January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Rained all night at 35. Going to be some ridiculous crust when we freeze up. Up to about 6.5” of precip on the month. 

[the_convergence_zone]

Just dropped to 19.9 F here. The coldest that I have ever observed at this location is 18.5 F in late 2021. 

[TacomaWx]

I got today off thank god. 17 degrees up at my worksite on Highway 18. I was slated to work today to drain the pond. Tried to explain to my boss how cold it was really going to be…and that water treatment wouldn’t be possible today. Feel bad for my co-workers who are probably up there trying to thaw everything out

[Frontal Snowsquall]

12z UKMET trended further north with the snowfall. You can see the classic warm tongue signature on the snow map. Hopefully it’s overdoing it. I find it hard to believe Salem and Corvallis get more snow than PDX.

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Wow, down to 21 now. Imagine how cold tonight’s gonna be here! The number I’m hoping to beat here is 14 degrees in November 2010. If we beat that with 0 snowcover it would be astonishing. 

You might. BLI just recorded its coldest temperature since the 1980’s without any snow.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

6 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Can't wait.   Lake effect?   Hope the bands set up right over stadium.   

I've heard the lake temperature is warmer than normal for this time of year, though that probably won't last long.  But the warmer water temps will certainly help with the snowfall.  Could be epic.

[Kayla]

Looks like Two Medicine Bridge was the coldest in MT this morning at -40F.

Tonight outta be fun to see just how low we go! -40 in Bozeman looks like a good bet with some -50's in the usual cold spots of MT.

[Phishy Wx]

I think the Wednesday storm has promise to the biggest so far of the year over here

[DDDRWx]

8 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Sun hitting The Lions on an arctic morning.

Beautiful!  

[Skagit Weather]

Temperature dropped to 10.6F this morning so I wasn't wrong last night when I said that we wouldn't reach single digits, but it dropped better than I expected. This is my 4th coldest Arctic blast I've recorded on my weather station (since 2008) and the coldest without snow cover. I think it would feel more special if I hadn't had single digits the previous two winters, but I'm not complaining. Car wouldn't start this morning so I had to jump it before heading off to work.

Tonight looks like it will be nearly as cold if not a little colder. Obviously colder down south, but it's less clear up here. The Euro/GEM forecast temperatures a couple degrees colder while the GFS/NAM is a bit warmer. Would really love to see single digits, but not sure if that's going to happen. High at midnight was 21F, but I think we'll get warmer than that during the day. Probably hit 23/24F today.

[SnowHawks]

Downtown Everett at 16 degrees, hope all this cold air is not wasted for lack of moisture.  

 

 

 

[Mid Valley Duck]

Some food for thought on what the models are showing. If they are off on the northern extent of the precip shield, these totals will be low (see Feb 2014), off on the dynamics (see Jan 2017), off on the battle between WAA and the cold to the east (lots of examples). This is a high variance event. Literally nothing between 2-12" would surprise me at all for the PDX metro. The one scenario I would be surprised with is a shutout (trace to 2"), especially those in Multnomah county.

[Blizzard777]

My X just sent me this photo.  Her place not handling the cold very well at Sandy Point (Ferndale Wa) .  61* inside her condo and the inside door has ice on it now….ouch !  35 mph winds from the north to much for the old condo to handle! 
 

5* there right now

[Frontal Snowsquall]

2 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

12z UKMET trended further north with the snowfall. You can see the classic warm tongue signature on the snow map. Hopefully it’s overdoing it. I find it hard to believe Salem and Corvallis get more snow than PDX.

 

That good thing about the UKMET is it thinks Corvallis/Salem will be cold enough for 4”+ of snow. If that’s the case it must be over aggressive with the warm tongue. I don’t think a snow map like this is even possible. Models are really struggling handling this event.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

12z UKMET trended further north with the snowfall. You can see the classic warm tongue signature on the snow map. Hopefully it’s overdoing it. I find it hard to believe Salem and Corvallis get more snow than PDX.

 

I think I’m gonna get a lot of sleet!!! This is gonna be fun!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, Skagit Weather said:

Temperature dropped to 10.6F this morning so I wasn't wrong last night when I said that we wouldn't reach single digits, but it dropped better than I expected. This is my 4th coldest Arctic blast I've recorded on my weather station (since 2008) and the coldest without snow cover. I think it would feel more special if I hadn't had single digits the previous two winters, but I'm not complaining. Car wouldn't start this morning so I had to jump it before heading off to work.

