January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[Chewbacca Defense]

39 minutes ago, Mercurial said:

My 3x great grandfather came to Butte in a covered wagon in 1867.  And Butte is routinely the coldest spot in MT.  At the time it was merely a mining camp with a hundred or so people. 

That's about when my wife's family settled in the Flint Creek valley if I remember correctly.  The core of the house my mother in law grew up in was actually the original cabin when they settled.  Not much bigger than a studio apartment, and to think that a decent sized catholic family crammed in there.  Today it is the kitchen, with an area for the washer/dryer and a small desk.

As it progressed through generations, they built out in pretty much all directions.  The downstairs is pretty nice but upstairs is rather "rustic"

When I first started going there they had 2 oil stoves to heat the house, but they have since been converted to propane.  The only way to get heat up there is through grates in the floor. Otherwise it was single pain glass and very little insulation.  One winter my wife and I had to sleep in the coldest room upstairs. We had one of those mineral oil radiator/heaters, 3-4 blankets, sweatpants, wool socks, shirt, sweatshirt, and flannel shirt and STILL froze.  I think it went into the mid negative 20's that night outside, no idea how cold it got for us inside.

[MossMan]

Currently in Mt Vernon waiting to pick up my daughter at school. Gotten quite dark here with a few flakes. It was mostly clear when I got up here 20min ago so it will be interesting to get back home. 

[RCola]

5 minutes ago, jcmcgaffey said:

Are you in the same building as me? 4th and cedar?

4th and Cedar currently.

[Slushy Inch]

8 minutes ago, RCola said:

Yes there is. I'll send you photos.

Are you in the northwest?

[FrozenBites]

3 hours ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Arctic front gathering precip now around 

Definitely thinking there will be plenty of moisture in another hour to make things interesting. Radar is going to explode.

[Randyc321]

3 minutes ago, jcmcgaffey said:

Are you in the same building as me? 4th and cedar?

 

[Chewbacca Defense]

Down to 21, Dewpoint is 10.  I'm on the edge of the outflow cone, and how much wind I get is very dependant on how the elements driving the outflow align.  For the main outflow last winter, we really did not see much wind, and were pretty slow to cool down.  Not the case with this outflow.

Pretty much all of the snow that fell earlier has evaporated.  Nothing but frozen ground here.

[Slushy Inch]

What’s going on to my north is possibly very disruptive and heavy snow. Flurrying at my apartment 

[westcoastexpat]

Arctic front is definitely over-delivering up here. White out conditions, coming down hard. Probably will end up with a 2-3" in a couple of hours.

There will be surprises!

[Slushy Inch]

1 minute ago, clipper_range said:

Definitely thinking there will be plenty of moisture in another hour to make things interesting. Radar is going to explode.

It’s is exploding right now!

[TT-SEA]

That band around Everett and Lynnwood is impressive.  

[Randyc321]

Temp is falling like a rock here now.  15 mins to go from 44.8 down to 37.8.  Nice wind gusts and getting dark.  Nicest weather I have seen all day.

[jcmcgaffey]

3 minutes ago, RCola said:

4th and Cedar currently.

Haha that’s funny. Wait..do you work with BNBuilders…?

[Blizzard777]

[Chewbacca Defense]

53 mph gust at KBLI earlier, 31mph IMBY.  I think I topped out at 25-26mph last winter.

[Lynnwoodweather]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

That band around Everett and Lynnwood is impressive.  

Heck of a surprise!

[MikeInEverett]

Heavy snow in Mill Creek. The cutoff line is a few blocks from my house right now.

[Chewbacca Defense]

3 minutes ago, westcoastexpat said:

Arctic front is definitely over-delivering up here. White out conditions, coming down hard. Probably will end up with a 2-3" in a couple of hours.

There will be surprises!

Send it my way please!!!!

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

Almost an inch in Sequim already. Sunny at my house

[Lynnwoodweather]

Just now, MillCreekMike said:

Heavy snow in Mill Creek. The cutoff line is a few blocks from my house right now.

You are probably just a few miles north of me 

[Slushy Inch]

17 minutes ago, RCola said:

Yes there is. I'll send you photos.

It’s graupel or heavily rimed snowflakes. There is no warm are above to melt snow so it re-freezes into sleet.

[Anti Marine Layer]

My mom got very bad bronchitis. COVID was nothing compared to it. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

4 minutes ago, westcoastexpat said:

Arctic front is definitely over-delivering up here. White out conditions, coming down hard. Probably will end up with a 2-3" in a couple of hours.

There will be surprises!

Ah crap no way that makes it to me....I've been looking at the Seattle radar, when I switched up to the radar in Abbotsford, that snow is evaporating as soon as it hits the main outflow winds.....oh well.

[Parrot]

7 minutes ago, Lynnwoodweather said:

Heck of a surprise!

Nothing crazy just yet but already more than I anticipated

[Front Ranger]

That CZ looks healthier than any model showed. 

[NorthBend RainEnthusiast]

1 minute ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

My mom got very bad bronchitis. COVID was nothing compared to it. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

The GFS is still snowy for PDX. The 18z output shows 13.3” snow and then some ice on Wednesday as moisture arrives. Still offshore flow all the way out to next weekend.

[Minion]

Snowing here!! Was 39F a few hours ago now 23F with a feels like temperature of 8F 

 

Crazy 

[KingstonWX]

Down to 33 now. Still snowing lightly. 

[MikeInEverett]

1 minute ago, Front Ranger said:

That CZ looks healthier than any model showed. 

It looks like it’s growing on the north and south side too.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, Front Ranger said:

That CZ looks healthier than any model showed. 

That front reminds me of what 1990 might of looked like just watered down. There should be some thunder soon. 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

That CZ looks healthier than any model showed. 

Here is what 12Z ECMWF showed for right now...

[jcmcgaffey]

Looks like a solid larger convergence growing north of seattle. Hopefully it stays strong. It has the look of juicier longer lasting one. 

[Slushy Inch]

3 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

That CZ looks healthier than any model showed. 

Indeed gfs was closest 

[Slushy Inch]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Here is what 12Z ECMWF showed for right now...

Peanuts

[jcmcgaffey]

3 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

That CZ looks healthier than any model showed. 

Yep was just going to say that. My weather app just completely flipped for the next 3hrs showing all snow now. 

[Blizzard777]

Phones dead and I have to P!!! Heading back to house. Boy did the conditions deteriorate quickly on the sound!! 
The boundary looks so cool from here, at least the CZ, the collision of the air

excited, I am !!!

[Skagit Weather]

Okay, here we go with the temperature drop. Down 4 degrees in twenty minutes to 29F.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

5 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

That CZ looks healthier than any model showed. 

Yes.  It has spilled over into and past Leavenworth all the way to Wenatchee. We've had heavy snow for awhile, and temps are starting to drop into the 20s.

[Weiner Warrior]

Moderate snow, 33 degrees 

Bellevue 500'