECMWF... once this band moves through there should not be much if any snow here at my house until maybe early Monday morning and that is just an an inch or two.

Your wife is going to be thrilled!

[MossMan]

Snow from 4PM Sunday through 4AM Monday...

 

Looks good!

[TT-SEA]

12Z ECMWF still shows temps in the mid 30s on Monday afternoon in the Seattle area... no flash freeze on Sunday evening down here.

[TT-SEA]

Your wife is going to be thrilled!

 

 

You are going to do great from Sunday afternoon through Monday morning.   Persistent c-zone up there and the air is colder.   I bet you might get 4-6 inches.

[Jesse]

Hour 120 of the Euro looks pretty chilly. Closer to yesterday's 12z.

[Omegaraptor]

Arctic air reaches Spokane faster on 12z Euro than 00z. C’MON!

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Top 10 forecaster busts of the last 25 years.

Yeah, Rod was still at KATU back then. Remember seeing him puzzled as to why PDX couldn't thaw out.

[ShawniganLake]

So the GFS is still trying to keep the cooler than normal air around for a good while, huh?

10 consecutive days below freezing at bellingham

[TT-SEA]

12Z ECMWF shows a little better push of cold air on Tuesday morning.  

 

The persistent light snow it showed around Seattle at that time is gone on this run... I suspect it shows some clearing at that time.

[FroYoBro]

Next week’s big snowstorm was brought up at least three different times this morning in the meeting.

Did you scream about the arctic trough not digging as far south now?

[Requiem]

I thin PDX could see some surprises on Monday with that low...we'll see.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

 

Did you guys get a c-zone or something? Moisture was pretty sparse down here. We got an inch and then nothing after 930p.

[wxmet]

ECMWF is still showing light snow Tuesday morning around Seattle in a narrow band.

[TT-SEA]

Did you guys get a c-zone or something? Moisture was pretty sparse down here. We got an inch and then nothing after 930p.

 

 

Sort of I guess... two separate broad bands of precip slipping south through King County.    One yesterday evening and another this morning.  

 

There is not much more than an inch here.   Its just coating everything so it looks more substantial and it has not warmed up yet today so its still clinging to every tree.

[The Swamp]

#thisisit

 

Bad feeling what we are seeing is the best we get

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The Monday system reminds me of 12-14-16

[Omegaraptor]

Hour 150!!! CBCP blows across the Gorge and Portland enters the freezer.

[runninthruda206]

Next wed/thurs storm looks great! Still worried about this sundays low

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I mean, I guess it could technically be worse.

 

 

Wow. SO much warmer. Strong cold pool though.

[TT-SEA]

Snowstorm looks like its back for Wednesday... very different than the GFS.

 

Just through 10 a.m.

 

[HighlandExperience]

Snow from 4PM Sunday through 4AM Monday...

 

Mossman lives in snow heaven.,