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Current travel advisories
Travel to/from: SEA or PDX
Tickets purchased on/before: February 12, 2019
Original travel dates: February 8 - 12, 2019
New travel dates: February 11, 2019 - February 18, 2019
(Wiki last updated 2019-02-11 9:00pm PST)
Travel to/from: SEA or PDX
Tickets purchased on/before: February 12, 2019
Original travel dates: February 8 - 12, 2019
New travel dates: February 11, 2019 - February 18, 2019
(Wiki last updated 2019-02-11 9:00pm PST)
SeaTac in the snow - 2019 edition
#107
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Seattle
Programs: Alaska airlines 100k
Posts: 923
@Xrayman: Your return is not in the affected dates? Might be worth a plea to the CSR gods....
#109
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL Diamond 1.7MM, Starlux Insighter, Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Gold, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,944
Fortunately, it seems like today/tomorrow's snow - which was predicted to be the worst - may fizzle into rain instead after just a couple of inches. If so, and if it melts the snow instead of freezing everything into an ice skating rink, that's an ideal situation for travel - should be the end of the snow related nonsense for a while.
There's still some uncertainty in the forecast, though... it's going to hinge on a few degrees +/- in each direction.
Delta updated their weather waiver to include the 12th a few minutes ago. AS still stops today, and I'm not sure if AS will follow suit - they may wait to see what the storm is shaping up as before extending their own waiver...
There's still some uncertainty in the forecast, though... it's going to hinge on a few degrees +/- in each direction.
Delta updated their weather waiver to include the 12th a few minutes ago. AS still stops today, and I'm not sure if AS will follow suit - they may wait to see what the storm is shaping up as before extending their own waiver...
#110
Fortunately, it seems like today/tomorrow's snow - which was predicted to be the worst - may fizzle into rain instead after just a couple of inches. If so, and if it melts the snow instead of freezing everything into an ice skating rink, that's an ideal situation for travel - should be the end of the snow related nonsense for a while.
There's still some uncertainty in the forecast, though... it's going to hinge on a few degrees +/- in each direction.
Delta updated their weather waiver to include the 12th a few minutes ago. AS still stops today, and I'm not sure if AS will follow suit - they may wait to see what the storm is shaping up as before extending their own waiver...
There's still some uncertainty in the forecast, though... it's going to hinge on a few degrees +/- in each direction.
Delta updated their weather waiver to include the 12th a few minutes ago. AS still stops today, and I'm not sure if AS will follow suit - they may wait to see what the storm is shaping up as before extending their own waiver...
#112
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SFOSJCOAK
Programs: AA-EXP & 1MM+, AS, MR-LTT, HH Gold
Posts: 7,576
Just curious, is this normal weather for SEA/PDX region at this time of the year?
In the Bay Area, three days ago we had the local hills/mountains covered with the white stuff!
In the Bay Area, three days ago we had the local hills/mountains covered with the white stuff!
#113
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SEA/ORD/ADB
Programs: TK ELPL (*G), AS 100K (OWE), BA Gold (OWE), Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 7,763
#114
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 10,721
Here in PDX, we do sometimes get a little snow in February, but it's pretty much not gonna happen after this month. The 14"+ of snow that was predicted (snowmaggedon) for this week here in PDX never materialized....let's just say that there are a lot of students (and teachers) who were pretty sure they would be enjoying a snow day today that never happened...not even a 2 hour delay This was one of the biggest weather forecasting fails I've seen in a long time...just a few days ago there were huge lines at groceries stores with people (like me) stocking up due to the dramatic forecast predictions from last week.
#115
This is highly unusual. Usually if we have a snow storm the temps warm up soon after and only the snow only sticks around for a day or two. This barage of storms coming one right after another is the first time I remember something like this is my 30 years living here. We have had bigger one day snowfalls....but the lingering cold and compiling of snow is different. Usually in February ( rainy and cool) I get out several times during the month with warm- enough temperatures to go out and garden.
#116
I use an app called dark sky and they have been spot on. In fact I would even give credit to our local TV weather men ( and women) who have had the Seattle storms pretty well foretasted this past week.
#117
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,637
Here in PDX, we do sometimes get a little snow in February, but it's pretty much not gonna happen after this month. The 14"+ of snow that was predicted (snowmaggedon) for this week here in PDX never materialized....let's just say that there are a lot of students (and teachers) who were pretty sure they would be enjoying a snow day today that never happened...not even a 2 hour delay This was one of the biggest weather forecasting fails I've seen in a long time...just a few days ago there were huge lines at groceries stores with people (like me) stocking up due to the dramatic forecast predictions from last week.
#118
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
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#120
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Seattle
Programs: Alaska airlines 100k
Posts: 923
@Xrayman: Ah, the original return trip has to be between 2/8-2/11 to qualify (return leg). That said, a nicely reasoned call might work with Alaska.
Extra day to just binge Netflix by getting in a day early as opposed to stress of back and forth on laptop in airport.
Just wish AS would have allowed me to move my flight up a day earlier as I had asked on Saturday night.