Pacific Northwest Weather

[TT-SEA]

Only 4.5 inches... a little settling going on I think because the car has almost 2 inches on it since I moved it a couple hours ago.

Still snowing pretty hard with strong winds.

Temperature holding at 28 degrees... dewpoint of 23.

[andrewr]

Still getting rain and the temperature has not changed at all. Some really long icicles are forming (4+ inches long) and everything is coated. I can hear branches breaking outside -- very similar to last years event.

[andycottle]

You are the lucky one tonight...Tim!:) Can just imagion your place right now. All very snowy, trees, yard, house roof, your street...all covered in preaty white snow. No snow for us here. Just some rain with a temp of 32 at the 11:38pm hour. -- Andy

[cloud9]

I've had just rain since 7:00pm It's about 33*F here, not doing anything for the past hour. Went to Skagit Vally Casino for a little while, just rain there to.

[andycottle]

Just a minute ago...my temp officaly hit the 33 degree mark. How bout that!

[TT-SEA]

Still snowing moderately... temperature holding at 28 degrees and dewpoint of 23 degrees.

[cloud9]

Join the club!

[TT-SEA]

The melting has begun!!

Slushy this morning as the snow begns to melt. Lots of dripping going on with a temperature of 34 degrees.

It was a fun aftenoon and evening. We got to play in the snow and it was awesome to see the landscape so thorougly covered.

But I would imagine by noon most of it will be gone with a predicted high here of 47 degrees.

Oh well...

[W13]

33 F here as of 7:59 AM, and the ice is really starting to melt.

[AnthonyC]

It's like a different world compared to last night. Everything's melted. All the ice and snow is gone. Current temperature is 38 F and rising. Oh well. Now it's time to turn our attention to the possible flooding later on in the week.

[AnthonyC]

Another arctic blast starting January 29? The possibility is there. 500 mb heights aren't that impressive...about 522 at the least. But it's something to watch, and it let's us know winter's not done quite yet.

[TT-SEA]

Heading out to go skiing again.

9 inches of new snow at the summit... 34 inch base.

All of which will be completely destroyed this week. Ughhhh.

Must go now before it closes down again. No sense in sitting here watching our 5 wonderful inches of snow disappear (its going fast).

Have a good guys...

[andycottle]

Good morning all.

At 8:43a.m we have a temp of 37 with DP also at 37. Just a 'few' spots under some trees/bushes where there is some sleet. But all eles has melted away. -- Andy

[R-Dub]

A balmy morning, and the snow is melting quickly!

1/16/05
8:38:46 AM CURRENT
Cloudy
Temperature (ºF) 38.8
Humidity (%) 96.8
Wind (mph) SSE 1.1
Daily Rain (") 0.17
Pressure ("Hg) 30.30
Dew Point: 38.0 ºF
Snow Depth .25"

[R-Dub]

Well lastest PNA forecast continues the trend that has been shown for the last couple of days now. Now its showing more ensembles models going deep negitive then yesterday, and none in the positive by the end of the month. Something to look foreward to! Remember winters not over folks! As I was recording news storm coverage from past storms, the one in Jan 1996 was at the end of Jan-first of Feb, with very cold temps and snow. So we are no where near the end being only Jan 16th. Next week will be NOT GOOD for the mountains anyway! Freezing level by tomarrow up to 8,000 FT.

[AnthonyC]

Wow, I didn't realize how awesome 1996 was for snow/cold. Three BIG storms/arctic outbreaks during the entire year. How was the PNA forecast for that year? Severely negative?

[Cumulonimbus]

Warming up quickly here on the east side now. Up to almost 43. Looks very wet the next 5 days and beyond. 5 day precip outlook shows very wet. Almost 9 inches for the west side of the Olympics and 6-7 for the western slopes of the Cascades. I'll take the precip anyway we can get it since there isn't going to be much of a snow pack to get water from next summer.

Alex

[cloud9]

Looks just like the Pacific Northwest out there! Cloudy, wet and cold

[R-Dub]

Anthony, here is the PNA for winter 1995-1996 notice when we had the arctic blast of Jan 96 the PNA was negitive, but not off the charts, so as long as its neg, we typically are in good shape.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p ... x.1995.gif

Here is winter of 1996-1997

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p ... x.1996.gif

This one here is winter 1985-86 You can see Nov was the big one, then remember we had no winter after that really

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p ... x.1985.gif

Also look at the AO, if that is negitive with PNA at same time, I think that is much better for us also.

Looking at the AO forecast, it could possibly be fairly negitive at the same time at the end of the month. That would be great for us, even though we had a PNA that was tanked, the AO was almost off the charts on the positive side, so maybe that is why we didn't get hammered this time around. Also interesting to see some past charts here they are..........

Here is winter 1988-89 Very cold for an extended time Jan-March LK Goodwin frozen deep, people driving 4wheelers on it.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p ... x.1988.gif

Here is winter 1990-91

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p ... x.1990.gif

Here is winter 1992-93 extened cold spell Jan-Feb

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p ... x.1992.gif

Here is winter 1998-99

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p ... x.1998.gif

[cloud9]

I remember 96'-97' very well. It was so cold and snowy and our power went out. We had gotten 3' of snow and there were ice-cycles hanging from the telephone wires. My heating bill for Jan-Feb was 700.00 dollars, needless to say the summer following, I had the heating changed over to Gas. P.S. I lived in Mukilteo