PNW January 2022, Contact Info for Phil

[RentonHill]

Huh

[snow_wizard]

Not too often you see a day where it's 30 here and 43 in OLM unless it's an Arctic front which today obviously isn't.  Classic weak offshore flow inversion today.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

Huh

I think the GFS is off on one of its weird tangents the last few runs.

[snow_wizard]

33 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Foggy here. Hoping it burns off and we get some sun but this morning’s afd doesn’t have me too hopeful. Currently 40 degrees. 

10 degrees colder here with thick fog.  I think some of the colder low level air will begin to filter into your area by tomorrow.

[Blizzard777]

36* and heavy fog  

[snow_wizard]

Looks like King County is inversion central today.  Even SEA is only at 36 and North Bend is only at 29

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, Jginmartini said:

36* and heavy fog  

Not many fog fans on here.  I like a good round every season.

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Looks like King County is inversion central today.  Even SEA is only at 36 and North Bend is only at 29

Crystal clear here and 38 with an east wind starting to pick up.   Might have been the only night with frost out here.    Looks like at least 5 or 6 sunny days ahead.      Low clouds don't look real solid over the Seattle area... likely going to be sunny in most places by afternoon.

[snow_wizard]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Hard to imagine why someone did the vomit emoji on this.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Crystal clear here and 38 with an east wind starting to pick up.   Might have been the only night with frost out here.    Looks like at least 5 or 6 sunny days ahead.      Low clouds don't look real solid over the Seattle area... likely going to be sunny in most places by afternoon.

We'll see.  Not seeing many holes in the inversion right now.  Even the fire training academy isn't above it.

[Blizzard777]

6 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Crystal clear here and 38 with an east wind starting to pick up.   Might have been the only night with frost out here.    Looks like at least 5 or 6 sunny days ahead.      Low clouds don't look real solid over the Seattle area... likely going to be sunny in most places by afternoon.

Here’s what your missing out on 

[Blizzard777]

10 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Not many fog fans on here.  I like a good round every season.

Used to enjoy it but not so much as I age 

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

We'll see.  Not seeing many holes in the inversion right now.  Even the fire training academy isn't above it.

Its totally sunny out here.    I can see the area around the fire academy from my front window.    Tomorrow is going to be quite warm even in the valley here.

[Cascadia_Wx]

11 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Not many fog fans on here.  I like a good round every season.

I love fog 

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

We'll see.  Not seeing many holes in the inversion right now.  Even the fire training academy isn't above it.

The low cloud coverage is not real solid... it looks like it will clear out later in the Seattle area.  

[Blizzard777]

Found some Vitamin D!!! 

[Blizzard777]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

The low cloud coverage is not real solid... it looks like it will clear out later in the Seattle area.  

Hope so….driving back north today from PDX 

[T-Town]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

The low cloud coverage is not real solid... it looks like it will clear out later in the Seattle area.  

It’s trying to break up here. Seeing some blue sky. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Conflicting fog reports 

[MossMan]

Was sunny at my house, super thick fog as soon as I got down about 100’ down the street, also on I-5 until the Anderson exit. Sunny here in Mt Vernon where I am currently at. 

[RentonHill]

18 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Hard to imagine why someone did the vomit emoji on this.

@ me next time 

[TacomaWaWx]

Looking at the models some not good signs but 95% of the time leading up to events we see waffling on the models. It’s incredibly rare to not have some bad runs mixed in especially at this range. 

[TT-SEA]

Live view looking east here... towards Snoqualmie Pass.   The fire academy is right in the middle of this pic and we often see plumes of smoke rising from that area.

[Blizzard777]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Conflicting fog reports 

Diversion while models get their act together!!! 

[RentonHill]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Live view looking east here... towards Snoqualmie Pass.   The fire academy is right in the middle of this pic and we often see plumes of smoke rising from that area.

Well thank goodness the fire academy is close by to put out all those fires!

[RentonHill]

12 GEFS has plenty of potential still. Check out vs 6 and 00z and the spaghetti shows lots of lowballers

[Phil]

9 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Pretty mild in the Willamette Valley. Down to 33 up here at least. 

Just checked out the 00z CFS. Wall to wall blow torch through February.

Winter is saved.

2 hours ago, Timmy_Supercell said:

Hit 5 this morning, coldest of the season. This was only the 2nd low in the single digits, but I bet western KY has had temps below zero. 

13 here. D**n downsloping.

Until 2020 we reliably dropped into the single digits almost every winter. Haven’t done it since 2019.

52 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I think the GFS is off on one of its weird tangents the last few runs.

The GFS is (and has always been) trash.

11 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

12 GEFS has plenty of potential still. Check out vs 6 and 00z and the spaghetti shows lots of lowballers

12z much better. Larger cold pool and improved ridge axis.

[TT-SEA]

23 minutes ago, Jginmartini said:

Hope so….driving back north today from PDX 

Hard to predict... the low clouds between OLM and PDX look like its about to break up on the satellite loop and the sun is now coming out in Seattle.    But some places will probably get stuck in the fog for most of the day.

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Hard to predict... the low clouds between OLM and PDX look like its about to break up on the satellite loop and the sun is now coming out in Seattle.    But some places will probably get stuck in the fog for most of the day.

The rains are coming back next month. U ready?

[Deweydog]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

The rains are coming back next month. U ready?

It’s coming.

[FroYoBro]

Got down to a disgusting 41 degrees last night. I just want a few more freezes. 

[MWG]

January has been so  

[Phil]

Just now, MWG said:

January has been so  

Even watching from afar it’s crazy how ma’ nature trolls you guys every January. The timing is so on point it feels deliberate.

[RentonHill]

3 below 20

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, Phil said:

The rains are coming back next month. U ready?

I am ready!   Dry weather in February is usually not a good sign for later in spring.   A wet February and March is better.

[Phil]

11 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

That positive center is money.  Right where it was in Jan 1950.

I don’t think 1950 is into you, Jim.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Got down to 30 this morning above the fog.

[TacomaWaWx]

Euro looks kinda wet next weekend. 

[TacomaWaWx]

38 here…depending on the fog holding on could be our coldest day in over 2 weeks. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Euro looks kinda wet next weekend. 

Just what we need... some 50+ degree rain.