Part II- January 2020 Obs and Discussion

[Cloud]

Wow. That is exactly what I was saying last week. There is a little snow on the ground somewhere. Shut it down!

Ahh. So there was a follow-up tweet... tomorrow happen to be their typical early release day anyway, so they didn’t want to do a 2-hr delay. Plus the chance of snow.

 

Guess it make sense. Kinda?

[seattleweatherguy]

maybe it has to do with that batch coming in off the coast.

The read the nws winter storm warning

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

What’s weird is that it’s so cold here yet within about 24 hours it will be raining and melting. The cold can hold on for a bit up against the Coast Mountains and particularly in the eastern Fraser Valley, but Bellingham is perfectly placed to get the mild marine air the moment the wind shifts. It will be as sudden and dramatic exiting the arctic blast as it was entering it.

And then with one little meso low if you get any drainage the temp will fall immediately. Always had fascinated me through the years. Our weather would be much different here without that frasor canyon.

[Requiem]

Just saw Seattle Public Schools are closed for tomorrow after “review of road conditions”

This was updated at 9:30pm.

 

 

Huh?? Lol???

 

Geez, lucky ducks.

[weather_fan]

So, its probably the last night of this forum being so active this year. Hope we have a feb with few exciting events. Have to figure to something to do with my life now haha! 

[Cloud]

Geez, lucky ducks.

Lol. Don’t worry, the kids are getting a snow day without the snow.

[TT-SEA]

Just howling wind here... and the sky has cleared.     Stars are shining.  

[jcmcgaffey]

Mountains continue to get pounded. It has been a crazy stretch and looks to continue up there for the next week or so. What a comeback.

[Skagit Weather]

4.5" today makes it the snowiest day here since February 2011!

 

Just over 1.5" since I got home at 7 p.m. and snowing lightly with my current high for the day of 25.6F.

 

Seeing the 30s just a couple miles south of me definitely scares me, though. As the temp warms my snow is continuing to compact.

[TT-SEA]

Additional snowfall between now and tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.

 

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Still quite snowy in Victoria, steady around 26F. Looks like the band is starting to intensify, the next few hours could be interesting.

 

[runninthruda206]

Not saying winter is over just yet, but once it is, every year I look forward to sunny and 80. Don't like any of the stuff in between blizzard and comfortably warm - hot...

[TT-SEA]

High temps tomorrow with strong south wind in Seattle switching to SE and then E by late morning...

 

[runninthruda206]

Came out of this week with about 1.5 inches... At least it was pretty for a little bit!

[Brennan]

13 and a blizzard just north of Bellingham off of Slater and Northwest. Bout to head out in it!

[TT-SEA]

And yet... it still shows some snow tomorrow afternoon while temps are in the mid to upper 30s.    Low dewpoints must be the reason.

 

[Chewbacca Defense]

Co-worker who lives a few miles north of Burlington said he has about a foot of snow.  I am sitting on about 3" (2" new tonight), and its 14 degrees.

[TT-SEA]

ECMWF shows low 40s even up to Bellingham by Thursday.    As was mentioned... the switch in Bellingham usually happens very quickly since they are so exposed and a SE wind is downsloping up there.

[ShawniganLake]

Still quite snowy in Victoria, steady around 26F. Looks like the band is starting to intensify, the next few hours could be interesting.

 

It has eased off here. Just missing us to the south. How much new did you get so far this evening? I’d guess only about 2.5” here.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

13 and a blizzard just north of Bellingham off of Slater and Northwest. Bout to head out in it!

Sweet!!!! Wish I didn't live so far away we could all pile in my Polaris!

[TT-SEA]

Surprisingly... Friday might actually be a dry day.   Those have been so rare lately.  

 

This is the precip map for Friday afternoon... not just snow.   

 

[TT-SEA]

It has eased off here. Just missing us to the south. How much new did you get so far this evening? I’d guess only about 2.5” here.

 

 

Strange that the band shrunk from the north.   But its definitely coming back for you!

[TT-SEA]

ECMWF still shows a little lowland snow on Saturday morning.  

 

[umadbro]

Laptop is at work. Need some valley maps...

[BLI snowman]

Looks like it's pretty much over for Seattle although you have to wonder if it ever really began

Yeah, ultimately this week wound up being a Snohomish County-north event, with some spottier 1-2" totals south of that and a whole lot of nothing else.

 

Pretty epic failure.

[TT-SEA]

SEA is gusting to 31 now.   

 

Sound like that or more here.  

[ShawniganLake]

Strange that the band shrunk from the north. But its definitely coming back for you!

Yes. Looks like we might get another 4” overnight. Took my girls out for a sled this evening. They loved it. I think my 2 year old loves snow as much as me.

 

22F here. It’s been awhile since I can remember such cold snow

[BLI snowman]

Glad to see Bellingham and Victoria score though.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Light snow with 3.2 total since 6pm. 30 degrees.

[Cloud]

Up to 35F. S17(29)mph.

[TT-SEA]

Yes. Looks like we might get another 4” overnight. Took my girls out for a sled this evening. They loved it. I think my 2 year old loves snow as much as me.

 

22F here. It’s been awhile since I can remember such cold snow

Very cool.

 

My son came home from UW in Seattle today to see our snow and also to go skiing. And to scold his mother for being such a wimp with winter driving. Seems like yesterday when I was out sledding with him as a little kid. He was fascinated by snow even at a very young age. Has never changed.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

It has eased off here. Just missing us to the south. How much new did you get so far this evening? I’d guess only about 2.5” here.

 

It's hard to tell how much fell this evening vs the earlier in the day (~2.5" fell in the morning/early afternoon), but I'm guessing about 5~6" so far this evening based on recently cleared road. Noticing a lot of icicles on the street lights, something I haven't seen much of in other recent snowfalls.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Glad to see Bellingham and Victoria score though.

 

In 50 years when weenies are discussing the roaring 20s and how epic the winter weather turned in the PNW they will mention it got off to an inauspicious start in 2020 with a regional dud. "BUT!" Someone will chime in. "There was a brief, but intense Frasier River blast in mid-January." 

[ewnichols25]

Drip, drip, drip... Currently 34 degrees. Twas fun while it lasted.

[seattleweatherguy]

https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1217329317476098048/photo/1

[Cloud]

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Temperature just dropped back down to 25F, looks like the snowfall rate may be picking up again.

[ShawniganLake]

Glad to see Bellingham and Victoria score though.

Abbotsford is 11F with a windchill of -4F and reporting blowing snow. Not bad!

[GHweatherChris]

The low for tomorrow has appeared on satellite, D**n, impressive looking for so far offshore.

 

Which also means it goes farther north more quickly.

[Cloud]

Abbotsford is 11F with a windchill of -4F and reporting blowing snow. Not bad!

Is this city stuck in a time freeze? Every time I check it’s 11F there.