Part II- January 2020 Obs and Discussion

[Ice_is_Everywhere]

Looks like power is back on in Skykomish, the live camera there is back on YouTube.

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

42/30 here today. Half inch of snow this morning and 37 degrees with light rain now.

32/17 here today. Dusting of snow overnight, probably will get a little more before the weekend slushfest begins.

[MossMan]

Mine:

Coldest high: 19

Coldest low: 14

Total Snow: 6"

Max depth: 5"

Days with snow in the air: 4

 

Final grade: A, might not have been super-snowy, but really felt wintry.

Mine:

Coldest high: 26

Coldest low: 20

Total snow: 12”

Max depth: 9”

Days with snow in the air: 7

 

Final grade: B.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Started as light rain and 33 then started mixing with snow temp popped up to 34 now it's snowing and sticking temp down to 32.8.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Looks like the front is moving pretty slow because of the low turning north so probably will get about 4-6 inches of wet snow here tonight.

[Omegaraptor]

Coldest high - 40°F

Coldest low - 30°F

Total snow - 0”

Snow depth - 0”

Days with nonsticking snow in the air - 1

 

Grade: well at least the mountains got nailed

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Coldest high - 34

Coldest low  - 23

Total snow   - 11.7"

Snow Depth - 6"

Days with sticking snow - 5

 

Final Grade: B-

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Moderate snow and 32.4. Trees have a light coating already.

[Skagit Weather]

Well, since everyone's doing it...

 

Coldest High: 29F (2 total subfreezing highs)

Coldest Low: 20F

Total Snow: 11"

Max snow depth: 9"

Days with snow in the air: 7

 

Grade: A (Almost an A+, but that is probably reserved for events like 2008)

[kokaneekidz]

GFS wants to point a firehose at the PNW in the long range.

 

As long as snow levels remain below 3000' feet we should escape any major flooding except for maybe the skokomish river which floods everytime a squirrel urinates in it per a fellow anonymous member. For which I concur. Let's ask nicely that snow levels remain in the proper area, or preferably lower ie: 500-900 feet (probably asking way too much) cheers JP//

[TT-SEA]

Some scenes from Safeway parking lot in North Bend right now...

 

 

[GHweatherChris]

[jakeinthevalley]

Coldest h

 

 

Oh, who the heck am I kidding....F

[Timmy Supercell]

2 CoCoRaHs stations in K-Falls are reporting they've had 22-23 inches this January and that is since the 9th. (OR-KL-5 and 16)

 

Getting close to Jan 2017 numbers and that's a month locals will bring up in a conversation about snow.

 

Sure, snowed a lot last Feb but was not as deep as other times. Last Feb kept alternating between snowing-melting and sometimes even cold rain between events.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Coldest h

 

 

Oh, who the heck am I kidding....F

 

It all comes around.  We will have a solid Willamette Valley special year again like 16-17 in the coming years.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Still quite a bit of snow here but I'm sure a lot will melt off by tomorrow morning. Satellite scene from yesterday:

 

[Requiem]

I'll give this event a D. Some pretty dustings, but the potential was there which makes it not so fun. Cool that Mt. Hood got a wicked blizzard though-- winds gusting 95+ with heavy snow is no joke.

[MikeInEverett]

I'll give this event a D. Some pretty dustings, but the potential was there which makes it not so fun. Cool that Mt. Hood got a wicked blizzard though-- winds gusting 95+ with heavy snow is no joke.

I like the old name more! I think we got too used to K%%

[jakeinthevalley]

It all comes around. We will have a solid Willamette Valley special year again like 16-17 in the coming years.

Hope your trip to OHSU was positive.

 

Remember, you are less than a year removed from an epic event that was a non event 50 miles north

[Requiem]

I like the old name more! I think we got too used to K%%

 

Eh, K%% and KI2 and K12 and whatnot were mixed up and butchered and got confusing fast. This new name's short, sweet, and unique, I feel! But that's just MHO, of course.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Dumping here. Looks like about a inch or so. 31.8.

[Timmy Supercell]

Eh, K%% and KI2 and K12 and whatnot were mixed up and butchered and got confusing fast. This new name's short, sweet, and unique, I feel! But that's just MHO, of course.

 

I was wondering what happened to this guy. lol

 

Should pay attention to signatures so I know when we change names

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Pretty interesting sky this morning and plenty of frost/ice:

 

 

 

 

 

[snow_wizard]

The ECMWF actually tires to get interesting already in the 6 to 10 day period.  Some blocking elements already beginning to show up.

