January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

17 here at home with a 30 mph wind

[TacomaWx]

Just a dusting of snow yesterday evening. Was fun to get something out of this at the very least. Very cold 23 degrees after a what will likely be the high temp of 27 at midnight. It looks like we’re still potentially close enough here in the south sound for a little something this weekend but we will see not counting on that. 

[TT-SEA]

Very slight shift south on the 12Z ICON.   Definitely didn't trend north.  

[Doinko]

14 degree drop in 90 minutes at Underwood, WA in the Gorge near Hood River

[BLI snowman]

6 minutes ago, Doinko said:

RGEM looks improved, decent shift of heaviest totals south. Looks like about 10" here

 

Yes please.

[ajreich]

Just about down to freezing at 600’ in the west hills. 33 currently. Seems like the cold air is a touch faster than NWS was forecasting. 
 

 

[BLI snowman]

7 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

8.2˚F, a notch colder than I reached in 2021. And I see BLI has now tied its 2021 low as well.

Actually they have blown right by it.

The 4 degrees there is now their coldest temperature since they hit 4 in November 1985.

And they're doing this just with CAA and with no snowcover.

Edited January 12 by BLI snowman

[TT-SEA]

ICON is definitely trending toward less precip and lower snow amounts in the Portland area.

[Snowdome]

36 minutes ago, Prairiedog said:

Warm nose right over the top of my house.  Right on schedule.  I would expect nothing less.  Earlier it looked like I might escape it.  Nope.

This is looking like another Feb 2021 for us. At least I’m prepared this go around! 

[BLI snowman]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

ICON is definitely trending toward less precip and lower snow amounts in the Portland area.

Pretty rock solid agreement on a general 4-6" now across all models. Some heavier totals in favored places west of I-5. Looking like a good event.

[Mid Valley Duck]

The mesoscale models are coming around for Portland. NAM probably looks the worst, RGEM best

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, Snowdome said:

This is looking like another Feb 2021 for us. At least I’m prepared this go around! 

Love the handle! Nice nod to a longtime Milwaukie contributor to the old Fox 12 forum.

[ShawniganLake]

Abbotsford 5F with a windchill of -18 is very respectable. 

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, BLI snowman said:

Pretty rock solid agreement on a general 4-6" now across all models. Some heavier totals in favored places west of I-5. Looking like a good event.

4-6" would be fantastic, especially with the forecasting 50mph gusts here. How would this compare to the Feb 1989 storm for here at least? I know 1989 was a lot colder at least, but I think snow totals at least locally should be similar?

[TacomaWx]

Just now, ShawniganLake said:

Abbotsford 5F with a windchill of -18 is very respectable. 

3F in Bellingham. 

[AuburnTexan]

Just a light dusting here last night. Nice and balmy 21 degrees though. Shorts weather!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

This will be the coldest blast to hit the area in many years. Some places in Washington might sneak up to that all time low.

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

8.2˚F now, beats Dec 2021 by a hair.

[CasuallyFoxy]

7 minutes ago, Doinko said:

14 degree drop in 90 minutes at Underwood, WA in the Gorge near Hood River

Not too often you see ~50mph easterlies in the vicinity of Hood River.

[Timmy]

Kelso switched to me wind direction and is dropping in temp

[TT-SEA]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

This will be the coldest blast to hit the area in many years. Some places in Washington might sneak up to that all time low.

 

And now we don't have to talk about the January curse any more! 

[ajreich]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

ICON is definitely trending toward less precip and lower snow amounts in the Portland area.

It’ll be interesting! All the models have right now for moisture is some buoy data and incomplete satellite measurements. This is theoretically where Spire should do really well as they’ll have much better initialization data. We’ll only really know once the front gets over land, good times!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, TacomaWx said:

3F in Bellingham. 

This is no joke. Bellingham might go sub zero with this in outflow

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

And now we don't have to talk about the January curse any more! 

The 3 in Bellingham I think is the coldest outflow since 1990

[GHweatherChris]

lamelame

[TT-SEA]

Just now, GHweatherChris said:

lamelame

You said your snow is coming tomorrow... patience.  

[Doinko]

2 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The 3 in Bellingham I think is the coldest outflow since 1990

Colder than 1990, it's their coldest temp in general since Jan 1982. This blast is pretty amazing

[BLI snowman]

6 minutes ago, Doinko said:

4-6" would be fantastic, especially with the forecasting 50mph gusts here. How would this compare to the Feb 1989 storm for here at least? I know 1989 was a lot colder at least, but I think snow totals at least locally should be similar?

Yeah, I think your area pulled off 4-5" with that event. This storm is looking a little juicier.

[SnowySeeker50]

Auburn school district running on 2 hours late. Currently 20f

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Actually this might be the coldest outflow in Bellingham since 1989.

[Timmy]

Does anyone know if it is like, really cold in Bellingham?

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Wow -6 in omak with 40 mph wind

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

30 degrees here, arctic air has not made it yet. 3" of new snow last night giving me a snow depth of 13". Huge snowstorm is coming in Central oregon, this kind of setup could give me 2+ feet of snow, we'll see if I'm right...

[TT-SEA]

Still cloudy... hope the sun comes out this morning for some sun and snow pics.

[Doinko]

8 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Yeah, I think your area pulled off 4-5" with that event. This storm is looking a little juicier.

Should be fantastic even if we get some sleet mixed in. 50mph gusts, temps in the teens and blowing snow/sleet. I wonder if we'll meet official blizzard criteria

[Timmy]

How long until the east wind starts in pdx?

[Rubus Leucodermis]

About half of yesterday’s inch sublimated overnight.

Now down to 8.1˚F.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

What did everyone in the Seattle area end up with last night? I was looking at the radar and it looked like yall were getting more snow than forecast.

[Kayla]

Still going down even with the sun up. Now down to -29F.

Should break all sorts of record low highs and lows today and tomorrow. Even some all time record lows look to be in jeopardy. 

[Timmy]

Temps dropping in north woodland