January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[RaleighHillsRunner]

Here it comes…

 

 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

2-4 for you coming. 

I agree this is very possible.   But Randy wants to know where the 8 inches of snow you promised him!  

[the_convergence_zone]

6 minutes ago, WhoNeedsAC said:

Yep, hummingbirds can go into a semi-hibernation state to conserve energy when it's extremely cold. Unusual for them to pick the feeder rather than a sheltered spot in the bushes, but I guess they want to be first in line for the next meal .

https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-hummingbirds/where-do-hummingbirds-sleep/

Unfortunately the hummer turf wars are pretty brutal. The one that owns my feeder is ferociously defending it against several others. I'm sure that some of them won't make it. Their numbers were noticeably lower after the Dec 2021 cold snap. 

[GHweatherChris]

5 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

2-4 for you coming. 

Eff it, I am all in.... for a few hours.  I think 5-8 may be possible......

[BLI snowman]

28 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

 

Was just thinking that some of the windchills up there must be the coldest since then.

This is probably evolving as close to 1968 as we could expect to see in the 21st century. And in another Nino. Imagine that.

[SpaceRace22]

Incredibly cruel to ban me for no reason during the time when we got the Nyberg copypasta. Could have at least waited for me to say something *actually* bannable in response to that. Missing that was worse than the worst snow donut hole in the history of the NW. 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, GHweatherChris said:

Eff it, I am all in.... for a few hours.  I think 5-8 may be possible......

I just know tomorrow morning we are going to be saying this seems farther north than the models show.... seems to happen frequently in this set up.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Bellingham Bay this morning (via Reddit).

[WhoNeedsAC]

1 minute ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Unfortunately the hummer turf wars are pretty brutal. The one that owns my feeder is ferociously defending it against several others. I'm sure that some of them won't make it. Their numbers were noticeably lower after the Dec 2021 cold snap. 

Considering how tiny and fragile they seem (to us), they are remarkably pugnacious little birds.

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

I just know tomorrow morning we are going to be saying this seems farther north than the models show.... seems to happen frequently in this set up.  

Wether it’s actually north or not it’ll be said

[FroYoBro]

Surprised to see Troutdale airport 5 degrees warmer than pdx right now.

[The Blob]

Yup, the drizzle is snow.

[BLI snowman]

25 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I wondering how much the raging east winds will eat up the moisture out in my neck of the woods. I’d still be very happy with 3-4 inches, though. Would at least be enough to keep us in the freezer for the inversion to follow.

What you lack in QPF you'll make up for in drifts. Serious chance they close I-84 and SR 14 tomorrow.

[GHweatherChris]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I just know tomorrow morning we are going to be saying this seems farther north than the models show.... seems to happen frequently in this set up.  

No need to say something that happens more than not.  This will be the time it won't lol

 

[Prairiedog]

1 hour ago, Perturbed Member said:

Pretty exciting stuff, usually we don't get such a well-defined artic front/boundary coming through down here like this, ends up as a slower bleed of cold air through the gorge initially. Pleasant surprise that the cold is not delayed and even seems a bit faster than promised. 

 

I bet Kayla is jealous.  Wishes he was us.  LOL

[Perturbed Member]

PDX reporting light snow. Should go below freezing very soon now. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

11 minutes ago, Mid Valley Duck said:

Things that make you go hmmm
12z GFS

1/10/17

1/1/2004

2/7/2014

1/11/1998

Snow creeped into Seattle with most of those events.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, GHweatherChris said:

No need to say something that happens more than not.  This will be the time it won't lol

 

Good point.   You have no chance tomorrow Chris.   

[GHweatherChris]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Good point.   You have no chance tomorrow Chris.   

effing lame

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

6 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I agree this is very possible.   But Randy wants to know where the 8 inches of snow you promised him!  

I missed that one but I did say 6-12 around port angles so that wasn't to bad of a guess. Tomorrow can be tricky, the light snow line could make it further than anyone knows really.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

6 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Was just thinking that some of the windchills up there must be the coldest since then.

This is probably evolving as close to 1968 as we could expect to see in the 21st century. And in another Nino. Imagine that.

It’s actually coming pretty close to Jim’s earlier hype about it being “historic.”

[Olive1010]

Lightly snowing in Cedar Hills

[TT-SEA]

15 minutes ago, Mid Valley Duck said:

Things that make you go hmmm
12z GFS

1/10/17

1/1/2004

2/7/2014

1/11/1998

Seems to be an early January thing too.  

[Phishy Wx]

23 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

 

seems like a westside special.  cold over here but nothing record breaking (yet).  also record breaking east of the rockies maybe

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

You don't see this very often. Puget sound frozen ses spray near Port orchard. 

[TT-SEA]

How people in Seattle feel after all the media snow hype.

[Olive1010]

Where's the arctic front now

[TacomaWx]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

You don't see this very often. Puget sound frozen ses spray near Port orchard. 

I was thinking about heading down to the waterfront  tomorrow to see if there was some freezing spray from the north winds! 

[Phishy Wx]

13 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Was just thinking that some of the windchills up there must be the coldest since then.

This is probably evolving as close to 1968 as we could expect to see in the 21st century. And in another Nino. Imagine that.

Ninos seem to be blockier and more 'potential' for arctic chill than NIna's?

[Perturbed Member]

21 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Temp dropping from the north, 34 now

Yep I see HIO dropped to 34F now from 37 an hour ago. We should be all frozen up probably before noon. GFS had the flurry storm ramping up for us early afternoon, should be fun. 

[Phishy Wx]

3 minutes ago, Olive1010 said:

Where's the arctic front now

your back yard

[Kayla]

-22F at noon was not something I thought I was going to see with this airmass 2 days ago.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

seems like a westside special.  cold over here but nothing record breaking (yet).  also record breaking east of the rockies maybe

Think it's mostly a case of the cold air getting here a little earlier.

Looking at the records, Spokane's coldest today is -7, and the forecast is -10 to -14 tonight. Bet you break a record tonight or tomorrow morning.

[RaleighHillsRunner]

Down to 34, the school districts are about to look like geniuses for heeding Mark’s advice.

 

[Phishy Wx]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

How people in Seattle feel after all the media snow hype.

"those weather people just never get it right".  top comment on social media

[Perturbed Member]

11 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

Surprised to see Troutdale airport 5 degrees warmer than pdx right now.

The cold coming from the north got to PDX before the stuff out of the east.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I was thinking about heading down to the waterfront  tomorrow to see if there was some freezing spray from the north winds! 

To give you a idea how brutal 1990 was, there was 2 feet long ice hanging off power lines down there. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

5 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

You don't see this very often. Puget sound frozen ses spray near Port orchard. 

There is a freezing spray advisory for mariners up this way.

[Phishy Wx]

-1 here, maybe 4 more hours of heating.  

[Prairiedog]

59 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

Back up to a balmy 4.8 degrees here.  Because of the winds, I am having to swap out my hummingbird feeder about every hour or so even with my red neck attempts to heat it. I have some thick shrubs on the side of my deck that is out of the wind where they can take refuge.  
 

I finally broke down and got a heater.  When the east winds are howling, the feeder freezes in a couple hrs.  If I have to be gone, it's a problem.  Now I don't have to worry.  Usually I rotate 2-3 feeders.  Always have one thawed one out.