January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Probably didn't say clinically... just that it was insane. 

No man you did say that

 100% sure. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

If the upper levels had cooperated then this would've been a poor man's Jan 1969.

[Cascadia_Wx]

4 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Down to 8 at Cape Horn.

Impressive. I actually took a drive up there last night to experience the Gorge outflow before the roads got bad. It was 13-14 then.

Where do you see the floor for PDX with this, temp wise? Temp/DP spreads are still decent, and with heavier moisture moving in it seems like they could squeeze out a couple more degrees.

[Ken in Wood Village]

I want to say this is a deformation line forming. Precipitation rates are going to increase dramatically 🌨

[Doinko]

Definitely hearing a bit more sleet at the moment

[Front Ranger]

2 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

I’m in Enumclaw to experience the East windstorm. Don’t think I’ve ever seen their Zone Forecast for up to 75 mph gusts before.

Detailed forecast for

East Puget Sound Lowlands

Rest Of Today

Very windy. Mostly cloudy. Highs 17 to 24. East wind 20 to 35 mph, except east 25 to 45 mph near gaps in the terrain. Gusts to 50 mph late in the morning. Near gaps in the terrain, gusts to 60 mph increasing to 75 mph in the afternoon. 

Tonight

Very windy. Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 9 to 16. Northeast wind 25 to 35 mph becoming east to 10 mph after midnight. Near gaps in the terrain, east wind 30 to 45 mph with gusts to 75 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph after midnight.

Biggest one I experienced was Feb 2006 in Tacoma. 60+ mph gusts with that.

[DeepFriedEgg]

Snowflakes are ice crusted so it’s not going to stack up fast but it’s just dumping right now!

[Deweydog]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

Impressive. I actually took a drive up there last night to experience the Gorge outflow before the roads got bad. It was 13-14 then.

Where do you see the floor for PDX with this, temp wise? Temp/DP spreads are still decent, and with heavier moisture moving in it seems like they could squeeze out a couple more degrees.

That’s tough to say, but I think 14 is doable. Maybe close to sunset?

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

I’m in Enumclaw to experience the East windstorm. Don’t think I’ve ever seen their Zone Forecast for up to 75 mph gusts before.

Detailed forecast for

East Puget Sound Lowlands

Rest Of Today

Very windy. Mostly cloudy. Highs 17 to 24. East wind 20 to 35 mph, except east 25 to 45 mph near gaps in the terrain. Gusts to 50 mph late in the morning. Near gaps in the terrain, gusts to 60 mph increasing to 75 mph in the afternoon. 

Tonight

Very windy. Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 9 to 16. Northeast wind 25 to 35 mph becoming east to 10 mph after midnight. Near gaps in the terrain, east wind 30 to 45 mph with gusts to 75 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph after midnight.

When is it supposed to start there?   And does the wind hitting Enumclaw also mean it's hits Crystal Mountain?   I can't believe its calm at Crystal right now.    My son said they were so worried about crowds that they implemented parking pass system for this weekend and the place is half empty and there are no lines and the weather and snow conditions are great.   

[SnowWillarrive]

 

Just now, TigerWoodsLibido said:

If the upper levels had cooperated then this would've been a poor man's Jan 1969.

Is it snowing in Eugene? 

[Snowdome]

5 minutes ago, thickhog said:

Heavy sleet in north Tigard rn

Same here, absolutely dumping sleet in OC

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Ken in Wood Village said:

I want to say this is a deformation line forming. Precipitation rates are going to increase dramatically 🌨

That's a sleet profile Ken. 

[SnowWillarrive]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

When is it supposed to start there?   And does the wind hitting there also mean it's hit Crystal Mountain?   I can't believe its calm at Crystal right now.    My son said they were so worried about crowds that they implemented park pass system for this weekend and the place is half empty and there are no lines and the weather and snow conditions are great.   

It was extremely windy here in Ravensdale this morning. Went for a walk up the ridge behind my home and I can see the Cedar River Water shed and the back side of NorthBend.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

-5 now at Santiam Pass. That air is spilling down the North Santiam drainage. Down to 13 at Detroit. 

The next 1-2 hours is the peak of the warm layer. If I was in the mid-metro getting sleet now I wouldn't be super concerned. 

[MossMan]

17 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

It’s not good for anyone 

That letter L just needs to creep in a few more miles to the south and I believe we might be golden up here…Maybe? 

[TacomaWx]

Looks like some virga has made it to Olympia. Just barely though.

