tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post4136976114652560463..comments2024-03-28T10:16:44.231-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: 6 AM NOWCAST: Seattle Commute In Will Be FineCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-18195111165084141182011-02-23T22:25:33.758-08:002011-02-23T22:25:33.758-08:00Cliff: It's so great to flow through your earl...Cliff: It's so great to flow through your earlier NowCast and how you make living here amid all this fascinating weather even more alive & special...as snow wave after wave has stormed over, between & around us this past afternoon & into early evening. Now mostly afterwards we're over here in the foothills south of Port Angeles up against the Olympic Mts (at ~700 ft elev) at ~2115 hrs with a good 6 inches of snow mounting on the level. But you couldn't x-c ski (pleasurably) over our field on it, since while beautiful it was still about as sticky-wet & heavy new-fallen stuff as I've ever seen (& shovelled) in my 40 yrs. living here. Carry on!Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349018896548492929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-21656548342587845512011-02-23T13:41:54.925-08:002011-02-23T13:41:54.925-08:001:40pm, still not a single flake of snow in West S...1:40pm, still not a single flake of snow in West Seattle (Fauntleroy). Sunny. Cold. Breezy. Darn it. I was really looking forward to this Big Snow Event.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392220031579217828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-76362131085279930782011-02-23T10:58:13.818-08:002011-02-23T10:58:13.818-08:005+" at 60' elevation here in Anacortes ne...5+" at 60' elevation here in Anacortes near Guemes Channel. All in the last six hours, bare ground at 5 AM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-83028395274731047992011-02-23T10:43:24.281-08:002011-02-23T10:43:24.281-08:00Just started snowing in the Auburn valley, right b...Just started snowing in the Auburn valley, right by the "stupor mall." Not sticking yet, though - just little flakes blowing around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-13287287953312409382011-02-23T10:30:14.018-08:002011-02-23T10:30:14.018-08:00Are there any other cams out there like the Dale I...Are there any other cams out there like the Dale Ireland cam? It would be fun to have several of those with amazing views like that sprinkled around the northwest.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135207682478067179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-37973100280790925542011-02-23T10:17:44.885-08:002011-02-23T10:17:44.885-08:00NWS this morning is saying 3-7 inches for Everett ...NWS this morning is saying 3-7 inches for Everett area today..and addtional 1-6 inches tonight. so 4-13 inches today and tonight<br /><br />Seattle-Tacoma 1-2 inches through the day and up to 6 additional inches tonight.superdeluxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16259337903543716035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-86493077924509445332011-02-23T09:57:54.889-08:002011-02-23T09:57:54.889-08:00At 10:00, 3" plus on ground on west side of S...At 10:00, 3" plus on ground on west side of San Juan Island. Steady snowfall ended about 20 minutes ago, now just light flurries, at least for the time being, but radar shows more on the way.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487693248816810787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-29374464343891621632011-02-23T09:42:32.143-08:002011-02-23T09:42:32.143-08:00My comment last hour has been confirmed by the lat...My comment last hour has been confirmed by the latest forecast discussion. Sounds like it will be too cold and dry for W Whatcom co. to get much from this storm.<br /><br />All the fun will be south of here - shame.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06656438535788295605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-45203761193384677382011-02-23T09:42:04.735-08:002011-02-23T09:42:04.735-08:009:40AM Olympia / Budd Inlet:
At 7:30AM a snow squa...9:40AM Olympia / Budd Inlet:<br />At 7:30AM a snow squall came through, giant beautiful flakes floated down for about 20 min and left ~ 1/2" on the ground. 33.1F<br /><br />Then mostly sunny for the next two hours.<br /><br />At ~9:30AM it looks like a repeat--much darker and moderate snowfall. Temp: 34.3F<br />Streets bare below 100' elev.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548693323486769251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-53894826348122589922011-02-23T09:40:34.226-08:002011-02-23T09:40:34.226-08:00@Thompsonized -- I live in Eburg too. Starting to ...@Thompsonized -- I live in Eburg too. Starting to get a few fat flakes now (outside of town to the west @ 9:40). <br /><br />Good thing I haven't had to go over Snoqualmie Pass in the past few days. When the Pass isn't closed, chains have been required (and I don't have any)!!<br /><br />I'm hoping the forecast remains good for the weekend, because I *do* have to drive to Bellevue on Saturday morning for a conference.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11241425687786973525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-56510116152533676102011-02-23T09:31:59.203-08:002011-02-23T09:31:59.203-08:00Puget Sound gets a Mesoscale Discussion 120 from t...Puget Sound gets a Mesoscale Discussion 120 from the Storm Prediction Center, Norman OK. That's an oddity.<br /><br />Is the mesolow a lee effect or a convergence effect?<br /><br />http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0120.html<br /><br />AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF NWRN WA INVOF THE PUGET SOUND<br /><br />CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW<br /><br />VALID 231630Z - 232030Z<br /><br />SNOWFALL RATES REACHING OR EXCEEDING 1" PER HOUR LOCALLY CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON.<br /><br />LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A CONCENTRATED AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION OVER ERN PORTIONS OF THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND FAR NRN PORTIONS OF PUGET SOUND -- WITH IR LOOP CONFIRMING THE INCREASING ASCENT WITH SUBSTANTIAL CLOUD-TOP COOLING.<br /><br />THE ASCENT IS BEING FOCUSED ON THE MESOSCALE BY A VERY SMALL LOW IN ERN PORTIONS OF THE STRAIT...WITH A CLEAR CIRCULATION EVIDENT IN LATEST SURFACE MESOANALYSIS ACROSS THIS AREA. AS THE LARGER-SCALE UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS SLOWLY SWD/SSEWD...A CORRESPONDING SWD SHIFT OF THIS MESOLOW APPEARS POSSIBLE -- WHICH SHOULD ALLOW HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES TO SPREAD ACROSS NRN AND INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PUGET SOUND OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WHILE ATTM IT APPEARS THAT SNOW MAY REMAIN NORTH OF DOWNTOWN SEATTLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...STEADIER SNOWFALL COULD POSSIBLY REACH SEATTLE THIS AFTERNOON.Kevin Purcellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18157202870194603923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-48353804486507980132011-02-23T09:26:50.166-08:002011-02-23T09:26:50.166-08:00At 560 feet, about 5 miles east of Lake Stevens we...At 560 feet, about 5 miles east of Lake Stevens we have steady light now and about 5-6" total.