Pacific NW Weather: Why am I seeing snowflakes on my Smartphone?

[@shirleysmith9421]

We are in our 70s in Northwest Washington. Time to hunker-down in our cozy apartment and heading for the warn blankets! 🌫🌬❄❄💯🧓🧓‼️

[@violetdreams1799]

sorry to hear about your tire, glad it waited until you got back! fun streams, really enjoyed it.. thanks Michael! have a good night ☕

[@hobbyfarmermm4308]

Your illustrations for you tube are fantastic. Right away I know whether to worry or not.

[@rosshammond]

I live in Centralia thank you for the northwest weather forecast so many other forecast only tell you what is happening in the eastern part of the USA

[@stm890]

I'm telling ya, this winter we are gonna get slammed a few times with some good heavy snowfall in the lowlands. The way its been raining I think its going to do the same when it gets cold.

[@terryleung622]

What is lowlands?

[@crystalh3248]

​@terryleung622 The lowlands are the area's we live in. When the snow levels drop.

[@terryleung622]

@@crystalh3248 ohh I see. Like lower elevation. Cities like Seattle, Vancouver WA and Vancouver BC

[@stm890]

@@terryleung622 yep. Here in WA state specifically is what I'm talking about. Seattle area. We have the Olympic mountain range to the west and the Cascade mountains to the east. In between the two is the "lowlands"

[@DogBeast221]

You and your crew are dedicated night shift dawgs! Thanks for the Ocean Shores play by play.

[@consi1801]

Trusting your feet are now warmer and drier than they were post-wave-slap! 💪🏼

[@troxycat]

I did indeed see snowflakes on my forecast earlier today, 1000ft outside Longview. Not there now, but I remember the early snow storm when we first moved here three years ago, so not ruling out snow before the New Year!

[@JoyceMiller-w3o]

It seems to me that there is a lot of early snow fall. Colorado got hit. I 80 E bound Sacramento to Reno has been a mess.

[@WorldOfWonder66]

Thank you for this evening report. I was able to watch some of your live video. I'm so glad you made it home safely

[@iseabeck9488]

Pacific Northwest Weather Watch: After Dark

[@pacnwguy9056]

I'm not quite ready to start thinking about lowland snow just yet, but with December less than three weeks away I suppose it's time to start preparing, both vehicle-wise and mentally. I bet we get at least one or two travel-disrupting dumps this year. Thanks Michael!

[@archerfire77]

Appreciate the hard work Michael 🤘😎

[@markhill9912]

We didn't get much for a wind event inland. We're just shy of 90 miles from the coastline here in Parkrose. I was able to log two gusts at 17 mph each but that was it wind storm wise. We did receive nearly 1 inch of rain though!

[@TerryFraatz-s7v]

Thank you, Michael!😄

[@sharronhouse6622]

Wrong website for OCD.

[@sharronhouse6622]

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[@guylelanglois6642]

Thanks from Spokane

[@Denise_B17]

Loved the live streams. Get some rest Michael

[@Oregontrailblazin]

We had the thunder and some lighting and a WHOLE bunch of rain ! In Coos Bay ! And it is torrential raining again !

[@JoyceMiller-w3o]

I saw the coast really got hit. I love just north of Seattle. We've spent several Thanksgivings in Garibaldi in our RV. Great butcher shop. We get lamb. This year I have back problems. July it's Camp Sherman. We love Oregon.

[@SeptemberMeadows]

Cute snow cloud 🙂

[@keithevans8155]

Next week with a deep trough offshore there could be some good east winds through the foothills

[@MichaelRiedl-r1e]

You should come out to Crown Point Oregon we get some good Wind Storms out there!

[@JoyceMiller-w3o]

We had a Gale in Garibaldi maybe last November. We were in our little RV for last 2 Thanksgivings

[@hobbyfarmermm4308]

The rain is HEAVY in the Yelm/Roy area

[@beefstu20077]

Live stream was nice. Too bad about the tire though.

[@jbr84tx]

No snow for me, I'm at 13 ft. above sea level. Hopefully we'll get some in the next few months.

[@JoyceMiller-w3o]

I'm at about 100 feet in Edmonds. We do get a few snow falls every year. I don't drive in snow. Grew up in San Francisco so didn't learn to drive in snow.