[ajreich]

Certainly the most memorable storm I’ve had in my life. I feel for all the folks without power right now, must be miserable. This is truly dangerous for those stuck outside. 

[DareDuck]

Over 4” new in Bend. Snow depth about 10”. Currently -1 with moderate snow. 

[DDDRWx]

40 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Music muted? Why???

Listening to Christmas music!   Could have added to the ambiance, but didn’t want to confirm my insanity.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Looks like some virga has made it to Olympia. Just barely though.

When the low gets closer to the coast we should see another push north. Going to be close.

[Ken in Wood Village]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

That's a sleet profile Ken. 

I didn't say it was snow. I said precipitation. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

7 at The Dalles. 

[iFred]

9 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Tempting to want to head down there and experience the storm. As much as y’all are rooting against sleet I feel like sleet/snowstorm would be awesome to experience. Never really seen anything like that. 

The last winter event I experienced in Philly was our four weeks of Nor'easters in March 2018. I'll never forget that month. It was a weekly cadence where the first three storms brought 6", 8", and 12" of snow respectively. Something special about being in a frosted landscape with 50º sun angles on a very very bright day. On the fourth week, with only a few days to April, we were forecasted to have highs in the upper 20s, another foot of snow, and then a transition to ice before warmer and drier air won out.

The last snow picture I took in Philly was in the parking lot of my apartment that night as the storm started off. Absolutely magical with baby fisted sized clumps of flakes casting shadows against the glow of a very bright orange sodium parking lot lamp. I stood out there for about an hour just listening to the snow, warmed only by my coffee mug. Filled with what my wife might have described as a reckless abandon for my safety and well being, or what I feel like was better described as childhood giddy that I had not experienced since November 2010, I took a brief nap so I could go out for a snow storm drive in my totally snow worthy Chevy Sonic.

I woke up at 5am to the sound of plinking against the living room window.

Shit.

The storm had changed over way too soon. I looked at my phone, pulled up my trusty RadarScope, and was absolutely horrified to find that the snow-sleet line was all the way north to Allentown. Fucking Allentown, that valley always got the good stuff. Well no worry, the rain-sleet line was all the way down in Maryland and temps were cooler with my neighborhood still at 29ª. I transported myself from the living room to the bedroom upstairs. I thought maybe if I just get some normal sleep, maybe I could get my wife and I breakfast and legitimize my snow drive.

I wake to my wife shoving me and to more pinking.
"Its all gone!"
"What?!" I said, dreading why our bedroom window was giving off more of a colorful glow against the wall opposite that I was presently staring at.
I rolled over, got up, and opened the blinds.

Rivers of sleet.

Straight up rivers of sleet through the parking lot, over the sidewalk, with the only vestiges of the prior three weeks of snow limited to the artificial bergs that the snowplows left us.

When sleet piles up, it effectively becomes a soup. You can't drive in it, you can't shovel it, you can enjoy it. As the air was pretty humid and temps at the surface just above freezing, it felt like you were walking in the ice cold tears of every SE Pennsylvanian weenie, getting your shoes soaked.

It rained that afternoon and we had an evening high in the low sixties.

Fuck sleet.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Still all snow here, for the precip type watchers

[MWG]

10 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

I'm grateful we got below freezing and managed to be in the surface Arctic airmass. More enjoyable than being in Roseburg where they'll approach a 50F burger today. Already like a 15F temp gradient between there and here.

Anything below Roseburg  but obviously Medford to Ashland we do better than them. Supposed to get to 47F here but we have managed to stay 37F and right now we have heavy rain. Sucks to be in the south end of this storm.

[Olive1010]

Saying it's 17F here and mostly snow, but hearing more icy precip on skylight

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Still all snow here, for the precip type watchers

Can't really tell here. I think it's all snow right now? Not hearing anything on the window anymore but sometimes it starts sounding like sleet for a bit. Either way it's been mostly snow since the early morning

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

Still all snow here, for the precip type watchers

Should stay all snow north of the river. 3-6pm will likely be the heaviest snow for you and all the metro. I think by about 3pm the vast majority of the metro except maybe the Oregon City area will be all snow. 

[TT-SEA]

12Z EPS for Wednesday system... the mean is a little better for northern areas than the 00Z run.   

 

 

 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

4 minutes ago, iFred said:

The last winter event I experienced in Philly was our four weeks of Nor'easters in March 2018. I'll never forget that month. It was a weekly cadence where the first three storms brought 6", 8", and 12" of snow respectively. Something special about being in a frosted landscape with 50º sun angles on a very very bright day. On the fourth week, with only a few days to April, we were forecasted to have highs in the upper 20s, another foot of snow, and then a transition to ice before warmer and drier air won out.