Tonight looks like it will be nearly as cold if not a little colder. Obviously colder down south, but it's less clear up here. The Euro/GEM forecast temperatures a couple degrees colder while the GFS/NAM is a bit warmer. Would really love to see single digits, but not sure if that's going to happen. High at midnight was 21F, but I think we'll get warmer than that during the day. Probably hit 23/24F today.

? There are two digits in the number 10 (or 11, which 10.6 rounds up to).

[Skagit Weather]

Just now, Rubus Leucodermis said:

? There are two digits in the number 10 (or 11, which 10.6 rounds up to).

Yeah, I said I wouldn't get down to the single digits and I didn't because my low was 11F.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, Skagit Weather said:

Yeah, I said I wouldn't get down to the single digits and I didn't because my low was 11F.

My bad, read your post wrong.

You could say I got tied up in nots.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I had a 28/12 day in late last February. Predicted to have a colder high tomorrow, but may not beat the low…

[TT-SEA]

Seeing some blue sky now.

[Dave]

@MossMan, if your lake freezes solid without any snowfall, you could give this a shot.

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

5 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

My X just sent me this photo.  Her place not handling the cold very well at Sandy Point (Ferndale Wa) .  61* inside her condo and the inside door has ice on it now….ouch !  35 mph winds from the north to much for the old condo to handle! 
 

5* there right now

There are guidelines for how much BTU/hr of heating capacity one needs, and for some reason those who install electric heat often chintz and fail to meet them. I wouldn’t be able to keep this place at a decent interior temperature in this sort of weather without an extra plug-in space heater in the living room.

[Cascadia_Wx]

10 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Just dropped to 19.9 F here. The coldest that I have ever observed at this location is 18.5 F in late 2021. 

[Rustysprocket]

1 hour ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

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...

I was in Sunriver during the February 2019 storm which dumped 30", incredible way to spend a birthday.  Enjoy what you have coming, it'll be epic.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

19 at sea Tac! 
 

oops Boeing field 

Edited January 12 by SilverFallsAndrew

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, Dave said:

@MossMan, if your lake freezes solid without any snowfall, you could give this a shot.

 

Can confirm this happens. Works best with thin ice. Given how cold it is, could probably do it this morning on small ponds. Those don't take long to freeze over.

Planning on taking a marsh walk on Sunday. Everything should be frozen solid by then. The small, shallow ponds should be skateable by then.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Just now, Rustysprocket said:

I was in Sunriver during the February 2019 storm which dumped 30", incredible way to spend a birthday.  Enjoy what you have coming, it'll be epic.   

One of the greatest snow events of my lifetime. Over 20" in Downtown Springfield.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

9 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I think I’m gonna get a lot of sleet!!! This is gonna be fun!

I have a feeling you are going to get buried in snow. It sure looks that way to me.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

One of the greatest snow events of my lifetime. Over 20" in Downtown Springfield.

same here, snowed 18 inches in 24 hrs, had over 30 on the ground at one point.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Okay it is 19 at Sea Tac too. Midnight high of 25.

[Chewbacca Defense]

18 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

Yep….21* here now

Rookie numbers

 

 

Meanwhile, @Kayla is sitting there over in Bozeman saying "hold my beer" with her minus 20-ish temps and headed for -40 tonight.

[RentonHill]

-35 at moose camp near Houston, BC

[Timmy]

just went from 36-34 at the scappoose airport in 10 minutes

[Snownerd3000]

I know what I'm doing Sunday morning

[GHweatherChris]

lamelamelame

 

[Timmy]

Rainier Oregon still getting flurries. It dropped from 37 at 5 to 27 now. 

[Phishy Wx]

18 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

I've heard the lake temperature is warmer than normal for this time of year, though that probably won't last long.  But the warmer water temps will certainly help with the snowfall.  Could be epic.

or its too much snow and they move it to Detroit, inside like they did a couple years ago

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Steve’s forecast. He’s going for a high of 21 tomorrow with 6”-7” snow PDX Metro.

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Snownerd3000 said:

I know what I'm doing Sunday morning

Josh Allen May set some kind of turnover record.

[Chewbacca Defense]

1 minute ago, Snownerd3000 said:

I know what I'm doing Sunday morning

I wonder if they will end up cancelling or moving the game