PNW January 2022, Contact Info for Phil

[BLI snowman]

Just now, Deweydog said:

I think Pacino beat him out for an Oscar more than once.

In 1992, Al won Best Actor for Scent of a Woman but Clint got the last laugh, walking away with Best Picture for Unforgiven.

#AleutianLowsNeverWinInTheEnd

 

[Geos]

The outflow over the mountains must be a bit stronger... This is wild!

[SeanNyberg]

1 minute ago, Geos said:

The outflow over the mountains must be a bit stronger... This is wild!

Wait, did I see you getting snow on Mercer Island? Mix or all snow?

[Deweydog]

8 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

I didn’t say good I said better

 

you said it yourself next 3 weeks are FUBAR anyways might as well go big

At least the anomaly centers look pretty weak at this point. The worst case scenario may not be a complete disaster, but if the Euro is right it wouldn’t be a long walk to leave Big J very little to claim as its own yet again.

[Geos]

Just now, SeanNyberg said:

Wait, did I see you getting snow on Mercer Island? Mix or all snow?

I am not there yet. I work for DoorDash and I am about to head south from Bothell. I'll report back when I do get back.

[Thurston Howell III]

7 minutes ago, gusky said:

God, it's snowing to the S, E and N. But nope, still just plain ol' rain in Seattle.

West also!

[Hawksfan2008]

EPSL/Foothills yet to see the heaviest precipitation rates. It's coming! 

[gusky]

1 minute ago, Thurston Howell III said:

West also!

Of course, gotta complete the circle

[RentonHill]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

At least the anomaly centers look pretty weak at this point. The worst case scenario may not be a complete disaster, but if the Euro is right it wouldn’t be a long walk to leave Big J very little to claim as its own yet again.

 

[gusky]

Temps dropping somewhat rapidly in N Seattle now. 36.3 still all rain. @Meatyorologist(also N Seattle) reported ra/sn mix

[TeacherLori]

It's a blizzard out here in Lynnwood!

[TacomaWaWx]

Slushaggedon here in Tacoma. 40 with moderate rain. There’s a couple inches left but it’ll be gone by morning most likely. Hopefully we can score atleast one more snow event this winter shame I showed up the day of the melt off. 

[Meatyorologist]

Rain/Snow mix here

[SouthHillFrosty]

40 and moderate rain. Warm finger is real

[snow_wizard]

56 minutes ago, MNoggle81 said:

Heavy snow in Clearview - 475 ft elevation. 

Great place for snow.

[theRunner]

Heaviest snow I've ever seen here with about 1 inch of slush on the roads. Only snowing above 800 ft or so, 32 degrees. 

[dtwenty7]

It has been trying to snow here for about an hour. Every time it switches to mostly snow, about 5 minutes later it reverts to dumping rain. Down to 33 degrees at the moment.. 

[snow_wizard]

Cold air is still too shallow here.  I've seen this before so it's not shocking.  Still a chance the heaviest precip might cool the 925mb level enough to make it happen.  33.1 at the moment.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Been a crazy night. Snowed 5.5 inches then wind came in about 40 mph with broken limbs flying everywhere. Temp shot up to 36 and poured rain. Currently calm and 34.5 and it's switching back to snow.  BTW lake cushman will probably be snowed in by morning.  They will probably get 2 feet easy.  Not sure if it will actually snow anymore tonight here.

[TeacherLori]

I'm not sure how long it's been snowing (when it turned from rain to snow), but the main street on one side of our home is completely covered again, as well as our cars. It's blowing sideways! So exciting! How am I expected to sleep now??

[GHweatherChris]

[xfkirsten]

Got home not too long ago. Was a rain/snow mix pretty much from Northgate to Redmond, with the areas closest to Lake Washington being closer to rain.

If you don't have to drive anywhere, though, don't - the roads are a mess. lots of places with standing water. Northgate Way under I-5 has a lane and a half completely submerged, and lots of standing water in the far right/left lanes on I-5, too. I passed an accident on 520 that had clearly just happened, and it looked like one of the cars had spun out and was facing backwards - neither car had their hazards on and it was completely invisible until I was right on top of them. Luckily I saw them in time to get out of the lane, especially since one of the drivers was trying to walk around the cars to point oncoming cars around it... as if anyone would ever see him in the dark through the pouring rain! Bottom line, it's a soggy, flooded mess out there.

[Meatyorologist]

It really, really wants to switch over here. Getting a few large flakes with the chunky rain. If I jump high enough I might land with an inch on my head.

[snow_wizard]

32.9 now.  Dangerously close to ZR.

[RentonHill]

Wind picked up and temp has dropped a degree to 34.5

[snow_wizard]

27 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

Wet snowflakes are starting to mix in here. Temp continuing to drop... Almost to the magic number.

 

Good to hear.  I'll have to look again.

[TeacherLori]

Well, it's not a great photo, but you can get the idea how the snow is blowing. The cars were bare this evening and now are totally covered. I'm not going to be able to sleep for awhile.

[TacomaWaWx]

Down to 39 here. Heaviest precip is still NW of here. I think we will see some snowflakes at some point tomorrow morning maybe but that’s it. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, TeacherLori said:

Well, it's not a great photo, but you can get the idea how the snow is blowing. The cars were bare this evening and now are totally covered. I'm not going to be able to sleep for awhile.

Still plenty of snow when I was up in Everett was mostly rain south of there when I drove through. 

[TacomaWaWx]

I’d be pretty happy to see this. Euro gets pretty wet and more mild later in the run. Not terribly surprised that the pattern looks to stay pretty active overall though has been a pretty active fall/winter. 

[snow_wizard]

Positive splat test and 32.7.

[Geos]

Back to a mix in Bothell below 300 ft or so.

[snow_wizard]

6 minutes ago, TeacherLori said:

Well, it's not a great photo, but you can get the idea how the snow is blowing. The cars were bare this evening and now are totally covered. I'm not going to be able to sleep for awhile.

Pretty incredible after this past week.

[Ice_is_Everywhere]

How long is it supposed to keep raining? I just discovered ground water seeping into my basement.

[snow drift]

20 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

40 and moderate rain. Warm finger is real

Warm middle finger, right?

[RayRay]

2 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

That station is likely on the edge of the Hood Canal cold pool. As its perimeter oscillated inwards, warmer southerlies were allowed to overtake the observation site, and the thermometer warmed as a result. Temps could crash there again as the boundary moves randomly over time

Thank you for the answer! @Meatyorologist

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

I’d be pretty happy to see this. Euro gets pretty wet and more mild later in the run. Not terribly surprised that the pattern looks to stay pretty active overall though has been a pretty active fall/winter. 

Things appear to gather for another blocking episode after day 10 though.  Wouldn't be surprised to see the second half of the winter be quite blocky overall.

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, Ice_is_Everywhere said:

How long is it supposed to keep raining? I just discovered ground water seeping into my basement.

Really hard for a couple more hours.

[bainbridgekid]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

I’d be pretty happy to see this. Euro gets pretty wet and more mild later in the run. Not terribly surprised that the pattern looks to stay pretty active overall though has been a pretty active fall/winter. 

The rain/snow line hugging the 546 thickness line looks pretty suspect to me. Hoping Wednesday night won't end up being phantom snow.

[gusky]