January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[Cascadia_Wx]

PDX up to 26  

[Frontal Snowsquall]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

GRAF is definitely a step back

00z output shows .97” precipitation for PDX. 4.5” snow and 0.3” freezing rain. Probably thinking a lot of sleet in there. If it’s overdoing the sleet then we should get higher snow amounts. It’s still not backing down with strong gusts over 50 mph.

[TacomaWx]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

I have made my peace with no snow so I'm feeling a bit more generous than usual.  I know the horrible feeling to have something like that ripped away at the last minute.

That having been said I'm no longer certain it won't make it this far north.

Should atleast get some flakeage. Something @Meatyorologist mentioned earlier is clouds moving in tomorrow afternoon might help keep the max temps pretty chilly tomorrow. Could be a pretty nuts temp spread with tonight’s overnight clearing. 

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, Skagit Weather said:

You talking about this one?

https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

I don't know lol, I wanna look up what Hoquiams all time low temp record is.... can't find or figure it out.

[FroYoBro]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

PDX up to 26  

27 now.

 

Meanwhile after a slow start, it's down to 25 here. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Meanwhile it’s down to 24 here and dropping (as basic meteorology would suggest) after a midnight high of 38.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

PDX up to 26  

That station is pathetic. Didn’t it take them until December to get their first freeze this season?

[GHweatherChris]

6 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

You talking about this one?

https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

This link doesn't let me just pull up the simple all time low temp, it does avg max/min, which is weird.

[Skagit Weather]

3 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

I don't know lol, I wanna look up what Hoquiams all time low temp record is.... can't find or figure it out.

Here you go with records going back to 1953:

[Skagit Weather]

Just now, GHweatherChris said:

This link doesn't let me just pull up the simple all time low temp, it does avg max/min, which is weird.

Yeah, you just gotta select one day instead of multiple days.

[snow_wizard]

-33 departure for BLI today.  -22 for SEA.

[GHweatherChris]

2 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

Here you go with records going back to 1953:

Great thank you, I figured out as well.

[the_convergence_zone]

Assuming Sea-Tac got down to 15 as shown at the 6 PM hourly obs, that's the coldest since 2010.

They haven't been below 14 since 1990 (!!!!). With clear skies and fairly calm winds it could happen tonight. Single digits would be a slam dunk if there was snow on the ground...sigh. 

 

 

[GHweatherChris]

3 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

Yeah, you just gotta select one day instead of multiple days.

That site is missing data, especially the 2021 heat wave for max. But thank you!!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

8 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I have made my peace with no snow so I'm feeling a bit more generous than usual.  I know the horrible feeling to have something like that ripped away at the last minute.

That having been said I'm no longer certain it won't make it this far north.

The thing that does bother me is we may never get a chance again to see it snow here in these temps. Low to mid 20's is easy. Mid teens almost impossible west of cascades during heavy snowfall. 

 

[seattleweatherguy]

At this point all snow will be south of Seattle for sure 

[Perturbed Member]

21 minutes ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

@Perturbed Member and @Doinko. Seems like this shifted about 25 miles north down the stretch. That’s why I was worried when we were in the bullseye a day or 2 ago. Seems like it’s always a good bet that these types of systems trend a bit north after they lock in. If we can somehow stay all snow this’ll be a 10 inch storm.

Think we'll still be ok, especially if 00z GFS and Euro look steady. We are living dangerously on the edge though.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

1 minute ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Assuming Sea-Tac got down to 15 as shown at the 6 PM hourly obs, that's the coldest since 2010.

They haven't been below 14 since 1990 (!!!!). With clear skies and fairly calm winds it could happen tonight. Single digits would be a slam dunk if there was snow on the ground...sigh. 

 

 

I guess that is why my temp tanked.

[Meatyorologist]

15F the low so far this evening at KSEA. That's the coldest since 14F on November 24th 2010.

[Snowlova]

1 minute ago, seattleweatherguy said:

At this point all snow will be south of Seattle for sure 

Anything light that falls up in the sound, even just flakes, will stick around as the ground is rock frozen by now. Hope to get at least another whiting of the bushes and roofs here in Bellevue like we did thurs

[Cascadia_Wx]

7 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

Here you go with records going back to 1953:

Hope those records didn’t get the scrub treatment too 

[Meatyorologist]

5 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Assuming Sea-Tac got down to 15 as shown at the 6 PM hourly obs, that's the coldest since 2010.

