could be some weird out of the ordinary warning shot. feels like I'm living in a walk in frig

Reality is setting in.

100% agree. I even cheer when Alaska sees big league cold.

The mountains have done a good job of holding onto their snow this week through the inversion. Stevens still has a 31" base and the highest it ever got was 37". Dry air really doesn't melt much with these low sun angles. The warm rain Friday night has been really watered down with the front slipping South fairly quickly Saturday morning lowering snow levels and they should see some heavy snow this weekend. Won't be enough to get Snoqualmie open, but Stevens and Crystal should be fine.

The thing is that I would celebrate a historic cold snap literally anywhere at this point. Even if it does only impact some insufferable East Coast goobers, in a rapidly warming world it's always just great to know that it's still even possible. Only the most myopic of us would think otherwise.