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I wanna believe! Pretty much historic for late March.

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Their all time record of -128F was set on my birthday!

I second this! Though I did make my wife car sick while driving up to the Waimea Canyon! The booze cruise was great as well!

Springtime.

Normally don’t go paddleboarding in March but will probably be going out Saturday. Looks like it should be 70 out on Anderson island. Hasn’t hit 70 in March since 2019.

Looks splendid. Let’s bring it on.

Multiple rounds of wind, rain and hail today. Some video of the latest one happening now. IMG_9137.mov

Maybe the most dramatic example of a ridge retrograde that we've ever seen. Just a wall of easterly cold air advection as that ridge shifted offshore. And Portland's top dog of the 20th century as far as March is concerned. Managed a nice overrunning snowstorm with it on the 18th as well.

Nice cock.

Even better at the end

Waimea Canyon is a must. Would highly recommend trying to do a Nāpali coast boat tour as well.

This escalated quickly!

I used to work for Safeway many years ago. The maple bars were a break time staple.

We went to Anthonys in Gig Harbor yesterday for happy hour and there were quite a few kayakers and paddle boarders out in the rain. But, most of them looked liked they were training, like they’re on a school team or something. Im sure they have the right gear to get out regardless of the weather.

BuT tHe MoDeLs OnLy PuLl ThE rUg On CoLd, NeVeR tOrChInG!

My area will be alternating between tornadic storms and blizzards..

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The AI model keeps hinting the cold period after the big ridge might be something pretty special. We'll see.

Just had a heavy hail shower with some sun too! Went through quickly but it was pretty intense.

I pay the bills, so yes, any Safeway discussion is permissible and preapproved by me.

Whoops, gotta get back on topic. Here’s a weather map.

If the 12z Euro works out then we will clinch a VERY chilly March.

Kauai

The last hoorah of that amazing stretch! Started on February 3rd and ended right after March 12th!

Geeze. These ECMWF AI solutions are mouth watering.

1964 and more recently 2020 were both cool to cold, albeit with weaker Ninos. Late March 1964 had a 12z Euro-esque backdoor blast into the northern Rockies. Gave Spokane some very late subfreezing highs on the 23rd- 24th. 1906 way before that was also a Nino to Nina transition with an all-time March airmass.

The AI Euro looks really good in the long range

Great tips, thanks everyone! Staying at Koloa Landing. I have a 3 year old so honestly half the trip is going to be spent in the pool since that's what she'll like. I'll definitely get up to Waimea Canyon...ideally I'll get a morning to go running up there since it looks like there are a number of decent trails. My wife gets sea sick so can't do boating unfortunately. Was planning on renting e-bikes since the kiddo likes riding on the back seat. I bookmarked Brennecke's...any other food recs?

Maybe even a tornadic blizzard!

We had some crazy weather at the cabin, Both days it would be sunny and 45 and then a storm would roll in, drop the temp to 30 and lay down 2 inches of snow with a bunch of wind. There is between 6-18 inches of snow up there.

Kinda the maps I was looking for, but I found the old versions to be less messy. Oregon’s in good shape. Washington on the other hand definitely has some work to be done, especially outside of the south Cascades and Blues. Let’s hope for a cool and wet next few months with lots of mountain snows up there.

The trees are waking up.

March 2019 was amazing. I had a freezing wind come through here during the afternoon on the 3rd. The temp rose to 43 in the late morning and then proceeded to drop to 31 while the sun was still up with strong east winds. It then dropped to 23 for a low on the 10th, and then I had a ridiculous 76/59 day on the 19th. I think there is more really impressive stuff to come before we get out of this amplified / dynamic regime we have been in for a while now.

Gods promise

A sunny 53.4˚F for a high this afternoon. Great weather for moving. Moving that has been complicated by someone parking in my reserved parking spot (deeded with the unit) at my Bellingham condo. Today I found out who it was. And they were rather upset that I had parked in a way so as to box them in, and even more upset when I did not show much interest in moving my vehicle so they could get to work on time. Which I all find extremely odd — clearly someone who parks on other peoples’ private property should understand to the concept of parking thoughtlessly, shouldn’t they? Apparently not. (I let them out… eventually. Waited for the cell call to their boss explaining that they might not make it into work to be made first.)

1970 has been coming up as an analog from the 500mb perspective at least. Just looked at March 1906 again. Seven consecutive lows of 30 or lower in SEA, and three consecutive highs in the 34 to 38 range after the 10th. Freeking impressive alright!

Well said Mattias! Weather is the main thing we talk about but other stuff like geography, climate, travel, food and culture is all connected. I have learned a ton not only about our own region but other regions around the world from these forums.

Poipu is awesome... definitely the best side of the island in terms of weather. Brenneckes is great for lunch or dinner. What hotel are you staying at? That area took at direct hit from a hurricane in 1992 and was basically destroyed. There is a hotel on the east side that still remains just as shell from that hurricane. But there is no evidence of the damage now on the south side.

Lowland snow is back by day 10.

Wow... 12Z ECMWF going nuts with retrogression.

My low on my station for January was -34.4! If it was that cold there on a hill i know the deep canyon below my place was -40 no problem. I have seen 20 below in that canyon and 5 below at cabin.

Sometimes I get the feeling that if I told you Safeway was both Jim and Jesse’s favorite store because of their maple bars, you’d be a prime suspect in Safeway bakery arsons.

I shall plant a garden quickly !

Blues were doing a lot worse last month. Glad to see my local mountains get there if ever so slowly.

Harney Basin snowpack in SE Oregon is 155% of normal. Should be good redband fishing in the Blitzen River this year.

Not a terrible way to start March.