MossMan

Was in Yakima this morning, looks like they had nearly a foot of snow...I did not want to leave! It was 21 degrees when I arrived, felt great! Now back to the rain, like Tim mentioned, it felt down right warm outside when I got back.

What is it about Feb 18 through Feb 22?  I have several family members (extended family and in laws included) that have birthdays in that range and have met several others that do also.  Totally bizarre.

My wife is due on the 22nd!

Everything that has already been said, coupled with the fact that it completely changes the landscape. We talk about how outside looks more inviting on a sunny day compared to a cloudy day, but that is nothing to what snow does. It covers up everything we don't want to see by powdering it with glittering whiteness. It is like going to bed one night in one location and waking up somewhere completely different. Your brain slightly recognizes your surroundings, but they are so radically different that it is like a stimulant. In the landscape colors and sounds may be muted, but that also is a new experience and it is amazing when we realize that something as fragile as a frozen water crystal, liable to melt with the slightest increase in temperature, has remade what we view day after day as largely unchanging.

It gives the landscape a pure, untouched look that cannot be equaled by anything else. I also love how it brightens the interior of the house, more so than even a sunny summer day!

Also I cannot lie, I love driving in it!

Took this picture in North Bend earlier... never seen this much snow down there with basically nothing up here:

 

http://s27.postimg.org/r8td4a2f7/IMG_20140210_113430.jpg

I know that area very well, I get gas at that Shell station and Starbucks across the street as well every Tuesday morning! I wonder if there will be any snow left when I am there tomorrow morning?

Don't worry...all these mountain passes (esp. in WA) will see feet of snow this week...

How do you think my drive to Yakima will be tomorrow morning for work? I will hit Snoqualmie Pass around 5:30AM and again on the way back around noonish. Looking at the forecast it is either going to be rain, or freezing rain, or snow depending on which forecast I look at. I am worried about making it back over the pass before the storm hits, looks like the WSW becomes effective at noon tomorrow. Going to be one of those last minute calls if I am going to attempt it or not i guess!

I would like a repeat of late Feb 2011 please!

I am liking the PNA Forecast!

Sitting at 33.3 here with a DP of 26.

Snow level is about 200 ft around hood canal.

Im a bit surprised Tim is not on here giving us every possible reason why it won't snow tonight!

My temp is also down to 35 from a high of 37. Current DP is 27.

We have also had some flakes falling here and there. All the snow from overnight is now gone with a temp of 36 degrees.

If we get a quick snow to rain event up here in the next month, it will be more epic for me than what I just experienced. No subfreezing highs and three 20 degree lows with no snow will not be memorable up here. The only thing that will make this event memorable for me is the pictures that have been shared on here that have shown how good it was down south and how much I wanted snow, but didn't get any. Those pictures were my snow for the event.

I still cannot believe you had no sub freezing highs. I think on one of the days last week I had a high of 26!

This has been a great event in my opinion even with the lack of snow in my area.  A low of 10F and three other lows in the teens, plus two sub freezing highs, a whole lot of sunshine and an inch of snow.  And all in February!  No complaints from me.

Sounds like you had the same low temp of 10 and the two sub freezing highs. The only thing that would have made this better is if we would have gone into the cold snap with snow on the ground. I love that feeling where you know it will stay white for many days. Oh well. Snow is melting quick right now, down to just a trace here and there. Currently 36 degrees. The roads were awful this morning, shear ice with snow on top, was hearing sirens half the night and into the morning. People were not ready for what happened last night.

We'll have to see when that blob on the coastal radar arrives.  The operational picked up on it and it seems like it should get here sooner than this evening.

Jim, NWS Seattle is talking about 5,500FT snow levels in the Cascades on Tuesday, do you think the passes will stay cold with Easterly flow? I didn't think we were going to warm that much so it surprised me when I saw that forecast. Doing my weekly drive to E Wa, this week it will be to Yakima. Hopefully they will still have lots of snow over there!

We can do that and bulldoze the Olympics.

NO! I would loose my pscz, lol!

Snowing again here!

Yep, big flakes coming down here as well.  Very nice to look at.

Possible PSCZ forming down your way? Currently cloudy, 30 degrees with a DP of 19. I feel very lucky with my 1"...looks like I was on the northern fringe of the snow line.

Ended up with just over 1". I love waking up to a snowy scene! Currently 29 degrees.

Well precipitation must be close because temperature shot up to 33F and dp went up to 27.

That is what happened here about 1hr before the snow started.

It is absolutely dumping here now and 27 degrees.  1.5" and counting.  My pain is finally over.

NICE! Looking good out there, and its not going to melt tonight!

Wow, that was a very brief NWS Seattle discussion. Everything is now turning white, love it!

Started snowing about 20min ago, already a dusting on the ground!

I am such a nut job...I pulled my black Suburban up by the garage so the floodlight would reflect off of it, as soon as any snow starts to fall my black truck quickly becomes white! Currently 30 degrees with a DP of 15

The main band will not be gone for another 9 hours.

 

I tried to like this, but I used up my quota again for the day!

The HRRR continues to move north with the precipitation. This is the first time it has showed something up here.

 

http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/HRRR/for_web/hrrr_jet/2014020900/t1/acsnw_t1sfc_f15.png

That is great to see! What are the odds of a pscz, or deformation band, or anything to enhance the moisture once the main band moves away?

Down to 30 here!