tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post2166797138531536428..comments2024-03-28T10:16:44.231-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Brief Snow, Then Rain and WindCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-78138211907011115442011-01-11T08:25:29.667-08:002011-01-11T08:25:29.667-08:00The winter wonderland has persisted for a change u...The winter wonderland has persisted for a change up in Whatcom County. Here the thick, heavy snow still clings to all the tree branches and everything else. Now it looks like we will add 3-6 inches. Hooray! Yesterday, I headed south for a dry forest hike and actually picked fresh Matsutake mushrooms at a sunny, southern exposed forest edge!<br /><br />It looks like we are expecting a significant snow event tonight and OUR transition will take place during the Wednesday morning commute:<br /><br /><br />http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=WAZ503&warncounty=WAC073&firewxzone=WAZ653&local_place1=Bellingham+WA&product1=Winter+Storm+Warning<br /><br />Winter Storm Warning<br /><br />URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE<br />NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA<br />336 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011<br /><br />WAZ503-511-111945-<br />/O.UPG.KSEW.WS.A.0001.110111T2100Z-110112T1800Z/<br />/O.NEW.KSEW.WS.W.0001.110112T0000Z-110112T1500Z/<br />WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-HOOD CANAL AREA-<br />336 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011<br /><br />...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO<br />7 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE HOOD CANAL AREA AND WESTERN WHATCOM<br />COUNTY...<br /><br />THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM<br />WARNING FOR THE HOOD CANAL AREA AND WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY FOR HEAVY<br />SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST<br />WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THIS AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.<br /><br />* ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE LIKELY.<br /><br />* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO<br /> WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO RAIN.<br /><br />* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPEDED.<br /><br />* FREEZING RAIN...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN DURING<br /> THE CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN. FREEZING RAIN IS EVEN WORSE FOR<br /> DRIVERS THAN SNOW.<br /><br />PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...<br /><br />A WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING<br />OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE<br />PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND PLAN<br />ACCORDINGLY.<br /><br />Let's be careful! Consider staying home or waiting for conditions to settle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-86785901050146333172011-01-11T08:04:15.898-08:002011-01-11T08:04:15.898-08:00I'm sad about no snow, but I've gotten use...I'm sad about no snow, but I've gotten used to it here. I have a totally unrelated question, though. Do windfarms show up on radar? There is a permanent red spot on the radar just south of Kennewick, and if you zoom in on google satellite, there is a line of windmills along a ridge in that location.Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146488505524341770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-8118949768653738452011-01-11T08:01:34.137-08:002011-01-11T08:01:34.137-08:00I have noticied in the past, living in Edgewdood (...I have noticied in the past, living in Edgewdood (Right about Sumner), that Central Pierce and North Pierce will get less snow to...downslope or warming of off cascades or rainier...depending on the track of the low. I look forward to the next month of waiting for a big storm (flood, wind, snow or ice!)LMeyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685347962425599461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-57052970316326148772011-01-11T07:54:33.782-08:002011-01-11T07:54:33.782-08:00Why oh why, as a native Western Washingtonian, don...Why oh why, as a native Western Washingtonian, don't I learn my lesson? Why do I get my hopes up? I should've known better. Rather than heaps of lovely snow, we'll deal once again with freezing rain, black ice, and of course, the northeaster ~ which for those of us in north Whatcom County is nothing new. <br /><br />I'm another who would like a post solely devoted to La Nina. Is this it? Sure wasn't what it was cracked up to be!Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850024758134899093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-36433373342552706742011-01-11T07:39:12.119-08:002011-01-11T07:39:12.119-08:00Cliff. Only recently became aware of your blog and...Cliff. Only recently became aware of your blog and enjoy it a lot, especially since I was a wx observer in the old Air Corps and a year after discharge, in Kelso WA. This was in 1947! <br />We are spending this winter in Mexico and really like getting to know what's going on up there. <br />Thank you, <br />Lee Lange<br />handilee@gmail.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518306423778851022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-87677729914805372222011-01-11T06:47:45.068-08:002011-01-11T06:47:45.068-08:00I, for one, am relieved at the possibility of no s...I, for one, am relieved at the possibility of no snow. I'm 9 months pregnant and I live what is normally a 20-30 minute drive from the hospital (going north on 99 or 1-5). If there is going to be snow, my family is going to need to go stay with my parents who live 5 blocks from the hospital, just in case. It sounds to me like it would be safe to stay home, but would you advise there is enough of a possibility of snow to mess up traffic enough that I should stay with my parents?<br /><br />Ugg, it was so much easier having a kid in the summer.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175590323551676843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-55398677472648292011-01-11T03:19:31.680-08:002011-01-11T03:19:31.680-08:00SOOOOOOOOO disappointed!
