January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[Deweydog]

7 minutes ago, Perturbed Member said:

What are your thoughts on where this is going? Seems like the models are still in flux. 

Yeah, hopefully things are stabilizing as far as the WAA goes, but I kinda thought we would more of a shift north with the precip shield as well. Doesn’t quite wanna do it at the moment.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

15 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Just got a text that Snoqualmie Valley schools are closed tomorrow.   Pretty wimpy for maybe 1-2 inches of snow across the district.   They have had school in session with this much snow many times particularly since the snow is done now and it won't be snowing in the morning.   But apparently they had not one but two buses sideways on hills this afternoon so I guess they figured they could burn a snow day in a Nino winter.  

I’ve mentioned before my daughter had 18 full snow days last winter, and probably 6-7 late starts due to snow. She did have a couple in November, but something similar to what happened in your area happened with a school bus in Silverton in early December 2022 when a rogue snow/grapuel shower dropped 1-2” of snow across Silverton just as school let out. It was a very snowy winter, but that seemed excessive. They’ve had snow every day this week and she’s only had one two hour delay, so they’ve been trying a little harder this year. 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I have spent hrs researching this and thinking about it. If it happened now it would be the same damage as a hurricane hitting the golf coast. In some of the snowier spots it was more like 6 and 7 feet. I always wonder how deep it was around hood canal. I know the track of the storm was ideal and if Seattle had 5 feet some places might of had 8 feet. It's just incredible.  

 

Yeah it makes me wonder how much my area had as well…It would cause lots of destruction but wow would it be incredible to live it! 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

26 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

It was awesome meeting y’all tonight. Had a great time let’s do it again soon! @Meatyorologist @SouthHillFrosty @iFred @Cold Snap @andrewr

I recognize @Meatyorologist Was grateful to have y'all stop by the south valley this past summer.

@iFred if y'all make it down this way then please let me know. I'll try to gather the Oregon posters.

[Blizzard777]

Snowing again  

29*  wind calm 

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

We did slightly better than Randy perhaps even twice as much!   Do we count this as a win?   Go South Sound! 

Lol absolutely. It’s enough here so far that the ground will be white for a couple days. Might get whiter if somehow we get a tiny bit of snow Saturday somehow…

[Olive1010]

There won't be snow Friday afternoon??

[bainbridgekid]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I’ve mentioned before my daughter had 18 full snow days last winter, and probably 6-7 late starts due to snow. She did have a couple in November, but something similar to what happened in your area happened with a school bus in Silverton in early December 2022 when a rogue snow/grapuel shower dropped 1-2” of snow across Silverton just as school let out. It was a very snowy winter, but that seemed excessive. They’ve had snow every day this week and she’s only had one two hour delay, so they’ve been trying a little harder this year. 

18 snow days is insane. Did school go till mid July?

My district doesn’t get out till the last week of June even without any snow days. 

[Deweydog]

Just now, Olive1010 said:

There won't be snow Friday afternoon??

Might be some flurries around.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

 

[RaleighHillsRunner]

Alright PDX fam, hunker down time. Feels like a dynamic situation and as always I’m sure we’ll have some wild discrepancies based on microclimates. Winds look nasty and south metro to mid-valley could be an ice rink. Looking forward to watching it unfold tomorrow!

[RentonHill]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Lol absolutely. It’s enough here so far that the ground will be white for a couple days. Might get whiter if somehow we get a tiny bit of snow Saturday somehow…

Lmao poor Randy 

[ShawniganLake]

6 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I have spent hrs researching this and thinking about it. If it happened now it would be the same damage as a hurricane hitting the golf coast. In some of the snowier spots it was more like 6 and 7 feet. I always wonder how deep it was around hood canal. I know the track of the storm was ideal and if Seattle had 5 feet some places might of had 8 feet. It's just incredible.  

 

Over how many days did the 5 feet fall?

[DeepFriedEgg]

3 minutes ago, Olive1010 said:

There won't be snow Friday afternoon??

Very unlikely

but it will drop below freezing and make roads potentially icy

[BLI snowman]

1 minute ago, Olive1010 said:

There won't be snow Friday afternoon??

Probably a little light snow at the leading edge of the arctic air down in the valley. Best chances between Salem and Eugene. But that first system is kind of sinking away out of the picture pretty fast so it looks pretty anemic. 

[Olive1010]

Just now, DeepFriedEgg said:

Very unlikely

The district is gonna get out 3 hours early lmao why now

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, RentonHill said:

Lmao poor Randy 

I’m not sure if you were aware of this or not…but it barely snowed at his house. 

[Snownerd3000]

11 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

I'm enjoying my time in the pink!

[Jakewestsalem]

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Arctic boundary now in northern Gilliam County, OR near Arlington.

[RaleighHillsRunner]

2 minutes ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

Very unlikely

Well D**n, glad they preemptively closed my kids school 3 hours early for nothing then Pretty sure everyone is trying to avoid the stranded bus fiasco from several years back so I get it.

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I’m not sure if you were aware of this or not…but it barely snowed at his house. 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Did anyone post the Ukmet? I haven’t seen the #2 global model yet 

[RentonHill]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I’m not sure if you were aware of this or not…but it barely snowed at his house. 

Hmmm no I must have missed that

[Cloud]

SDOT did a pretty good job salting the roads this afternoon and tonight. Some SDs are closing for a sunny day tomorrow! 

[MossMan]

21.9

DP 13

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

 

I’m sure you’ll get em next time tiger. It is very weird that most people have more snow than you. 

[TT-SEA]

00Z ECMWF is a little south and precip looks very light in Portland in the middle of the afternoon on Saturday.

[BLI snowman]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Did anyone post the Ukmet? I haven’t seen the #2 global model yet 

@Doinko posted it earlier. 

Decent jog north from its earlier run. Like most of the 00z guidance, not looking like any huge snow totals anywhere but at least a solid bullseye over the PDX metro.

 

[SnowWillarrive]

4 minutes ago, MossMan said:

 

You’re feeling the pain of those who probably live in Fife valley. #empathy

[TT-SEA]

[Deweydog]

9z??? God help us all if they start running these things every three hours…

[TacomaWx]

Just now, SnowWillarrive said:

You’re feeling the pain of those who probably live in Fife valley. #empathy

How much did you get out there tonight?

[jcmcgaffey]

16 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I’ve mentioned before my daughter had 18 full snow days last winter, and probably 6-7 late starts due to snow. She did have a couple in November, but something similar to what happened in your area happened with a school bus in Silverton in early December 2022 when a rogue snow/grapuel shower dropped 1-2” of snow across Silverton just as school let out. It was a very snowy winter, but that seemed excessive. They’ve had snow every day this week and she’s only had one two hour delay, so they’ve been trying a little harder this year. 

Wow. Do they do remote learning instead?

[TT-SEA]

Heaviest snow comes Saturday evening.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

 

That is what the Canadian forum calls being in the Sad Lands.

[snow_wizard]

Looks like it's about done.  The radar looks good over me right now, but it's just a light flurry.  Ended up with about quarter inch.  Pretty disappointing when you consider this could be the best January Arctic blast in decades.

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Heaviest snow comes Saturday evening.  

I know that a lot of the willamette valley south of there is sleet/ice so it’s not showing up…but such a funky looking snow map. Not a very wide swath of snowfall. 

[TT-SEA]

Just wobbles... but a little southward trend in the home stretch.

[iFred]

Waited until my wife was asleep to open the bedroom window wide open. The air feels perfect. We’re also getting some sporadic gusts. Down to 26° in Everett.