What's your weather currently?

[MNHighwayMan]

Very cold but sunny

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[Roadgeekteen]

Very cold but sunny

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5 degrees, balmy for where you live.

[ET21]

Greetings from Chiberia! Lost power a couple times but survived so far. We begin the slow climb of temps, -21 this morning. By Super Bowl Sunday we could be near 50 degrees, nearly 70-80 degrees warmer than this morning

[Hurricane Rex]

Just checked the models for my area (Oregon Willamette Valley), and it sounds like we are on board for a snow event of a trace to 2 inches. I know its nothing but its our first snow of the season.

LG-TP260

[Roadgeekteen]

10 and sunny.

[Rothman]

Thermometer said -10 this morning.  Forecast when I went to bed said it was only going to get down to -2.

[Roadgeekteen]

19 and mostly sunny.

[Roadgeekteen]

32 and cloudy

[hotdogPi]

57° on Tuesday. It could be a record high (which is currently 59°) if the forecast is slightly off.

[Buck87]

54 and sunny.

This is day 2 of the big meltdown, and it's going to be in the 50's again tomorrow, so we should finally get rid of the remaining snow piles from the storm we had back on Jan 19. This is the 3rd time it's been above freezing since that snow fell, but the first 2 times it got really cold a day later and turned everything to ice (with a few inch or less snows thrown in on top of it as well)

[Bruce]

Finally, a snowy winter day!

[Eth]

Partly cloudy and 63; surely they'll have the roof open for the Super Bowl, I'd imagine. And this is forecast to be the coolest day of the week, with 70s on the way.

[US 89]

Partly cloudy and 63; surely they'll have the roof open for the Super Bowl, I'd imagine. And this is forecast to be the coolest day of the week, with 70s on the way.

Yesterday was amazing: 65 to 70 degrees, and sunny the whole time. Unfortunately, it looks like the warm weather this week is coming with quite a bit of clouds and rain. As if we need more.

[Hurricane Rex]

Finally, a snowy winter day!

Hoping to get some down here as well. I'm thinking something, but less than an inch.

LG-TP260

[Roadgeekteen]

42 and sunny. Supposed to approach 60 tomorrow.

[jakeroot]

Seattle is absolutely falling apart. They were predicting a few inches at most, even in the snowiest places. Places up north and in the Cascade Foothills ended up with 7-10+ inches.

I woke up at 0700 with about 2.5", but I'm up to about 4" now, maybe more. Most schools cancelled. UW-Tacoma was open until an hour ago, before they came to their senses and realized that it's a commuter campus.

Temperature at 0900 is 24F, which is very low for us at this time of day. Will not get above freezing anywhere in the Seattle metro today. Places like Vancouver (BC) are just frozen solid.

https://twitter.com/ScottSKOMO/status/1092454502098063360

[abefroman329]

Hovering around 50, so happy to watch all this snow melt.  Hopefully by the next time it gets below freezing, the roads will have dried out.

I remember watching videos of vehicles sliding down Seattle-area hills that were shared on The Stranger's blog, they sure were entertaining to watch.

[MNHighwayMan]

I'd mock Seattle for not having their shit together, but then again that amount of snow really sucks when it's hilly. Not being prepared for it only makes that worse.

Here, on the other hand, most of the snow has melted. Once the polar vortex receded the temperatures soared into the 40s, and now it's practically all gone. All that's left in my yard are the mountains from shoveling and the windrow from plowing along the street.

[jakeroot]

I'd mock Seattle for not having their shit together, but then again that amount of snow really sucks when it's hilly. Not being prepared for it only makes that worse.

The Washington State Patrol informed us this morning that we were, in fact, not prepared for this storm. Well, no shit! We never get any practice. Never mind the hills. It's just almost impossible in some places, even for those with the right vehicle, and the right skills. Funny thing is, I'm sure there were more than a few crashes caused by people out trying to learn how to drive in the snow. I feel bad for them, but at least they're out there trying to conquer the dreaded white bastard.

It's now just after 1300 PST, and the temperature is still 24F. Which is just really, really unusual. It's not midwest cold, but for us to be below freezing all day is just not normal at all. Tonight should be down into the low teens. Tomorrow morning's roads might be worse than today.

[abefroman329]

I'd mock Seattle for not having their shit together, but then again that amount of snow really sucks when it's hilly. Not being prepared for it only makes that worse.

The Washington State Patrol informed us this morning that we were, in fact, not prepared for this storm. Well, no shit! We never get any practice. Never mind the hills. It's just almost impossible in some places, even for those with the right vehicle, and the right skills. Funny thing is, I'm sure there were more than a few crashes caused by people out trying to learn how to drive in the snow. I feel bad for them, but at least they're out there trying to conquer the dreaded white bastard.

It's now just after 1300 PST, and the temperature is still 24F. Which is just really, really unusual. It's not midwest cold, but for us to be below freezing all day is just not normal at all. Tonight should be down into the low teens. Tomorrow morning's roads might be worse than today.

I was under the impression that weather like this was an annual thing, maybe once per year.

[jakeroot]

I was under the impression that weather like this was an annual thing, maybe once per year.

Which aspect of the weather? The snow or the cold? I would say there's at least one day of snow per year in Seattle that cancels most schools, and leaves the freeways empty.

The whole "not getting above freezing" thing is definitely not a yearly occurrence, at least as far as I can recall. Winter low temps in Seattle get below freezing all the time, but high temps are always at least low-to-mid 30s. What's a bit more common is sub-freezing high temps in the northern counties.

[abefroman329]

The snow. I feel like there are videos of vehicles sliding down snow- and/or ice-covered hills every year.

[gonealookin]

A crazy day around here with a couple feet of snow at lake level at Lake Tahoe and more over the mountain passes.  It looks like I-80 will be completely closed over the Sierra for as much as 24 hours.  US 50 gets closures of several hours for avalanche control, and CA 88 can get avalanche closures lasting a couple days, so there's no practical route between Tahoe and the Sacramento Valley.  I guess if somebody were willing to endure a slow slog, US 395 north from Reno to CA 70 at Hallelujah Junction, and then CA 70 through Quincy and the Feather River Canyon over to Oroville would get you there at a cost of many extra hours.

[jakeroot]

The snow. I feel like there are videos of vehicles sliding down snow- and/or ice-covered hills every year.

Maybe every other year. It does happen, yes.

[Bruce]

I'd mock Seattle for not having their shit together, but then again that amount of snow really sucks when it's hilly. Not being prepared for it only makes that worse.

Here, on the other hand, most of the snow has melted. Once the polar vortex receded the temperatures soared into the 40s, and now it's practically all gone. All that's left in my yard are the mountains from shoveling and the windrow from plowing along the street.

The mixture of fast-settling ice, the hills/terrain, and swings in temperature all contribute to some very difficult snow days. There's some major arterial streets that swing down 8% grades and have to be closed to traffic (but that doesn't stop idiots from trying).