January 2024 Weather in the PNW (Part II)

[Omegaraptor]

Closest station to me on the NOAA map is at 13F. Easily the coldest afternoon temp I've ever experienced in the PNW lowlands.

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

If we would of had more snow with this the temps would of been record breaking

Definitely a bummer we couldn't have had more snow going into the cold.  Given the fact this is the coldest day since I've lived here and it's happening in January I can give it a pass.  This is the real deal both locally and nationally.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

13 minutes ago, Perturbed Member said:

Astoria up to 28F but they have been under moderate to heavy precip for a long time. The ice accumulations there have to be getting a bit absurd. 

The more N/NW this deformation band extends the more wrap around moisture we should get later this afternoon/evening. I’m liking most people in Metro to see a few inches of snow before the system moves on through.

[Hawksfan2008]

One #16 please. 

[Requiem]

That band should slam someone in the near future. Nice to see upper levels cooling though 

[TT-SEA]

13 minutes ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

Flashbacks to last winter…that was my first ice storm and wow are they damaging. 

To follow up... this is why I am not as worried about freezing rain as last year.   If that system was coming into the air mass today we would have major issues.   But its pretty rare for temps to warm and then go back to serious freezing rain.   Monday and Tuesday are the key.

[Christensen87]

Still calm in Enumclaw, no wind at all. Very odd. 

[Doinko]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

To follow up... this is why I am not as worried about freezing rain as last year.   If that system was coming into the air mass today we would have major issues.   But its pretty rare for temps to warm and then go back to serious freezing rain.   Monday and Tuesday are the key.

What do the Euro temps look like for PDX?

[Ken in Wood Village]

2 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

The more N/NW this deformation band extends the more wrap around moisture we should get later this afternoon/evening. I’m liking most people in Metro to see a few inches of snow before the system moves on through.

About to lose the light but your right. You can see where the low is at and where it's going. Just because there isn't a lot of moisture further South, the moisture up North will come back to Portland Metro Area. 

[Perturbed Member]

Had a brief gap in the precip but its back now and 100% snow, absolutely nuking. Should be able to stack several inches if the precip can remain steady like this. 

[andrewr]

My brother lives north of Enumclaw by Palmer and he is getting strong east winds. He's been out of power for several hours now.

[chinook]

15 - 20 minutes ago small period of snow but back to sleet.  definitely mixing occurring.  it's a battle. 

[Doinko]

Just now, Perturbed Member said:

Had a brief gap in the precip but its back now and 100% snow, absolutely nuking. Should be able to stack several inches if the precip can remain steady like this. 

Still a mix here, but I think I'm seeing more snowflakes. Hoping we can get a good amount of precip

[OysterPrintout]

Still almost all sleet here

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, andrewr said:

My brother lives north of Enumclaw by Palmer and he is getting strong east winds. He's been out of power for several hours now.

Palmer is way north by Maple Valley.   That is the Snoqualmie Pass gap wind we are getting here.

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, Doinko said:

What do the Euro temps look like for PDX?

Gorge is everything after today! 

[Olive1010]

4 minutes ago, Perturbed Member said:

Had a brief gap in the precip but its back now and 100% snow, absolutely nuking. Should be able to stack several inches if the precip can remain steady like this. 

You have snow?

[DeepFriedEgg]

Nuking sleet. Absolutely massive pellets. Coldest temp of day at 12F

wind is strongest all day

skies looks bright to the south

[Front Ranger]

13 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Actually Seattle far out performed Portland during the period from 1945 through 1975.  I chose that period as an example because I have an old book that has all of that info in it.

SEA to PDX or the actual cities?

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

To follow up... this is why I am not as worried about freezing rain as last year.   If that system was coming into the air mass today we would have major issues.   But its pretty rare for temps to warm and then go back to serious freezing rain.   Monday and Tuesday are the key.

