January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[RCola]

10 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

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

Fair enough, they had bounce to them so I figured sleet, but you're probably right. It's graupel.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

[Slushy Inch]

I have been getting light snow in a Bothell for several minutes now with nothing on radar. I assume north wind is blowing it over me.

[Lynnwoodweather]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

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

Nailed it!

[Requiem]

Let's get some thundersnow reports going cmon 

[BLI snowman]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

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

Decent with the coverage but definitely too light on precip intensity.

[Slushy Inch]

1 minute ago, RCola said:

Fair enough, they had bounce to them so I figured sleet, but you're probably right. It's graupel.

Graupel bounces quite a bit too. It’s one of my favorite precip types.

[RCola]

Still light snow here near the needle. No real accumulation, just mood flakes. We're right at the edge of the convergence zone, so you can see the clear skies to the south. Kinda ruining the snowy vibe, but still happy to see flakes.

[Jamalm]

 Sleet/hail here in West Seattle 

[HoodCanalBridge]

Bigger flakes, tips of my too-tall grass are turning white…

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

This needs to drop like 10 miles….

[RayRay]

Nothing in Redmond

[Slushy Inch]

9 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

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

Should move south right? I’m only getting light stuff right now

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

Temp just tanked at the house. I’m assuming this precip drops on me

[MikeInEverett]

This is a textbook, beautiful CZ. I wish my house was a mile further south driving around in this in Mill Creek has been a great time

[LowerGarfield]

Snow is very dry and falling. Was starting to accumulate on the road and was coming down quite steadily on the very short drive home. Now it has slackened off a bit. Maybe a trace so far. Still at 33F, not quite Arctic yet.

[Randyc321]

34.9 now dp 31.1 and graupel has started falling.  This is good.  Graupel will add up better.  I just need a dusting to be happy.

[Cascadia_Wx]

16 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

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.

High back down to 20 on Monday on this run. Sort of interesting.

[The Winter Warlock]

Dew point just plummeted out here in Covington.

 

[Phishy Wx]

Arctic front is moving thru Western and North Central WA faster than E WA per NWS

not supposed to move through here until tonight as its hung up on the Continental Divide

 

Tonight Through Saturday: A strong arctic front cold front
is currently dropping southward through the Okanogan Valley
and into the Columbia Basin. This air mass features low dewpoint
temperatures in the single digits and winds of 30-45 mph. The
harshest conditions are occurring in the Okanogan Valley and the
Waterville Plateau and this should continue through much of the
night. Meanwhile even colder air was being bottled up just east of
the Continental Divide and this should surge in overnight as a
surface low just south of the Silver Valley drops further south
overnight. Once that occurs...northeast winds will pour down the
Purcell Trench and then spread across the Spokane/CdA area and
eventually into the eastern Columbia Basin.

 

 

[Minion]

Snow coming down nicely 

[TT-SEA]

FWIW... the new 18Z ECMWF is coming out now and this is what it shows for accumulation through 10 p.m.

 

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

FWIW... the new 18Z ECMWF is coming out now and this is what it shows for accumulation through 10 p.m.

 

Already wrong

[HoodCanalBridge]

Someone from hansville posted this on the local facebook group a few minutes ago

[SnowWillarrive]

2 minutes ago, HoodCanalBridge said:

Someone from hansville posted this on the local facebook group a few minutes ago

Euro says you are lying. 

[Parrot]

11 minutes ago, MillCreekMike said:

This is a textbook, beautiful CZ. I wish my house was a mile further south driving around in this in Mill Creek has been a great time

How much is on the ground? I feel like I'm right on the south edge of the band in south Lynnwood, bc it keeps bouncing between heavy and light

[Meatyorologist]

 

Lynwood around half an hour ago...

[Meatyorologist]

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Right now that front is stalled. The models are WAY wrong with this hahahahaha.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Already wrong

Appears so.   You know what they say about the models and arctic fronts.  

[Poulsbo Snowman]

Temps fell fast.  This site is about a block from my house.  I use it all the time and compare it to my home weather station.

[Parrot]

5 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

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Lynwood around half an hour ago...

That weigh station is by Everett mall

[Lynnwoodweather]

9 minutes ago, MillCreekMike said:

This is a textbook, beautiful CZ. I wish my house was a mile further south driving around in this in Mill Creek has been a great time

And I wish I was a little bit north. Getting fringed here. Give me my weenie reaction haha 

[uwgraduate2021]

I really need to move out of the swamp.

[Cold Snap]

Just need the CZ to move south a few miles!

[Meatyorologist]

I have no idea what Tim was blabbing on about earlier, this is way juicier than predicted. Even driving around Everett it was remarkable how moist everything looked, even north of the sfc front.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Poulsbo Snowman said:

Temps fell fast.  This site is about a block from my house.  I use it all the time and compare it to my home weather station.

Yeah... don't think front is stalled because temps are crashing.  

[FrozenBites]

1 minute ago, uwgraduate2021 said:

I really need to move out of the swamp.

It will move south and fill in as the artic front drops south. Be patient.

[theRunner]

Can't believe it... over 2.5in of graupel/sleet here in Issaquah ~1,000 feet IMG_4287.HEICIMG_4289.HEIC

[Ken in Wood Village]

23 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

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.

I don't think you have the right run. I just got this off Mark Nelsen website.