West Seattle snow: New forecast out – might be snowy till Friday

The weather experts have warned that this is tricky to predict – but the National Weather Service is out with its 9:30 pm forecast discussion, and also mentions the “model” that suggests it could stay snowy in the city till Friday. Read it here. As for tonight/tomorrow, snow showers are still expected, the forecast says, and that could mean you get up to a little new snow on the ground.

dandelion January 16, 2012 (10:06 pm)

We were just out for a walk with the dogs and it was raining.

SJ2 January 16, 2012 (10:20 pm)

Snow/rain mix near high point. Everything is melting.

Patrick January 16, 2012 (10:27 pm)

@ Dandelion and SJ2, Don’t worry about rain or rain/snow mix right now, that is due to orographic lift from the SW as the precip rotates around the LOW to our NW, once that low sags south of Ocean Shores, the flow turns northerly and we cool off VERY RAPIDLY!!!

SJ2 January 16, 2012 (10:28 pm)

Good! Thanks for the reassurance Patrick. :) I love snow!

D1 January 16, 2012 (10:31 pm)

wheres the GFS report ? Still looking the same ?

Patrick January 16, 2012 (10:35 pm)

@ D1, the final outcome right now is prepare for heavy snow, cold temps and NO WARM-UP ( if any ) per the GFS, NAM, ECMWF, SREF, MM5 and GEM models.
And now it looks like we get another 6-10 inches on Thursday!!!
ENJOY

D1 January 16, 2012 (10:52 pm)

Thanks, So if this pans out what could seattle have for total snowfall amouts thursday? And how is the blizzard conditions looking ?

Patrick January 16, 2012 (10:53 pm)

@ D1, I would say easily a foot, maybe a foot and half.

We’ll see

D1 January 16, 2012 (10:56 pm)

What about after friday? how does that look warmer ?

dandrelion January 16, 2012 (11:09 pm)

i love snow too! thanks for the favorable forecast, and for keeping us updated patrick!!

coffee January 16, 2012 (11:14 pm)

Crap and I have to go to Long Beach CA on Thursday andmiss the snow! I LOVE snow and have b een waiting for it….ugh

andrea January 17, 2012 (12:17 am)

Holy cow! I love it! Yes, thank you Patrick for sharing your forecasts. This is so exciting! I can’t wait for all the snow!

Holly January 17, 2012 (12:22 am)

Its been raining for a couple hours now with no flakes in sight. Will west Seattle and Seattle stay rainy thru all of this or will it turn to snow? Driving me nuts!! I’ll be so upset if i don’t get to see this big snow storm

Patrick January 17, 2012 (12:49 am)

No problem folks, I aim to please and Inform, please stay safe and have tons of snowbound fun!

Noelle January 17, 2012 (12:50 am)

Holy Cow indeed! WOW!

K January 17, 2012 (1:03 am)

Its snowing now!!

Patrick January 17, 2012 (2:15 am)

Newest MM5-NAM precip model out and it gives ALL of W. Washington 18-28 inches of Snow between 6pm Tuesday through 5 pm Thursday, NON-STOP snow for 47 hours!!!

Cami January 17, 2012 (4:33 am)

Rain/snow mix (mostly rain) on Alki at 4:30 am.

kumalavula January 17, 2012 (4:43 am)

any news from pigeon point area? I’m flying back from the bay area at noon today and wondering if fate will afford me that window of time before the world goes white tonight/tomorrow am. if anyone has any brilliant ideas for transport from seatac (since my ride might be snowed in,) I’m all ears!!!!

kumalavula January 17, 2012 (4:58 am)

Charles January 17, 2012 (5:12 am)

Mostly rain here in Arbor heights. Nothing on the ground yet.

Velo_nut January 17, 2012 (5:15 am)

Still raining at 5am.

This could be disastrous if the temp slams around 6-7. All of this will be ice with a layer of snow on top of it.

I love the Northwest!

WSB January 17, 2012 (5:36 am)

Good morning. We’re seeing some snow mixed in here in Upper Fauntleroy. Just launched the morning report/discussion here – https://westseattleblog.com/?p=98025