February 2017 Observations and Model Discussion for the Pacific Northwest

[Guest Sounder]

FINALLY!!!  Good God it is so hard to get it to snow here.  Really coming down good and quickly accumulating now.  Winds have shifted to NW on the East Hill of Kent so the colder air is finally going to be able to work its way in.

 

I've been pacing like a caged animal for the last hour waiting for this to happen.

 

Genuinely happy for you. Hope you get buried tonight!

 

Starting to accumulate here even in the city now.

[Geos]

Kingsgate area of Kirkland.

[Arctic Front]

I just took a measurement. I am up to 5.5 inches now.

Guess all that negativity paid off

[snow_wizard]

Yeah it's accumulating very fast. Just need to keep up the precip rates. And get some backfill.

 

Backfill is common with these situations.

[Blizzard777]

What a struggle, 31.9 finally

Approaching and inch of snow

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Some live shots on Fox 12 tonight. Snowing in Astoria, raining in Longview. 

[snow_wizard]

Absolutely dumping out there now!  May make up for some lost time.

[snow_wizard]

Some live shots on Fox 12 tonight. Snowing in Astoria, raining in Longview. 

 

This is a strange one.  All of the snows this winter have been bizarre in some way.

[snow_wizard]

What a struggle, 31.9 finally

Approaching and inch of snow

 

 

Struggle is right.  I thought I was going to go out of my skull waiting for it to really get going.  

 

This is the payoff situation for my location.  SW flow aloft and NW drift at the surface bringing the cold air in.

[seattleweatherguy]

Think I'm going to get 1 to 3 inches tonight

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Absolutely dumping out there now!  May make up for some lost time.

 

The screw zone just got a little bit smaller, best of all you should have a few days to enjoy it. Looks like Victoria and a few areas along the North Sound will be the only remaining places left out; still making up for Dec 1996 I suppose.

[Geos]

Another pick from near 160th and 405. Flakes are like parachutes.

[MossMan]

Up to 1/2" now!

[Guest Sounder]

Heavy snow in downtown Seattle now per a FB friend.

 

I live about 2 blocks up from the threshold of downtown and Capitol Hill. Can confirm it's dumping and sticking on grassy surfaces.

[Winterdog]

Absolutely dumping out there now!  May make up for some lost time.

Just starting to mix here. 33 and very wet. The fact that my area is under a WSW is an absolute joke. If it was all snow now there isn't enough moisture left out there to amount to much anyway.

[Guest Sounder]

Just drove from South Lake Union to the very top of Capitol Hill about 30 minutes ago. Still a rain snow mix and zero accumulation down by the water, and at the top of Capitol Hill it's sticking to everything, even the roads, and they already have close to an inch of accumulation. Interesting to see the difference over literally just 10 blocks. Halfway down the hill now at home it's all snow, but only sticking to grassy surfaces.

[Skagit Weather]

Snowing lightly up here with probably about 1/4" on the ground. Finally dropped to 32F. Still looks like I'll be lucky to see over an inch or two.

[MossMan]

Just starting to mix here. 33 and very wet. The fact that my area is under a WSW is an absolute joke. If it was all snow now there isn't enough moisture left out there to amount to much anyway.

Yeah on FB all my friends in the area east of I-5 are getting screwed still. Down to 32 here and approaching 3/4".

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2.47" of rain in the past 24 hours at SLE. 

[luterra]

Portland NWS busted on flood potential here in Corvallis, where we are up to 1.77" rain for the day and still dumping, our local Marys River is approaching major flood stage.  I guess it's time for the folks up north to get their snow while we get the fate of northern California this time around.

 

Pressure bottoming out here now around 990 mb.

[Blizzard777]

Struggle is right.  I thought I was going to go out of my skull waiting for it to really get going.  

 

This is the payoff situation for my location.  SW flow aloft and NW drift at the surface bringing the cold air in.

Took a screen shot earlier of the radar when you said you weren't getting any snow yet. By golly there was Covington with green rain echoes showing up with snow surrounding you. I do not understand how this can happen but none the less it does. I didn't post the image out of respect as you didn't want to see the radar.

 

Glad we're finally getting the goods and no snow shadow!

 

This means no sleep for us tonight

 

Jim

[Brennan]

Congrats Jim! So happy you're getting snow. let it pile!

[Geos]

Coming back home I noticed several cars struggling to get up some of the steeper hills.

[snow_wizard]

Congrats Jim! So happy you're getting snow. let it pile!

 

So far so good.  About 1.5" now and still coming down.  it has finally almost dropped to freezing.

[MossMan]

Heavy snow!!

[Perturbed Member]

This has got to be the longest period of nonstop heavy 34 degree rain I've ever seen here before. If nothing else, the precip rates and totals are impressive. 

[Blizzard777]

This has got to be the longest period of nonstop heavy 34 degree rain I've ever seen here before. If nothing else, the precip rates and totals are impressive.

 

How is Johnson creek responding to all the rain...flooding yet?

[snow_wizard]

Nice potential for snow tomorrow morning according to the 1000 foot temperature / snow mixing ratio map. Cold enough for snow and lots of potential.

[HighlandExperience]

Heavy snow!!

Yay

[Tenochtitlan]

here in Bellingham the snow picked up a bit an hour and a half ago. I went for a very long walk through WWU's campus to check it out. I felt like I was in Fargo; it's a very fine powder blowing around on the streets. Only about 1/2 inch of new snow over the refrozen slush, but it's so cool. Also there was no snow from last night even 1/4 mile south of here. I'm always amazed at the differences in conditions over short distances in the PNW.

[crf450ish]

I don't live on South Hill and I have a whole mouth full of teeth thank you very much.

 

Hey post pics of your snow.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Wow the L just came inland north of EUG. Winds went from calm to gusting south at 40mph in a matter of minutes. 

[crf450ish]

[MossMan]

I just saw PuyallupJon's snowperson (with really big lips) on Q13 where they are reporting live from Puyallup!

[Geos]

Solid 1.5" as of 10pm here. Really coming down.

[MossMan]

1"!

[Bham_Guy]

Pouring tiny flakes right now. The wind is really whipping the snow.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

1"!

 

Nice! That's about 4x as much as we have here. Looks even better for your area later on with some of the wrap around stuff.

[luminen]

Snow makes everything better! 

 

It clear here and 31.8F and looks like more snow is on its way. Should be fun tomorrow. 

[Tenochtitlan]

Visibility's really dropped. I forgot snow could be this sparkly!