February Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Jesse]

They still have a decent shot.

Precip and cloud cover timing could be beneficial.

 

Record MIN/MAX today is 41 set in 1942. That’s an oldie!

[Geos]

Snowing hard at Lake Quinault.

 

[ShawniganLake]

[HighlandExperience]

[Geos]

Snowing near Summit Lake.

[Timmy]

Just got home. Only 30f here for a High and moderate snow just started

[luvssnow_spokane]

Sun is popping in and out here now. Clouds are pretty thin with some breaks

[MossMan]

Back down to 32 now with a dp of 24. Nice to see it cooling off as we head through the day.

NWS says change over to rain this afternoon and evening in the lowlands according to their Facebook post.

[wx_statman]

I like how Mark will point out when the NWS or other PDX area mets are being ridiculous. He has some well remembered whiffs like 12/29/09, but overall he is the best TV met in Portland and its not even close. I don't mind Zaffino, he is pretty good, but not as good as Mark. 

 

Agreed. I'll listen to Mark before anyone else. There's something about growing up a weather weenie here, as he did, that you can't replicate no matter how much technical education you receive. 

[Geos]

NWS says change over to rain this afternoon and evening in the lowlands according to their Facebook post.

 

Not so sure about that until tomorrow late morning or so. 

At least for areas back away from the water and up hundred feet or so.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Got a report of snow in NW Portland. Surprising...

[MossMan]

Not so sure about that until tomorrow late morning or so.

I’m wishcasting a no transition!

[wx_statman]

Yeah I'm not expecting anything. KOIN currently going with this as their headline:

 

It's not over: 1-2 inches likely in Portland metro

 

They're just parroting the NWS. 

[FroYoBro]

Got a report of snow in NW Portland. Surprising...

That isn't surprising at all. The temperature is still cold. There are a few flakes falling in Beaverton too.

 

The thing that would be surprising is if it actually accumulated. 

[Jesse]

Got a report of snow in NW Portland. Surprising...

 

The WEATHER GOD will be enraged when he finds out.

[MossMan]

Up in Mt. Vernon currently...no snow, no cold, no nothing. I want to go home. I love home...snowy home.

[Geos]

I’m wishcasting a no transition!

 

Usually for my location the transition comes hours after they said it would. Elevation says it all. 

 

Not too much longer before Olympia starts seeing snow.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The WEATHER GOD will be enraged when he finds out.

 

He did say there could be flakes in the air. 

[Esquimalt]

Currently very light snow here and about 38.  No accumulation because of the temperature, the size and the frequency of the flakes.  What a shame.  

[Phil]

Very unlikely. They are tough. I know in MN they can bloom and then it can get down to the single digits and they still keep blooming when it warms up again.

They are hilariously hardly, almost on par with the toughest invasive weed species in that regard.

 

Ours started sprouting up in January, and have survived multiple single digit lows since then. They also survived subzero temperatures back in March of 2014, when they were close to blooming. So yeah, I’m not certain they can actually be killed by cold, unless it’s like -15*F or something.

[Farmboy]

I'm not sure Mark has a warm bias, I think it's more a climo bias.

Bingo.

[wx_statman]

Starting to flurry here at PSU

[MossMan]

Currently very light snow here and about 38. No accumulation because of the temperature, the size and the frequency of the flakes. What a shame.

What is your location again? Still below freezing at my place.

[Perturbed Member]

Snowing lightly here. 35.8F with a dp of 28. 6 mph winds out of the south. 

[ShawniganLake]

Currently very light snow here and about 38. No accumulation because of the temperature, the size and the frequency of the flakes. What a shame.

Snowing light and steady here. The only thing it’s sticking to is the trees.

[Esquimalt]

What is your location again? Still below freezing at my place.

About 2 km west of downtown Victoria.  

[Deweydog]

Graupel/snow pellets/bath salts here.

[FroYoBro]

Graupel/snow pellets/bath salts here.

 

Fun for the whole family!

[wx_statman]

Pretty unique obs at Kelso this morning, for those who like to geek out about such things:

 

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=pqr&sid=kkls&num=25&raw=0&banner=off

 

29 degrees, south wind gusting to 21 mph, and a pressure of 30.49". 

[Geos]

Snowing just to the west of Olympia now.

 

[Jesse]

He did say there could be flakes in the air. 

 

Surprising...

[Phil]

Yeah, that's a good example. January is what blows up most of the old analogs. I'm not seeing much in the way of -ENSO progressions that featured blockiness/dry weather in December, followed by a January torch, followed by February action prior to the modern era. In recent decades, 1989-90, 2005-06 & this winter have pulled it off. I think January used to find a way to be cooler in the old days even under similar forcings, which is not surprising considering the background climate was cooler.

The seasonality of the Indo-Pacific ITCZ/MJO and BDC/NAM is vastly different now, for a number of potential reasons. I don’t think the “cooler background climate” alone can sufficiently explain the recent midwinter woes across western North America. IMO, it’s much more nonlinear and temperamental than that.

[Olyman]

Snowing in town in Oly as well.

[DareDuck]

Anyone have a Euro snow map for the 5 and 10 day period? Please and thanks.

[BLI snowman]

Regional flurry party!

[Jesse]

Light snow/graupel here.

[Canadian guy]

Currently very light snow here and about 38. No accumulation because of the temperature, the size and the frequency of the flakes. What a shame.

Although it is light and not sticking I'm still enjoying the fact that is snowing in the middle of the day on feb 23 with a fairly strong south east wind blowing....and the fact the Wednesday snow over performed.

[Geos]

Just starting at Harstine Island. Snowmizer should be seeing snow soon.

 

 

Union.

 

[Blizzard777]

Light snow here in Tigard now

[wx_statman]

Graupel/snow pellets/bath salts here.

 

More of a sleet/dandruff/cocaine mix here. Hard to tell without closer inspection.