February Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[jakeinthevalley]

This is a joke, a cruel joke. West Hills of Salem at 400' and the temp hasn't budged, sitting at 37f with .24" of rain since 5pm.

Probably will clear out soon and freeze all this moisture on the roads and make the morning a b****

[TT-SEA]

it’s great and all but I would rather be in kona where I’ll be in just 3 weeks!

Really? I thought I was the only one who would gladly miss snow to be in Hawaii.

[Deweydog]

mother****** BGSD...

[Perturbed Member]

Can't believe after all this model d*ck riding, I have literally zero inches of snow on the ground now. Thought the more model riding I did, the higher the chances of snow. I need to get serious about moving into the hills. Maybe 1400-1800ft in those hills around North Plains will do it. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Almost 4" now. Nice little event! About 8-9" depth. If the GFS verifies Timmy and I could have snow on the ground for weeks. 

[TT-SEA]

Say hi to my folks in Kona with you.

Will do! Are they visiting or do they live here?

[wxmet]

I have my doubts about the system tomorrow evening up here.  These d**n things that slide down the coast get killed by the dry air flowing through the Cascade passes when they reach the Puget Sound lowlands.  I honestly have to say it's almost unbelievable that Seattle normally averages as much or more snowfall than Portland given all of the hoops you have jump through to get snow here.  Somehow, though, Seattle has still scored many great snowstorms in spite of that.  As I've mentioned before one of things that really seems to kill us is when the western trough digs too deep.  Seattle does much better when the trough only effects the northern part of the West.  For whatever reason we have been unable to achieve that configuration since Jan 2012.

A better metric to look at would be the median since the average is skewed by outliers. 

[Timmy]

Can't believe after all this model d*ck riding, I have literally zero inches of snow on the ground now. Thought the more model riding I did, the higher the chances of snow. I need to get serious about moving into the hills. Maybe 1400-1800ft in those hills around North Plains will do it.

 

i would like to sell!

[Esquimalt]

Can't believe after all this model d*ck riding, I have literally zero inches of snow on the ground now. Thought the more model riding I did, the higher the chances of snow. I need to get serious about moving into the hills. Maybe 1400-1800ft in those hills around North Plains will do it. 

Or moving out of the PNW into Montana or Wyoming or something.  I mean western Washington, BC and Oregon, especially the lowlands were certainly not made for snow lovers.  

[Esquimalt]

I know.  I regret it for days on end every winter that I didn't think it through more clearly when we moved last time.

Where did you move from?

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Will do! Are they visiting or do they live here?

 

Visiting.  They come back tomorrow night into Thursday

[Timmy]

Really? I thought I was the only one who would gladly miss snow to be in Hawaii.

. Yeah I got stuck in my driveway today cause my wife had the good car. The sun angle makes this snow not as good. I was ready for summer after January too. But Hawaii beats Oregon 10 months out of the year

[BLI snowman]

Can't believe after all this model d*ck riding, I have literally zero inches of snow on the ground now. Thought the more model riding I did, the higher the chances of snow. I need to get serious about moving into the hills. Maybe 1400-1800ft in those hills around North Plains will do it.

Hillsboro, right? That's rough man.

 

FWIW tomorrow night looks like it could be a westside special.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Where did you move from?

Antarctica

[Perturbed Member]

Or moving out of the PNW into Montana or Wyoming or something.  I mean western Washington, BC and Oregon, especially the lowlands were certainly not made for snow lovers.  

 

No doubt, low elevation anywhere in WA or OR is pretty much horrible for snow. This place really feels like a madhouse sometimes though with all these people losing their minds over just the chance of getting an inch or two of snow and then most often somehow getting screwed and getting nothing. Kind of blows my mind that I was actually pretty well positioned on most all models to have a few inches on the ground tonight and am going to end up with zero.

 

I'm not sure I'd move to somewhere it always snows because it is its rarity that makes me hunger for snow so much. Just need a balance maybe.   

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Gotta make a gameplan for tomorrow.  If if looks like Monmouth is gonna get donut-holed I'm gonna head down to Springfield to enjoy what the NAM is giving it.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Or moving out of the PNW into Montana or Wyoming or something.  I mean western Washington, BC and Oregon, especially the lowlands were certainly not made for snow lovers.  