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145096023432027707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-5611148428065842562011-02-23T09:25:31.431-08:002011-02-23T09:25:31.431-08:00Sunshine over Lake Union now. What do the models s...Sunshine over Lake Union now. What do the models show at this point?diforbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200935663817428636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-38476241437092819832011-02-23T09:24:39.285-08:002011-02-23T09:24:39.285-08:00Sunshine over Lake Union at 9:20 a.m. What do the ...Sunshine over Lake Union at 9:20 a.m. What do the models show now?diforbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200935663817428636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-59862263414289745172011-02-23T09:23:11.063-08:002011-02-23T09:23:11.063-08:00Downtown Redmond area and no snow.Downtown Redmond area and no snow.mle_iihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885448730959191844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-7121868868214166262011-02-23T09:14:47.895-08:002011-02-23T09:14:47.895-08:00On the west side of San Juan Island at 475' we...On the west side of San Juan Island at 475' we have 5-1/4" at 9:00 a.m., and it's still snowing lightly. We had less than 1/2" at midnight last night, and i'd estimate that at least a third of what's on the ground now fell after 6:30 a.m.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576119162261353803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-76490618599406045712011-02-23T08:54:10.581-08:002011-02-23T08:54:10.581-08:00@TVN...LWSD covers such a wide range of terrain. W...@TVN...LWSD covers such a wide range of terrain. We live east of Redmond and already have enough snow that getting to and from school would have been dicey. I bet parts of Sammamish are even harder hit. Pity there's no way for the school district to HALF cancel!lizchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101637597425003799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-14644330629003141062011-02-23T08:53:51.421-08:002011-02-23T08:53:51.421-08:00No Snow on Mercer Island at 8:53 AMNo Snow on Mercer Island at 8:53 AMKalmTakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081265248076433432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-14719847180239751372011-02-23T08:53:33.161-08:002011-02-23T08:53:33.161-08:00Looking at the last couple of hours of the radar l...Looking at the last couple of hours of the radar loop, the snow is having real trouble getting into Whatcom co. It seems like the outflow is already winning, which makes me think B'ham wont get much snow, and the boundary front will set up south of here, probably over the same place that has had the convergence zone. If that happens, my guess is that somewhere ins Skagit or Snohomish co. could get well over a foot, when all is said and done.<br /><br />Pretty impressive snowfall for late Feb!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06656438535788295605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-23679123332365685092011-02-23T08:53:11.772-08:002011-02-23T08:53:11.772-08:00Not snowing in Ellensburg yet, if Snoqualmie Pass ...Not snowing in Ellensburg yet, if Snoqualmie Pass can stay open long enough for one to get through...Thompsonizedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13502838763091809393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-10257598887619655652011-02-23T08:35:52.876-08:002011-02-23T08:35:52.876-08:008:30 am West Seattle. Upper Fauntleroy. 36.3 degre...8:30 am West Seattle. Upper Fauntleroy. 36.3 degrees on my back porch. Blue skies, puffy white & gray clouds, windy & even a little sunshine mixed in.<br /><br />Definitely NOT snowing. :-(Cheryl R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06725016421225923344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-8155221783050681882011-02-23T08:32:53.504-08:002011-02-23T08:32:53.504-08:00Well when LWSD cancelled school this morning at 6:...Well when LWSD cancelled school this morning at 6:15 with nary a flake of snow on the ground, I thought for sure things were a "go" on the eastside. But your words make me think they are overreacting. It is even early release day so the busses would have been done by 2:30.<br /><br />By the way, we have had graupel - a word I didn't know until yesterday. My kids had graupel with maple syrup for dessert last night.TVNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13009390667773034005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-50917288624599907152011-02-23T08:26:38.697-08:002011-02-23T08:26:38.697-08:00cliff - it looks as if there may be a good 4-5 inc...cliff - it looks as if there may be a good 4-5 inches around Silverdale/Bremerton area per WRF-GFS morning runs as the band/arctic front moves south. Are the models overplaying this?<br /><br />Has timing on this slowed down? It appears so! Look forward to your next update :)HarrisonCZ7https://www.blogger.com/profile/07617586103350487911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-62620745645164014652011-02-23T08:23:00.997-08:002011-02-23T08:23:00.997-08:00So my Seattle Lowland Snow Model proves correct on...So my Seattle Lowland Snow Model proves correct once again: <br /><br />http://twitpic.com/42m7gk/fullLiembohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998876133931636297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-88219068501420157092011-02-23T08:22:09.014-08:002011-02-23T08:22:09.014-08:00No trouble commuting unless you live in one of the...No trouble commuting unless you live in one of the outlying areas, east of Lake Sammamish where as you said "the precepitation picks up". And come on out and you will find that there are a whole lot of us, and many of us commute to Seattle! And people north and south commute to Seattle as well. Saying that there will be no problem commuting to Seattle is really a travesty, and potentially a dangerous one, if employers and colleges rely on that mis-information.<br /><br />The Seattle commute isn't just about Seattle....something that Seattle-centric weather people love to forget. I so wish that more weather people lived in the suburbs....Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704607178106828945noreply@blogger.com