They haven't been below 14 since 1990 (!!!!). With clear skies and fairly calm winds it could happen tonight. Single digits would be a slam dunk if there was snow on the ground...sigh. 

 

 

Winds seem stringently out of the east. Though the heart of the airmass rolls through tonight and we might be able to just mountain wave it to the single digits. Pretty remarkable.

[KingstonWX]

14 minutes ago, Roman-Dallas Snow-Zone said:

I always see 2-3 anonymous people on here. Wonder who they could be? 

One of them is me on my phone. I could log in but that would be more work than I'm willing to put in. 

[Poulsbo Snowman]

15 minutes ago, Roman-Dallas Snow-Zone said:

I always see 2-3 anonymous people on here. Wonder who they could be? 

Nyberg?

[RentonHill]

10 in Friday Harbor is just…crazy to me

[Cascadia_Wx]

Troutdale is now down to 21. The warming at PDX is pretty strange. Maybe a hot emergency exit door landed next to the sensor?

[GHweatherChris]

5 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Hope those records didn’t get the scrub treatment too 

There is definitely summer data missing.

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Troutdale is now down to 21. The warming at PDX is pretty strange. Maybe a hot emergency exit door landed next to the sensor?

Down to 25 here, should mean sub-25 high tomorrow

[TT-SEA]

We have been to Snoqualmie and North Bend for errands and dinner this evening and surprisingly the snow cover is almost uniform across the area and not dependent on elevation... guessing about 1.5 inches.    Its just enough to cover the grass and enough is on the trees to add to the beauty.   My son stopped at home to grab his skis earlier this afternoon and went up to Snoqualmie Summit and he said it was surreal cold in Seattle compared to what he is used to there.  

Another pic from just before sunset...

[Rubus Leucodermis]

9 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The thing that does bother me is we may never get a chance again to see it snow here in these temps. Low to mid 20's is easy. Mid teens almost impossible west of cascades during heavy snowfall.

Completely doable if you are near a mountain gap. Have seen it in Portland with Gorge outflow and in Bellingham with Fraser outflow.

[Front Ranger]

38 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Down to 16 at SEA.  Is this thing for real?

Looks like new 21st century low coming up very soon.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

@SeanNyberg Where are you Mr. Big Brain? We all need to know how we should feel about the Arctic outbreak!! How am I supposed to feel about the snow in my yard?? We are lost without your guidance.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

We have been to Snoqualmie and North Bend for errands and dinner this evening and surprisingly the snow cover is almost uniform across the area and not dependent on elevation... guessing about 1.5 inches.    Its just enough to cover the grass and enough is on the trees to add to the beauty.   My son stopped at home to grab his skis earlier this afternoon and went up to Snoqualmie Summit and he said it was surreal cold in Seattle compared to what he is used to there.  

Another pic from just before sunset...

Love when the ridges look like this.

[KingstonWX]

4 minutes ago, Poulsbo Snowman said:

Nyberg?

Currently plotting the revenge tour. 

[Weiner Warrior]

Here it comes 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Albany falling through the 30s. Tangent now dropped from 41F to 37F quickly.

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, GHweatherChris said:

There is definitely summer data missing.

What’s been done to long term records nation wide legit makes me mad. They swiss cheesed decades of data and removed some of the most notable and posterity worthy events.

[GHweatherChris]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

What’s been done to long term records nation wide legit makes me mad. They swiss cheesed decades of data and removed some of the most notable and posterity worthy events.

It literally has none of the June 2021 data, at all, it still shows KQHM all time high being 96.  I think it has their all time record low of 9 correct, which could be challenged tonight I suppose.

[Perturbed Member]

7.5F in Parkdale on the NE side of Mt Hood at 1700ft. Pretty impressive. 

 

[BLI snowman]

4 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Troutdale is now down to 21. The warming at PDX is pretty strange. Maybe a hot emergency exit door landed next to the sensor?