[@Bosses_Exploration]

@@JoyceMiller-w3oif you live in Washington you better learn how to drive in the snow fast. it gets ugly super quick

[@jbr84tx]

@@Bosses_Exploration True, even in the lowlands we get a few snowstorms every winter of at least a few inches, which makes driving very hazardous. Last winter we got 2 snows, one was 8 inches the other about 2inches.

[@Bosses_Exploration]

@@jbr84tx right, we got a little more than 3ft up in the hills near Darrington ,but it all varies

[@birdlover6842]

Dodged a bullet in my area. No power outages or very strong winds.

[@KDBee-ri5hi]

What!? I love a good wind storm but it didnt seem that windy to me. We must have been in a spot not to get those big gusts!

[@PacificNorthwestWeather]

Yup some big sheltered areas with this storm

[@zdxrkarxi9215]

Hoping we get snow soon, even tho it ain't likely for these lowland portions, especially this early in winter

[@Weathernerd27]

If you're smart phone shows snowflakes that forecast app is not very good. Unfortunately many forecast apps are completely AI and they just look at the low temperature, they don't consider whether the precip and low temperature will occur at the same time and they don't look at the temperature at different altitudes. That's where it really helps to have a human forecaster. If you look at 925 milibar 2,500 feet temperature you will see that it is way above freezing for the foreseeable future. Snow falls about 1,000 feet below the freezing level so to get snow at sea level the 2500 ft temperature would have to be about 27 degrees F, -3 degrees C. A human forecaster would also say wait a minute the air is coming off the ocean and ocean air is almost always too warm for snow, to get snow you need the wind to be blowing off land.

[@archerfire77]

True but I've seen it snow in Marysville at 100' at 41° so you can't rule anything out😂 especially when mine occasionally shows it over 500' in North Lynnwood

[@nohphd]

Another rainy night in Longview, feels like it’s raining all over the world…

[@b_ks]

Good to hear from you Brook. 😊

[@danielcamarajr398]

Don't miss the boat!😅

[@JianLakerson]

How is it we're getting a king tide alignment if it's so near full moon?

[@JoyceMiller-w3o]

That is a lot but I think you are in the Olympics shadow

[@nancid5265]

Shaking head. I am at200 ft east of Portland and AccuWeather says snow overnight. Tooooooo EARLY.

[@wendellcrim8647]

5 inches of rain with this system in Seabeck.

[@johnp9988]

🍻

[@jamesreding6336]

Most of showers missed me after 10 am

[@davidbarts6144]

1.09" today.

[@beammeaboard]

Yay 🥇😂

[@debbiemcgeorge4062]

How do I purchase one of your weather stations?

[@paulkysar6207]

Better late than never. 😅

[@NotACrat]

I'm Like 1k !

[@brittanys304]

I could crack a joke about snowflakes but I won’t 😂. Thank you for the update

[@jamesreding6336]

I know extended out look only 2 out of 5

[@russellzauner]

wait it's not april yet

[@french1956]

Michael... it's all hands on deck as the new administration assembles the Cabinet. Each of the nominees are the antithesis of the agency's mission(s) they are assigned to serve and that's to dismantle the regulatory and administrative state. NOAA is on the chopping block. The National Weather Service would be spun off and privatized. The USGS would be stripped of funding and unable to properly provide essential safety information during tectonic events. The EPA is poised to be ripped of its enforcement powers, and the mention of climate change will be officially removed from the public square. Quite frankly, we are entering a frighteningly dystopian nightmare scenario where all norms will disappear. I've tried to keep this as apolitical as possible. I believe in facts and being WELL informed. Anyone who has doubts needs to learn about Project 2025. It's all there and it's happening right now. Meanwhile, keep up the great forecasting. Your neighbor in North City, Seattle.

[@matthewlarson738]

P 2025 is not and has never been a part of the incoming administration's agenda. The heritage foundation created it as a "wishlist" of what _they_ want the new administration to achieve. Keep an eye out to see if any of their members get appointed to a cabinet position. You should write your statement down somewhere you will see it regularly. Then see if any of the dramatic changes to the NWS, USGS, and EPA you've claimed will happen by July 4, 2026, the deadline Trump gave the proposed department of government efficiency to complete their work.

[@jamesreding6336]

Im at 413 feet b

[@olyokie]

Ya mean stupid phone?

[@jamesreding6336]

I know it won't snow almost no moisture left it happens every year and its to far off to know

[@turtlegrams6582]

🤍📯🕒⏳⌛; I seen a whole lot of weather modification lines