February Snow 2019

       

 

It was 32 degrees on Friday morning Feb 8. It started snowing heavily at noon. It snowed all afternoon & all night.

It was 31 degrees on the Saturday morning Feb 9 & still snowing . That added 6 inches of snow to the garden. There were 2 inches left from the previous snowfalls. A segment about the snow in Seattle was on the national news. A reporter broadcast live from the Pike Place Market. He called it the Pike Street Market. It was sunny that afternoon. Many people came outside to shovel snow, walk & even ski in the streets. Our neighbors made 2 snowmen from the snow on the sidewalk.

It was 21 degrees on Sunday morning Feb 10. The streets were covered with ice & snow. It began to snow heavily at 4 PM. It snowed for about 4 hours & added 2 inches of snow. The snow this week was very different from the snow last week. It was much wetter, heavier & the flakes were much larger.

It was 30 degrees on Monday morning Feb 11. The street, sidewalks & garden were covered with snow. The landscape seemed unchanged from Sunday morning. Schools & most community centers, including Rainier Beach Pool, were closed. Steve stayed home from work. Rusty went to his office for a few hours in the morning. It started snowing heavily at 2 PM & continued until 7 PM. The snow was deeper than any of the previous 7 days, 10 inches on the roof of the garage. The temperature rose to 38 & it began to rain.

It was 32 degrees on Tuesday morning Feb 12. The snow was less deep & melting everywhere. Snow & slush covered the street & alley. The temperature climbed to 40 degrees. It rained all day, but most of the snow stayed. Schools were closed. The newspaper wasn’t delivered for the 3rd day. Rusty worked from home. Steve went to work in the afternoon for a meeting.

The high temperature was 40 degrees on Wednesday Feb 13. The snow melted significantly, but there was still a lot of snow & slush. The newspaper wasn’t delivered & schools were closed. Steve went to work. Rusty continued to work from home. Jordan went dental appointment at 2:30 in Rainier Beach. It was slippery on the slushy sidewalks.

February Snow 2019

It snowed for a few hours on Sunday afternoon Feb 3. The temperature had dropped from 42 to 31 during the day. The snow was thick in the sky at times. Because the ground temperature was well above freezing, the snow melted immediately on the sidewalks & streets. It covered the plants with a thin layer. It was quite pretty for a moment & then it was dark.

It snowed heavily the next morning Feb 4 until noon, with 6 inches on the ground. The temperature was 27. It was the most snow since the big snowstorm of December 2008, with 20 inches. Rusty & Steve stayed home from work. So did most of our neighbors. Schools were closed. The temperature rose to 31 that afternoon.

It was 20 degrees on Tuesday morning Feb 5. Most of the snow still remained on the ground. The street in front of our house was covered with a thin sheet of frozen snow. The alley was filled with chunks of frozen snow & ice. Rusty & Steve drove to work. The sky was clear & the bright sunlight reflected blindingly off the white snow. The temperature rose to 34 in the afternoon & the snow in the streets mostly melted, but not in the shade.

It was also 20 degrees on Wednesday morning Feb 6. The alley was still partly covered with ice. The garden was still covered in snow. The temperature rose to 37 & the snow melted a little bit more. It was about half as deep (3 inches) as it had been 2 days before. It was 20 again on Thursday morning Feb 7. The high was 39 that day. It seemed odd that the low temperature stayed the same, while the high temperature kept rising.

There was still snow in the garden on Friday Feb 8.

January Sunset 2019