[Missing] March 2022 PNW Wx Discussion

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Models are pretty insistent that we will see 65+ later this afternoon, with a brief surge of rapidly warming temps aloft. Pretty hard to keep a gunky inversion going at this point in the year, so just probably a matter of how late we clear out.

Still drizzling here at almost 11 a.m... any break is going to be very short-lived at this point today.

[BLI snowman]

16 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

I think it will warm up pretty quick if we get some sun breaks this afternoon. 53 and drizzle here still. 

Yeah, unusual to see such low ceilings this late in the day by the spring with a warming airmass.

Good sign for summer!?

[Deweydog]

5 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Yeah, unusual to see such low ceilings this late in the day by the spring with a warming airmass.

Good sign for summer!?

Getting horrifically bright here.

[BLI snowman]

2 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Getting horrifically bright here.

Hockinson banana belt! Go Hawks!!

[ShawniganLake]

14 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Surprised a year like 1955 or 1985 would have had something warmer than this year. This February had some pretty mild afternoons down here.

I think you might be right about 1955.  1985 had a couple warm afternoons at YYJ that eclipsed this seasons warm benchmark. But I don’t see anything from 1955 doing that.  
 

As for Shawnigan lake. Both 1985 and 1955 were indeed cooler than this year in that regards. 

[Deweydog]

3 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Hockinson banana belt! Go Hawks!!

I’m heading to Don and Jo’s to get a burger and escape the wrath.

[ShawniganLake]

46F here. Not bright and dumping drizzle.  🌧. Pretty miserable to be honest. 

[BLI snowman]

9 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

I’m heading to Don and Jo’s to get a burger and escape the wrath.

I haven't been there in years! Might have been 2005 or so. Kinda crappy winter followed!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

64F and sunny. Gonna be a beautiful day. We've had exactly 3.00" of rain so far in March so doing pretty good there also.

[Phil]

Some spring love to brighten Tim’s day.  

Cherry blossom should be at full bloom by midweek.

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The way to work 10 years ago today...

[RentonHill]

15 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

I’m heading to Don and Jo’s to get a burger and escape the wrath.

If the menu looks like this, you know its good. Makes me want to go to Miners. Even though Miners menus look new compared to these now. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Another one... Didn't have a smart phone back then so not many pics of one of my favorite events of all time. 

[Timmy]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Another one... Didn't have a smart phone back then so not many pics of one of my favorite events of all time. 

I believe this was the event when the hills above 1000’ got pounded for a week straight in late March. We drove up to about 2000’ near my house and the snow was well above my knees.

[TT-SEA]

10 minutes ago, Phil said:

Some spring love to brighten Tim’s day.  

Cherry blossom should be at full bloom by midweek.

 

Gorgeous!    

[MossMan]

Cannot wait to be hanging out on the deck with the family during a warm summer evening again!! 

This was my preference post of the day. Will try to keep it to one a day…Or so. 

[BLI snowman]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Another one... Didn't have a smart phone back then so not many pics of one of my favorite events of all time. 

Anafront madness! Looking back, the absolutely massive and historic ridge in the East that month really helped those fronts completely stall out over the region. First the one on the 12th on the coast and then the 21st a little further inland. We just need another > 3-sigma ridge over there to get it done again!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, BLI snowman said:

Anafront madness! Looking back, the absolutely massive and historic ridge in the East that month really helped those fronts completely stall out over the region. First the one on the 12th on the coast and then the 21st a little further inland. We just need another > 3-sigma ridge over there to get it done again!

We have had some pretty big snows in March over the years, almost a foot with the 3/6/17 event, and over 10" with 3/23-24/18. Also had significant snow events in early March 2019, and on 3/14/20. But March 2012 was something else, there was also a huge event on 2/29-3/1/2012 that gave us over 16". 

[Deweydog]

21 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

I haven't been there in years! Might have been 2005 or so. Kinda crappy winter followed!

One of my daughter’s friends started working there a couple months ago so we went for lunch and to harass her about precip anomalies. First time I’d been there since probably 2008-ish and they still do it right!

[Phil]

5 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Anafront madness! Looking back, the absolutely massive and historic ridge in the East that month really helped those fronts completely stall out over the region.

I remember that month. Absurd stuff. Was so warm that some fireflies emerged, only to be promptly killed when normalcy returned in April.

[Skagit Weather]

2 hours ago, Eujunga said:

Perspective.

 

Probably better to look in terms of percent of normal, but no doubt it's been dry across most of the west.

[Meatyorologist]

2 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

The big "heat wave" day has arrived!    Hopefully the rain lovers can get through the day... it will be raining again tomorrow.

Live view from SEA... so bright and sunny.   

 

It’ll rapidly clear up in the next couple hours. Then as things mix temps should shoot up to the low 60s.

[Meatyorologist]

Check out this low level convergence zone north of the Olympics producing drizzle in Victoria! It’s sliding to the west and weakening as southerly flow rapidly increases and the airmass warms/dries. Tomorrow will be the opposite story of today, starting out dry and mild (for a March morning) then raining and 40s by dinnertime.

[MossMan]

Just ran home for lunch…THE SUN!!! 
54 degrees. 

[Phil]

The early/dynamic final warming statistically favors wetter conditions in the SW US relative to the midwinter boundary conditions observed this year.

Assuming the tendency towards -NAO occurs, the favored outcome is that of lower heights and increased precipitation overall in the West/SW US, relatively speaking.

Though the opposite tendency may be apparent in the parts of W-Canada/PNW that have seen precipitation surpluses under the poleward/consolidated jet associated with the (now decaying) +NAM regime.

[The Blob]

And we have blue sky

[Dan the Weatherman]

34 minutes ago, Phil said:

The early/dynamic final warming statistically favors wetter conditions in the SW US relative to the midwinter boundary conditions observed this year.

Assuming the tendency towards -NAO occurs, the favored outcome is that of lower heights and increased precipitation overall in the West/SW US, relatively speaking.

Though the opposite tendency may be apparent in the parts of W-Canada/PNW that have seen precipitation surpluses under the poleward/consolidated jet associated with the (now decaying) +NAM regime.

Hopefully this will result in some late season decent storms for the rest of the West that have been suffering from drought conditions for much of this winter!

[TT-SEA]

46 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

It’ll rapidly clear up in the next couple hours. Then as things mix temps should shoot up to the low 60s.

Just got home from running errands and the sun is out now.   Feels warm and humid (relatively speaking of course).

[TT-SEA]

Into the low 60s out here now...

 

[TacomaWaWx]

57 at home. Warmest day of the year so far was in mid January with a high of 58. 

[TT-SEA]

Blue sky and dog pee marks in the grass... 

[TT-SEA]

12Z EPS was quite dry for the PNW... also seems to favor a pattern with weak ULLs moving through CA as Phil mentioned.

 

[Deweydog]

Muggy out!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 hours ago, Phil said:

Some spring love to brighten Tim’s day.  

Cherry blossom should be at full bloom by midweek.

 

Interestingly, the forsythia and camellias are blooming in Vancouver right now.

The Japanese cherries still have a week or so to go.

[TacomaWaWx]

61 in Tacoma now. Winters over. 

[TT-SEA]

Live view from UW in Seattle...

 

[Meatyorologist]

Extraordinarily muggy for March out right now. 63/56. Definitely the muggiest day I can remember this early in the season. Warm front and afternoon clearing were timed perfectly.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

71F and beautiful spring day!

[Meatyorologist]

3 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

71F and beautiful spring day!

dp's in the low 60s in springfield 

[TT-SEA]

Cherry blossoms in North Bend this afternoon...