PNW January 2022, Contact Info for Phil

[TigerWoodsLibido]

42F with some heavy rain. 1.57" so far since mignight.

[Timmy Supercell]

7 minutes ago, snow drift said:

Yeah, December 2019 was a torch fest. Parts of September and October were colder and snowier. Makes no sense.

November is a tough customer too. I had a stretch of 3 Novembers back to back all feature some kind of cold spell and they were all warm. I give 2016 a pass because it was seriously raining pretty good in southern Oregon that year.

[snow_wizard]

30 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Me and my brother we're talking about the last few years and the extreme weather events. Something has definitely shifted and we've really had some extreme cold and heavy snow events the last few years.  My average snow here the last 3 years is about 30 inches. Pretty impressive for the lowlands of western Washington. 

Yeah.  We haven't had a total loser since 2015-16.  Nice run for sure.

Can you imagine how much snow you must have had in the 1880s and 1890s though.  From what I've been able to piece together the Seattle area averaged 25 inches per winter in that 20 year period.  Just boggles my mind.

[Deweydog]

16 minutes ago, MossMan said:

February will rock our worlds. 

Apparently the seas are going to boil?

[joelgombiner]

925's stay below freezing through Wednesday night. Could be a fun couple of days. 

[snow_wizard]

38 minutes ago, snow drift said:

Look at that top analog. Epically bad.

Just a transition period.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, joelgombiner said:

925's stay below freezing through Wednesday night. Could be a fun couple of days. 

Indeed.  Then we have cold trough a couple days after.  People will be surprised how low the first third of the month will average.

[snow_wizard]

Certainly looks like the approaches to the passes and the Gorge were huge winners last night.  Not shocking when looking at how cold Central WA was yesterday and last night.  Some real cold to work with.  I just barely escaped ZR here.  It dropped to 32 on the nose and stopped falling.

[joelgombiner]

9 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Flat out crazy year.  I really think there is something to this solar grand minimum thing.  It seems to have thrown us into a much more perturbed regime.

Will be interesting to see how things evolve over the next few decades. There's no consensus on how global warming is supposed to affect the frequency of blocking patterns. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

5 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Yeah.  We haven't had a total loser since 2015-16.  Nice run for sure.

Can you imagine how much snow you must have had in the 1880s and 1890s though.  From what I've been able to piece together the Seattle area averaged 25 inches per winter in that 20 year period.  Just boggles my mind.

I would imagine there was 6 or 7 feet around the canal in 1880, hard to imagine but probably true. If what happened here in February 2019 was more widespread like 2-3 feet region wide it'd be a national disaster area. After 2019 I'm a believer that extreme events can still happen in winter here.  This winter is far from done.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Top analogs and CDC outlooks aside the second week of January is looking potentially cold at the surface with stronger ridging being advertised in the wake of the chilly system Friday/Sat

[yellowstone]

Woah, now it’s just pure snow. Definitely didn’t expect to see that!  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Top analogs and CDC outlooks aside the second week of January is looking potentially cold at the surface with stronger ridging being advertised in the wake of the chilly system Friday/Sat

Yes, I agree, this is a strong possibility. 

[Brennan]

41 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

More.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YESS. That one of the field with mountains in the back!!!

[Ice_is_Everywhere]

Hail/snow mix, temp dropped from 42 to 36.

[BurienSnow]

Hail/Snow mixed in in Seattle (central district)

[Ice_is_Everywhere]

Just now, Ice_is_Everywhere said:

Hail/snow mix, temp dropped from 42 to 36.

Correction: 40, not 42.

[MossMan]

Getting darker all of a sudden. 

[Cjmessling]

Power is back at lake cushman. Witnessed a devastating winter storm yesterday and last night. 12-14” of heavy wet snow fell taking out trees, power lines and making the main county road impassable. The sound of cracking trees and branches reminded me of some of the nastiest ice storms I’ve witnessed. To make matters worst we have had to dig out about 800 feet of concrete sludge. All in all likely the top winter storm I have witnessed with temps steady at 32 with snowfall rates reaching 2” per hour for 4-5 hours straight. Now some snow porn

[Timmy Supercell]

3 minutes ago, Brennan said:

YESS. That one of the field with mountains in the back!!!

