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Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Originally Posted by Cambium
Crazy right? 49.9" for the season and still not above normal. lol. Report is up till midnight, not sure how much they got today but down just 1" they'll soon be above normal.
Is that lake near you frozen over? Does it ever? I wish the climo airport site in Seattle measured snowfall.
Here's from CoCoRaHS. Only 0.1" from Mercer Island. 5.7" in Hoodsport near Olympic Forest. 32.5" in Leavenworth, wonder if thats a Ski resort?
No, Lake Sammmish is 7.6 square miles and has not frozen over since 1950. We do also have Beaver Lake and Pine Lakes near us, neither froze this last storm but have in the past, though it's rare. It requires 2-3 weeks of 10-15F for that to happen. This time it was only the small local ponds that froze. The airport is in Seatac, about 14 miles south of downtown Seattle, but for some reason they use it for Seattle weather reports. This morning it was 44F when I left for work at 5am. Leavenworth is a winter recreation area, with a small ski area, but mostly attracts people for the winter scenic beauty of the Bavarian themed town.
National Weather Service for Juneau, AK has posted on their Facebook website that the total so far for January alone is 55 inches to date.
That would be at the airport station. Downtown has had even more, probably close to 6 feet for the month.
Got 6cm since Saturday morning bringing us up to normal levels of snowfall for season to date. Might get a couple cm tomorrow but aside from that not much on the horizon so we'll probably fall behind a bit.
Nov: 12cm (5")
Dec: 15.5cm (6")
Jan: 38cm (15")
Total to date: 65.5cm (26")
Normal to date: 67.5cm (26.5")
Another 9cm today (with a bit in the prior days).
Nov: 12cm (5")
Dec: 15.5cm (6")
Jan: 49cm (19")
Total to date: 76.5cm (30")
Normal to date: 78cm (30.5")
More or less caught up to normal to date now, but we'll fall behind again with all the mild weather. Although who knows, we might get a bit more on the weekend.
7.3" is what we have accumulated as of Oct 30, 2023 to now Jan 24, 2024. Pretty pathetic, and October remains our snowiest month. Nearly 37% of our seasonal snow accumulation happened in a single snowfall that began late Oct 30th and ended early morning of Halloween.
I posed a question on a Valdez, Alaska social media group to see if anyone had a handle on their snowfall total this season.
This was an interesting response:
"Hi, I´m actually in Valdez just to spend one winter in the snowiest city in the US before I move to somewhere (else in Alaska). And this is going to make me appear like an idiot when I say this, but I have actually measured the snowfall on a flat surface 2-3 times a day every day it snowed since I´ve been here on October 5th. The only thing to consider is if the first inch that fell melted because the ground was too warm (which I don´t imagine much did), then that was not counted.
October: 1 inch
November: 22 inches
December: 80 inches
January: (up until noontime today): 24 inches
It would seem like it is less than it was according to the average snowfall in Valdez, but again, maybe lots of snow melted in between my "shifts" lol"
That's some diligent record keeping. Until an official tally can be found online, and I've searched many times in the past, I'm going with his figure of 127 inches to date. Clearly, January has been far below average so far.
I posed a question on a Valdez, Alaska social media group to see if anyone had a handle on their snowfall total this season….
That's some diligent record keeping. Until an official tally can be found online, and I've searched many times in the past, I'm going with his figure of 127 inches to date. Clearly, January has been far below average so far.
But it looks like a bit of catch up is coming soon.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
303 PM AKST Sat Jan 27 2024
AKZ132-281500-
/O.UPG.PAFC.WS.A.0003.240128T0600Z-240129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.PAFC.WW.Y.0007.240128T1000Z-240130T0400Z/
Northeast Prince William Sound-
Including the cities of Valdez and Thompson Pass
303 PM AKST Sat Jan 27 2024
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM
AKST MONDAY...
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 35 to 45
inches.
* WHERE...Northeast Prince William Sound.
* WHEN...From 1 AM Sunday to 7 PM AKST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow in Valdez and Thompson Pass is
expected to persist through at least Tuesday morning. Snow
intensity increases tomorrow and heavy snow may result in up to
a foot of accumulation in a 12 hour period Sunday and Monday.
Total snow accumulations are expected to be 35 and 45 inches.
Weekly Update of the Top 30 Snowiest Climo Sites in the U.S.
Juneau catapults to 1st place and is now 3 feet above normal
Marquette has 63" for the season but is 43" below normal
Syracuse has 27" and is 43" below normal
Buffalo moves from 5th to 4th place
Caribou went from 6th to now 7th
Rochester moves to 15th place
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Over 3 feet above normal to date!
