January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, Everleigh said:

Sorry, I forgot it's not in my profile any more. Yelm, Wa. Thurston Co. 

You really capitalized off your snow cover, and this shows what the cold would have been more like if the arctic front had been more snowy.

[Dave]

There will be a few thousand kids that wake up this morning and think it has snowed. Only to find out that there is only a thin layer of crappy sleet and slippy ice.

[MikeInEverett]

Hope y’all in the Portland area have a super memorable event today!! At least some of us are scoring!

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Surprised to see snow advisory for Olympia.  Just by looking at radar and sat high chance light snow gets as far north as SeaTac or so.

Radar returns atleast. We will see like I was saying just a couple hundredths of an inch of precip can be missed easily by the models. It would go unnoticed in a rainfall scenario but during a snow event it can be huge. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

31 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

If it's currently sleet in the mid valley and stays that way for another hour, it seems unlikely it will convert to zr. I'm probably just wishcasting...

Salem may stay sleet most of the event. Several models show this. Further east I’ll almost certainly have a period of ZR today. 

[The Blob]

PDX reporting ice pellets. 

[MV_snow]

High Wind Warning issued for the EPSL. Was just an advisory yesterday. Wind chills will be epic today but I hope I don’t lose power!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, The Blob said:

PDX reporting ice pellets. 

 

[Timmy]

sleet here. We were supposed to be one of the places that didn’t get any of that.  Bummer. Hoping wet bulbing happens as precip increases

[ajreich]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Classic sleet signature there. Moderate sleet falling currently and 20.

Just went outside, looks like about 50% snow and sleet mix.

Power just started flickering too

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Cold morning at cabin 

 Talked to a friend up there and he has -36

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, ajreich said:

Just went outside, looks like about 50% snow and sleet mix.

Power just started flickering too

Hopefully it switches to all snow soon

[Timmy]

2 minutes ago, ajreich said:

Just went outside, looks like about 50% snow and sleet mix.

Power just started flickering too

Add your location please 

[Blizzard777]

22 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Pesky wind finally died down last night and allowed things to decouple. 8.1˚F.

My X called me last night when things went quiet up there!  Lol, she said it’s too quiet Jim…way too quiet…..I’m fearing whats going to happen now??? Q jaws music moment. I let her know absolutely nothing would happen

[Front Ranger]

Probably going to be massive power outages today. At least for places where lines aren't underground. 

[Rustysprocket]

16° light sleet starting SW Beaverton, yuck. 

[Ken in Wood Village]

Went outside, it was sleet and snow mix but it's more snow now. I'm waiting for the heavier precipitation to come over my area to see what it will be

[Mid Valley Duck]

More than I expected!

 

[Ziess]

Just now, Mid Valley Duck said:

More than I expected!

 

All sleet? 

[Kayla]

Dropped down to at least -40F here and then that was all my Davis weather station had to give! I'd guess I dropped to -42 or -43.

Looks like BZN has dropped to at least -45F. All-time record is -46 there so very possible we tied it. Shatters the daily record by 13 degrees. Amazing airmass!

Currently -36F.

[The Blob]

Something is malfunctioning

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Cold morning at cabin 

 Talked to a friend up there and he has -36

Interestingly my son is going skiing at Crystal today and we were telling him its going to be way too cold and windy... but its actually warmer at the top of Crystal than the base.   And it appears there isn't much wind up there because the trees are all flocked in snow.   Its +10 at the top of Crystal at 7,000 feet.    I think there is a benefit to the warm nose there today.  

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, MikeInEverett said:

For those of us in the northern half of WA..

I accepted it yesterday…But I’m back to being pissed off today that we missed a massive opportunity for an epic January…By 50-150 miles. What a waste of an amazing airmass! If that polar lobe would have rotated offshore just even 50 miles on Thursday we would have gotten clobbered, now if this current system would have just moved another 150 miles north we would have gotten clobbered again! Ahhhh! Instead of frolicking in snow that would have been falling with temps in the teens I get to look out at a brown dehydrated looking landscape! And to top it off I will be in the garage with my Mr buddy heater changing the headlight bulbs in my wife’s Subaru Outback…Can’t wait for frozen contorted skinned up hands and taking half the car apart to get to them!!! Great design Subaru! 
 

(Snowmizer is probably laughing at this lol)
 

And putting an NFL playoff game on a paywall streaming service is making my blood boil!!! 

