February 2019 Weather in the Pacific Northwest - Part 1

[Guest hawkstwelve]

Let us dive into a top-tier, multi-week arctic blast that buries us in endless snow opportunities!

 

 

 

[Deweydog]

Second!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Booya!!!!!

[Omegaraptor]

PDX currently -2.09” on rainfall. Rain please!

[Omegaraptor]

Looks like we're in for a colder than normal February. Temps are looking to stay low 40s until Valentine's Day.

[kokaneekidz]

Happy lovers month you snow lovers

[Omegaraptor]

And already this month is set to start off okay. 0.3” tomorrow and 0.35” on Sunday with several inches of mountain snowpack. Not as good as it could have been but it’s above normal so I’ll take it. Something like 7” is forecasted to fall Sunday night on the ski resorts.

[Guest hawkstwelve]

06z NAM has started.

 

Obviously not likely (at all) to bring the trough eastward a little but I have a small, miniscule, tiny amount of hope for something better than the current solutions show.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Happy New Month! May this new month be filled with lots of cold temperatures and heavy snow!

 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

The 00z EURO EPS continues to show cold weather sticking around in the medium to long range. Here is what it shows days 8 to 10.

 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

iFred or mods please pin this topic, thanks.

[Guest Sounder]

06Z NAM is definitely about 6 hours quicker with the cold air into the area. It looks further east to me as well but I'm not one to trust re: model interpretations.

[Meatyorologist]

06z nam lol

[MikeInEverett]

NAM!!

[Guest Sounder]

06Z NAM keeping us weenies from jumping off the ledge for a few more hours! Still borderline but absolutely a big improvement. Snows most of Sunday morning from Seattle north, then the low hugs the coast a bit more afterward. Still too warm though.

[HighlandExperience]

06Z NAM keeping us weenies from jumping off the ledge for a few more hours! Still borderline but absolutely a big improvement. Snows most of Sunday morning from Seattle north, then the low hugs the coast a bit more afterward. Still too warm though.

The NAM does look better.

[Meatyorologist]

06Z NAM keeping us weenies from jumping off the ledge for a few more hours! Still borderline but absolutely a big improvement. Snows most of Sunday morning from Seattle north, then the low hugs the coast a bit more afterward. Still too warm though.

Yeah, low is way too broad for accumulating snow down to sea level. One exception would be with a PSCZ dragging the snow levels down. And wouldn't you know it... The profile is convective with onshore flow! It's not over yet, that's for sure.

 

This thread will be a nightmare in the morning...

[Meatyorologist]

Icon has officially commenced...

[Guest hawkstwelve]

Well I'll be d*mned I thought my eyes were just tired but nope, 06z NAM moved a fair amount of notches to the east. I'll take it.

[MossMan]

GO NAM! New month! New rules! Slide east baby slide east!! (Just not too Far East)

[Guest hawkstwelve]

I do like how the 00z GFS ensembles have that long valley look and it stays chilly for a while. 18z showed that as well.

 

Might be starting to play catch up with the EPS.

[Meatyorologist]

Icon has it further east as well. What a mess right now.

 

Then again, when are snow events ever easy?

[Guest hawkstwelve]

Now the ICON.

 

If this thing trends back east at the last second even after the Euro caved... Well slap my *** and call me Judy.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Hasselhoff drops 6" in Eugene/Springfield 

[Guest hawkstwelve]

Don't look now...

[MikeInEverett]

The trend is our friend again.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

 

[Guest hawkstwelve]

NAM, ICON, and GFS all moved east with their 06z runs.

 

This looks nice.

 

[Guest hawkstwelve]

Much better snow totals, especially from King County north.

 

[Guest hawkstwelve]

Nice improvement on temps as well through the week with more snow shown on Thursday night and Friday.

 

Overall, quite a good GFS run that bucked the trend. 12z runs have a whole new weight on them now.

[Guest hawkstwelve]

And to round out the 06z runs, FV3 has also shifted a little east.

 

Not going to stay up for the 06z Euro to see but every other 06z model moved east to varying degree. Unexpected.

[El_Nina]

First rain in awhile.

[jcmcgaffey]

Weather app just upped the snow totals for Sunday/Monday and a severe weather statement issued for seattle for threat of lowland snow. Has the early jinxing begun?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

06z was a little better. Definitely not a dramatic improvement, but not bad. ensembles took a big step in the direction towards staying chilly.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

FV-3 was a notch chillier too, and very cold for next weekend.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

WOW

 

[MossMan]

WOW

 

Whatever happens Sunday-next week at least the strong signal is for things to remain cool to cold in the extended.

[Cloud]

Lol. What a mess... now everything is back in play.

This thread is gonna explode when people wake up Friday morning.

[jcmcgaffey]

Weather app just upped the snow totals for Sunday/Monday and a severe weather statement issued for seattle for threat of lowland snow. Has the early jinxing begun?

[The Swamp]

I always go to my phone app for the most accurate forecast. We’ll be buried in 44° snow.