December 2023 Weather in the PNW

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

This is from Gorst, about 4 miles from the airport: 

[Tanis Leach]

Got down to 31 last night, but it is still dru in Sherwood and we are up to 38. Slight northerly wind right now. 

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

And this is 2.3 miles farther east:

 

It's riding a thin line like snow so often does in the western part of the PNW.

 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

22 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Beautiful.

And your area always seems to stay as snow much longer than expected.     

Man looking at the radar and the sat pic, we might get dumped on if this can stay snow for the next 8 hrs. I just checked and almost 3 inches already

[Cold Snap]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Man looking at the radar and the sat pic, we might get dumped on if this can stay snow for the next 8 hrs. I just checked and almost 3 inches already

Wow the GFS might verify out there at this rate.

[snow maniac]

Been trying to switch over here, slushy to icy rain.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

Obligatory Leavenworth live snow cam.  We're supposed to get 7-12 inches.  I have to watch too as I'm in the Bavarian Alps.  BTW 2 other live cams in Leavenworth if you want a different view 

 

 

[RentonHill]

Boom babayyy

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

Obligatory Leavenworth live snow cam.  We're supposed to get 7-12 inches.  I have to watch too as I'm in the Bavarian Alps.  BTW 2 other live cams in Leavenworth if you want a different view 

 

 

Very crowded!

[Phil]

Geesh.

[Phishy Wx]

1 minute ago, RentonHill said:

Boom babayyy

save it and see if it verifies

[Phil]

That AL though

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

15 minutes ago, CliffMassYelledAtMe said:

This is from Gorst, about 4 miles from the airport: 

Wow that is sea level

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

5 minutes ago, Phil said:

Geesh.

Looks like I get a Hawaiian Christmas without having to leave Washington. 

[SnowWillarrive]

Bremerton looks like a blizzard per reports on social media 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Hmmm…will have to see how this goes. My main goal right now is avoiding an all time record warm December if possible. Some decent mountain snow would be nice too? But doesn’t look to be in the cards on this EPS run.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

22 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

Obligatory Leavenworth live snow cam.  We're supposed to get 7-12 inches.  I have to watch too as I'm in the Bavarian Alps.  BTW 2 other live cams in Leavenworth if you want a different view 

 

 

Wow it is BUSY there! Washington and BC mountains going to get a lot of snow from this system, all we're gonna get is some freezing rain at the start probably, then rain which will melt much of our current snow. 

 

Looking like its going to be dry for a while too. Going to be pretty lame in oregon this month, I guess we still have January...

[MossMan]

Awesome morning! Met up with my dog training friends in MT Vernon at 10am, was 41 degrees heavy rain and wind there. Came home around 11:30 and it was 38 and raining so I got back in the truck and made the 25min trek to Lake Cavanaugh. Turned to snow about 3 miles from the lake. Just amazing up there! Then I came home and saw the temp had dropped to 35, and within the last 10 minutes it has turned to snow! No stickage yet. 
Anyway here are some Cavanaugh pics! 

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

21 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Very crowded!

This is how crowded it can get

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

Bruh…

I thought those goofus snow maps were being posted semi-sarcastically. Wasn’t it doing the same thing all of last winter?

Hey I never called for a dud. But warmer and increasingly ridgy with time seems like a safe bet.

Still, that doesn’t preclude 1 good week embedded in the torch somewhere.

Very true. We ll take any scraps 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Awesome morning! Met up with my dog training friends in MT Vernon at 10am, was 41 degrees heavy rain and wind there. Came home around 11:30 and it was 38 and raining so I got back in the truck and made the 25min trek to Lake Cavanaugh. Turned to snow about 3 miles from the lake. Just amazing up there! Then I came home and saw the temp had dropped to 35, and within the last 10 minutes it has turned to snow! No stickage yet. 
Anyway here are some Cavanaugh pics! 

Beautiful 

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Hmmm…will have to see how this goes. My main goal right now is avoiding an all time record warm December if possible. Some decent mountain snow would be nice too? But doesn’t look to be in the cards on this EPS run.

You have literally no control over your "goal".    Probably not the best use of the word.   And in your doomsday scenarios the climate is still warming rapidly so how does avoiding the warmest December even matter?   Its an honest question.   Again... just playing out the doomsday outlook.  

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

30 minutes ago, Phil said:

Geesh.

This is the one I’m going to save when we get slammed middle of January 

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Awesome morning! Met up with my dog training friends in MT Vernon at 10am, was 41 degrees heavy rain and wind there. Came home around 11:30 and it was 38 and raining so I got back in the truck and made the 25min trek to Lake Cavanaugh. Turned to snow about 3 miles from the lake. Just amazing up there! Then I came home and saw the temp had dropped to 35, and within the last 10 minutes it has turned to snow! No stickage yet. 
Anyway here are some Cavanaugh pics! 

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Nice job!  

[MossMan]

5 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

This is how crowded it can get

That would be a little too much for me. I’d rather be there on a random winter Weekday morning at daybreak or after dark heavy snow falling.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

This is the one I’m going to save when we get slammed middle of January 

Maps sure look like early January 2019 right now.   I would not discount this idea.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

27 minutes ago, Phil said:

That AL though

This one too. Almost a carbon copy of the Jan 2019 post.

[MossMan]

Down to 34.5 now. 

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

That would be a little too much for me. I’d rather be there on a random winter Weekday morning at daybreak or after dark heavy snow falling.

That's a good option.  

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

This one too. Almost a carbon copy of the Jan 2019 post.

Really is.

[Phishy Wx]

13 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

This is how crowded it can get

oof

[Jakewestsalem]

 

All this snow talk and my daughter in Clarksville, TN just had a tornado pass within a half mile of her house.

Other houses destroyed or damaged to her NW.

Poor quality video(if it uploads)

[MossMan]

Weeeeeee! 

[Gradient Keeper]

24 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

This is how crowded it can get

That's just simply too many people in my opinion.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Back home. It did snow and stick while I was out this morning, and some of it is still around. Would estimate I got about ½" accumulation.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just over 4 inches and still moderate snow.  32 degrees. Roads are really bad

[MossMan]

First slush accumulation of 2023/24! 

[KingstonWX]

Been absolutely dumping here.  Big flakes and just now starting to stick. Temp was about 37 when it started and down to 33.4 now. 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Just over 4 inches and still moderate snow.  32 degrees. Roads are really bad

You might start running into power issues if that keeps up! 

[MossMan]

Temp is now down to 33.6.