February Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Jbolin]

Clouds are definitely thickening up here 

[Farmboy]

Very light snow @ 188th & Military Rd. So.

[MikeInEverett]

Very tiny flurries coming down here right now.

[pscz1140]

I do tend to agree with this. 

 

It's really easy to get mislead by the IR/WV loop. Sometimes a storm looks really juicy and we don't hardly get any precipitation at all, and other times it doesn't look like much as we get dumped on.

 

 I don't think anyone is expecting anything too impressive though. We are just hoping to squeeze out an inch.  

 

I agree about the "cloud look" in general, but I like the overall structure/location of the storm and recent developments, not just the look of the clouds. The radar/obs up north seem encouraging too.

 

Who knows what will happen, but I think at lot of people in the Central Sound will see at least an inch. I'm willing to bet Dewey's leftover gift card on it

[Jesse]

Jesse doesn't look at the models.

 

In other news the GFS is pretty chilly through hour 240...

Jesse’s been out enjoying the pretty snow today.

 

We spend all this time tracking these events so we can enjoy them when they come, right? Or so they can pad our stats.

[snow_wizard]

Just below freezing at 3pm in late Feb.  Not too shabby.  I still have some light snow falling and a dusting on the ground.  I'm not real sure how the evening part of this thing will work out.  It appears what I have gotten so far is separate form the main event.

[Farmboy]

Weather Channel unwilling to deviate from their "few flurries possible" forecast....

[Jbolin]

I agree about the "cloud look" in general, but I like the overall structure/location of the storm and recent developments, not just the look of the clouds. The radar/obs up north seem encouraging too.

 

Who knows what will happen, but I think at lot of people in the Central Sound will see at least an inch. I'm willing to bet Dewey's leftover gift card on it

Apparently you don't need galvanized wood screws and a new table lamp?

[snow_wizard]

Really odd.  The radar shows it should have stopped snowing several minutes and yet it's still going at a fair clip.  Looks like some more filling in toward Tacoma.

[ShawniganLake]

Flurries of the unimpressive variety. A solid dusting where I am at right now. (Mill bay). Glad to hear it’s snowing in Victoria. They deserve a little.

 

People always have different perspectives about snow. Just left the dentist, and they told me it was snowing really hard outside. I walk outside and think “where’s the snow”.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Jesse’s been out enjoying the pretty snow today.

 

We spend all this time tracking these events so we can enjoy them when they come, right? Or so they can pad our stats.

 

Good for you. I saw the pics of the city on Fox 12 this morning. Looked beautiful. Looked the same as yesterday at my house except about 4 1/2" inches more snow.

[snow_wizard]

That chunk of precip over near Victoria and the San Juans has just kind of parked it there and hasn't shown much signs of moving south yet.

 

Victoria might get some OK accumulations from this.

 

The flow is supposed to become increasingly northerly so that might make it move.

[Deweydog]

Is it possible the nam is doing better right now because there is more data available on the west coast of bc?

I dunno. What I do know is we wring these models out to the max with this stuff. They never get scrutinized to anywhere near this degree during any other types of weather but what will remain an immutable truth here on the westside is that short of having a major overrunning event, there will always be details to sweat.

[Farmboy]

I'd rather wait until Friday and receive all my snow in one giant lump sum...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I dunno. What I do know is we wring these models out to the max with this stuff. They never get scrutinized to anywhere near this degree during any other types of weather but what will remain an immutable truth here on the westside is that short of having a major overrunning event, there will always be details to sweat.

 

Mark Nelsen pointed that out this week. If he forecasts 0.05" of rain and we get 0.25" no one notices. If he forecasts 1/2" of snow and we get 2 1/2" it is a major bust. And visa versa. 

[DareDuck]

Jesse’s been out enjoying the pretty snow today.

 

We spend all this time tracking these events so we can enjoy them when they come, right? Or so they can pad our stats.

Shoveled the 2" of snow from the driveway to the lawn so the inch or two tonight should last longer there. The snow was so light I pretty much just pushed had to push it on the lawn.

[MossMan]

Really starting to come down now!

[Deweydog]

I'd rather wait until Friday and receive all my snow in one giant lump sum...

Call J.G. Wentworth!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Really hope this temp can drop soon. I don't think it's gonna happen tonight.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I dunno. What I do know is we wring these models out to the max with this stuff. They never get scrutinized to anywhere near this degree during any other types of weather but what will remain an immutable truth here on the westside is that short of having a major overrunning event, there will always be details to sweat.

Very possible that our little group of weather nerds here watch over the models more than anyone else in the united states.

[The Swamp]

Flurry fest in Puyallup

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Really starting to come down now!

 

Bragger!!!  

[Deweydog]

Very possible that our little group of weather nerds here watch over the models more than anyone else in the united states.

Some push themselves to the brink of insanity over them. If that's the fray, I'm pretty glad to be above it.

[Deweydog]

Mostly cloudy here.

 

The Puget Sound wins again. Typical.

 

****** bags...

[Jesse]

Good for you. I saw the pics of the city on Fox 12 this morning. Looked beautiful. Looked the same as yesterday at my house except about 4 1/2" inches more snow.

Burnnnnnnnnnn.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Portland NWS thinks most precip will fall as rain below 500' in the Eugene area.

[DareDuck]

Portland NWS thinks most precip will fall as rain below 500' in the Eugene area.

Spencer's Butte would probably be a fun hike tomorrow.

[wx_statman]

Clearly heavy snow in Victoria now.

 

This cam is right on the water and it looks like it's practically a whiteout.

 

 

EDIT: Click to play the live video. The still image is not live.

 

Just played the video an hour after you posted it. Absolutely dumping snow there right now. 

[snow_wizard]

King County is filling in from the north and the SW.  The ICON might be the right solution.

[MossMan]

The snow just seems to disappear here at work as soon as it hits any surface. Not sticking, not making the ground wet...just disappearing.

[Jbolin]

Shocking, have partial clearing and a bit of sunshine to my west

[Esquimalt]

The snow just seems to disappear here at work as soon as it hits any surface. Not sticking, not making the ground wet...just disappearing.

 

Don't worry it was like that at first here.  Now we've accumulated about 1.5 inches in an hour and a half.  I think I may have lower amounts at my house in Esquimalt because the band here looks heavier than the one over my house (currently near the Saanich Oak Bay border)

[wx_statman]

Flights being canceled at YYJ. Definitely an impact snow event in progress up there. 

[MossMan]

Just got a report that it’s coming down pretty good at lake Goodwin!

[seattleweatherguy]

Nothing here yet

[Jbolin]

That precip shield over S. Van Isle and points north is not moving south

[snow_wizard]

The WRF shows WSW flow the 850mb level and NNW flow at the 700mb level.  King County could benefit from that shear.  At least the ground will be white to some degree in the morning.  The snow is slowly picking up again and everything has stuck thank god.

[HighlandExperience]

That precip shield over S. Van Isle and points north is not moving south

It’s probably being sucked into moss mans property

[ShawniganLake]

Flights being canceled at YYJ. Definitely an impact snow event in progress up there.

I’m across the bay from the airport. It’s barely snowing here, trace on the grass.

[wx_statman]

I’m across the bay from the airport. It’s barely snowing here, trace on the grass.

 

Strange. Sharp cutoff to the precip?