Im in a bad mood today!!!

 

[ajreich]

3 minutes ago, Timmy said:

Add your location please 

It’s in my signature 600’ SW Hills

[Blizzard777]

25 minutes ago, ajreich said:

Holy moly, hit 13 last night, sitting at 14 right now with 20 mph winds and light snow falling. A -2 windchill at some point last night. Just astounded. 600’ in SW hills. Exciting day ahead!
 

Good heavens!  Ice cycles froze on your graph lines already  

[FroYoBro]

Mix of sleet and snow at the start of the main event. The bigger story might be the wind. It is really getting strong even here. My power already flickered. 

[Mid Valley Duck]

1 minute ago, Ziess said:

All sleet? 

No I got some snow. Currently sleet. It has switched back and forth. So don’t worry PDX friends. It took a bit for the column to saturate and cool before going to snow.

[Timmy]

Just now, ajreich said:

It’s in my signature 600’ SW Hills

Can’t see signatures on mobile and I would assume most use mobile for this forum. You should add it to your profile. 

[The Blob]

1 minute ago, ajreich said:

It’s in my signature 600’ SW Hills

Some of us have signatures turned off.

[Timmy]

Gfs says it all switches to snow by the next frame for a good chunk of the metro

[MossMan]

8 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

 

That juicy system is being wasted down there!! Up here we would have had a snowy wonderland and none of that crap sleet and freezing rain.

 

Okay I’m done complaining for the day. Good luck all you lucky bastards down south!! 

[Dave]

4 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Probably going to be massive power outages today. At least for places where lines aren't underground. 

Not gonna effect us down here in the south valley. No way. Not a chance. I'm definitely not running the dishwasher or washing clothes.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I accepted it yesterday…But I’m back to being pissed off today that we missed a massive opportunity for an epic January…By 50-150 miles. What a waste of an amazing airmass! If that polar lobe would have rotated offshore just even 50 miles on Thursday we would have gotten clobbered, now if this current system would have just moved another 150 miles north we would have gotten clobbered again! Ahhhh! Instead of frolicking in snow that would have been falling with temps in the teens I get to look out at a brown dehydrated looking landscape! And to top it off I will be in the garage with my Mr buddy heater changing the headlight bulbs in my wife’s Subaru Outback…Can’t wait for frozen contorted skinned up hands and taking half the car apart to get to them!!! Great design Subaru! 
 

(Snowmizer is probably laughing at this lol)
 

And putting an NFL playoff game on a paywall streaming service is making my blood boil!!! 

Im in a bad mood today!!!

 

Changing headlights is so annoying.   Why in the hell can't they make it easy since its obviously something that has to be done as part of routine maintenance.    Its like they make it extra challenging on purpose.  

So you shelled out the $5.99 for the trail version of Peacock?  

[Doinko]

Just now, Timmy said:

Gfs says it all switches to snow by the next frame for a good chunk of the metro

ICON, RGEM and HRRR were all a solid improvement for the metro area as well, less sleet for PDX

[The Blob]

Light snow being reported now

[ajreich]

2 minutes ago, Timmy said:

Can’t see signatures on mobile and I would assume most use mobile for this forum. You should add it to your profile. 

Haha ok, done! 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Changing headlights is so annoying.   Why in the hell can't they make it easy since its obviously something that has to be done as part of routine maintenance.    Its like they make it extra challenging on purpose.  

The new ones are better than the old sealed-beam ones that had to be aligned each time they were replaced, but they are still gratuitously difficult to change. Plus the stupid plastic lenses only last about 10 years then crack or fog and need replacing. (Now get off my lawn!)

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

6 minutes ago, Kayla said:

Dropped down to at least -40F here and then that was all my Davis weather station had to give! I'd guess I dropped to -42 or -43.

Looks like BZN has dropped to at least -45F. All-time record is -46 there so very possible we tied it. Shatters the daily record by 13 degrees. Amazing airmass!

Currently -36F.

My cabin is -28, my friend up there a few miles from me is -36 as well. Just a bit colder than 2021.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I’m embracing the sleet. All around pretty rocking and impactful event. Going to be some horrific ZR totals too. 

[ajreich]

10 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Hopefully it switches to all snow soon

Honestly with the way the wind is blowing up here it’s a bit academic. We’re gonna have massive drifts and bare ground no matter what falls from the sky, and the snow is so dry it won’t compact into anything. A good day to stay inside!