January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[Frontal Snowsquall]

18z EURO snow and ice totals. Hopefully most of that sleet can fall as snow boosting the snow totals.

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I'm never going to feel bad about wildly rooting for systems to trend south again. 

Why would you....I have never once felt bad rooting for snow systems to trend north and hope all Oregon gets is rain, not one bit bad.

[umadbro]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah, that has been a bit concerning. 

The low stalling out for a bit earlier could be why. Looks like winds will start ramping up in the next couple hours

[snow_wizard]

Wowzers!

Yesterday BLI broke the record low from 1963 and today broke the record from 1950.  Big time cold!

[ajreich]

Temp down to 23 in the west hills at 600’. Dropping fast now. 

[Everleigh]

17.6*F in Yelm, with a DP of 9.1*F 

[T-Town]

16 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Jim in case you missed this. Tacoma waterfront this afternoon. I figured you’d love this @snow_wizard

Great shots. I was down by Point Ruston earlier but didn’t see anything this good. Some great wave action though. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

EUG at 45F which is today's high temp...and just switched from BSF to N 6mph...

[T-Town]

Sunset. 

[FroYoBro]

Wind is still basically calm here. Temperature isn't dropping very fast yet because of that. 31.

[umadbro]

Temps falling fast now.

[Rustysprocket]

1 minute ago, FroYoBro said:

Wind is still basically calm here. Temperature isn't dropping very fast yet because of that. 31.

Went from 37 to 30 in the last four to five hours here near 170th and Rigert.  Not a bad drop considering the calm wind.  

[Ken in Wood Village]

Such an amazing temperature drop today. A true Arctic Outbreak 🌨

[KingstonWX]

My weather station says my high today was 18. Unbelievable!

[Frontal Snowsquall]

18z EURO from Marks website showing 9.3” snow for PDX.

[Winterdog]

Not that anyone gives a rats a** but I had a 19/12 day, currently 16.  

[CloudJunkie]

15 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The wildlife west of the cascades are shittting there pants right now. It will be really rough on the deer.

I saw a lot of lethargic songbirds at the park today. Normally they would fly away when approached, but in this cold you can just walk right up to them and they don't care.

[runninthruda206]

It says its already 18 here in fremont... 13 degrees is the forecasted low... I feel like it'll be lower than that no?

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, CloudJunkie said:

I saw a lot of lethargic songbirds at the park today. Normally they would fly away when approached, but in this cold you can just walk right up to them and they don't care.

That's Crazy!

[Parrot]

Is there even a hope of a chance that we can stay arctic for tue/wed?

[Olive1010]

1 minute ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

18z EURO from Marks website showing 9.3” snow for PDX.

Yeah that looks decent, Corvallis and areas adjacent should get a dusting up to an inch with that moisture trying to get into the valley before ice.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

21 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Hopefully this will kill some palm trees that these people plant around this area. They look terrible and out of place.

I like the windmill palms but this has got to be rough on them, particularly with no snow to insulate the soil.

[runninthruda206]

Just now, Parrot said:

Is there even a hope of a chance that we can stay arctic for tue/wed?

I think so. But i havent kept up with models since yesterday. Are they showing too warm for that system now?

[Chewbacca Defense]

[Rubus Leucodermis]

16 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I'm never going to feel bad about wildly rooting for systems to trend south again. 

I’m going to have start rooting for them to trend north more again. People got sick of it last year but IT WORKED.

[RaleighHillsRunner]

6 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

18z EURO from Marks website showing 9.3” snow for PDX.

 

also spreading north?

[Rubus Leucodermis]

18 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

Arctic front is SO close now, it's 13° where my daughter lives in bend, and I'm stuck at 33. 10 miles and a 20 degree difference!

So strange for me to be 20˚F colder than Sunriver in January.,

[Chewbacca Defense]

Wonder how low we will go tonight, it would be something else if we went below 0

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

29 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Shades of Jan 1950!

Way colder than I thought possible earlier this week. Definitely not garden-variety.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

42 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

I hope you have a way to heat your home without commercial power.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Light snow falling now in South Salem at my office.

[MV_snow]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned yet (sorry, I’m not reading through 30 unread pages!) but tomorrow looks EPIC in the EPSL. High around 20 with gusts in the 40s and wind chills double digits below zero. Will feel like the Midwest for a day.

[MikeInEverett]

A 100% snow-covered Mt. Pilchuck revealed itself just after sunset.

[SnowWillarrive]

Just now, MV_snow said:

Not sure if it’s been mentioned yet (sorry, I’m not reading through 30 unread pages!) but tomorrow looks EPIC in the EPSL. High around 20 with gusts in the 40s and wind chills double digits below zero. Will feel like the Midwest for a day.

Hopefully it kills any rouge palms and foreign insects. 

[MV_snow]

I don’t know much about PDX climo during these setups, but I’m surprised the models are saying Ptype is an issue given the depth of the arctic airmass and high ratios expected. Is this typical for these types of setups?

[BLI snowman]

9 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

For whatever reason NOAA scrubbed the high from the 1/13/1950 blizzard from the archives. That's still the gold standard for Whatcom County brutality with a high of 4 at BLI and sustained winds of 59mph.

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/or/portland/kbli/date/1950-1-13

[theRunner]

So what you're saying is... there's a chance for Seattle? 

[Dave]

I took a walk around the neighborhood to survey the risky trees, branches over powerlines, etc. Did not look good. I think there is zero chance I'll have power if we get over an inch of ZR. It looks totally sketchy. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Monmouth/Independence now about to fall below freezing. Albany-Tangent-Corvallis next.

[BLI snowman]

4 minutes ago, MV_snow said:

I don’t know much about PDX climo during these setups, but I’m surprised the models are saying Ptype is an issue given the depth of the arctic airmass and high ratios expected. Is this typical for these types of setups?

We like to live on the edge down this way.