January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[snow_wizard]

8 minutes ago, Olive1010 said:

Yeah, I mainly use it for bugs

I have gold ore with small fern shaped pieces of gold on them.  I've been looking to photograph those.

[seattleweatherguy]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

There are very interesting changes in the NAM for the mid week system at the 500mb level.  That thing still has real potential.

Going south? At least you will get some snow. Hate to see you miss out on snow. You are one of the most positive guys on here and it seems like your area misses out more often than others.

[Cold Snap]

Lots of blowing snow going over snoqualmie pass. 

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, BLI snowman said:

1.5". Unfortunately the bigger flakes turned to sleet pretty much right after my post. Probably the peak of the warm nose right now.

Models show the peak is close.

[The Blob]

Sleet is piling up.

[DeepFriedEgg]

Dumping sleet. Very loud on windows.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

19 minutes ago, Olive1010 said:

Took these earlier with my macro lens 

This is dope. 

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, seattleweatherguy said:

Going south? At least you will get some snow. Hate to see you miss out on snow. You are one of the most positive guys on here and it seems like your area misses out more often than others.

The NAM digs more a bit further west.

We do ok here on some events.  The weird thing is we almost always get something when snow is in the forecast.  On this one we got 1/4" going into the cold.  Gone now thanks to wind and sublimation.

[SpaceRace22]

In the last 20 minutes, I've gone from 100% snow, to 80% sleet, back to 80% snow, and then back to 80% sleet again just now. I've never seen so many rapid fire precip type changes before.

[Requiem]

PDX-DLS is a phenomenal 17.7 right now-- not sure I've ever seen or even heard of it being that high 

[Doinko]

Just now, SpaceRace22 said:

In the last 20 minutes, I've gone from 100% snow, to 80% sleet, back to 80% snow, and then back to 80% sleet again just now. I've never seen so many rapid fire precip type changes before.

Yeah it's been really amazing how rapidly the precip type has been changing.

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Pretty crazy day in North Bend (Ken's Truck Town area).  Currently 15 with frequent gusts over 50.

I was just at Safeway in NB and its brace yourself when walking type of wind.

[Tanis Leach]

The only snow tracker needed.

https://isitsnowinginpdx.com/

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

I was just at Safeway in NB and its brace yourself when walking type of wind.

And freeze your face off!

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

What kind of totals we seeing down there? 

[snow_wizard]

Just now, Tanis Leach said:

The only snow tracker needed.

https://isitsnowinginpdx.com/

This one really is a panic situation.  Power outages with bitter cold.  Not to mention some areas of bad ZR.

[FroYoBro]

Just getting tons of sleet now. The crazy wind gusts make it painful to be out there.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

What kind of totals we seeing down there? 

Between wind and varying precip types that is an almost impossible question it sounds like.

[SnowWillarrive]

7 minutes ago, seattleweatherguy said:

Going south? At least you will get some snow. Hate to see you miss out on snow. You are one of the most positive guys on here and it seems like your area misses out more often than others.

I think snowwiz lives in Covington. That area does better than Seattle usually. 

[DeepFriedEgg]

1 minute ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

What kind of totals we seeing down there? 

Pretty much impossible to measure. Some bare ground and some 6 inch drifts. A lot of sleet though so cutting down on potential totals dramatically.

[Deweydog]

Pretty crazy… it’s the 15 degree equivalent of a 36 degree rain/snow mix shower at the moment.

[Doinko]

2 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

What kind of totals we seeing down there? 

About 2" of some mix between snow and sleet right now, but I doubt any of my measurements are accurate with the 50mph gusts. Some pretty decent drifts around

[Timmy]

[snow_wizard]

Just now, SnowWillarrive said:

I think snowwiz lives in Covington. That area does better than Seattle usually. 

Many times yes.  We almost always hold onto it WAY better too.

[Perturbed Member]

14 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Much bigger flakes here all of a sudden but holding onto 100% snow.

Definitely hope for the sleet people to switch back over quickly.

It is trying to go back to mostly snow around here but the p type has been fluctuating constantly for a while. 

Hopefully the mid levels only cool from here. 

 

[bainbridgekid]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I was just at Safeway in NB and its brace yourself when walking type of wind.

Surprisingly very little wind here in Enumclaw so far. 

[Doinko]

Just now, Perturbed Member said:

It is trying to go back to mostly snow around here but the p type has been fluctuating constantly for a while. 

Hopefully the mid levels only cool from here. 

 

Yeah it definitely seems like it's trying to switch back. Still a lot of sleet at the moment

[Deweydog]

From an aesthetic perspective, the sleet was actually a good thing as until now the street was 50% bare pavement.

[snow_wizard]

Pretty amazing.  Last winter did have the coldest east wind I've ever seen here...until today.  Currently 17 degrees.

[Phishy Wx]

-1, still hoping to retain the sub zero high.

[Roman-Dallas Snow-Zone]

It always amazes me the amount of sleet/ZR or lack of snow we can consistently get with such a cold air mass. I know it has to do with the sandwiching of warmer layers in the upper atmosphere but you would think it wouldn’t be so common and we would have more snow and sometimes we do. It really just shows how dynamic our local climate is when you factor in valleys, mountains and Pacific Ocean storms. 

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, bainbridgekid said:

Surprisingly very little wind here in Enumclaw so far. 

Yup.  This event picked North Bend as the relief valve.  Fairly windy here, but not like they are having.

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

Surprisingly very little wind here in Enumclaw so far. 

It seems to be either North Bend or Enumclaw but not often both at the same.

[Deweydog]

Back to 75/25 snow. I’ll update in 45 seconds.

[Doinko]

Seeing some big flakes mixing back in, this has been really cool to watch

[Timmy]

4 minutes ago, Perturbed Member said:

It is trying to go back to mostly snow around here but the p type has been fluctuating constantly for a while. 

Hopefully the mid levels only cool from here. 

 

They should with the low coming on shore to the south

[T-Town]

We seem to have leveled off at 22.1 here. 

[Requiem]

What's even falling in Eugene right now-- ZR or sleet?

[Olive1010]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

Seeing some big flakes mixing back in, this has been really cool to watch

Same here, hoping we get a little more snow accumulation before the event ends

[Timmy]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Back to 75/25 snow. I’ll update in 45 seconds.

Thank goodness!