December 2020 Weather Observations for the PNW

[BLI snowman]

Pretty decent front across the region. Even with lesser dynamics here, PDX managed a gust to 36mph out of the NW with the front, after ~40mph gusts from the south earlier today.

[Requiem]

11 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

You’re at, what, 1000’ elevation in the West Hills? I’m pretty sure you will.

Mhm, actually moved even higher just a few weeks ago. Was at around 700, now at about 900.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

You are such a poor loser. Probably why you like Trump so much! 

Hmmm... Two inaccurate statements in one sentence. 

I am glad people are seeing some slushy light accumulations. As for me supposedly liking Trump. No need to even respond to such an infantile accusation. 

[Blizzard777]

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[SouthHillFrosty]

Just on elevated surfaces rn! 

[Cloud]

1 minute ago, North_County said:

Too dark for pretty backyard videos. Did measure 2.5 inche's just now. Still snowing.

Beautiful!

[Tenochtitlan]

Looks like the event is pretty much over here--it's raining now and the roads are slushy. Our power briefly went out, which I can't ever remember happening before. Glad to see you all down south getting in on the action now. What a fun day! 

[T-Town]

Changed over to snow here too. 36 degrees. 

[BLI snowman]

2 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

You are such a poor loser. Probably why you like Trump so much! 

I'm guessing Andrew was the one who messaged Fred earlier!

[wxmet]

Big fat a** flakes here. Road is completely covered.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, BLI snowman said:

I'm guessing Andrew was the one who messaged Fred earlier!

Only once years ago when I forgot my password!

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Pretty impressive how wide-spread this snow has turned out to be for a very marginal event. The models were mostly wrong on showing huge total, but accumulating snow has been reported from just south of Comox to North Vancouver to Port Angles / Seattle / Tacoma. 

[TacomaWaWx]

2 minutes ago, Jginmartini said:

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Wow this is ending up pretty nice!

[Cloud]

3 minutes ago, Jginmartini said:

33.8

 

@iFredWe need a snowman emoji!

[Blizzard777]

27 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Radar looks active in the south sound. Looks like precip could keep going in my area for awhile.

Lol...I won’t look! 

[Esquimalt]

1 minute ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Pretty impressive how wide-spread this snow has turned out to be for a very marginal event. The models were mostly wrong on showing huge total, but accumulating snow has been reported from just south of Comox to North Vancouver to Port Angles / Seattle / Tacoma. 

Yeah that was weird that the euro insisted on 5 inch totals here right to the end.  I have a trace on grassy surfaces at home.  Fun bit of snow earlier and better than nothing! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

34 with light snow at Sea Tac and 57 in Tri-Cities. 

[TT-SEA]

Snow covered trees outside... makes for a nice Christmas scene.

 

[BLI snowman]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Only once years ago when I forgot my password!

I do remember some chatter from you a few years ago about separate subregional threads for north and south. Would probably be needed in the event of a December 1996 or December 1919 style gradient!

[Cloud]

Looks like the neighbor's kids are out grabbing any snow they can off of cars to build a snowman. hahaha this is great. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

34 with light snow at Sea Tac and 57 in Tri-Cities. 

Someone said that would never happen and the models were on drugs... Josh??

[Cloud]

Surprised Jim isn't around, especially with the dynamic change in temperatures and the current snowfall. He was pretty excited for this. 

[Blizzard777]

15 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

I made a snowman with the extent of the snow I got! Maybe he’ll hang around until Christmas!

I went out for a drive though and it’s remarkable how much better a bit of elevation is. I’m at 80 ft and it’s been nothing but rain for a while now. One mile away and at 120 ft on the top of our hill, it’s dumping snow and sticking to the ground.

Scary little dude!  Lol

[seattleweatherguy]

Bigger thicker flakes here than I can remember for

[snow maniac]

37 here, no snow, just light drizzle, hopefully can score but looks like I’ll be shadowed.

[TT-SEA]

Looks like the snow is letting up in Bellingham... visibility has improved quite a bit in the last 30 minutes.

 

[crf450ish]

56 minutes ago, puyallupjon said:

Enjoy it folks.  This could be our winter shot.

KILL SHOT

[FroYoBro]

Took a walk around 2pm and it felt like spring. Back outside now and it actually feels like winter. Nice cold front. 

[Poulsbo Snowman]

Well, I received a few flakes--managed to cover the cars enough to almost hide the paint.  

[TheNewCulverJosh]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Someone said that would never happen and the models were on drugs... Josh??

I said an inch or more.  Has that happened?

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, seattleweatherguy said:

Bigger thicker flakes here than I can remember for

Looks absolutely beautiful in Bothell along 405...

 

[Cloud]

There's no melting of any sorts now, whatever falls just sticks. Tree limbs are now getting a nice coating and my driveway is white. Maybe getting close to 0.5" on cars, will measure soon. 

[Skagit Weather]

2 minutes ago, Jginmartini said:

Scary little dude!  Lol

 Didn't want to smooth him out too much because every time I touched him he lost about a quarter of his mass.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, TheNewCulverJosh said:

I said an inch or more.  Has that happened?

Someone said something about 30s in Seattle and 50s in the Tri-Cities or Moses Lake at the same time... and that would never happen.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

8 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Pretty impressive how wide-spread this snow has turned out to be for a very marginal event. The models were mostly wrong on showing huge total, but accumulating snow has been reported from just south of Comox to North Vancouver to Port Angles / Seattle / Tacoma. 

The models a day out were generally saying 4 to 5 inches for me, and I got about half that. I knew it was going to be wetter than a 10:1 ratio and the warm ground would melt some of it, so what I got basically makes sense. And was more than I was expecting earlier today, because the latest model runs really backed off on the totals.

[wxmet]

Just need this band to park over me for a couple hours...

[Requiem]

Speaking of snow, one storm I would give a metaphorical arm and leg to see a repeat of was the absolute snow dump of January 8-10, 1980. Dumped feet of snow across NW Oregon, as much as 75 inches fell in just a few days near Hood River. Such a fascinating event!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Anybody else playing some video games or watching football like me tonight?

[Rubus Leucodermis]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Looks like the snow is letting up in Bellingham... visibility has improved quite a bit in the last 30 minutes.

 

It has. Only a little bit of snow mixed with rain here now.

[Blizzard777]

10 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Wow this is ending up pretty nice!

Been a fun day! Glad we were rewarded South Sound.  Doesn’t take much for me. 
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