Dec 28th is statistically the coldest day of the year for many lowland locations. Only gets warmer from here.

Looks like a lot of cold onshore flow.

It would be like complaining about a 6” snow event because the snow didn’t stick on the roads.

We had more than 3 feet in Bellingham by the time it was over. It started before Christmas and Skagit County and North had a white Christmas. Victoria BC had the greatest snowfall in it's history. A one day total of about 26 inches and more than 48 inches in 2 days. That was just before New Years. And that doesn't count the snow before Christmas. Then it turned to freezing rain and then rain. Quite a mess and everything was shut down. At first it was just a routine winter snow, though that it happened before Christmas was a huge bonus. And then it turned into a battle between cold air to the North vs incoming pineapple Express. At first the cold air held on and it stayed snow, that is when we had the heaviest snow. Eventually the pineapple Express scoured out the cold air. Absolutely epic. Lasted about 10 days. Biggest snow event that I ever had by far in Western Washington

1996-97 sucked south of Tacoma Narrows.