I require imgur links of the full sized images on those 

[jakerepp]

1 minute ago, Cjmessling said:

Power is back at lake cushman. Witnessed a devastating winter storm yesterday and last night. 12-14” of heavy wet snow fell taking out trees, power lines and making the main county road impassable. The sound of cracking trees and branches reminded me of some of the nastiest ice storms I’ve witnessed. To make matters worst we have had to dig out about 800 feet of concrete sludge. All in all likely the top winter storm I have witnessed with temps steady at 32 with snowfall rates reaching 2” per hour for 4-5 hours straight. Now some snow porn

Wow!

I can't even tell for sure what that car is. It's a Subaru...Crosstrek or Outback?

[Chewbacca Defense]

Down to 36 and all snow.  It's coming down heavy enough to be accumulating on rooftops and the grass.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

4 minutes ago, Cjmessling said:

Power is back at lake cushman. Witnessed a devastating winter storm yesterday and last night. 12-14” of heavy wet snow fell taking out trees, power lines and making the main county road impassable. The sound of cracking trees and branches reminded me of some of the nastiest ice storms I’ve witnessed. To make matters worst we have had to dig out about 800 feet of concrete sludge. All in all likely the top winter storm I have witnessed with temps steady at 32 with snowfall rates reaching 2” per hour for 4-5 hours straight. Now some snow porn

I was hoping you would check in.  I used to live up there and that area can flat out get crazy. In 2012 we got 23 inches one night from 9pm to 7am. There was 35 on the ground. What is the total depth?

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

9 minutes ago, Brennan said:

YESS. That one of the field with mountains in the back!!!

That is taken off of Ski Hill Drive in the morning.  North part of town.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

From the pics at cushman looks like about 28 to 30 inches on the ground.  They could have 4 feet on the ground by Thursday morning. 

[GHweatherChris]

Dang, all the good shower activity since this morning has been skirting just by new to the north and south.

[snow_wizard]

12 minutes ago, Brennan said:

YESS. That one of the field with mountains in the back!!!

That one is quite something.  I would really like to live around there.

[snow_wizard]

Looks like a fair shot at another sub 40 here today.  Only 36.7 here right now.  The easterly component to the surface pressure gradient just kills the south winds when you get east of the Sound.

[joelgombiner]

A stunning scene over the North Pacific this afternoon. 

Cold, unstable air behind the front has moved into western Washington in the last few hours. 

[jakerepp]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Looks like a fair shot at another sub 40 here today.  Only 36.7 here right now.  The easterly component to the surface pressure gradient just kills the south winds when you get east of the Sound.

Down to 36.3 at home. High today only 37.6. Cold is hanging on!

[snow_wizard]

Now Lynden is getting snow with south winds and 33 degrees.  That place just can't lose it seems.

[mtep]

Chunky rain in south Bellingham. Stations closest to me are down to 34! 

[MossMan]

A wintry mix currently. 36 degrees. 
36/34 so far on the day. 

[SeanNyberg]

Snow shower passed through Bellevue just now.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

A stunning scene over the North Pacific this afternoon. 

Cold, unstable air behind the front has moved into western Washington in the last few hours. 

Gorgeous.  Still a lot of cold air for us to deal with.  It fascinating to watch how low that illumination is from the sun.

[Chewbacca Defense]

Down to 33, now sticking on the road.

[BLI snowman]

Looks like at least 8" fell in Yakima this morning. Impressive for them.

[jakerepp]

Skykomish still getting nuked! Would love to hear a report from up there.

[umadbro]

7 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

A stunning scene over the North Pacific this afternoon. 

Cold, unstable air behind the front has moved into western Washington in the last few hours. 

4 small lows spinning around in there

[Anti Marine Layer]

8 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

A stunning scene over the North Pacific this afternoon. 

Cold, unstable air behind the front has moved into western Washington in the last few hours. 

Looks like an AR