PNW January 2022, Contact Info for Phil

[Cloud]

This is an impressively wet system to say nonetheless. Approaching 1” of rain now and a little over 0.7” past 6 hours. A lot of this fell earlier in the evening. 

[snow_wizard]

It's cold enough here that there is still a decent amount of snow at least.  Might still completely change to snow for a bit I suppose.  

[Cascadia_Wx]

40/28 day here. Sitting at 36 now with heavy rain moving in still have light easterlies here pretty unusual to see a 13 degree difference between here and PDX.

[RentonHill]

8 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Finally! 

[snow_wizard]

16 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

If it makes you feel any better, it’s a real melt-a-thon in Vancouver tonight, too.

In reality there are many more places not getting snow than getting it tonight.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Temp is 38….hope everybody outside of The swamp scores!!!

[Cloud]

Euro Day 10 looks kinda ugly for CONUS unless you live in northern Maine. 

[Geos]

Drove down 202 into Redmond and it was dumping snow up on Education Hill, but barely sticking.

[theRunner]

Switched back to a cold rain here for some reason, had fat flakes falling for over an hour. WTF 

[VancouverIslandSouth]

11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Not really a ZR situation... usually temps have to be in the 20s for serious ice accumulations.

The snow is actually very close to your area.   Highway 18 near Maple Valley is snow covered.

 

The outflow down there seems to be holding out better than the Fraser. Must be the wind direction, it's more from the E/ESE there vs south in the Fraser. Things change tomorrow morning, ironically temperatures in most of the coastal region cool down with southerlies but the airmass in Eastern WA is greatly diminished.

 

 

 

 

[Deweydog]

Stormy!

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

The outflow down there seems to be holding out better than the Fraser. Must be the wind direction, it's more from the E/ESE there vs south in the Fraser. Things change tomorrow morning, ironically temperatures in most of the coastal region cool down with southerlies but the airmass in Eastern WA is greatly diminished.

 

 

 

 

Yeah... the snow out here is being entirely driven by the cold air east of the mountains.    It will likely be warmer out here tomorrow despite colder air aloft.

[Gradient Keeper]

12:25 AM Radar Update - Insanely heavy rain in PDX/Vancouver metro!

[bainbridgekid]

Just measured an inch here and it continues to come down nicely. Road was practically a river a couple hours ago.

[Cloud]

33 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Every snow lover in King County should live as close to North Bend as possible.  

North Bend is easily one of the best places it seems. Quite amazing given that it has the same elevation as SEA. Randy’s not bad as well but you seems to hold onto the cold and snow much better.

[Cloud]

8 minutes ago, theRunner said:

Switched back to a cold rain here for some reason, had fat flakes falling for over an hour. WTF 

All of this is very much precip rates dependent if you’re dealing with marginal temps. As rates let up, it can easily turn back to rain. 

[RCola]

Northgate area now beginning to make progress on the slow switch from rain to snow. I have 33.2F on my thermometer at home. Dewpoint is 30F. Larger flakes are mixing in. Let's see what happens. I think this could be the start of something good for north Seattle snow lovers.

[Cloud]

Down to 35 with some flakes mixed in now. Hopefully this is the beginning of the switch for tonight for a few inches.

[snow drift]

7 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Euro Day 10 looks kinda ugly for CONUS unless you live in northern Maine. 

Northern Maine can't lose..slot machine #1

PNW, we get lucky every now and then..slot machine #2

[The Blob]

Flood advisory till 0630.

[smerfylicious]

Hilarious, I get a WWA while in the middle of blizzard conditions. "Expect 1-3" overnight" hey NWS, I got that before your update and I think I already have that again. 

[RCola]

14 minutes ago, RCola said:

Northgate area now beginning to make progress on the slow switch from rain to snow. I have 33.2F on my thermometer at home. Dewpoint is 30F. Larger flakes are mixing in. Let's see what happens. I think this could be the start of something good for north Seattle snow lovers.

Following up: it's definitely rate-dependent. Need just a little stronger push on the radar to tip the scales. 

[bainbridgekid]

Better late than never. Just measured 2” here and just dumping snow.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Seattle WA
1245 AM PST Mon Jan 3 2022

WAZ507-031400-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0002.220103T0845Z-220103T1400Z/
Everett and Vicinity-
including Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, and Stanwood
1245 AM PST Mon Jan 3 2022

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Wet snow continued. Additional snow accumulations of up
  to 3 inches.

* WHERE...Everett and vicinity, including Stanwood, Marysville,
  and Mountlake Terrace.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM PST early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
  conditions could impact the morning commute.