The last snow picture I took in Philly was in the parking lot of my apartment that night as the storm started off. Absolutely magical with baby fisted sized clumps of flakes casting shadows against the glow of a very bright orange sodium parking lot lamp. I stood out there for about an hour just listening to the snow, warmed only by my coffee mug. Filled with what my wife might have described as a reckless abandon for my safety and well being, or what I feel like was better described as childhood giddy that I had not experienced since November 2010, I took a brief nap so I could go out for a snow storm drive in my totally snow worthy Chevy Sonic.

I woke up at 5am to the sound of plinking against the living room window.

.

The storm had changed over way too soon. I looked at my phone, pulled up my trusty RadarScope, and was absolutely horrified to find that the snow-sleet line was all the way north to Allentown. ******* Allentown, that valley always got the good stuff. Well no worry, the rain-sleet line was all the way down in Maryland and temps were cooler with my neighborhood still at 29ª. I transported myself from the living room to the bedroom upstairs. I thought maybe if I just get some normal sleep, maybe I could get my wife and I breakfast and legitimize my snow drive.

I wake to my wife shoving me and to more pinking.
"Its all gone!"
"What?!" I said, dreading why our bedroom window was giving off more of a colorful glow against the wall opposite that I was presently staring at.
I rolled over, got up, and opened the blinds.

Rivers of sleet.

Straight up rivers of sleet through the parking lot, over the sidewalk, with the only vestiges of the prior three weeks of snow limited to the artificial bergs that the snowplows left us.

When sleet piles up, it effectively becomes a soup. You can't drive in it, you can't shovel it, you can enjoy it. As the air was pretty humid and temps at the surface just above freezing, it felt like you were walking in the ice cold tears of every SE Pennsylvanian weenie, getting your shoes soaked.

It rained that afternoon and we had an evening high in the low sixties.

**** sleet.

Hey you get to say that bad word in the correct spelling !!!!

[MossMan]

Job done! BOTH headlights were burnt out…My wife was apparently only running with fog lights and didn’t know a few days ago. I had just checked her lights two weeks ago and both were good. However it had been about 3 years since I last changed them. Anyhow, between Mr Buddy heater and the radiator heater it almost felt like a typical January warm day in the garage! I currently sitting in my heated chair enjoying the view. 

Edited January 13 by MossMan

[Sandy rocks]

This storm is very typical of the kinds of storms we can get east of Portland. In the 35+ years I have been here, I have seen this many times. In 89-90 we had two storms like this. The gorge is a monster and definitely makes its own weather. 84 will be closed, trucks will be piled up at the truck stops there, the new people will be reporting from Sylvan and Troutdale, and cars will be spun out everywhere. Never changes except when you add in ice which is a lot less fun.

[TacomaWx]

8 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

When the low gets closer to the coast we should see another push north. Going to be close.

Yeah we will see, just hoping for a few flakes 

[westcoastexpat]

11 minutes ago, DareDuck said:

Over 4” new in Bend. Snow depth about 10”. Currently -1 with moderate snow. 

Absolutely spectacular!! Enjoy!!

[Slushy Inch]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z EPS for Wednesday system... the mean is a little better for northern areas than the 00Z run.   

 

Why are you doing 6hr? That captures little of the snow

[BLI snowman]

19 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

I want to say this is a deformation line forming. Precipitation rates are going to increase dramatically 🌨

Heavier echoes can reflect warming aloft too though, hence the dreaded sleet.

Areas that stay snow with it will get a good pounding in the next couple hours.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Why are you doing 6hr? That captures little of the snow

Main part of event... but you are right in that there could be timing differences.

Here is total snow for all members.   #42 would be insane!

[OysterPrintout]

Some sleet mixing in here. Been snowing for about 2 1/2 hours and maybe pushing 1". Lot of light snow/snow globe stuff. Going to be some work to do in the afternoon to increase totals if the NWS doesn't want to bust low on that updated forecast. Really awesome stuff to see regardless.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

20 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

 

Is it snowing in Eugene? 

No, a lot of freezing rain.

[Fircrest]

13 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

When the low gets closer to the coast we should see another push north. Going to be close.

Hope you're right! I was just going to say that it's not going to snow in Tacoma today, but maybe still a slight chance??

Otherwise this is LAME...as someone else would say, haha.