January Weather In The PNW 2024 (Part III) - The Warming Shot

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

The ICON shows warmer air will not make it to King County tomorrow like it showed on earlier runs...30s all day.  Brings some snow into SW King County now.  Just need it to be even more south as the time frame narrows.

It’s just fine where it is, thanks.

[iFred]

In my part of Everett, leeward of Rucker Hill, ten feet above sea level, sheltered from the Sound, south winds, and usually the last stop on the Skykomish Express, my ground sensors are at 29°, my 10ft sensors are at 32°, and my second story office sensor is at 34°. The humidity picked up about an hour ago and it smells like snow.

I didn’t charge my car just as a way to make sure that I don’t jinx this for us SnoCo folks.

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

JAYA!!! 

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, LowerGarfield said:

My brother and sister in-law got an early start today and left Vancouver, WA at 8am or so which is amazing for them since they have two young children and are extreme night owls. They left to beat the ice storm warning. Can't imagine them driving in that now. Got here about 3 hours ago with generally good conditions.

That looks really heavy alright.

[LowerGarfield]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

That looks really heavy alright.

Yeah it does! They told me that the most snow on the whole trip was right here lol. They did get a few inches with that Portland event last weekend.

[Cold Snap]

Starting to rain here. Currently 32 degrees.

[iFred]

59 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Most native vegetation and all the fruit trees in the PNW require below freezing time to thrive.    This is good.  If someone plants things damaged permanently by cold then those plants probably won't last long anyways.   Rhodies aren't native to this area... but wow do they thrive here.   They will go into their droopy frozen look during cold but then pop right back up as soon as it warms up.  

On other note... we have seen stink bugs coming into the house this winter.   We have never seen that before.   These bugs are not native and accidentally arrived in Allentown, PA from Asia around 2010 and have spread across most the country now.    But I read this cold will kill off most of them.  Obviously they will come back, but cold like this is good for keeping all kinds of things in check!    

Lantern Fly? I lived in ground zero for them in Philly. If you really have a lantern fly, you need to report it asap. Those bugs will wreck our orchards.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Cold Snap said:

Starting to rain here. Currently 32 degrees.

Wow... went right over us here.   Nothing falling yet.  

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, iFred said:

Lantern Fly? I lived in ground zero for them in Philly. If you really have a lantern fly, you need to report it asap. Those bugs will wreck our orchards.

Its this... and also wrecks havoc on orchards.   It looks like it arrived in PA in 1998 and reached WA in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug

[snow_wizard]

9 minutes ago, Fircrest said:

Just raining here in Fircrest and 34.  I don't see us getting any freezing rain at all. It generally has to be below freezing when the precipitation starts for the liquid to freeze. So I'm not sure why there was so much talk of freezing rain coming by some. The frozen ground really isn't making a difference. Unless things change when the heavier precipitation moves in, this is a non-event. 

Lame.

Many places will have ice.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Temp jumped up to 33 and dew point is at 27 now. Glad we are jumping up so quick

[LowerGarfield]

I-84 is still closed with no eta of re-opening.

[iFred]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Its this... and also wrecks havoc on orchards.   It looks like it arrived in PA in 1998 and reached WA in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug

Oh yeah, those guys. I step on everyone I see.

[bainbridgekid]

Precip started as pure sleet here in South Everett as soon as radar echoes reached me. Bit surprised by both of those. 34 degrees.

[GHweatherChris]

Now 31 degree soaking rain.... BIG LAME!!

[TT-SEA]

Sprinkles here now.

[Cold Snap]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Wow... went right over us here.   Nothing falling yet.  

It’s very light here though.

[RentonHill]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Its this... and also wrecks havoc on orchards.   It looks like it arrived in PA in 1998 and reached WA in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug

Feel like we get those every year. At least since we've lived in our house (2015). Actually get them most in late fall....haven't had many recently. Maybe i finally sealed up the house properly (I didn't) 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, RentonHill said:

Feel like we get those every year. At least since we've lived in our house (2015). Actually get them most in late fall....haven't had many recently. Maybe i finally sealed up the house properly (I didn't) 

Definitely a fall and winter thing.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

I-84 is still closed with no eta of re-opening.

Probably will be that way for a while.

[Blizzard777]

13 minutes ago, Fircrest said:

Just raining here in Fircrest and 34.  I don't see us getting any freezing rain at all. It generally has to be below freezing when the precipitation starts for the liquid to freeze. So I'm not sure why there was so much talk of freezing rain coming by some. The frozen ground really isn't making a difference. Unless things change when the heavier precipitation moves in, this is a non-event. 

Lame.

Dp is still 17* here so we might get the ZR here 

[Randyc321]

33.3 f with 21 dp , light rain here.     oh yeah, 65% rh.  

[RentonHill]

ME ME ME ME ME. what a chode

[snow_wizard]

The NAM does indeed look absurd for Thursday.  Can't imagine it being in the 20s in the afternoon that day.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Now 31 degree soaking rain.... BIG LAME!!

ZR!!!!

[Hawksfan2008]

Go to bed everyone. It’s done  

[Front Ranger]

32 minutes ago, Andstorm said:

Yeah few models are reloading cold and bringing more freezing rain back Thursday night. EURO is really not even close. Another chance for it to demonstrate its superiority. 

Or fallibility.

[snow_wizard]

Temp dropping steadily.  32.5 now.

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

ZR!!!!

NOPE

[Snownerd3000]

17 minutes ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

Jay's a great follow

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

Go to bed everyone. It’s done  

OK.....

[Hawksfan2008]

Just dropped to 28.8… here we go. 

[KingstonWX]

1 minute ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

Go to bed everyone. It’s done  

Well crap, I hate ZR but now i want 18 inches of it. 

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, GHweatherChris said:

NOPE

31 and rain?

[NorthBend RainEnthusiast]

Lightly sprinkling since 7. Temps dropping and dew points rising. 27°F w/20°F dew point. 

[SnowWillarrive]

3 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Temp dropping steadily.  32.5 now.

My temp dropped from 32 to 31. Sorta looks like sprinkles 

[TacomaWx]

Dropped from 34 to 33

[FroYoBro]

Still 27 here. No sign of a warmup yet with a the break in the moisture. 

[Hawksfan2008]

Just now, NorthBend RainEnthusiast said:

Lightly sprinkling since 7. Temps dropping and dew points rising. 27°F w/20°F dew point. 

Are you in town or up on the ridge? I’m at 28.4 but dropping.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

31 and rain?

Seen it many times. Very very shallow warm layer. ZR is super cooled water that freezes on contact. It's below freezing, but hasn't become solid yet because it is falling through such a shallow layer. In Chris's situation it's 31 at the surface, but that drop hitting the ground is above freezing.