March 2017 Observations and Model Discussion for the Pacific Northwest

[seattleweatherguy]

Snow here no rain ground bare and wet

[IbrChris]

BIggest positive and negative temp anomalies among US and Canadian load centers:

1-5 day:

 

+9.7 Austin, TX and El Paso, TX

-23.7 Edmonton, AB

 

6-10 day:

+10.8 Denver, CO

-9.2 Edmonton, AB

 

11-15 day:

+9.4 El Paso, TX

-3.0 Portland, OR

[Geos]

Moderate snow here at work in Mountlake Terrace and the ground is turning white.

 

Won't last long, but it's pretty for now. :-)

 

Same here. It's trying really hard to stick.

 

Heavy returns up near Everett.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Could squeeze out a mild dry day between systems here over the next week or so.

[seattleweatherguy]

Is it raining at sea level

[MossMan]

Moderate snow here at work (Snohomish/Skagit line right at I-5) but not sticking. 

[MossMan]

12Z GFS continues to trend warmer for the weekend.   

Too bad, I was kind of hoping for one last big grand finale like what the models showed a few days ago. I sure hope we dry out before July 5th. 

[HighlandExperience]

We love it most of the time. There are times like this when its a little exhausting but it will pass.

 

And getting snow is really nice in the heart of the winter when other areas have rain. Its just worn out its welcome by this point.

What is it like in downtown north bend?

[TT-SEA]

What is it like in downtown north bend?

 

You mean right now?   Wet with no snow.

 

And still snowing moderately up here.   

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1/4 mile vis and heavy snow in Bremerton

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1/4 mile vis and heavy snow in Bremerton

Wow! That's awesome!

[Blizzard777]

Cold miserable rain here at 37 degrees

[TT-SEA]

Patiently waiting for cherished warm tongue to arrive here... it supposed to get here by 10 a.m.   Still snowing.

 

 

[Jesse]

Now that the models have switched from chilly and interesting to wet and mild I will say I am ready for some warmer and sunny days too.

 

The best case scenario would have been to see a deep, chilly trough actually progress though our region followed by frosty nights and gradually warming days. Now we are just struck in rainy, mild gunk for the foreseeable future.

[MossMan]

Like a snow globe here at work! Too bad its not sticking. 

[FroYoBro]

Now that the models have switched from chilly and interesting to wet and mild I will say I am ready for some warmer and sunny days too.

 

The best case scenario would have been to see a deep, chilly trough actually progress though our region followed by frosty nights and gradually warming days. Now we are just struck in rainy, mild gunk for the foreseeable future.

 

Pshhh. You are a day late to this party. 

[stuffradio]

Now that the models have switched from chilly and interesting to wet and mild I will say I am ready for some warmer and sunny days too.

 

The best case scenario would have been to see a deep, chilly trough actually progress though our region followed by frosty nights and gradually warming days. Now we are just struck in rainy, mild gunk for the foreseeable future.

You have switched to the light side!?

[MossMan]

Latest NWS discussion sounds interesting for my area tonight/tomorrow morning once again. 

[TT-SEA]

Not sure how its possible that the temperature has gone from 34 to 36 in North Bend in the last 90 minutes but fell from 32 to 31 here.   

[MossMan]

Not sure how its possible that the temperature has gone from 34 to 36 in North Bend in the last 90 minutes but fell from 32 to 31 here.   

Easterlies punching the warm tongue?

Dumping snow here now, starting to stick to the grass.

[TT-SEA]

Easterlies punching the warm tongue?

Dumping snow here now, starting to stick to the grass.

 

Who knows.

[IbrChris]

Euro ensemble should start coming out about 30-40 mins earlier starting today with the run finishing around 3 pm EST/3 am EST.

[bainbridgekid]

Ended up with a half inch here this morning, but it is starting to turn to rain now. 11.75" on the year now, so another quarter inch sure would be nice!

Had to go out and measure while my class was at Music. I probably looked a little silly, but it's a small price to pay for accurate records!

[TT-SEA]

11 a.m. and still snowing and 31. It might not warm up at all today.

[FroYoBro]

11 a.m. and still snowing and 31. It might not warm up at all today.

 

Crazy. Explosive way to end the season up there. 

[HighlandExperience]

11 a.m. and still snowing and 31. It might not warm up at all today.

Amazing the difference between your spot and locations just a couple hundred feet below you.

[MossMan]

The change to rain just happened up here. Precip slacking. Was a snow globe still up until 15 min ago. 

[snow maniac]

Just changed over to slushy mix.

[TT-SEA]

Amazing the difference between your spot and locations just a couple hundred feet below you.

 

Getting strange.  

 

Almost 37 now in North Bend and only 31.5 here.    

[HighlandExperience]

Now that it is pretty clear that any significant threat of accumulation is over for areas below 700 feet I think it's time to bring a nice ridge over us.

[FroYoBro]

Now that it is pretty clear that any significant threat of accumulation is over for areas below 700 feet I think it's time to bring a nice ridge over us.

 

 

I would change that number to 724 feet just to be safe. 

[TT-SEA]

Now that it is pretty clear that any significant threat of accumulation is over for areas below 700 feet I think it's time to bring a nice ridge over us.

 

Good luck with that... might be April or May before that happens.

[TT-SEA]

Up to 32 at noon... yippeeeee!    <_>

 

Still snowing moderately.   

[Geos]

Snow stopped about 11 am here and changed to a light rain. About 0.1" managed to accumulate on the cars and grass.

[Front Ranger]

BIggest positive and negative temp anomalies among US and Canadian load centers:

 

1-5 day:

 

+9.7 Austin, TX and El Paso, TX

-23.7 Edmonton, AB

 

6-10 day:

 

+10.8 Denver, CO

-9.2 Edmonton, AB

 

11-15 day:

 

+9.4 El Paso, TX

-3.0 Portland, OR

 

 

It's been pretty terribly boring and warm here for the past month or so already.

[Jesse]

[epiceast]

For now.

 

If we got sunny weather I would still prefer frosty nights.

I wouldn't mind a good corn cycle going.

[TT-SEA]

And its still dumping snow here.    Unbelievable.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

still dumping at home, son is reporting 5 inches and 32 degrees.

[TT-SEA]

This is the Snoqualmie Parkway exit on I-90.   I believe this is at 900 feet in elevation.   

 

 

Meanwhile... we have 14 inches of snow on the ground just 5 miles to the east and 100 feet and higher and still snowing hard and 32.5 degrees.