March Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[TT-SEA]

Finally turned clear here in the past few minutes.   Another heavy frost in store tonight.  A really solid and interesting March overall.

 

 

This is a great satellite image and loop to use at night...  best I have seen yet.

 

http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/exper/?parms=subregional-Pac_NW-07-48-0-100-1&checked=map

[Deweydog]

Ironic.

 

Perhaps try a well-reasoned, logic-based response next time? You’re going to have a rough time as a scientist if you let your reptilian hindbrain get the best of you. I never did any of the salacious things you claimed I did.

You're going to have a rough time as a scientist.

[wx_statman]

Ironic.

 

Perhaps try a well-reasoned, logic-based response next time? You’re going to have a rough time as a scientist if you let your reptilian hindbrain get the best of you. I never did any of the salacious things you claimed I did.

 

 

You're a funny guy.

[Phil]

You're going to have a rough time as a scientist.

Dude, I already am. Hell, I’m still washing the January stench out of my clothes.

 

In all honesty, I’m very happy with my academic progress at the moment. Procrastination aside, if all goes smoothly we’ll be submitting for publication sometime this summer.

[Phil]

 

You're a funny guy.

[Deweydog]

Dude, I already am. Hell, I’m still washing the January stench out of my clothes.

 

In all honesty, I’m very happy with my academic progress at the moment. Procrastination aside, if all goes smoothly we’ll be submitting for publication sometime early this summer.

Several publications I've recently read say we may see another January in about nine months.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Well the cold trough is gone on the GFS. Oh well...

[ShawniganLake]

Well the cold trough is gone on the GFS. Oh well...

It was fun to look at while it lasted.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

It was fun to look at while it lasted.

 

Oh well. Some light snow this morning. Models have been performing well lately. They totally nailed this small feature rolling through this morning.

[ShawniganLake]

Oh well. Some light snow this morning. Models have been performing well lately. They totally nailed this small feature rolling through this morning.

It would have been interesting to see it verify but part of me is ready for the winter to be over. Locally, we haven’t seen a decent snow producing pattern since December 19th.

[ShawniganLake]

A frosty 27F here this morning.

[Jesse]

Found a way to rain here all night and not even drop into the 30s. Sub freezing lows along the coast though.

[FroYoBro]

Found a way to rain here all night and not even drop into the 30s. Sub freezing lows along the coast though.

The last couple of days have been great for the drought though. 

[Timmy]

The last couple of days have been great for the drought though.

Vancouver island is still struggling though...

[MossMan]

Had a low of 29. Currently 31 and partly cloudy.

[Jesse]

The last couple of days have been great for the drought though.

This is true.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Eugene somehow hit 31.

[TT-SEA]

Found a way to rain here all night and not even drop into the 30s. Sub freezing lows along the coast though.

 

ECMWF shows mid to upper 40s for lows coming up starting tomorrow once we get into the perpetual warm front fun.   Hopefully most of that falls as rain in the mountains too.    We need to melt off that snow up there as fast as possible!     <_>

[TT-SEA]

Vancouver island is still struggling though...

 

 

Indeed.   Tragedy continues up there.   

 

http://theweatherforums.com/index.php/topic/1753-march-weather-in-the-pacific-northwest/page-72

 

 

While a high snowpack level threatens flooding for parts of the B.C. Interior, it may spell good news for Vancouver Island's fish. 

Accumulated snow on Vancouver Island mountains is at a seven-year peak, with a snowpack currently around 122 per cent of normal levels, according to Dave Campbell, head of the B.C. River Forecast Centre.

[Winterdog]

25F here with quite a bit of snow hanging on.

[FroYoBro]

25F here with quite a bit of snow hanging on.

Ummm, there might be a ghost in your house. 

[Winterdog]

Oh yeah I see that good looking guy!

[TT-SEA]

Beautiful morning here...

 

[Jesse]

ECMWF shows mid to upper 40s for lows coming up starting tomorrow once we get into the perpetual warm front fun. Hopefully most of that falls as rain in the mountains too. We need to melt off that snow up there as fast as possible! <_>

You will perhaps recall that I was hoping to see a dry transition out of this trough as well.

[TT-SEA]

Hopeful robin standing in the road right now... 

 

[TT-SEA]

You will perhaps recall that I was hoping to see a dry transition out of this trough as well.

 

I know.   That was intended for someone who thinks we "need" 3 days of warm front rain and snow melt right now.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Sun coming out and 36, maybe it won't be such a bad day! I need to do yardwork so this snow can melt...

[Jesse]

Sun coming out and 36, maybe it won't be such a bad day! I need to do yardwork so this snow can melt...

Its in the books now. Its served it’s purpose.

[MossMan]

Sun!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Its in the books now. Its served it’s purpose.

 

Yep! Still probably to much to melt in a day without rain though.

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS is about the same as its 00Z run for next weekend... then does something totally different again after that.

 

12Z GEM completely flipped back again.   It was crazy deep and cold with the trough next weekend on the 00Z run and now back to being quite ridgy for next weekend on the 12Z run.   

 

The models have no idea how to handle this evolution.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Little backdoor action on the 12z!

[TT-SEA]

Little backdoor action on the 12z!

 

Thats what she said.

[TT-SEA]

39 with a dewpoint of 36 and light rain at SEA.

 

38 with a dewpoint of 18 and sunny out here.

 

Strange morning.

[TT-SEA]

Scratch that dewpoint reading above for here... must have been a bad reading.   It jumped to 35 a minute later and stayed there.  

[TigerWoodsLibido]

41 right now. Got down to 39 last night.

[TT-SEA]

GFS ensemble blended mean for days 10-15... still looks like main center of cold is centered in the Midwest and NE and almost all of Canada.

 

[ShawniganLake]

GFS ensemble blended mean for days 10-15... still looks like main center of cold is centered in the Midwest and NE and almost all of Canada.

 

Some impressive spring cold headed for the prairies and Great Lakes.

[TT-SEA]

Tomorrow looks about as ugly as it gets on the 12Z ECMWF... widespread drizzle and light rain from Eugene northward with highs in the mid 40s at best and yet very little mountain snow.   And then snow level are on the rise after that.

 

Tuesday is the same with even heavier rain in the usual areas north and east of Seattle.   With highs well into the 50s down south and close to 50 in Seattle.

[Phil]

Lol.