January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[Frontal Snowsquall]

25 minutes ago, Timmy said:

I don’t envy the life of a meteorologist today. Mark told everyone to cancel school and stay home from work. But I don’t think there will be any precip today. 
 

I have gotten a taste of that pressure too, people in my circles have been asking me and I have been hesistant on the timing of it all and I am going to be wrong a lot. Thankfully people seem to forget everything when it starts snowing.

I stayed home today. Wasn’t gonna risk it. Plus get to enjoy more model riding.

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Down to 7 at Pendleton, 18 in the Dalles and in the 10-12 range a few miles east of the Dalles. Once the east wind ramps up at PDX their temp is going to drop like a rock. 

Hoping for a sub-20 high, that would be amazing

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

At this point I refuse to believe all of the freezing rain being shown in salem. I'm guessing it'll be 3 inches of snow, 1 inch of sleet.

 

 

Albany and Eugene though, they could get an inch of zr... hoping everyone there stays warm, because that would cause a massive power outage.

My prediction is there will not be much if any snow south of the south Salem hills and Waldo Hills. Essentially the same snow cutoff we saw 12/20/08. At this point I think 1-2” of snow and 1-2” of sleet is a good call at SLE.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Down to 7 at Pendleton, 18 in the Dalles and in the 10-12 range a few miles east of the Dalles. Once the east wind ramps up at PDX their temp is going to drop like a rock. 

Flash freeze!

[Deweydog]

The Okanogan Valley is rock solid this morning. This thing is a full notch colder than 12/21 up there.

[TT-SEA]

People are picking up their cars this morning.  Sideways bus is gone.  

[Timmy]

Gem shows a crippling ice storm for pdx too. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Temps as of 8am. I thought the Arctic Front updated in real time but I guess not. It’s further along the way.

[Doinko]

Just now, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Temps as of 8am. I thought the Arctic Front updated in real time but I guess not. It’s further along the way.

Looks like it's a bit past Hood River

[Timmy]

Just now, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Temps as of 8am. I thought the Arctic Front updated in real time but I guess not. It’s further along the way.

That front is not accurate

[LowerGarfield]

15 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

We had 2.25 inches of snow on my snowboard so I'm rounding up to 2.30 and that's since 9pm. The second photo is my snow depth. On our grill's flat surface.

Okay so I guess it loaded them in the wrong order. But the higher one is the depth. Still pretty incredible.

[Phishy Wx]

currently -2, WC -24

Forecast High is 1 above

Hoping for that elusive sub zero high

[TacomaWx]

24 minutes ago, MossMan said:

So many times over the years when the models would show the very northern edge of the precip with these types of systems would kiss Seattle or even Tacoma I knew we had a shot, we usually always got something up here as well as the northern shield went way further than forecasted. I believe the biggest example would have been February 2010 (or 11 can’t remember now) the northern shield was supposed to only touch Seattle barely…We ended up with about 6” at least up here lol. 
You just never know, but I have a feeling you might see something. 

Yeah, it really wouldn’t be that surprising. I think at the very least there will be some snowflakes flying tomorrow afternoon/evening. 

[Kayla]

This thing really trended colder down the stretch. Kind of a sneaker historic type airmass.

There is even a reenforcing shot coming here Sunday night keeping us below zero into Tuesday now.

[TacomaWx]

You know sh*ts getting real when the temperature is still dropping past sunrise lol. Down to 22 now. 

[LowerGarfield]

Monkey the cat is cold. Just below 9F degrees this morning.

[umadbro]

Midnight high of 37 here. 31 now. 

[ShawniganLake]

4 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Temps as of 8am. I thought the Arctic Front updated in real time but I guess not. It’s further along the way.

Low level cold could be running out ahead of the front, depending on what level of the front is depicted at. 

[Doinko]

Just now, Kayla said:

This thing really trended colder down the stretch. Kind of a sneaker historic type airmass.

There is even a reenforcing shot coming here Sunday night keeping us below zero into Tuesday now.

Mark Nelsen said the arctic front is travelling faster than expected. When was the last time that's happened? I thought it was usually the opposite

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Looks like it bottomed out at 7.9˚F here this morning. Impressive!

[TT-SEA]

15 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

You jinxed it.  

It's getting there.  

[Frontal Snowsquall]

6 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Looks like it's a bit past Hood River

Should get here before noon. Once we get east winds the temps will start plummeting.