 

Mother Nature and I have some unfinished business still this winter.  I am not satisfied with what I got.

 

I give this bout of winter a C grade for MBY.  As I've mentioned areas south of Seattle don't do well for snow when the Arctic boundary gets hung up just to the north.  We are cold enough for snow much of the time in a case like that, but the moisture has a very difficult time getting here.

 

I ended up with a 10 day average temperature of 36.1 which isn't awful, and a couple of times we had continental cold air in place with a reasonably decent freeze, and several hours with snow falling, but it never got to the level of being really satisfying.

[GHweatherChris]

Dumping here. Looks like about a inch or so. 31.8.

Still dumping?

[snow_wizard]

Too bad the ECMWF picked this morning to be wrong about moisture.  What little precip I got was snow and it stuck to everything.  If the ECMWF prior to last night had been correct I would have gotten 1.5 to 2 inches.

[snow_wizard]

The EPS already begins to have a similar look to what came before the just departed cold wave in the 10 to 15 day period.  Even the 6 to 10 day period tries to go somewhere, but doesn't quite make it yet.

 

I'm going with a preliminary guess of 50% to 60% odds we get cold again by Feb 10.

[MikeInEverett]

March 1st 00z GFS in 1,021 hrs and 41 minutes....

[snow_wizard]

You can tell people are burned out for the time being.  A paltry 24 users right now.  I must admit I'm exhausted.  This stuff takes way too much out of me.

[TT-SEA]

The EPS already begins to have a similar look to what came before the just departed cold wave in the 10 to 15 day period. Even the 6 to 10 day period tries to go somewhere, but doesn't quite make it yet.

 

I'm going with a preliminary guess of 50% to 60% odds we get cold again by Feb 10.

I think it will be mid-February.

 

The EPS looks the same as previous runs.

[ShawniganLake]

Switched from snow to rain and now back to snow. Maybe a slushy inch or so.

[Cloud]

You can tell people are burned out for the time being. A paltry 24 users right now. I must admit I'm exhausted. This stuff takes way too much out of me.

Yup. I’m burned out from all of this. Made it more difficult when you watch the radar to see precip avoided the like a plague so gonna take a little break.

[Cloud]

I think it will be mid-February.

 

The EPS looks the same as previous runs.

I don’t think the Seattle and Portland areas are done with this winter by any means. Just a matter of when...if it’s within this timeframe, then it’ll yet be another backloaded winter. So weird.

[Brennan]

South Lake Whatcom to Glenhaven was a hot spot LAST night and got between 5-7 additional inches of snow... it was a complete surprise for many, except me since I just moved out of the neighborhood and up to Ferndale last week. That SHOULD put their cold snap total up to around 18”... pretty amazing considering Bellingham area totaled probably 6” or less for the cold snap.

[MikeInEverett]

Wow too bad it’s not a few degrees colder this would be some crazy heavy wet snow..

 

[MossMan]

35 degree rain is just the best!

 

.12” so far on the day.

[MossMan]

The daily fuzz has flatlined and has passed away. So sorry for everyone’s loss.

[TT-SEA]

Warm air and higher dewpoints did not make it here. Nor did much precip. About 1/2 an inch of new snow which is coating the trees... and no rain at all.

 

I noticed last night that the ECMWF showed a strip of 30s today along the I-90 corridor. So it looks like one more wintry day here with offshore flow in charge. Almost no wind either... but the dewpoint is still in the 20s.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

South Lake Whatcom to Glenhaven was a hot spot LAST night and got between 5-7 additional inches of snow... it was a complete surprise for many, except me since I just moved out of the neighborhood and up to Ferndale last week. That SHOULD put their cold snap total up to around 18”... pretty amazing considering Bellingham area totaled probably 6” or less for the cold snap.

 

That area is a total snow zone. I watched it from afar before I moved to Whatcom County: the Lake Samish Park & Ride highway cam is one of the lowland locations that always seems to score. It’s enough to make me seriously think about moving to that area someday, even though I do like to be in town.

[Jesse]

Got back home last night. Offshore flow holding strong here. Still just 36. Also picked up close to 1/3” of rain overnight.

 

Sounds like we had a half inch or so of snow yesterday morning. 40/28 day yesterday.