 

The east coast of the island has done pretty well the past few winters. I grew up in Nanoose and I remember dud winters but good snowfalls were far more common. I remember a number of times watching the weather channel and seeing 4C and rainy or cloudy in Victoria while it was dumping heavy snow in Nanoose. That area has had 5 snowfalls of 2"+ this winter, and is probably well over 20" on the season. Meanwhile, I think we're up to 3" here.

[Perturbed Member]

Hillsboro, right? That's rough man.

 

FWIW tomorrow night looks like it could be a westside special.

 

Yep, far northwestern edge of Hillsboro. It has been an amazingly awful place for snow this season, not that it is ever amazing.

[Perturbed Member]

i would like to sell!

 

You don't like living up there?

[Kayla]

[Timmy]

You don't like living up there?

love it, but it’s expensive. Being in mult. Co my taxes are insane

[TigerWoodsLibido]

love it, but it’s expensive. Being in mult. Co my taxes are insane

 

I thought North Plains is Washington County.

[HighlandExperience]

[Timmy]

I thought North Plains is Washington County.

most is. I’m closest to scappoose really. North plains address, scappoose school dist. Multnomah county... I’m like 1 mile se from krtx.

[Front Ranger]

Worth mentioning - this is the latest 3" snowfall (officially) in Portland since Feb. 28, 1962. We just beat Feb. 19, 1993 by one day for the honors. 

 

Also, a first - this is the latest in the season that PDX has had a high of 34 or lower, with 3"+ of snow. Again, just beat out 2-19-1993. 

 

Sometimes the "good ol' days" don't seem so far away.

[Perturbed Member]

Wow after hearing what happened to you tonight I much prefer to be in the Seattle areas situation. We were not expecting anything.

 

Easier to never get anything good

 

Yep, not going to lie, it is really frustrating after getting so excited about it and then to get nothing. The same thing also happened Sunday when the snow stopped just a few miles from me. The models are showing some possible snow tomorrow on the west end of PDX but honestly I'm not even gonna bother following it. If it happens I'll be pleasantly surprised but I will assume I get nothing. It will be easier on me that way.

[FroYoBro]

Beaverton already cancelled school. Seems a bit silly. Only have a slushy inch.

[HighlandExperience]

Sometimes the "good ol' days" don't seem so far away.

Only for Seattle

[Front Ranger]

Wow snow is serious business around here 

 

Basically the reason this forum exists.

[Front Ranger]

Only for Seattle

 

Staind feels your pain.

 

[Deweydog]

Basically the reason this forum exists.

I like heatwaves and thunderstorms and windstorms and marine pushes too.

[Perturbed Member]

[Frontal Snowsquall]

00z EURO has more snow for PDX Metro Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

[seattleweatherguy]

Let's hope the ecwf gives the puget sound something

[Front Ranger]

I’m at 150” of snowfall now on the season and I can say I still appreciate every snowfall like it’s the first of the year. Never gets old. Once a snow lover, always a snow lover. I highly recommend anyone who loves snow, move to a snowy location and stop torturing yourself!

 

Eh, as someone who's lived in a much snowier location for quite a few years, I can definitely say that snow here is not nearly as special as in the PNW. 

 

But everyone is different.

[wx_statman]

Sometimes the "good ol' days" don't seem so far away.

 

The possibilities are still there. Keeps us coming back!

[HighlandExperience]

Eh, as someone who's lived in a much snowier location for quite a few years, I can definitely say that snow here is not nearly as special as in the PNW.

 

But everyone is different.

Feel the same way. To me snow feels most special in Cascadia. I’ll put up with the dysfunction of this climate. Can’t beat summers here imo.

[Front Ranger]

Yep, not going to lie, it is really frustrating after getting so excited about it and then to get nothing. The same thing also happened Sunday when the snow stopped just a few miles from me. The models are showing some possible snow tomorrow on the west end of PDX but honestly I'm not even gonna bother following it. If it happens I'll be pleasantly surprised but I will assume I get nothing. It will be easier on me that way.

 

Sucks man. It's the worst when the snow is that close and you just barely miss out.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

TigerWoodsLibido will be happy.

[wx_statman]

Final total here just under 3". Really plastered everything. Stuck to sides of power poles, traffic cones, stop signs, wire fences. Neat to see.