If it that cold at night and we have cloud cover during the day the 40 degree high makes no sense, but that is seattle and mostly it would be in mid 30's for 90% of the Puget Sound 

Edited January 13 by MR.SNOWMIZER

[LowerGarfield]

3 hours ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Yep! My favorite time for this to happen is dec1 through Feb 1. Those sun angles make a huge difference with road melting. 

yes. The state highway here is still snow covered even though it has been treated quite a bit and though it has not snowed here in the last 36 hours or so. Can't imagine how it is at a high elevation. Usually the roads here melt quickly if nothing else does.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Today will be the coldest high temp at Salem since December 1998. I believe at PDX it will be the coldest since 1990. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Today will be the coldest high temp at Salem since December 1998. I believe at PDX it will be the coldest since 1990. 

We need to keep laughing at these when they show up 10 days away because it is working out hahaha

[LowerGarfield]

2 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

up to -3, maybe I'll get the elusive sub zero High today, thin cloud layer filtering the sun now

2F here so we're out of the running. When the sun was shining directly on the station it was snowing as 8F but then dropped back to about 3F after.

[Rustysprocket]

Been all sleet since 10:00 AM. Is there a chance of wrap around moisture tonight? Crazy that upper layers didn’t cool over here. 

[Cold Snap]

Currently 1 here at the gorge house with a wind chill of -17. Looks like there’s about 2-3” of snow on the ground on average though there’s some drifts that are close to a foot. Very nice view of everything all white over here.

[Hawksfan2008]

9 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

To follow up... this is why I am not as worried about freezing rain as last year.   If that system was coming into the air mass today we would have major issues.   But it’s pretty rare for temps to warm and then go back to serious freezing rain.   Monday and Tuesday are the key.

Good call. Was trying to remember exactly how last year played out.  That said, GFS/CMC ensembles are 32-33 for highs with east winds and a nice cold pool to our east. Looking forward to the 18z EPS. 

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

If it that cold at night and we have cloud cover during the day the 40 degree high makes no sense, but that is seattle and mostly it would be in mid 30's for 90% of the Puget Sound 

Fairly uniform with temps... its sunny on Monday at least and partly sunny Tuesday.   But my point was that it's pretty rare to go down with temps and have major freezing rain issues.  It usually happens when the system is trying to warm up the arctic air at the surface.   Going from highs in the 20s to freezing rain is common... going from upper 30s back down to a serious freezing rain situation seems like it would be pretty hard to pull off.

[BLI snowman]

Switching back to all snow here after a lull in the precip. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

57 minutes ago, Kayla said:

From what I heard they had a ground hold all morning because of the cold. De-ice trucks couldn’t start and it was down right dangerous for ground crews all morning with wind chills reaching -68F.

Tomorrow morning should definitely be a bit warmer with the clouds rolling in but we’ll probably still see lows still hovering around -30F. What time is his flight?

I think around 10-11am

[Requiem]

Fwiw there's a large slug of moisture on its way from the south 

[MossMan]

18 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

To follow up... this is why I am not as worried about freezing rain as last year.   If that system was coming into the air mass today we would have major issues.   But its pretty rare for temps to warm and then go back to serious freezing rain.   Monday and Tuesday are the key.

Thanks Tim!!!!!!!!

ONTO FEBRUARY I GUESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NON EVENT INCOMING!!!!!!!!

[Doinko]

Looks like it's mostly back to snow now, some moisture approaching from the south. The HRRR shows the moisture wrapping back around for a couple inches later on

[Deweydog]

Down to 19 in Kelso with heavy snow.

[DeepFriedEgg]

Just as precip lightened, switched to big flakes. Weenie mode engaged 

[Tyler Mode]

Pictures from my cousin, looks like a large noble fir came down.  Two cars and garage...

[Perturbed Member]

It has been dumping like this for a while now near Longview/Rainier. Should have some impressive totals there. 

[Doinko]

Just now, DeepFriedEgg said:

Just as precip lightened, switched to big flakes. Weenie mode engaged 

There looks to be some moisture approaching from the south, hopefully we can get something

[T-Town]

Actually getting some gusty east winds here. Currently 23.2 degrees which is my high for the day. 

[DeepFriedEgg]

2 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Looks like it's mostly back to snow now, some moisture approaching from the south. The HRRR shows the moisture wrapping back around for a couple inches later on

I’m hoping the wraparound won’t only hit east metro