Pacific Northwest Weather

[TT-SEA]

And for Friday afternoon... thats good southerly flow ahead of a weak trough. It also shows sunshine for that day. Should be pretty warm...

[AnthonyC]

Currently a heavy, wet snow shower with a temperature of 33 F. Nothing is accumulating, but it's cool to look at. It's amazing what evaporative cooling can do. And if you read the NWS discussion, some places along Hood Canal above 500 feet have seen 4 inches of snow.

[TT-SEA]

Yes... but there is even less snow than I thought in the lowlands around Kitsap. Snow at 800 feet (Lake Cushman) is much more common than snow at sea level. That is not even a noteworthy event.

On the radar... it looks like you have a brief enhancement there Anthony. But the web cams confirm your comment that nothing is accumulating.

[TT-SEA]

O.K... I am heading out for a couple hours to do some work at the house we are building.

I will check back in before the big game this afternoon.

Have an awesome day!!

[R-Dub]

Well just got home from work. Started out as a mix of rain and snow at the golf course (course elevation ranges from 100-250FT and is 1/4Mile from Puget Sound). Then around 8:00AM the precip got heavier, and turned to all snow, big huge flakes, then after that it alternated between mixed and all snow. Now at home (my elevation is 500FT and 7 miles east from puget sound) its all snow falling at the moment, with a very light slushy accumuation on the vehicles that have been sitting in the driveway. Here are the rest of my current conditions......

(Also TT, you can't go by some of those road cams, expecially the Hood Canal cam, that is at SEA LEVEL) It sounds like all areas there with any elevation have snow on the ground.


2/6/05 LK Goodwin WA
9:32:52 AM CURRENT
Wet Snow
Temperature (ºF) 34.6
Humidity (%) 90.0
Wind (mph) SE 1.5
Daily Rain (") 0.00
Pressure ("Hg) 29.78
Dew Point: 33.0 ºF

[R-Dub]

Looks like the GFS has been trending colder and colder from day 9 on. We shall see. I still don't see any warm temps from now though day 16. 850MB Temps never make it out of the minus range.
Also the PNA will trend towards positive, but the last couple of days the trend has been less and less positive. Today most ensembles show it hovering around neutral for the most part! I think we will be flirting with winter weather for the next several weeks. Where it will go, nobody knows but I see no big ridge for a long time along the west coast!!!

This link shows even out on the coast got a little slushy accumulation on the side of the road, near Aberdeen

http://wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/default.aspx?cam=1142

[AnthonyC]

Precip has stopped and we received no accumulation. But it was cool to look at...albeit it lasted 30 minutes. Just a sign that winter's not done. No location at sea level received snow...even along the Kitsap Peninsula and Hood Canal. Just not enough cold air in place to begin with. But places above 500 feet along the Hood Canal have over 4 inches. For the rest of the Puget Sound, snow level is hovering between 700-1200 feet...depending on the intensity of the shower overhead. Hopefully Snoqualmie and Stevens pick up another 6-10 inches from this storm. That's where they really need the snow.

The long range GFS model indicates an interesting pattern developing after Sunday, Feb. 13...I guess only time will tell.

Anthony

Currently cloudy conditions with a temperature of 37 F.

[Guest]

It is 34* with light snow in Bellingham right now...

[Guest]

32* and snowing lightly in bellingham..

[Guest]

forgot to mention, NNE wind at 8MPH

[AnthonyC]

Brennan,

Looks as if you're getting a little arctic outflow from the Fraser Valley. Lucky dog!! I'm surprised by this...no forecast mentioned this happening. You've got plenty of precip hanging around so keep checking back in...report how much snow you get. Looks as if another heavy round of precip is about to approach the Everett area from Hood Canal...hopefully this shower is heavy enough to drag colder air down to the surface and bring back the wet snow.

Anthony

[R-Dub]

Yep sounds like Brennan is getting some outflow!!

Just cloudy here at the moment.........


2/6/05 LK Goodwin WA
11:19:31 AM CURRENT
Cloudy
Temperature (ºF) 37.1
Humidity (%) 90.1
Wind (mph) E 11.5
Daily Rain (") 0.04
Pressure ("Hg) 29.78
Dew Point: 35.4 ºF

[R-Dub]

SAN JUAN ISLANDS-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-NORTHWEST INTERIOR- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF... MT VERNON-ANACORTES-OAK HARBOR-PORT TOWNSEND-FRIDAY HARBOR 1030 AM PST SUN FEB 6 2005...UPDATED

.TODAY...RAIN AT TIMES. LOCAL SNOW IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY WITH ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH. BREEZY. HIGHS 35 TO 45. SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH

"EXCEPT NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY."

There it is, NWS just picked up on it!!!

[R-Dub]

Looks like the snow is starting to come down pretty good up north, this is at Lake Samish just a little south of Bellingham......................

http://wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/nwcam.aspx?cam=1054

[andrewr]

R-Dub, look at the camera in Blaine. They always get the snow.

[~Brennan~]

Hey guys... It is 32* and snowing heavy here at my house... The grass is just white but I think it's going to get better... I went up in elevation about 500 feet to the Water District here by Lake Whatcom and there is easily 3 inches of snow... i think I just might spend the rest of my day up there... I'll check back in in a little bit.

[R-Dub]

Yeah those lucky dogs always hog all the snow up there by the boarder

I think NWS is being way concervative of there forecast up there. Sounds like Brennan will have more then "less then an 1" real soon!!!

[R-Dub]

Looking at the radar, it looks like I am about to get hammered by something! Hope its not just rain Should find out in 10-20Min.

[AnthonyC]

We have a moderate rain/snow mix...but you must realize I only live two miles away from the water and my elevation is 125 feet. I wouldn't be surprised if Bellingham/Blaine received 6 inches from this storm. There's abundant moisture mixing with cold air...perfect recipe. Bellingham always HOGS the snow!!! Not fair!!

Anthony

Currently 35 F with a mix of rain and snow.

[AnthonyC]

Man, do you realize if temperatures were 2-3 degrees cooler, this would have been a major lowland snow event...4-8 inches uniformly. Really sucks. It's amazing what the mild ocean influence can do to our snow threats. Oh well.

Anthony