February Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[Jesse]

Hope the euro follows this. Gfs and icon look nice.

How much snow did you get?

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Arctic front moving towards the border next Friday. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Looks like I picked up another half inch or so overnight, bringing my total from yesterday’s system to 1.5”.

 

Accumulations of a few inches or more look to be widespread from the Puget Sound area to the south Willamette Valley this morning. Nice to see!

 

Snowed more here at work in Port Orchard than at home. 2.5 new here.

[Brennan]

Amplification ramps up next week it would appear... GFS definitely bullish on continuing this major cold snap. Starting to think this is looking like a watered down version of January 1950, only 6 weeks later.

[TT-SEA]

Hope Jim took the day off... it looks like a beautiful morning there!

[TT-SEA]

Nice CZ-look for Sunday afternoon on the snow-stingy MM5-NAM.

 

 

 

00Z ECMWF showed this as well on Sunday afternoon.  

[DareDuck]

Dumping right now in Bend. Northerly upslope flow could keep the snow going for a couple hours.

[wx_statman]

2nd snowfall of the week in Brookings last night. Also snowed down there on Sunday night. 

 

Meanwhile, another gorgeous morning here with fresh snow and sun peeking through. 

[Timmy]

It has been dumping the last hour, completely unexpected. It’s snowing in town in scappoose too. Probably another 2” here this morning.

[Jesse]

Looks like offshore winds have arrived at PDX, and the DP has dropped to 25. Will be interesting to see if they can eke out another high in the 30s today.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Definitely not seeing Tim's major warm up next week...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

It has been dumping the last hour, completely unexpected. It’s snowing in town in scappoose too. Probably another 2” here this morning.

 

I see that on radar, doesn't even look like much, but it probably is some kind of convergence as the offshore flow kicks in. Totally sunny here and 29 degrees. 

[Winterdog]

19F out there. That is one hardy hummingbird.

[HighlandExperience]

How much snow did you get?

Over an inch. Overall happy with this. I want more though this weekend

[Perturbed Member]

Snowing pretty hard here again. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

My brother in Coos Bay said he got 1/4" to 1/2" overnight....Said it was very wet and slushy, but people couldn't handle it...Saw several accidents on his 5 minute drive to work.

[Blizzard777]

Temp back home still at 28!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Still scouring the models for warm dry weather next week....Not seeing it.

[Geos]

Ended off with an inch last night. Snow ratio wasn't all that great due to the flake size never getting that big. All roads were icy (most probably still are) this morning. 

Liking all these chances at snow in the next several days. 

[Jesse]

My brother in Coos Bay said he got 1/4" to 1/2" overnight....Said it was very wet and slushy, but people couldn't handle it...Saw several accidents on his 5 minute drive to work.

 

Typical Coos Bay drivers....

 

Is this the brother that used to live in The Dalles?

[Timmy]

Still scouring the models for warm dry weather next week....Not seeing it.

I’m sure if you Tim hard enough, you will find some

[Jesse]

I’m sure if you Tim hard enough, you will find some

 

It's only visible from the Hawaiian servers.

[HighlandExperience]

[luvssnow_spokane]

I have been in Monterey California all week so not been able to follow this much but I hear we got about 5 to 6 inches in Bonney Lake. I fly home today. I am so happy for everyone who got something!!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Typical Coos Bay drivers....

 

Is this the brother that used to live in The Dalles?

 

Yes, he moved there back in November I believe. He took a position as the Coos Co. attorney, not the DA, the more "boring" stuff as he would say, contracts, deeds, policy vetting, that kind of thing I as I understand it.

 

He's picking up an impressive list of Oregon outposts. K-Falls, The Dalles, and now Coos Bay. 

[wx_statman]

Not local to us here, but the ridge along the East coast is insane. 595dm heights over N. Carolina yesterday. Stu Ostro at the weather channel tweeted out that 595dm heights had never been verified over MHX (Morehead City, NC) before June, prior to yesterday. Some ridiculous record highs for February yesterday, like 77 in Wells, Maine. Previous monthly record for entire state had been 69. First 80 in February for the state of Massachusetts. Also 77 in New Hampshire broke the state record by 4 degrees for the month. 

