TacomaWx

5 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Ice pellets. Mostly missed me to the west. 

Graupeling pretty good here but missed to the west here as well mostly. 

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Top of mountain is caked in snow. Probably 8-12 on top

D*mn yeah might have to check it out. Green mountain at 1600’ seems to do better than tiger mountain at 1300’. I drive over that everyday. They’ve had a decent amount of snow this week but not that much. 

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

If we get good showers tonight it will be snowing at sea level. Tonight looks colder by just enough.  Should be no problem here.

Oh you’ll definitely do good the next couple overnight periods. I think the next couple nights are slightly more favorable here than the last 2 nights…but I don’t know if it’ll be enough. Maybe I’ll have to take a drive to your neck of the woods tomorrow for a hike to see some snow. 

9 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Breaking tracks on the driveway. 

#blessed #foothilloverlord #snowlesslowlandpeasants

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

You are going to get a fast 1 inch of snow today I bet

You’d think Chris being close to the coast would make snow tougher there…but something I’ve learned over the years is he can actually do a lot better than me sometimes! 

Tonight Does look a little better than the last couple nights. Good enough for some people? Yes. Probably not here though or for some folks close to the sound below 300’. 

Just now, TT-SEA said:

This is silly... I actually love the seeing the snow pics.   I am also looking forward to a pattern change.   I can walk and chew gum at the same time. 

Lol I know I’m only messing around Tim-Othy. 

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Looking farther ahead... the EPS has been showing on more trough next weekend on every run and then consistent with a pattern change before mid-month.   

Gotta drown out the cold and snow pics

Nice to see some folks get some snow last night! Nothin here…but going to see Dune Pt. 2 today so I got that going for me atleast lol 

15 minutes ago, Weiner Warrior said:

Was looking at the radar. Looks like some returns over Tacoma heading North!

39 and light rain here. Expecting more of the same IMBY tonight just a little too warm probably. 

1 hour ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Tiger Mountain has crazy microclimates. The snow level always seems to be lower on the east side and in some of the interior low spots. The west side never gets as much snow. If you’re hiking it you’ll always find more snow on the Preston trail behind Tiger 1 than elsewhere despite the elevation being the same or lower there than some of the other spots. 

Yeah I have definitely noticed this! I’m right there working everyday and there’s typically more snow on the east side than the west side. That valley near raging river does really well…and sometimes on the west side at an even higher elevation it’s raining. 

Just now, ShawniganLake said:

I was just razzing them. Mostly Andrew. It’s been a pretty crappy winter most places.  Kind of a Miracle that the Oregon snow pack is doing so well

Oh yea I know, I wasn’t really talking about you and Andrew. I just see so many posts of people saying “Oregon is getting all the fun this winter” when it really hasn’t been that much better there this winter outside of one event. Putting the last 7 years into perspective as well it’s been much much better here too. 

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Fair enough. I thought you were talking about the lowlands. I think you've had more snow than I have this winter, or at least until this week you definitely have. 

Snow pack is at just about average in the Oregon Cascades. 

Lol yeah some people keep saying the lowlands in Oregon are having all the fun this winter. The January event was pretty decent for you guys but it’s not like you guys have had multiple big snow events and we’ve had nothing up this way. 

12 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

Isn't that a pirating website? Did you really just post an illegal pirating website, to here? Jeez...

lol relax hall monitor

11 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Snow line is fairly high on Mt Si this morning.

Bizzare how much higher the snow line is compared to here. Snowline is like 200’ higher here I’d guess. Looks like it’s over 2000’ on Si. 

Just now, Dave said:

The NWS Portland is finally saying that some accumulations are possible down here for the next several days. I for the first time in quite a while am trusting them more than the crappy GFS and Euro. They've been horrible lately.

You guys in Oregon seem to do pretty good with early spring snowfalls based on recent years. Your odds are probably a little higher than ours up this way…but I haven’t extensively looked into the models like I normally would. Just been checking the precip maps…925mb temps and surface temps here occasionally. 

1 minute ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Too warm unfortunately, not a huge surprise though in a SW flow regime. Temps look consistent in the next few days so I expect the same result. Ended the winter with a half inch of snow. Maybe next year! 

With several rounds of potential overnight precip coming the next few days I wouldn’t be surprised if atleast one night did work out for some people. Still a chance. For the most part though…the next few days the only people who are probably going to be scoring big are the typical favored spots. 

34 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Looked promising, amounted to squat. 

Yeah, overall I didn’t really expect much last night. Maybe another night over the next few days will work out but I’d expect more of the same mostly. slightly too warm and not heavy enough precip. On my drive to work in snoqualmie this morning the only place I saw snow on the ground was tiger mountain. Even here at 900’ we’re just below the accumulating snowfall line. 

If I hadn’t worked 12,12,12 and 14 hour shifts consecutively the last few days I might stay up streetlight watching lol. Way too exhausted though I’ll probably still do one or two slush checks! 

Just got home from work. 34 degrees and rain/snow mix currently. Hasn’t been coming down too hard since I’ve been home but there was a bit of slush on my neighbors windshields. 

9 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Models show there should be no precip there or anywhere around right now.  Totally dumb azzz.

Overall the radar looks more Impressive than it actually is though. 

Snowing hard but not sticking yet in snoqualmie. 

1 minute ago, RentonHill said:

HRRR has some decent cells over my house and the southern 405 corridor later evening and tonight. Hoping I see more than just a mix....even the most minimal ground coverage for an hour or so would be super. Might have to keep my son up for some street light watching. 

 

Yeah one big problem will be to get decent accumulation gotta have consistent precip. I’m sure some people will get hit by some heavy snow or mix showers…but hard to build up anything meaningful if it only lasts 20-30 minutes. 

38 here in snoqualmie and 41 in Tacoma. Had a bunch of rain/snow mix here so far. Will probably see some snow up here if the precipitation moving in soon is as intense as it looks. All the snow from the previous events earlier this week has melted but definitely some snow on the hills around me. 
 As for the potential for accumulating snow down below 500’ and near the sound the next couple days….i can see reasons to be skeptical. I’m sure some people probably will get some snow outside of the usual favored areas next couple days. Probably won’t be much though for people besides snowmizer and Tim ect. 

12 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I woke up at 2:30 and checked the Tiger Mountain cam and there was new snow on the ground there already at that time but it doesn't look like its changed since.   I thought it was just about to start snowing here 3 hours ago but that didn't happen.   Looks like light rain out there now.

It was snowing pretty hard when I went over at 445….but pretty quickly changed to rain once I started dropping down the other side.