[Minion]

8F here colddddddd

[Frontal Snowsquall]

2 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Mark Nelsen said the arctic front is travelling faster than expected. When was the last time that's happened? I thought it was usually the opposite

That’s good news. More cold air further SW. Get that cold air deeper entrenched. Less chance for the warm tongue to progress northward.

[MossMan]

5 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

The Okanogan Valley is rock solid this morning. This thing is a full notch colder than 12/21 up there.

Yep I bet with deep snowcover I would be hovering near zero right now. Currently 10. 

[skywatcher]

Reporting 22°F... minimal snow yesterday, everything that was coming down was dry crystally stuff and minimal accumulations on road surfaces. Flowerbeds have a nice white shiny look to them, so yay?

[Dave]

It's pretty fuckking cruel to just give us an inch of ice without first at least giving us a taste of snow. Usually, we don't get a huge ice storm without it snowing at least a little bit first. 

Looks like Tiger could finally get a couple of his beloved subfreezing highs. This could get bad. I'm actually am going to the store to stock up on supplies. This neighborhood does not have buried power lines. It does however, have many mature trees including one in my own yard that is right next to the lines.

Any predictions on the amount of ice Eugene accumulates?  

[DareDuck]

8 hours ago, Phil said:

For a top-tier nor’easter? Hell yeah we do.

In 09/10 even 48” wouldn’t have been enough.

For someone who takes such care of their anemometer and make sure it reaches up 400’, you’d think that clearing off the snow stake every 6-12 hours prevents the need for a 4’ snow stake. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Arctic boundary is almost to Cascade Locks. Very close to the Bridge of the Gods.

[Timmy]

Looks like some light snow along the front in Longview and rainier

[Sandy rocks]

Dusting of snow and 32 in Sandy.

 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Just now, Dave said:

It's pretty fuckking cruel to just give us an inch of ice without first at least giving us a taste of snow. Usually, we don't get a huge ice storm without it snowing at least a little bit first. 

Looks like Tiger could finally get a couple of his beloved subfreezing highs. This could get bad. I'm actually am going to the store to stock up on supplies. This neighborhood does not have buried power lines. It does however, have many mature trees including one in my own yard that is right next to the lines.

Any predictions on the amount of ice Eugene accumulates?  

1.25" or worse. This is gonna be incredibly dynamic. We'll get another snow day in the future. Hopefully a -10 850mb system can impact EUG. I feel like that doesn't happen as often as it used to.

[Phishy Wx]

8 minutes ago, Kayla said:

This thing really trended colder down the stretch. Kind of a sneaker historic type airmass.

There is even a reenforcing shot coming here Sunday night keeping us below zero into Tuesday now.

tonight is the night for us over here to challenge records if the wind relaxes, cause it will be clear, just no snow cover.  tomorrow they say we'll have high clouds move in ahead of the system in OR which will prevent bottom out

[Dave]

Chiefs vs Dolphins on Saturday evening. High of 5 for the day (probably about 0 for game time).  -25 wind chill.

[Kayla]

8 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Mark Nelsen said the arctic front is travelling faster than expected. When was the last time that's happened? I thought it was usually the opposite

This thing has got some pretty top tier depth to it.

[Phishy Wx]

Just now, Dave said:

Chiefs vs Dolphins on Saturday evening. High of 5 for the day (probably about 0 for game time).  -25 wind chill.

too bad its EXCLUSIVELY on Peacock.  screw that

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

11 degrees this morning. 
 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

17 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

The Okanogan Valley is rock solid this morning. This thing is a full notch colder than 12/21 up there.

Coldest i have ever seen it. I wish i was up there driving around, there are some valleys i know of that are always colder. So far the -26 is about the same as 12/21 for the station at my cabin. Probable some -35 readings in the cold pockets. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

4 minutes ago, Dave said:

It's pretty fuckking cruel to just give us an inch of ice without first at least giving us a taste of snow. Usually, we don't get a huge ice storm without it snowing at least a little bit first. 

Looks like Tiger could finally get a couple of his beloved subfreezing highs. This could get bad. I'm actually am going to the store to stock up on supplies. This neighborhood does not have buried power lines. It does however, have many mature trees including one in my own yard that is right next to the lines.

Any predictions on the amount of ice Eugene accumulates?  

Around an inch seems to be the model consensus as of late yesterday.

[Dave]

1 minute ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

1.25" or worse. This is gonna be incredibly dynamic. We'll get another snow day in the future. Hopefully a -10 850mb system can impact EUG. I feel like that doesn't happen as often as it used to.

This sucks. It will take months to clean up if that verifies.