January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[LowerGarfield]

Took this photo from the hospital yesterday but we still have snow on the north facing foothills. The south facing ones are melted.

[TacomaWx]

Radar looks active AF. Dark clouds building to the north of here moving this way. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, TacomaWx said:

Radar looks active AF. Dark clouds building to the north of here moving this way. 

This is feeling like this front tonight might lay some good snow down. The radar is blowing up and starting to move south a little

[the_convergence_zone]

The ice cream of the future is falling from the sky in West Seattle!

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

This is feeling like this front tonight might lay some good snow down. The radar is blowing up and starting to move south a little

Yeah maybe we’re wrong and the models are right but it sure doesn’t look like it right now. 

[Blizzard777]

This it???? 
I forgot my glasses at home so everything blurry when I try to research 

[KingstonWX]

Temp just dropped 3 degrees in about 5 minutes, and now my weather app says its going to snow for the next four hours. Lock it in, boys. 

[Canadian guy]

Down to freezing here in Victoria with light flurries now. Really hoping we can get an inch or so of accumulation going into the cold. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, TacomaWx said:

Yeah maybe we’re wrong and the models are right but it sure doesn’t look like it right now. 

2 things that i see. The radar is lighting up faster than the last arctic front we had and this air and front is moving much faster. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

6 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

This is the only social media i am on. Never have ever had a facebook. I can imagine social media is tough on kids growing up.

I feel like I’ve spent a sickening amount of time on my phone this week. Mostly tracking this weather stuff. But it can definitely be distracting from the life surrounding you, and sometimes I feel like it’s just an information overload.

I have half a mind just to turn my phone off Saturday and enjoy the event. Maybe check in just a few times  

[Art_Digbee]

Up on Orcas Island the temp has dropped from 42 to 25 in the last four hours. With a cold NE wind and dusting of graupel included.

[TacomaWx]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

2 things that i see. The radar is lighting up faster than the last arctic front we had and this air and front is moving much faster. 

Starting to absolutely dump graupel here at Highway 18. 

[Poulsbo Snowman]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I feel like I’ve spent a sickening amount of time on my phone this week. Mostly tracking this weather stuff. But it can definitely be distracting from the life surrounding you, and sometimes I feel like it’s just an information overload.

I have half a mind just to turn my phone off Saturday and enjoy the event. Maybe check in just a few times  

You would have half a mind to do that.

[HoodCanalBridge]

Temp dropped 4 degrees and flurries firing back up with a brisk northerly breeze 

[SnowWillarrive]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

Starting to absolutely dump graupel here at Highway 18. 

That band over 18 and 90 is intense.
 

[bainbridgekid]

Radar starting to blow up right over a Seattle with some really heavy stuff just North of I-90.

 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, SnowWillarrive said:

That band over 18 and 90 is intense.
 

ECMWF says this is the main event with the arctic front for King County.   

[MikeInEverett]

That crack in the CZ right over Everett is so crazy to me. Literally right over my house. Like a giant middle finger from Mother Nature

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

I have a question for everyone here, why do you like snow so much? I feel like everyone here likes snow, but some of them I doubt do anything more than look at it, but yet they  still root for it. Personally I root for it because it looks nice, feels great, skiing/sledding/snowshoeing is fun, it's fun for kids, and I enjoy using my snow blower.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

DUMPING dippin dots in Sequim

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

1 minute ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

I have a question for everyone here, why do you like snow so much? I feel like everyone here likes snow, but some of them I doubt do anything more than look at it, but yet they  still root for it. Personally I root for it because it looks nice, feels great, skiing/sledding/snowshoeing is fun, it's fun for kids, and I enjoy using my snow blower.

It just makes me feel like a kid again. I like playing with my dog in the snow. He gets excited as me. 

[KingstonWX]

Just now, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

I have a question for everyone here, why do you like snow so much? I feel like everyone here likes snow, but some of them I doubt do anything more than look at it, but yet they  still root for it. Personally I root for it because it looks nice, feels great, skiing/sledding/snowshoeing is fun, it's fun for kids, and I enjoy using my snow blower.