 

Also a hell of an anchor for our longwave trough. Perfect setup for continued cold here, and we've been reaping the rewards. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I was thinking about Phil last night. Found it interesting he went MIA. But I just think Tim pulled a super **** move last night. I think we all know that was intentional. Tim is a good guy I think, he seems to be a great family man and adds a lot to this forum at times. But coming on here while everyone was celebrating and cherry picking a model run that really has no support from anything else. It was kind of ridiculous. 

[wx_statman]

Notice Phil disappears when we score

 

82 in DC and dumping snow from Seattle to Portland. I would disappear as well. 

[Jesse]

Yes, he moved there back in November I believe. He took a position as the Coos Co. attorney, not the DA, the more "boring" stuff as he would say, contracts, deeds, policy vetting, that kind of thing I as I understand it.

 

He's picking up an impressive list of Oregon outposts. K-Falls, The Dalles, and now Coos Bay. 

 

He should make it a goal to eventually live in the county seat of every Oregon county at some point.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I sure hope we can score a clear night with this airmass. Any left over snow will help big time, but this airmass wouldn't even need snow cover to produce cold lows if we get some clear skies. 

 

But this would certainly help. 

 

[WeatherResurrected17]

I have been in Monterey California all week so not been able to follow this much but I hear we got about 5 to 6 inches in Bonney Lake. I fly home today. I am so happy for everyone who got something!!

[WeatherResurrected17]

7 in. 205th Bonney Lake

[TigerWoodsLibido]

He should make it a goal to eventually live in the county seat of every Oregon county at some point.

Coos Bay isn't the county seat of Coos County ;-)

 

Got an inch on the grass and cars. Didn't stick to the roads but this is more than I was expecting. Definitely a nice surprise that most all of us ended up scoring something.

[Jesse]

Coos Bay isn't the county seat of Coos County ;-)

 

Got an inch on the grass and cars. Didn't stick to the roads but this is more than I was expecting. Definitely a nice surprise that most all of us ended up scoring something.

Is it Coquille? D**n it!

 

That is one of those oddballs. You’d expect it to be North Bend or Coos Bay.

[Jesse]

12z GFS ensembles showing NO SIGN of a warm up through the first week of March now.

[TT-SEA]

Still scouring the models for warm dry weather next week....Not seeing it.

 

 

I did not say warm.   I am looking for dry.

 

So I cannot be happy about some dry weather later next week on the 00Z ECMWF?   It was the 3rd run in a row to show it.   And next week was actively being discussed last night.

 

So if the models show an arctic blast at 8 days out then its perfectly fine to mention while it it snowing... but if someone mentions anything different (like a dry scenario which makes then genuinely happy) for the same period then its pure evil??

 

Please tell me the rules to completely protect the sensibilities of all the special children on here.   I am not subject to those rules.   If it showed lots of rain next week then numerous people would be trolling me.   Its all part of the fun here.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Is it Coquille? d**n it!

 

That is one of those oddballs. You’d expect it to be North Bend or Coos Bay.

 

I think his office is in Coos Bay though. He has to go to Coquille 1-2 times a week I think.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I did not say warm.   I am looking for dry.

 

So I cannot be happy about some dry weather later next week on the 00Z ECMWF?   It was the 3rd run in a row to show it.   And next week was actively being discussed last night.

 

So if the models show an arctic blast at 8 days out then its perfectly fine to mention while it it snowing... but if someone mentions anything different (like a dry scenario which makes then genuinely happy) for the same period then its pure evil??

 

Stupid.   Please tell me the rules to completely protect the sensibilities of all the special children on here.   I am not subject to those rules.   If it showed lots of rain next week then numerous people would be trolling me.   Its all part of the fun here.   

 

I'm pretty sure you said warm AND dry. 

[Jesse]

You didn't say warm just like you didn't pick out the warmest map the other day when Snowmizer called you out?

 

You need to get better at this whole back-peddle thing you do after you piss people off. If only posts fell off the face of the earth after a few hours... You'd be golden!

Slowly warms up is a relative term, so now he is going to post about a dozen maps to show what he was talking about. Prepare yourself, forum.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Some really impressive cold dry air moving into W. WA.