I'm born and raised ...SOOOOOOOOO disappointed!<br /><br />I'm born and raised here, I love the Puget Sound and I love living in Seattle, but the one thing I can't stand is the serious lack of snow and cold.<br /><br />I'm a snowboarder too, but it's just not the same. All winter long I'm fiendin for white stuff and all I get is cold rain. Way too much cold rain. I need urban snow.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817727228312772417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-38217220630246200922011-01-11T01:07:06.343-08:002011-01-11T01:07:06.343-08:00You wrote "Anyway, lets see how things look t...You wrote "Anyway, lets see how things look tomorrow AM. Want to be sure about the situation?....leave work or school by 4 PM!"<br /><br />Would you please tell this to UW administrators? I've never in my life had a problem with employers allowing me to leave work early or come in late to avoid a snowstorm....but school? Always a test on a snow day and you could never delay it. It is irresponsible to make students put their safety on the line for something as arbitrary as a professor's schedule. Thankfully I'm done at UW, but I speak for fellow students who still have to deal with this. It's an ongoing horrible problem.<br /><br />Also, BTW, NWS was the most accurate of all the forecasters before the last snowstorm...Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704607178106828945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-52128894299665937032011-01-11T00:22:12.086-08:002011-01-11T00:22:12.086-08:00Thanks so much! I've been following your fore...Thanks so much! I've been following your forecasts diligently the last few days. We have a flight out Wednesday morning and have been debating whether to go stay by the airport or if we'll be able to get out to drive there ourselves. Your predictions are helping fuel that decision. Will check back in tomorrow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-14647765653968508532011-01-10T23:58:09.594-08:002011-01-10T23:58:09.594-08:00If this were a El Nino year, I think I would have ...If this were a El Nino year, I think I would have been more skeptical of the GFS. I sort of figured (in a very non-scientific way) that La Nina would be our "ace" card. We don't really have a lot of winter's cold heart left to get things going in the "white" direction...at least for our lowlands.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04052588658367000018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-16502082918909039552011-01-10T23:00:31.478-08:002011-01-10T23:00:31.478-08:00Cliff, thank you for your post. Is there any chanc...Cliff, thank you for your post. Is there any chance you can do a post on La Nina in the near future? It seems that the La Nina forecast of colder and wetter than normal conditions is not turing out to be the case. It sure has seemed warm this winter except for a handful of days in Nov. And Dec. Meanwhile the south is getting record cold and snowfall. When I look back to last summer the early prediction was a warmer and drier summer than normal. As we all know that did not turn out to be true, could this also be happening to the winter long range forecast of general trends?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01859293602890064164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-9329385412165789742011-01-10T22:41:09.736-08:002011-01-10T22:41:09.736-08:00I have seen this happen way to many times in the p...I have seen this happen way to many times in the past! I should know better by now. You have got to have thick skin and almost enjoy being disappointed, to be a snow lover in Seattle. It's really to bad this epic event never unfolded. Hopefully, this strong La Nina will show it's cold side once again before this winter is over. Now, bring on the rain and wind!!!Weatherfreakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448044230017714312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-69716799549748694552011-01-10T21:30:19.579-08:002011-01-10T21:30:19.579-08:00bummer-- I was hoping for snow in the city.bummer-- I was hoping for snow in the city.kjthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200277507111578162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-3921510185124702352011-01-10T21:27:10.539-08:002011-01-10T21:27:10.539-08:00very interesting!very interesting!Scrapycandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16134006928274020506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-43897031973674838262011-01-10T21:21:13.771-08:002011-01-10T21:21:13.771-08:00Ok Cliff, we appreciate your discussion days ago a...Ok Cliff, we appreciate your discussion days ago about a possible snowstorm that isn't going to happen.<br /><br />Will you please go work for the NWS for these situations though???<br /><br />Seattle 1-3, 6-9 hood canal, heavier in NW interior, 6-10 inches from Wenatchee to Spokane. <br /><br />4 to 7 days forgivable, but to be so off within 24hrs, just a joke.Buddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773392812050013355noreply@blogger.com