Part II- January 2020 Obs and Discussion

[HoodCanalBridge]

Snow starting to come down rather heavily near the bridge!

[seattleweatherguy]

Jay doesnt think it will make it here an inch at best

 

edit it is snowing here now though abliet light

[MossMan]

Puking currently!!!! And I’m not talking about PuyallupJon!

[TT-SEA]

Green on the radar over me... just a few random snowflakes at times so far.

[Katzen]

Very light snow starting here (S of Issaquah, 600 ft) 30 degrees

[Blizzard777]

31.7

wind still dead here 

[Cloud]

In one of the responses to questions on his Twitter account, Jaya seems to think it’s 1” or less from Everett to Seattle.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Salem down to 30 on the hour. 

[jakerepp]

Okay so Radar just exploded out of nowhere east of Puget Sound. Is that accurate or is radar wonky?

[jcmcgaffey]

Looking pretty intense way up north

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Currently 25F here in Victoria and getting blasted with snow this evening. The city also picked up 2~4" today with some unexpectedly heavy bands of snow earlier in the day. Here's how things looked on the way home a couple hours ago (should be much more by morning):

 

[seattleweatherguy]

Okay so Radar just exploded out of nowhere east of Puget Sound. Is that accurate or is radar wonky?

 

I am getting flurries

[snowbustcity]

Flakes now in NE Seattle

[TigerWoodsLibido]

35F and clearing up.

[Blizzard777]

In one of the responses to questions on his Twitter account, Jaya seems to think it’s 1” or less from Everett to Seattle.

I'll take it

[Cloud]

Just for fun:

 

Sunday’s CZ was too afraid to cross south I-90

 

Last night’s it was moisture was too afraid to go north to Seattle.

 

So far tonight, it’s afraid to take the ferry over.

 

Alright, who in the Seattle area pisses off the snow gods??

[Thurston Howell III]

Still very weird the way the bands are just shooting up around the canal and bypassing GH.  But then bands are popping up a few miles east.  Just getting a few flakes.

[MikeInEverett]

Just started dumping here. Roads covered already.

[seattleweatherguy]

Just started dumping here. Roads covered already.

awesome rooting for ya

[Poulsbo Snowman]

snow!

[Esquimalt]

Currently 25F here in Victoria and getting blasted with snow this evening. The city also picked up 2~4" today with some unexpectedly heavy bands of snow earlier in the day. Here's how things looked on the way home a couple hours ago (should be much more by morning):

 

How much are you expecting tonight?

[jcmcgaffey]

Just for fun:

 

Sunday’s CZ was too afraid to cross south I-90

 

Last night’s it was moisture was too afraid to go north to Seattle.

 

So far tonight, it’s afraid to take the ferry over.

 

Alright, who in the Seattle area pisses off the snow gods??

seriously. It’s funny because I have monitored so much this week being right on the edge of getting something good compared to last year I just knew it was dumping and not much to monitor. Just wake up once and check out how much has dumped and then back to bed.

[GHweatherChris]

Nothing near us on the radar, yet we have light flurries, feels wintry!!

[VancouverIslandSouth]

How much are you expecting tonight?

 

Could easily see it end up as 8-10" with the way the moisture is coming in; there's virtually no shadowing as it streams down the Juan de Fuca and there will likely be some outflow enhancement as it arrives in the Victoria area. Onshore flow over outflow produces lots of instability here, it was on display today with those snow showers popping up out of nowhere over the southern Saanich Peninsula.

 

I see this with rainfall events too where low level NE flow enhances the rain over the south island.

[Perturbed Member]

Temp 29.8F! In the 20s! ARCTIC BLAST! 

[Esquimalt]

Could easily see it end up as 8-10" with the way the moisture is coming in; there's virtually no shadowing as it streams down the Juan de Fuca and there will likely be some outflow enhancement as it arrives in the Victoria area. Onshore flow over outflow produces lots of instability here, it was on display today with those snow showers popping up out of nowhere over the southern Saanich Peninsula.

 

I see this with rainfall events too where low level NE flow enhances the rain over the south island.

Radar looks pretty good, I think we could end up with huge totals if some of those heavy echoes come up from neah bay.

 

Feeling we might get 5-10 Cm tomorrow too. Models too quick to scour out the cold especially with outflow continuing to a certain extent

[FroYoBro]

Looks like all rain for me tomorrow. GFS even shows some rain in Seattle. 

[Requiem]

I had flurries today! Apart from that I guess this is another time where the hills of Portland don't get at least 5 inches like some people were saying. Onto spring!

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Radar looks pretty good, I think we could end up with huge totals if some of those heavy echoes come up from neah bay.

 

Feeling we might get 5-10 Cm tomorrow too. Models too quick to scour out the cold especially with outflow continuing to a certain extent

 

Sounds reasonable; EC seems way to aggressive in scouring the cold air tomorrow. I don't see what's going to breakdown the outflow until the low gets north of us, which wouldn't happen until at least later tomorrow evening.

[Blizzard777]

Location location...........

[Cloud]

Some light flurries. 

 

It's what we call progress! 

[weather_fan]

Is there anything to get excited about Spring or Summer or Fall? I hope we have a round 2 in feb.

I had flurries today! Apart from that I guess this is another time where the hills of Portland don't get at least 5 inches like some people were saying. Onto spring!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Heavy snow here about 1 inch in last 45 minutes.

[wxmet]

Radar looking better for Seattle especially the stuff near Tacoma. I do think we could see some light accumulation based on radar trends

[MossMan]

What a night!!! Too bad it’s supposed to warm up soon.

[Esquimalt]

Sounds reasonable; EC seems way to aggressive in scouring the cold air tomorrow. I don't see what's going to breakdown the outflow until the low gets north of us, which wouldn't happen until at least later tomorrow evening.

Are you worried that band is setting up a tad too far south? Looking at the radar loop concerns me a bit

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Heavy.

[OysterPrintout]

00z gfs still refuses to give up for Portland. Do we see the 00z euro bend the knee to the NEW KING???!11?

[Cloud]

Look like hawkstwelve decides to take the night off. Can't blame him. Thinking about doing the same. This one might sting a little due to the nature of the precipitation. 

Since Sunday it's about 1" for me, give or take. Congrats to the jackpot winners! 

[Requiem]

Is there anything to get excited about Spring or Summer or Fall? I hope we have a round 2 in feb.

 

I hope we have a round 2 but spring is never a tease like winter usually is. It's pleasant too!