February Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Jbolin]

00z nam looks good for Puget Sound. The big “show” should start at 8:30 or so.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Looking good

[Winterdog]

Honestly I didn’t think that I would see anything more than a flurry... already about a half inch of new with moderate snow. A February to remember for sure!

You sure are kicking my butt lately. I’m probably just too Far East tonight

[MossMan]

My wife just got home, she said the side roads are already “horrible”

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Looking good

Really need to temper my expectations but that looks amazing.

[snow_wizard]

My wife just got home, she said the side roads are already “horrible”

 

Amazing to have it this cold while it's snowing this early in the evening and this late in the season.  Good stuff!

[Jesse]

Looking good

 

Very well rounded. Maybe a happy forum all around tonight.

[Perturbed Member]

The 00z 3km NAM sends at least a chunk of that beefcake band that is currently on the Langley hill radar into the PDX metro. Temp here is down to 32.6F and quickly dropping. With -9.5c 850s and a nice looking radar to the west, I hope I can finally break into the 1+ inch of snow club for the winter. 

[wxmet]

Radar looks good for a widespread event.

[luminen]

Could an "event" actually turn out better than modeled for Puget Sound, for once?

 

Still too early to say but radar looks fairly promising. I'm on the eastern edge of things but still getting a good rate of light snow.

 

Temp already down to 30 after a high of 35.

 

The models have been pretty horrible this season, so I'd say definitely.

[Perturbed Member]

Really need to temper my expectations but that looks amazing.

 

I think you might finally get the goods man. The overall airmass now is much better than yesterday and I think you will have strong precip rates. 

[bainbridgekid]

It's amazing what a difference having temperatures actually be below freezing and frozen ground makes.

 

I've just been seeing the lightest of flurries off and on here under the weakest of radar echoes, but roofs, the grass, and driveways are already really whitening up.

 

I'm getting pretty excited for what those green echoes may do as they hopefully continue to slide South. Seems to be some weakening of the Eastern edge of the band though right now.

[Randyc321]

I’m right on the leading front of the moisture on the radar, and it’s already snowing here. No problem sticking neither. East Bainbridge. Island

[Geos]

Looking good

 

I think the snow is coming a bit further east then what the maps shows.

[snow_wizard]

Looking fabulous for King County right now.  Stuff filling in from the north and south.

[Jesse]

Looks like Hoquiam is about to get nuked.

 

https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=LGX&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

[Frontal Snowsquall]

The 00z 3km NAM sends at least a chunk of that beefcake band that is currently on the Langley hill radar into the PDX metro. Temp here is down to 32.6F and quickly dropping. With -9.5c 850s and a nice looking radar to the west, I hope I can finally break into the 1+ inch of snow club for the winter.

Yeah it shows an intense band move through the southern edge of PDX Metro. Going to be a fun night watching radar!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looking good

I better get home before this hits

[seattleweatherguy]

Flurries falling I think

[Geos]

Down to 31 here. Flake size steadily increasing. 

[Guest Sounder]

Flurries just started in downtown Seattle as well. Radar looking pretty promising for later tonight!

 

Like hawkstwelve said, maybe it's finally time for an event to overperform in Seattle for once.

[Jbolin]

Flurries just started in downtown Seattle as well. Radar looking pretty promising for later tonight!

 

Like hawkstwelve said, maybe it's finally time for an event to overperform in Seattle for once.

Still nothing here except for the increase in flurries and the ever minuscule dusting on my deck in the last 20 mins

 

This Sucks!

[snow_wizard]

Holy crap!  The radar just exploded when the northern moisture met the southern.  Snow is slowly picking up here now.

[HighlandExperience]

Holy crap! The radar just exploded when the northern moisture met the southern. Snow is slowly picking up here now.

Just noticed that

[Winterdog]

Looks like I’m just about done with my “dusting” since the northern edge is just a couple miles away and it’s moving south. I didn’t expect anything tonight so I’m happy with it.

[snow_wizard]

Pretty good area of snow over Mason County moving toward the ENE.  Very favorable.

[snow_wizard]

SEA checks in with a -14 departure today.

 

#seriouscoldsnap

[MossMan]

SEA checks in with a -14 departure today.

 

#seriouscoldsnap

Our reward for nearly 7 weeks of pure crap!

[Dave]

I'm beginning to think I'm gonna be happy. Both the NAM and HRRR both show decent accumulations. I think the NWS is bitter about whiffing last night and don't want to get burned again. Hope they get burned again down here 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

34 now. Looks like we might pull this out.

[MossMan]

Back to a light snow now, temp down to 28. Looks like Camano/Whidbey and Pt Townsend areas are doing quite well at the moment!

[Jesse]

Back to a light snow now, temp down to 28. Looks like Camano/Whidbey and Pt Townsend areas are doing quite well at the moment!

My dad just texted me and said it’s snowing hard there. Close 1.5” on the ground and piling up quickly.

[snow_wizard]

SEA smashed their record low max for the day by 6 degrees.  Very nice!

[GHweatherChris]

Radar trend not in my favor, great echoes look to stay just west of here and not much left north of me. In a way I want a good storm like yesterday, but I am torn, I have to be in Lynnwood tomorrow morning at 8 for a big presentation.

[MossMan]

My dad just texted me and said it’s snowing hard there. Close 1/2” on the ground and piling up quickly.

I was just going to ask if you had checked in with your dad. Radar looks very nice in that area! Hopefully Seattle can get in on some action tonight.

[TT-SEA]

SEA smashed their record low max for the day by 6 degrees. Very nice!

Seriously impressive.

[snow_wizard]

Back to a light snow now, temp down to 28. Looks like Camano/Whidbey and Pt Townsend areas are doing quite well at the moment!

 

The Central Puget Sound looks golden right now.  Heavier echoes approaching Seattle from both the WSW and the NNW.  Could get good for many.

[Jesse]

I was just going to ask if you had checked in with your dad. Radar looks very nice in that area! Hopefully Seattle can get in on some action tonight.

 

Yeah it's funny he texted me right as I saw your post. I misread his text at first too. They actually have an inch and a half on the ground.

[seattleweatherguy]

Light flurries here. Not sticking yet

[VancouverIslandSouth]

It dumped snow in Victoria most of this afternoon. Probably about 3~4" of accumulation out there now. I snapped this on the walk home: