[Missing] March 2022 PNW Wx Discussion

[Phil]

1 hour ago, Meatyorologist said:

Flipping through some of DC's records, December is night and day. While in recent decades even a subfreezing high is hard to come by, during the late 19th century there were incredibly severe cold snaps almost every 3-5 years during that month, to the severity of Dec 1989 (though not usually the length)

Yeah, December has gone completely AWOL here, just as January has in the PNW. Possibly even more-so?

It’s been deteriorating for awhile, but that trend has accelerated over the last decade. I remember several significant December events from my childhood, but there’s been nothing of note since 2009.

During the Revolutionary War/late 18th century period, December was possibly our best winter month. Benjamin Franklin and others noted multiple blizzards and extreme cold waves in December during their lifetimes.

Crazy how climatology changes like that.

[Phil]

Either an early final warming or late SSW.

Effects likely the same either way.

[Gradient Keeper]

00z ECMWF (Day 1-10) 500mb Height Anomaly

10 Day Rainfall, Snowfall totals

[gusky]

7 hours ago, gusky said:

Well this threw me off... I suspect it'll say no snow by next forecast run

Didn't budge. I don't see that happening though

[Meatyorologist]

[TigerWoodsLibido]

34F and almost frosty.

[MossMan]

3yrs ago today my solar lights were getting full charges again with the more powerful March sun, but I still had a thick snow cover! That was day 36 with solid snow cover! 

[Gradient Keeper]

36 minutes ago, MossMan said:

3yrs ago today my solar lights were getting full charges again with the more powerful March sun, but I still had a thick snow cover! That was day 36 with solid snow cover! 

Wow. What is the longest consecutive number of days with snow cover? and when did that occur?

[Jbolin]

10 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

I would never do that!

I hope it rains every f****** weekend from now until mid September.

[Joshua Lake Oswego]

23 minutes ago, JBolin said:

I hope it rains every f****** weekend from now until mid September.

I hope it rains ever f****** weekend day from now until mid September July, 2023.

[smerfylicious]

I hope it rains every f****** day that I was planning on mowing the lawn from now until October, 2022.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

31 this morning. Looks like Eugene hit at least 27.

[TacomaWaWx]

39 for a low. No rain yet. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Down here it doesn’t look like the rain will begin until tomorrow afternoon.

[TT-SEA]

No rain or frost here this morning... dry and 37.

[TacomaWaWx]

Almost time to change my signature to warm season stats. Definitely looking forward to longer brighter days…and more weather variety. 

[Tyler Mode]

Mostly sunny skies and 31 for a low here.

[MossMan]

7 hours ago, DJ Droppin said:

Wow. What is the longest consecutive number of days with snow cover? and when did that occur?

February thru March 2019 and about 41 days straight! 

7 hours ago, DJ Droppin said:

[MossMan]

Wet deck! Glad I mowed yesterday! .02” so far for the day. 
Low of 34. Currently 38. 

[Phishy Wx]

Sunny and 31

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Slushy rain and 35.4°F.

[T-Town]

2 hours ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Almost time to change my signature to warm season stats. Definitely looking forward to longer brighter days…and more weather variety. 

As much as I like snow, the short days during the core of snow season get tiresome. I’m already enjoying the longer days. 

[luminen]

Mostly clear skies here and 25F.

 

Reached 15F this morning.

[luminen]

9 minutes ago, T-Town said:

As much as I like snow, the short days during the core of snow season get tiresome. I’m already enjoying the longer days. 

Hell yes. Sunset on Sunday is 7:45pm here.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Sunny and already up to 49. 

[TacomaWaWx]

44 minutes ago, T-Town said:

As much as I like snow, the short days during the core of snow season get tiresome. I’m already enjoying the longer days. 

I love all the seasons here…but I really like spring. It’s always exciting seeing the days get longer and warmer. I’m also a big fan of warm mild rain which we usually get a good amount of in the warm season. Of course by late July I’m ready for fall/winter and snow and cold prospects. 

[Timmy Supercell]

58 minutes ago, luminen said:

Hell yes. Sunset on Sunday is 7:45pm here.

+1 hour pretty soon!

And hopefully we stay on DST. 

[The Blob]

Looks like Troutdale is down. It was 33 yesterday and this morning according to the car.

[TacomaWaWx]

46 and cloudy here. Euro has 2” of rain here this upcoming week and 1-3 feet of snow in the mountains during that timeframe. Not bad for mid March. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 hour ago, T-Town said:

As much as I like snow, the short days during the core of snow season get tiresome. I’m already enjoying the longer days. 

Was this your first winter at this latitude 

[gusky]

Well this would be cool

[Cascadia_Wx]

28 minutes ago, The Blob said:

Looks like Troutdale is down. It was 33 yesterday and this morning according to the car.

A lot of obs stations seem to be having trouble the last few days PDX didn’t even report an official high and low yesterday 

50/26 yesterday here cold sunny morning and high clouds in the afternoon. Hit 31 this morning up to 45 currently 

[TacomaWaWx]

Latest euro run might be good enough for snow at the higher elevations on orcas island next weekend. Hopefully it pans out but regardless it’s a pretty good run. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Runs not done but the euro has a pretty chilly trough late in the run. Lowland snow falls at very suspect temps but still a good mountain snow pattern. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 hour ago, TacomaWaWx said:

I love all the seasons here…but I really like spring. It’s always exciting seeing the days get longer and warmer. I’m also a big fan of warm mild rain which we usually get a good amount of in the warm season. Of course by late July I’m ready for fall/winter and snow and cold prospects. 

Seems like i am always ready for the next season right around the time it starts to arrive spring is nice because day to day temps can be more dynamic plus added solar energy makes heavy downpours/hail/etc more likely under cold troughs also really like when the plants come to life in a few weeks and there’s that sweet smell outside but it’s hard to choose any one season as the best they all have something nice to offer 

[Deweydog]

14 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

A lot of obs stations seem to be having trouble the last few days PDX didn’t even report an official high and low yesterday 

50/26 yesterday here cold sunny morning and high clouds in the afternoon. Hit 31 this morning up to 45 currently 

PDX had a low of 39 yesterday according to this guy.

[TacomaWaWx]

4 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Seems like i am always ready for the next season right around the time it starts to arrive spring is nice because day to day temps can be more dynamic plus added solar energy makes heavy downpours/hail/etc more likely under cold troughs also really like when the plants come to life in a few weeks and there’s that sweet smell outside but it’s hard to choose any one season as the best they all have something nice to offer 

Yeah…bigger diurnal ranges and thunderstorms are cool. Everything comes to life is a fun part of spring. I also like the seasonal daylight extremes we get here at this latitude. Late june is super cool getting roughly 16 hours of daylight. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Nice looking trough at the end of the Euro reminds me of something we’d see in the spring in the 2008-12 period 

[BLI snowman]

It would be nice to actually record a thunderstorm this spring.

Last year sucked. We had our hottest weather ever and still couldn't even score a single convective event anywhere around it.

[TacomaWaWx]

9 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

It would be nice to actually record a thunderstorm this spring.

Last year sucked. We had our hottest weather ever and still couldn't even score a single convective event anywhere around it.

Haven’t had a decent thunderstorm since 10/13/20 here. Have had a couple 1 hit wonders since.