 

[Gradient Keeper]

Wow. Mission (Umatilla County) Sustained winds 59 gusts to 80!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

51F and cloudy with some gusts to about 15mph.

[Deweydog]

Up 33 degrees in two hours at Hermiston.

[Gradient Keeper]

East Puget Sound Lowlands-
including Bonney Lake, Maple Valley, Monroe, Woodinville,
Arlington, Granite Falls, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Gold Bar,
Duvall, Carnation, Fall City, Snoqualmie, North Bend, Covington,
Black Diamond, Orting, and Eatonville
1245 AM PST Mon Jan 3 2022

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Heavy wet snow continued. Additional snow accumulations
  of 2 to 4 inches.

* WHERE...East Puget Sound Lowlands from Snohomish County to
  Pierce County, including Gold Bar, Duvall, Snoqualmie and North
  Bend.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM PST early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Plan on difficult travel conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.

For the latest road conditions in Washington state, call 5 1 1.

[snow_wizard]

Just nasty out there.  32 on the nose with a heavy slushy mix falling.

Ended up with 38/26 for my temps yesterday.  Pretty decent considering everything.

[Geos]

8 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

Better late than never. Just measured 2” here and just dumping snow.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Seattle WA
1245 AM PST Mon Jan 3 2022

WAZ507-031400-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0002.220103T0845Z-220103T1400Z/
Everett and Vicinity-
including Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, and Stanwood
1245 AM PST Mon Jan 3 2022

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Wet snow continued. Additional snow accumulations of up
  to 3 inches.

* WHERE...Everett and vicinity, including Stanwood, Marysville,
  and Mountlake Terrace.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM PST early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
  conditions could impact the morning commute.

 

If it wasn't getting so late I would have hung out up in Lynnwood. I really wish I was back in north Shoreline on a night like this! Gonna try to move back north at some point.

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, DJ Droppin said:

East Puget Sound Lowlands-
including Bonney Lake, Maple Valley, Monroe, Woodinville,
Arlington, Granite Falls, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Gold Bar,
Duvall, Carnation, Fall City, Snoqualmie, North Bend, Covington,
Black Diamond, Orting, and Eatonville
1245 AM PST Mon Jan 3 2022

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Heavy wet snow continued. Additional snow accumulations
  of 2 to 4 inches.

* WHERE...East Puget Sound Lowlands from Snohomish County to
  Pierce County, including Gold Bar, Duvall, Snoqualmie and North
  Bend.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM PST early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Plan on difficult travel conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.

For the latest road conditions in Washington state, call 5 1 1.

Doesn't surprise me.  Too bad I usually miss out in these cases.  The cold air is just too shallow here.

[Geos]

So upon leaving downtown Redmond; which really didn't have anything new on the roads, the snow picked up again as I climbed into the Overlake area. Streets were slushy near Microsoft and the Crossroads area. That's about where the last snowflakes I saw were falling. 

Here on Mercer Island it is just rain and 36*.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, Geos said:

If it wasn't getting so late I would have hung out up in Lynnwood. I really wish I was back in north Shoreline on a night like this! Gonna try to move back north at some point.

Oh well.  It's not like we haven't seen a lot of snow recently.

[Meatyorologist]

9 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Up 33 degrees in two hours at Hermiston.

Wow....strong chinook winds out of the Blue Mountains

[Meatyorologist]

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Getting pretty blustery now. Gusts to 25mph all of a sudden.

[Geos]

6 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Oh well.  It's not like we haven't seen a lot of snow recently.

Right. 11" in one week is pretty good!

I read Cliff's post saying no one in the lowlands will see accumulation tonight. What a bunch of ... lol

[smerfylicious]

2 minutes ago, Geos said:

Right. 11" in one week is pretty good!

I read Cliff's post saying no one in the lowlands will see accumulation tonight. What a bunch of ... lol

Getting reports of 6" of new powder at 200 feet. I think that counts as lowlands. Might be up to a foot by the time this wraps, conveniently when I'm due to drive home.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, Geos said:

Right. 11" in one week is pretty good!

I read Cliff's post saying no one in the lowlands will see accumulation tonight. What a bunch of ... lol

Yeah....it was obvious some places were going to score.  My call earlier was Kitsap County, NW King County, Western Snohomish County would all see snow with SW King County on the bubble.  Worked out just that way.

I really wish I had known about this shallow cold air problem here before we bought this place.  We hold onto cold quite well here, but in cases like this I get screwed on snow 90% of the time.

[seattleweatherguy]

Still nothing here. In terms of accumulation 

[TeacherLori]

Welp, looks like it stopped snowing in Lynnwood. Haven't seen much for the past 20 minutes, so I guess I can go to bed now.