January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[Ken in Wood Village]

It's snowing pretty good and I don't hear anything like sleet hitting the skylight. It's just snow. 

Check out what's coming up to Salem. Another band of heavy precipitation. Not sure if it will stay together by the time it gets to Portland area. I'm going to take a nap. Didn't really sleep well last night. It happens a lot when these events come up...lol.

[Deweydog]

Astoria dropped from 28 to 27 on the hour. The view from the parents’ dining room window…

[DRG]

In Astoria visiting the parental units for the weekend. Currently freezing rain with a good solid glaze on everything.  24/20dp

[Slushy Inch]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

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!

A few more dogs in this run. Big potential if everything goes right. This system has a lot of juice.

[Phishy Wx]

we were supposed to drive to PDX for a concert tomorrow night..    Yeah we bailed on that.  would not want to get stuck in a Gorge Blizzard (well I would but my wife would kill me) lol

[T-Town]

9 minutes ago, MossMan said:

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. 

Wow a heated chair. Wish I had known about that back in the kids club soccer days. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

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!

One 42 please with a side of another arctic high.

[Cascadia_Wx]

10 minutes ago, Sandy rocks said:

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.

I wouldn’t say this is typical, especially if you consider the combo of low temps and snow falling. It’s been many years since the Portland area has seen snow falling with temperatures in the low to mid teens.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Astoria dropped from 28 to 27 on the hour. The view from the parents’ dining room window…

Insane, how rare is that??

[Ken in Wood Village]

5 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

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.

I totally understand that. I've been doing this for 20+ years. It all depends on how thick the cold air is what you will get. When the moisture got to me, it was snow, not sleet. Just saying. 

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

One 42 please with a side of another arctic high.

Right now best hope is for post snow inversion 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Heavy freezing rain now. Ugh this is gonna get bad quickly.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Starting to have a good feeling that mid week will be the big event for Seattle with this cold spell.

[Deweydog]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Insane, how rare is that??

Very. They got pummeled with ice in February 2021 but that was right around 31-32 throughout the event. Mom says it’s 25 at their place near Ilwaco.

[snow_wizard]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

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!

Let's lock that one in!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I find it funny that I had 39 inches of rain for Nov and December and when it gets cold I can't get a tenth? Lol

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Light snow now. My guess is this is falling out of the low cloud deck below the warm layer. Back down to 22, but it’s near freezing at 4000’ as the warm nose begins to peak. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Very. They got pummeled with ice in February 2021 but that was right around 31-32 throughout the event. Mom says it’s 25 at their place near Ilwaco.

25!?

[BLI snowman]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Very. They got pummeled with ice in February 2021 but that was right around 31-32 throughout the event. Mom says it’s 25 at their place near Ilwaco.

Those extra degrees below freezing make a big difference with the accretion too. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Light snow now. My guess is this is falling out of the low cloud deck below the warm layer. Back down to 22, but it’s near freezing at 4000’ as the warm nose begins to peak. 

Ah ha

 Here it comes man, I'm rooting for ya

[Doinko]

12 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

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.

Radar doesn't look too impressive over me at the moment, but it is still really dumping. Still sounds like icy snow here.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, BLI snowman said:

Those extra degrees below freezing make a big difference with the accretion too. 

Yep, the difference between 30 and 25 is massive. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

9 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Astoria dropped from 28 to 27 on the hour. The view from the parents’ dining room window…

Maybe someone else already said it, but freezing rain on the coast has got to be incredibly rare. Especially with those temps.

[Blizzard777]

Up to 20* 

Besides enjoying the play by play action happening down south I do have my own microclimate happenings while I read your post.  My view from the weather chair!  Not bad 

[The Blob]

Lost power for a few seconds.

[LowerGarfield]

9 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Astoria dropped from 28 to 27 on the hour. The view from the parents’ dining room window…

Sleet there or ZR? Astoria PD closed most of the major roads. I love Astoria. Are they up by the college on the heights or closer to the river?

[Winterdog]

Had a disappointing low of 7.5F this morning.  It was 10F at 7pm so I thought I would end up near zero.  Even though the crazy GFS says 6" plus snow Wednesday I know it over until at least February.  Currently 16F and rising faster than grandma's baked muffins.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Maybe someone else already said it, but freezing rain on the coast has got to be incredibly rare. Especially with those temps.

The power of this low level air is one for the books.

[Deweydog]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

Maybe someone else already said it, but freezing rain on the coast has got to be incredibly rare. Especially with those temps.

Yeah, this will probably exceed the 1985 silver thaw out there. I think temps were in the 28-30 range for that.

[BLI snowman]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

Radar doesn't look too impressive over me at the moment, but it is still really dumping. Still sounds like icy snow here.

Just picked back up here. Going to go on  a walk in a bit but seems like an inch and some change so far.

[Blizzard777]

11 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Astoria dropped from 28 to 27 on the hour. The view from the parents’ dining room window…

Lol…I hated that in Troutdale! My main bay window to enjoy the storm would do this….game over 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

This was incredible to see yesterday at this time, my dad said it hadn't been that cold during the day since 68 or 69 he couldn't remember.

[snow_wizard]

I love the handoff with that mid week system.  That piece of energy breaks off and phases with the piece of energy dropping down from the NW.

[Poulsbo Snowman]

ice, ice, baby...

[Deweydog]

2 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

Sleet there or ZR? Astoria PD closed most of the major roads. I love Astoria. Are they up by the college on the heights or closer to the river?

Straight freezing rain. 

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

I love the handoff with that mid week system.  That piece of energy breaks off and phases with the piece of energy dropping down from the NW.

A complex situation 

[iFred]

Winds picking up in my part of Everett. Pretty sure these are gusts out of the Skykomish valley. We bottomed out at 13° at the surface, but I have an elevated sensor that hit 9.6°.

Sounds like busted pipes are a thing already with neighbors complaint about water not working or finding ice under their sink. Up the hill from me there are a couple city streets with large patches of ice on the sidewalk and road, and a local coffee shop unable to serve anything espresso’d because of a lack of water.

Going to be an active week.

[RCola]

39 minutes ago, Weiner Warrior said:

Shades of 2022. This is not Seattle's storm.

[T-Town]

My brother in sw Portland reports 14 degrees with snow and wind and no power. 

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

Up to 20* 

Besides enjoying the play by play action happening down south I do have my own microclimate happenings while I read your post.  My view from the weather chair!  Not bad 

Just an incredible freeze.  I have an old rain gauge that was half full of water and it froze so hard it made a crack almost a half inch wide down the entire side.  Every puddle here is nothing but ice.