Part II- January 2020 Obs and Discussion

[snow_wizard]

Temperature is actually dropping at a decent rate even without offshore winds or moisture.

 

Unfortunately I will be shadowed pretty much all night. 

 

We have a pretty impressive batch of maritime polar air flooding in.  It sucks to be shadowed in these cases.

[bainbridgekid]

It's like a snow globe here.

 

Went from nothing to nearing an inch in like 20 minutes.

[snowbustcity]

Dry as a bone and clear skies in NE Seattle.

[jakerepp]

Man alive...totally shadowed by....something right now but everyone around me seems to be getting hammered.

[El_Nina]

Was sleet just 20 minutes ago now heavy snow sticking to all surfaces. Wouldn’t mind if that CZ stays where it’s at right now.

I love your profile picture. I miss the old TWC graphics

[HighlandExperience]

We have a pretty impressive batch of maritime polar air flooding in.  It sucks to be shadowed in these cases.

 

Anything that falls now should be snow. Hard to wait for precip to drop further south. Last night at this time it was dumping rain. 

[IceKing]

Disappointed.

 

Absolutely nothing in Marysville.

 

Not even a single flake other than hail earlier

[runninthruda206]

Hawks are down. Not in a great mood! Need that cz to sink and hawks to come back!!!! Let’s go!!!!

[snow_wizard]

_{You certainly don't see 26 degrees on the west coast of Vancouver Island very often!  That is some really cold pouring over the ocean up there.  Meanwhile it's down to 19 in Hope.}

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Blizzard conditions in hope BC. Heavy snow 19 degrees wind 25 gusts 40.

[MikeInEverett]

Some of the heaviest snow I’ve ever seen

 

[bainbridgekid]

13 minutes between photos.

 

 

 

 

[MikeInEverett]

Snowing so hard my picture turned sideways

[Requiem]

Looks like a bona-fide winter storm up there! Enjoy!

[snow_wizard]

Anything that falls now should be snow. Hard to wait for precip to drop further south. Last night at this time it was dumping rain. 

 

Thankfully we have something starting to show up on the models for tomorrow night now.  That seems to be getting better as it gets closer.  Should hit the areas that get screwed tonight.  It will be colder when that falls too.

[seattleweatherguy]

No snow since earlier conversion zone

[luvssnow_spokane]

Gonna be an epic disappointment in my local. It was really a beautiful sunny day though. Just not a good setup for here at all. 

[Front Ranger]

Just using precip map... here is what the ECMWF thinks will happen in the next 3 hours.

 

 

 

Could it be more wrong? Never trust the ECMWF.

 

Temps and precip are not the same thing...

[MikeBC]

The arctic front is finally approaching Sumas and Abbotsford. The temperature started to drop at a good rate as the wind direction shifted to NE from SW in that area.

 

It has been acting like January 2012 but that event got about one foot of snow for many areas before the arctic air arrived.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Only 6 more to go randy. 8 by tomorrow morning.

[runninthruda206]

Outflow starting https://twitter.com/albrechtjay/status/1216529947855998976?s=21

[Timmy]

The arctic front is finally approaching Sumas and Abbotsford. The temperature started to drop at a good rate as the wind direction shifted to NE from SW in that area.

 

It has been acting like January 2012 but that event got about one foot of snow for many areas before the arctic air arrived.

looks like it is crossing the border north of Omak, ephrata is tanking now.

[Requiem]

Fairly narrow band affecting a specific area of the Sound with wet snow. 

 

Not trying to downplay things but not really a "winter storm" in the normal sense. 

 

Still looks nice in many areas, and the arctic air is just arriving. Gonna be a fun night still for you Sounders.

[OysterPrintout]

Over/under on who cries more me when Portland gets a dusting or Jimmy Johnson at halftime show

[runninthruda206]

Still looks nice in many areas, and the arctic air is just arriving. Gonna be a fun night still for you Sounders.

I hope!

[seattleweatherguy]

Jaya starting to waver on his 1-4 inches call.

While snowing in places, arctic air still hasn't moved into W WA, even with Bellingham to Williams Lake gradientsYea he is. I am hoping the zone shifts south only just a little more

[Guest LaPineLurker]

Over/under on who cries more me when Portland gets a dusting or Jimmy Johnson at halftime show

Or Troy Aikman.

[Phil]

LOL thought I just saw a large snowflake swirling around in a wind eddy outside my window but it turns out it was just schmutz on my glasses.

 

Looks like the pressure has bottomed out at my house after consistently dropping since yesterday, been at 29.45 for about 45 minutes now. Wind has also gone calm after being out of the South all morning.

Now we know Chewbacca Defense wears glasses.

 

Hopefully not as oversized as Jesse’s.

[Skagit Weather]

Waiting for precipitation to return (hopefully). Radar looks pretty bleak at the moment. If that was it then at least I saw some flakes.

[Blizzard777]

Is their snow nearby? 
37*

[TacomaWaWx]

Looks like the cold air has crossed into western WA at Sumas. Little slower than expected but it's arrived.

[HighlandExperience]

Looks like the cold air has crossed into western WA at Sumas. Little slower than expected but it's arrived.

Better hurry

[IceKing]

[TacomaWaWx]

36 with a DP of 30 in Tacoma. I'm thinking south of Seattle Puget Sounders have a good chance of seeing snow the next several days. Think it'll be early tomorrow morning if we see anything this way. I'm liking my chances for snow the next few days though.

[TT-SEA]

Temps and precip are not the same thing...

What??

 

I was pointing out that the ECMWF was doing well with the placement of precip.

[Requiem]

36 with a DP of 30 in Tacoma. I'm thinking south of Seattle Puget Sounders have a good chance of seeing snow the next several days. Think it'll be early tomorrow morning if we see anything this way. I'm liking my chances for snow the next few days though.

 

You'll definitely see quite a bit, I think. Trends are most certainly in your favor, though of course it's Mother Nature who gets the final say.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

Saw a variation of this last year.

 

[MikeInEverett]

Marysville is about to be in the sweet spot

[North_County]

Temp dropped 6 degrees in about 20 minutes, just as the north wind picked up. Took it's sweet time crossing the border. Held up at customs, I suppose.....

[TacomaWaWx]

Looks pretty good up north. I'm t

You'll definitely see quite a bit, I think. Trends are most certainly in your favor, though of course it's Mother Nature who gets the final say.

Well we will have to see about mid week. I think we will see some snow tomorrow and Tuesday most likely. Wednesday and Thursday are up in the air at this point.