I'm mostly a looker, but somehow I trained my brain to release massive amounts of dopamine at the simple mention of snow as a child. So now here I am. 

[Blizzard777]

Absolutely beautiful

[Phishy Wx]

33 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

They experienced different challenges. If one survived early childhood you could live a decently long life. Maybe not by todays standards, but there were people in their 50s,60s, and 70s back then. The life expectancy was so low due to high childhood mortality. Of course if you got cancer, heart disease, a bad infection, etc... It was over. 

kinda like our snow chances tonight

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

29 degrees here with 12" of snow on the ground, high temp of 31.

[Slushy Inch]

20 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I think it is pretty close based on what is measureable.  

Euro has had very light brief precip for today for many runs. 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

Radar starting to blow up right over a Seattle with some really heavy stuff just North of I-90.

 

Great view of the western side of that band from Space Needle.

[KingstonWX]

Very light snow here now. 

[sherwoodor]

2 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

I have a question for everyone here, why do you like snow so much? I feel like everyone here likes snow, but some of them I doubt do anything more than look at it, but yet they  still root for it. Personally I root for it because it looks nice, feels great, skiing/sledding/snowshoeing is fun, it's fun for kids, and I enjoy using my snow blower.

I grew up 3000 miles away and as a kid never thought I'd have the opportunity to have snow in my backyard. There is no amount of inconvenience it can bring, that will make me not wish for snow.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

This will be interesting, I have never seen a convergence zone drift completely across the sound to the Olympics and get me but models say it will happen. WE will see soon.

[Poulsbo Snowman]

3 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

I have a question for everyone here, why do you like snow so much? I feel like everyone here likes snow, but some of them I doubt do anything more than look at it, but yet they  still root for it. Personally I root for it because it looks nice, feels great, skiing/sledding/snowshoeing is fun, it's fun for kids, and I enjoy using my snow blower.

From when I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I've loved the snow.   For me, it's kind of the little boy in me.  But I love other types of weather, especially when it's extreme.  

[SouthHillFrosty]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

ECMWF says this is the main event with the arctic front for King County.   

GFS has a little bit more for south king/pierce counties. Wouldn't surprise me if that happened. Happened last couple times with an artic event it seems.

[Eugene-5SW]

4 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

I have a question for everyone here, why do you like snow so much? I feel like everyone here likes snow, but some of them I doubt do anything more than look at it, but yet they  still root for it. Personally I root for it because it looks nice, feels great, skiing/sledding/snowshoeing is fun, it's fun for kids, and I enjoy using my snow blower.

I dunno, I'm waiting for Sean Nyberg to tell me how I'm supposed to feel about it.

[Front Ranger]

32 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Of course we are also talking about thousands of years ago... but more recently I read in detail about people making the trek along the Oregon trail.   What an ordeal that was.  

Didn't you ever play the game??

[HoodCanalBridge]

My weather station says it’s going to snow in north Kitsap… lock it in!

 

[North_County]

2 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

I have a question for everyone here, why do you like snow so much? I feel like everyone here likes snow, but some of them I doubt do anything more than look at it, but yet they  still root for it. Personally I root for it because it looks nice, feels great, skiing/sledding/snowshoeing is fun, it's fun for kids, and I enjoy using my snow blower.

I like it because it represents a break from the ordinary. If we got it frequently, I'm sure my attitude towards it would be much, much different. When I lived in Central and Eastern Washington, I barely paid attention to the forecast, rarely found myself "rooting" for snow, and generally found it to be a bit of a nuisance; cool to look at for a few minutes, but hated having to bundle up, walk up-and-down-hill in it, or scrape it from the windshield.

But that's just me.

[TacomaWx]

Stopped for the moment, bad cell service here but I will post photos and videos later once it’s better. It’s still slightly north of me but can see it’s moving this way. 

[Doinko]

Weather app shows 7-15" of snow here, NWS says 2-6"

[westcoastexpat]

Photos I took earlier today vs just now. Can't see the city anymore - snow really coming down. Great snowflake development along this arctic front.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Wind has shifted to northerly in King County now.