February 2017 Observations and Model Discussion for the Pacific Northwest

[Jesse]

Not gonna matter too much. Column will support 32-33 degree stuff at the start either way.

It's a moot point anyway since it's clear and 30 here now. Clouds cleared.

[BLI snowman]

Euro looks good for the Portland area on Sunday. Not feeling it, but I'll take one last dose of model eye candy for the season.

[BLI snowman]

It's a moot point anyway since it's clear and 30 here now. Clouds cleared.

 

Winter saver.

[MikeInEverett]

Just had a passing snow shower here and got a quick dusting. Nice to see some big heavy flakes.

[bainbridgekid]

Looks like things are about to get interesting around Bellingham in the next hour or so. Nice shower coming in from the SW.

 

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/weather/radar.shtml

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Good stuff coming in off the coast.

[Tenochtitlan]

It's raining here, and it's 39 at BLI....hmm. fun times.

[Brennan]

It's raining here, and it's 39 at BLI....hmm. fun times.

Snowing moderately and everything is covered. 34*f. This shower is perfectly aligned to completely miss east Bellingham. Moving completely south to North right over me. This never happens in this part of town

 

Edit: CHUNKS of snow coming down... could almost qualify as clumps

[MossMan]

32 with about a quarter inch of snow covering the ground that fell overnight.

[MossMan]

Everybody is gone. Wouldn't surprise me if traffic doesn't pick up on here until early next fall, even if we do have a snow event. The majority of our posters have been satiated with snow this wintet. The few of us that have not, remain.

Majority on here have experienced a winter full of major snow and just don't care anymore. Oregon posters are still in post historic snow orgasmic bliss and don't give a crap anymore. If this was the first threat of the season we would be about 10 pages deep over the last 24hrs and Gordon Fisherman would be plastered all over the place. Just a select few remain that have had disappointing snow totals that are still hungry.

[Jbolin]

These showers rotating in from that ULL is taking forever to reach the central sound area/s if it does at all.

[FroYoBro]

Just getting light rain so far this morning. 

[TT-SEA]

GFS MOS has 46 at SEA on Sunday. Going to be a challenge to get meaningful snow that day.

 

NAM MOS has 50.

[BLI snowman]

Just getting light rain so far this morning. 

 

Yeah, seems like a non-event for everyone. Just very light stuff.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GFS MOS has 46 at SEA on Sunday. Going to be a challenge to get meaningful snow that day.

 

NAM MOS has 50.

 

Tim's back from vacation!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

This morning is kind of playing out exactly as I expected across W. Oregon. 

[ShawniganLake]

30f with flurries here. Just a light coating.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

6 years ago today up here...

 

[Brennan]

GFS MOS has 46 at SEA on Sunday. Going to be a challenge to get meaningful snow that day.

 

NAM MOS has 50.

Not really. South Lake Whatcom managed an inch if snow yesterday morning and still hit 44. Duhh

[TT-SEA]

Not really. South Lake Whatcom managed an inch if snow yesterday morning and still hit 44. Duhh

 

Right... meaningful snow to me requires that it makes it through the day.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like some sort of solid light precip might hit in about an hour or so. Course I'll be at work...

[luvssnow_spokane]

Right... meaningful snow to me requires that it makes it through the day.  

agreed... I got an inch and a half a snow here in Bonney Lake yesterday that was gone about as fast as it fell. Pretty, but "pretty" much useless other than eye candy and a commuters headache. Sun angles are a ***** this time of year.

[MossMan]

Right... meaningful snow to me requires that it makes it through the day.

Bet you are glad to be out of that 80 degree hell hole!! Welcome home to the slop!

[Jesse]

Tim's back from vacation!

Were you filling in for him while he was gone?

[TT-SEA]

Bet you are glad to be out of that 80 degree hell hole!! Welcome home to the slop!

Still in gorgeous weather in FL.

[MossMan]

Absolutely piling on my winter snow totals now!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like half an inch or so over in Dallas west of Salem

[Jesse]

Woke up to an inch or two of snow. It was more than I was expecting.

I totally foresaw all of this happening.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Great work J dogg

[Timmy]

I totally foresaw all of this happening.

Your response played out pretty much how I expected it to

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Nothing here, but it looks like there may have been a brief bit of light rain earlier. Parts of the east side of the island are getting some decent snow showers this morning, but with how far offshore the low is going that could be it for today; never really was expected to amount to much anyway. Sunday morning continues to show better potential for widespread snow, though the last few runs have trended a little warmer.

[ShawniganLake]

Absolutely dumping just north of Shawnigan lake currently. Only light stuff here unfortunately.

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

12z GFS shows  pretty significant AR from SW BC moving south late next week...

[Timmy]

I have about an inch and a half of snow and 31f. Crazy how in a situation like this can produce snow from the smallest radar echos up here. Unlike anything I have seen this winter where we have a relatively or very dry airmass and echos had to be much stronger to see anything reach the ground.

[Brennan]

Right... meaningful snow to me requires that it makes it through the day.

You are one person . There are many others who appreciate the site of a few flakes falling, whether they melt when they hit the ground or pile up to a foot. Watching that snow yesterday was as awesome in the moment as the snow in early february.

[HighlandExperience]

You are one person . There are many others who appreciate the site of a few flakes falling, whether they melt when they hit the ground or pile up to a foot. Watching that snow yesterday was as awesome in the moment as the snow in early february.

Agreed. I love the idea of snow falling. Much better than rain.

[Jesse]

Your response played out pretty much how I expected it to

I'm having some serious deja vu right now guys!!

[Brennan]

12z WRF shows some generally light accumulations from King County-North on Sunday.

 

BRYANT!!!

 

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/wrfrt/data/timeindep/images_d3/ww_snow48.72.0000.gif

I mean bryant.

[MossMan]

Up to 35 and the dusting of snow overnight is now gone.

[snow_wizard]

Over the last 30 hours or so there has been enough snow or graupel to turn the ground white 4 times. Nice to see low temps dropping to freezing again and solidly below normal temperatures.

 

Not too surprisingly the models are trending toward bring very cold air much closer the middle of next week. I have never bought the troch that was being shown.