Part II- January 2020 Obs and Discussion

[GHweatherChris]

East wind is eating in to the moisture in the cold front here.

[MikeInEverett]

Roads are white again! Nice surprise today wasn’t expecting much.

[TT-SEA]

2PM easterly gradient now sitting at -15mb, which is supposed to be around the peak (possibly getting to -17mb).

 

Yet the highest wind gust I see in the EPSL is Enumclaw at 36mph. Even a station that is fairly close to Snoqualmie Pass is only reporting a gust to 23mph as of an hour ago.

 

Gradient is tight but winds don't seem to be materializing yet. See if they catch up over the next hour or so.

 

Edit: Enumclaw station just updated and it's back down to 28mph.

 

The station on the valley floor in North Bend has ESE 7G16.   

 

Its pretty close to calm here.

[bainbridgekid]

Barely any wind here... it was much windier last night.

 

A few snowflakes fluttering down but nothing that will accumulate.  

Awesome. This is exactly what I've been talking about all week.

 

Models often overestimate the drying power of the East winds East of the Sound and that is exactly what seems to be happening with this system.

 

32/25 here with moderate snow and 1/4" new.

[MossMan]

Wow in Everett currently and it’s wild!!

[wxmet]

Dumping snow. Everything turning white.

[TacomaWaWx]

Trace of fresh snow here in port orchard.

[andrewr]

My brother who lives out by Palmer is reporting some pretty strong east winds. Here is a station in Selleck that showed a gust of 57MPH: https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KWARAVEN24

 

EDIT: It's absolutely dumping snow in Burien just west of SeaTac.

[Omegaraptor]

Sub 40 high at PDX today? Looks like Dewey was right about the ESE winds.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

52F and dry but also blustery with partly cloudy skies.  Cloudier to the NW.  If one wasn't interested in the weather here, they would never know anything was all that different just a little ways to the north.

[High Desert Mat?]

I for one am tired of the light snow/flurries we’ve had here off and on since last Friday. Either snow or get off the pot. About an inch of snow on the ground here in Redmond that has been here since Monday, much more in Bend. I heard today La Pine has about 20” and less as you go north as per usual. Culver has zilch. Sorry Josh.

[Randyc321]

Back down to 31 and dumping snow.  As Mossman would say, its a snow globe.

 

Pics later.  Enjoy now.

[GHweatherChris]

Hoquiam reporting snow again.

[snowbustcity]

Dumping in Interbay, Seattle and sticking

[runninthruda206]

heaviest snow I’ve seen since last feb in udist

[seattleweatherguy]

snow has stuck to pavement with more than a trace in bothell

[Bham_Guy]

SEA is reporting moderate snow

[snowbustcity]

Weather underground just changed totals to 1-3 inches for seattle when it was less than an inch about 2 hours ago.

[TT-SEA]

Weather underground just changed totals to 1-3 inches for seattle when it was less than an inch about 2 hours ago.

 

 

Do they realize its about to end?   

[snow maniac]

Been snowing here for about 2 hours now got a fresh inch of snow.

[HighlandExperience]

Downtown Seattle is a snow globe

[wxmet]

Heaviest snow this week. Pretty nice way to end things out.

[IceKing]

Do they realize its about to end?

Not with that attitude

[SnarkyGoblin]

Back edge of precip just passed Tacoma. Should be winding down a bit as that travels NE.

 

Moderate snow in Tukwila at the moment.

*Tear*

 

Seems like this may be the end of any major precipitation falling in Seattle based off the radar.

 

Gotta enjoy it while it lasts!

[seattleweatherguy]

Do they realize its about to end?

Sounds like accuweather when will it change to rain though?

[seattleweatherguy]

Interesting from jay

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/larrycron2233/status/1217572065630244864

[IceKing]

Possible that areas north of Seattle could still keep scoring with this precip coming through over the sound

 

[GHweatherChris]

Precip has started up again, it is in the form of.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snow!!!

[wxmet]

Watching radar to see if any of the precip back-builds.

[weather_fan]

Watching radar to see if any of the precip back-builds.

whats back-builds?

[wxmet]

Precip has started up again, it is in the form of.....Snow!!!

Looks pretty heavy too. Enjoy!

[wxmet]

whats back-builds?

 

Precip developing behind the main band.

[jakerepp]

whats back-builds?

Whats taters, precious?

[GHweatherChris]

Looks pretty heavy too. Enjoy!

So far it is very light.

[Thurston Howell III]

Got 20 minutes of actual snowfall.  First time this week it wasn't just tiny flakes.  Covered up the bare spots.

[runninthruda206]

Looks like it might be building a little behind Seattle?

[bainbridgekid]

Absolutely dumping snow here.

Nearest cam shows I-5 getting snow covered.

 

[runninthruda206]

Look at Jaya recent tweet. Another band later?

[luvssnow_spokane]

mixed snow and rain here in Tukwila

[Skagit Weather]

Light snow and 31/23 spread here.