January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[Ken in Wood Village]

Looks like snow on the roads at Sylvan Hill.

[Requiem]

Last winter was pretty great-- one of the more impactful southerly windstorms I can recall in recent memory, a significant ice storm, and of course what I think may be one of the greatest PDX snowstorms of at least the 21st century. 

[Mid Valley Duck]

Can't say I've ever seen an ensemble shift to this degree in one run inside of 4 days

[Ken in Wood Village]

It's definitely snowing on Burnside...loving it 🌨

[westcoastexpat]

12 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

GEM has a nice Pineapple Express on January 18.

Unlikely. Kona low will keep the region well below freezing likely for the foreseeable future. Heaps of potential with recurring reloads. May be our coldest January in decades. Plus heading into a Nina next winter.

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, westcoastexpat said:

Unlikely. Kona low will keep the region well below freezing likely for the foreseeable future. Heaps of potential with recurring reloads. May be our coldest January in decades. Plus heading into a Nina next winter.

Don't know if it was mentioned but the 00z GFS shows a couple snowstorms for the WV and a low of -2 in PDX later on in the run.

[lowlandsnow]

Wow 12 at Seattle single digits for Portland

[Cascadia_Wx]

Pretty much all snow here now. Starting to get some slushy accumulation on the cars.

Temp is down to 35.7

[lowlandsnow]

High Temps Saturday

[MWG]

Welp  Southern Oregon sucks 

[lowlandsnow]

This could be a really great event for Portland. It might be ok for the Puget Sound as long as we get some snow with the arctic front to get impressive low temps.

[Ken in Wood Village]

It's switching over to snow here now 🌨

[Requiem]

5 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

It's definitely snowing on Burnside...loving it 🌨

Wow it's coming down over there 

[GHweatherChris]

Lotsa snow mixing in with the rain here now, here we go HRRR!

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 minutes ago, lowlandsnow said:

High Temps Saturday

1968-esque.

[Ken in Wood Village]

Temperature has been falling like a rock 🌨

[Sandy rocks]

It's 33 here in Sandy. Sticking to the ground. Big flakes

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, lowlandsnow said:

This could be a really great event for Portland. It might be ok for the Puget Sound as long as we get some snow with the arctic front to get impressive low temps.

Nothing worse than going into a cold spell with no snow and sub freez highs. 

[Front Ranger]

16 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Yeah last winter was a joke. Not a single event over 1 inch. 

And yet, somehow SEA pulled off over 8" of snow for the third winter in a row.

Last time that happened? 1970-73.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Nothing worse than going into a cold spell with no snow and sub freez highs. 

I think you’ll get some snow.

[RayRay]

All I want for January (Christmas) is some snow…

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Lol gfs spitting out some comical numbers  

[SunAndSnow]

35 minutes ago, Hyperbolic Trendz said:

Down to 37.6 in Gladstone under some heavy (rain only) showers.  Probably won’t get there for this event but it feels great to walk outside and feel winter again with the potential for a new weather memory on the horizon.  

36.8° just west (northwest?) of you in Oak Grove. I think we have a chance with how rapidly the temps are dropping. 

[Ken in Wood Village]

I'm going to stay up a little longer. I want to see what it does when the heavier moisture does here. 

[KingstonWX]

3 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Lotsa snow mixing in with the rain here now, here we go HRRR!

I used to think you guys never get snow down there but over the last few years I've been on this forum, you seem to do ok sometimes!

[Front Ranger]

1 minute ago, Front Ranger said:

And yet, somehow SEA pulled off over 8" of snow for the third winter in a row.

Last time that happened? 1970-73.

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but if SEA gets 8"+ this winter, that will be the first time 4 winters in a row have done that since the 1950s.

[Kolk1604]

NWS going against the Euro for my forecast area 

 

 

[Requiem]

Apparently fully snowing back home-- reminds me of a less potent but more timely April 2022

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Lol gfs spitting out some comical numbers  

It’s not really that far off from the other models. If anything it’s finally falling into line.

[Front Ranger]

Just now, KingstonWX said:

I used to think you guys never get snow down there but over the last few years I've been on this forum, you seem to do ok sometimes!

Chris seems to kill it in marginal situations. Way more than you'd expect for someone so close to the coast.

[SouthHillFrosty]

BOOMMMMMMMMMM!

[LowerGarfield]

7 minutes ago, Olive1010 said:

In seaside?? Isn’t that lower than west of Portland?

Yes, basically sea level give or take 20-50 ft. A few years ago they moved their schools to a school on the edge of the local (Cascadia) tsunami zone near high ground whereas before all three were quite close to the beach. Cannon Beach elementary formerly had a school right by the beach but now their kids go to the elementary, middle, and HS in Seaside.

[KingstonWX]

Just now, Front Ranger said:

Chris seems to kill it in marginal situations. Way more than you'd expect for someone so close to the coast.

Definitely more than I'd have assumed previously, for sure. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Snowing here in Gresham. Big fat flakes! Here we go!!! 

[MossMan]

Really coming down out there! 
Rain that is! Thoug the temp is down to 38 now. 
.70” on the day so far. 

[RayRay]

1 minute ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

BOOMMMMMMMMMM!

This would be equivalent to the genius of a Beethoven symphony 9 musical composition.

[Olive1010]

1 minute ago, LowerGarfield said:

Yes, basically sea level give or take 20-50 ft. A few years ago they moved their schools to a school on the edge of the local (Cascadia) tsunami zone near high ground whereas before all three were quite close to the beach. Cannon Beach elementary formerly had a school right by the beach but now their kids go to the elementary, middle, and HS in Seaside.

Then how is it sticking there but not at 200ft in rock creek, like near beaverton

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I think you’ll get some snow.

Possible, this area does horrible with arctic fronts. 

[Front Ranger]

12 minutes ago, lowlandsnow said:

Wow 12 at Seattle single digits for Portland

Looking less like Jan 1998.

[KingstonWX]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Really coming down out there! 
Rain that is! Thoug the temp is down to 38 now. 
.70” on the day so far. 

I thought for sure you'd change over by now with those waves of moisture coming down the strait. Probably will happen still soon though.