February Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[wxmet]

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the 3km NAM nailed the CZ scenario today just like it nailed the zero snow we got on Friday night.

 

Hopefully the past week will put to bed those "It's just the NAM and it totally sux lolz" posts.

 

 

3km NAM doesn't show the convergence zone getting into the metro unfortunately. 

[seattleweatherguy]

35/31 now. Flakes and graupel mix right now. Sticking to everything but the pavement.

Lake City getting hit good.

 

Dang bro you in bothell? I got white on the street at a higher temp. But all graphel

[ShawniganLake]

Sunny dry breezy. 37F.

[Geos]

Dang bro you in bothell? I got white on the street at a higher temp. But all graphel

 

Well just south of you on Finn Hill.

Now the streets are white. 0.2-0.3" so far. Down to 34.8 here.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

47 in Omak.

Heat flash!!

[MikeInEverett]

Ended up with about a half an inch of graupel/hail/snow. Hopefully some more action later.

[bainbridgekid]

CZ really reorganizing over North Seattle

[Geos]

CZ really reorganizing over North Seattle

 

Keep it going! Still snowing pretty good here. Down to 34.0 with a 30 dew point.

 

Edit: Turning to fluffy flakes now. 

[snow_wizard]

The stakes are high with this C-Zone.  It's really getting it's act together now.  Slowly sagging south.

[seattleweatherguy]

Well just south of you on Finn Hill.

Now the streets are white. 0.2-0.3" so far. Down to 34.8 here.

I'm more south bothell no idea where Finn Hill is. Now more like rain and snow

[snow_wizard]

Really nice area of snow coming down the Strait that is probably going to energize the CZ even more.  

[Geos]

The stakes are high with this C-Zone.  It's really getting it's act together now.  Slowly sagging south.

 

Hoping it hangs out across the area for a bit though. 

 

Taken about 15 minutes ago. 

 

[snow_wizard]

The models were off on the timing of the zone. They had it fading at the time it's just getting good.  Huge advantage since we have colder air now.  Maybe all of King County can get in on it, but I'm still far from sure on that.  Nice to know the Zone is still too complicated for the models to resolve accurately.  I like to know surprises are still possible.

[Blizzard777]

Brother in Damascus reporting snow just started

[Geos]

I'm more south bothell no idea where Finn Hill is. Now more like rain and snow

 

South of Bothell Way and West of 100th Ave NE, East of Lake Washington. 

 

0.5" here so far. Now at 33.6/29.5

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Amazing view of the zone from 15 miles South of Bremerton. Pics dont do it justice.

[Jesse]

That band up over Kelso looks pretty vigorous.

 

They are down to 37, DP 34 with moderate rain and a WNW wind gusting close to 30. I imagine sticking snow isn’t too far above 500’ there.

[HighlandExperience]

Brother in Damascus reporting snow just started

Snowing in Syria now

[Guest Sounder]

Just moved to a new place and it has the perfect view for CZ watching. I can see a very defined wall of precipitation slowly sagging south through Greenlake and Roosevelt right now.

[bainbridgekid]

Coming down like crazy in North Seattle. This cam was wet literally 5 minutes ago.

 

[GHweatherChris]

Haha, Seattle AFD makes it sound like the convergence zone will only have snow on higher hills....

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Sunny dry breezy. 37F.

 

Off/on clouds here, remnants of snow showers sliding through to the south. Could have been interesting if things switched to W or SW. NW flow stinks in our areas.

[Geos]

Very cool shot Snowmizer.

 

Camera view from Shilshole Bay.

 

[Guest Sounder]

Amazing view of the zone from 15 miles South of Bremerton. Pics dont do it justice.

 I was thinking the same thing. Just came home on I-5N and it was gorgeous. I love when the convergence is so well defined and visible from afar like today.

[HighlandExperience]

Coming down like crazy in North Seattle. This cam was wet literally 5 minutes ago.

 

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Wow

[Geos]

Man this thing is really blowing up. Dumping here right now. 

[Guest Sounder]

Man this thing is really blowing up. Dumping here right now. 

Tons of new returns firing up to the west over the sound and Kitsap peninsula as well. This could get pretty good for some people here.

[snow_wizard]

The flow becomes progressively more NW as the evening wears on.  The million dollar question for my area is can the zone hold on long enough.  It'd down to I-90 in Seattle now.

[GHweatherChris]

Another heavy burst of snow here, these showers moving in are intense, if only one could last longer than 5 minutes. I figure after dark if a decent one comes through an inch of snow is not out of the question tonight.

[jcmcgaffey]

Ya definitely large hail coming down here in north seattle with some snow mixed in.  Yard and streets are covered.  Hail size is about 1/2" in size, some of the biggest I have seen around here.

[snow_wizard]

Amazing view of the zone from 15 miles South of Bremerton. Pics dont do it justice.

 

She's a beauty!

[Guest Sounder]

The flow becomes progressively more NW as the evening wears on.  The million dollar question for my area is can the zone hold on long enough.  It'd down to I-90 in Seattle now.

 

It's not down to I-90. The sun is shining in SLU right now. I can pretty clearly see a wall of precipitation cutting through Wallingford to the U District, currently.

[HighlandExperience]

The flow becomes progressively more NW as the evening wears on. The million dollar question for my area is can the zone hold on long enough. It'd down to I-90 in Seattle now.

Hopefully it can hold together. It be nice if it was covering a larger area.

 

To bad we never see arctic fronts like this

[snow_wizard]

Ya definitely large hail coming down here in north seattle with some snow mixed in.  Yard and streets are covered.  Hail size is about 1/2" in size, some of the biggest I have seen around here.

 

Wow!

[wxmet]

Just need the C-zone to push 5 miles south from where it is now

[snow_wizard]

It's not down to I-90. The sun is shining in SLU right now. I can pretty clearly see a wall of precipitation cutting through Wallingford to the U District, currently.

 

I was just going by radar.

[Blizzard777]

Amazing view of the zone from 15 miles South of Bremerton. Pics dont do it justice.

Just amazing and if your not into weather folks have no idea what it’s all about. Just a bunch of clouds

Thanks for the shots!

[snow_wizard]

Another heavy burst of snow here, these showers moving in are intense, if only one could last longer than 5 minutes. I figure after dark if a decent one comes through an inch of snow is not out of the question tonight.

 

I noticed the radar is showing a shower in your area (an area that doesn't normally get picked up on the Seattle radar).  Must be pretty high topped.

[seattleweatherguy]

South of Bothell Way and West of 100th Ave NE, East of Lake Washington.

 

0.5" here so far. Now at 33.6/29.5

That's really close to me. I'm near the kenmore/kirkland borderline but with a bothell address. Seems to have stopped here

[snow_wizard]

That blob coming down the Strait could make the game very interesting in a little bit.