PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[MossMan]

532 is the main drag between I-5 to Camano Island…Looks like even that lower elevation is getting it. And it looks like Stanwood SD called it a day. 

[smerfylicious]

Been watching the Tahoe cams all night. It's a winter wonderland out there. Super jealous. I wonder how much Al scored

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Definitely covering the ground across all of Salem. Roads look fine though. Just a little snow cover in south Salem. 

[TacomaWx]

On the bright side it Looks like we will finish February with 3 sub 40 highs, 1.5” of snow and about -2F. Pretty solid IMBY. Makes it 7 years in a row February ended below normal with measurable snowfall. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2.4" so far and coming down nicely.

[Roman-Dallas Snow-Zone]

Just made it to work south Salem off of skyline. Driving in down town Salem was just wet with snow in the air @6am and where I work is about 500' covered with snow. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

10 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

The deformation band is sort of curling around Bellingham... looks like only a dusting up there so far.     Not sure if it will make it that far north.    

Oh, it’s making it north all right.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

About 17 hours left to get 9 more pages. 

[MossMan]

Yep I’m in heaven right now! 

[Jakewestsalem]

Snowing moderately in Stayton now and sticking on the pavement.

Was a mix coming in around 530am and 34f.

Now 32f and radar is promising.

Have to get my wife to PDX this evening for a flight to Nashville to see our daughter.

Supposed to be in the 70's there!!

[SnowWillarrive]

40 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Epic model fail for most places.  What a joke.

I can see why the NWS always leans conservative. Too many of us have been burned in the PNW. 

[MossMan]

There went the power. 

[FroYoBro]

Love seeing southern Oregon score. Ashland is still getting some nice snow showers this morning. 

 

https://youtu.be/OLrV_Hgl5Wo

 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

[Meatyorologist]

51 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Such a strange set up.   Low goes to north and the Seattle area gets screwed with a south wind but the central WV is still getting heavy snow at the same time as areas to the north of Seattle.  

More of a precip issue than a cold air issue. Not much of an airmass change or even a sharp N/S temp gradient with this scenario... Hence the nonexistent baroclinity and filling low.

[MikeInEverett]

I’m kinda glad this isn’t falling as snow that would be devastating

[Katzen]

Porch check this morning was very disappointing - no snow

[Rubus Leucodermis]

And would you look at the radar! Official forecast is 2–4". This baby’s gonna overperform!

[Blizzard777]

Why is everything green outside ???  

34* 

[Cold Snap]

Honestly looking at my stats from past winters does make me feel a little better about this not working out as this is my second snowiest winter since 2016-2017. A 7 inch event and then a bunch of nice little 1/4”-2” events here and there throughout the winter IMBY. Definitely was good snow wise and cold wise too with four separate cold snaps getting down to at least 20.

[Meatyorologist]

Less than 0.25" fell last night. Just enough to whiten the grass and briefly dot the roads during the heaviest portion.

Unfortunately this immeasurable snow (or insignificant 1/8") doesn't get us to 6", or our seasonal average. We very well may finish the cold season off as a below average snow season here despite countless snowfall chances and persistently cool weather outside of January, in the midst of a La Niña.

[TT-SEA]

Have to say that the ICON runs from yesterday were better for the Seattle area than the ECMWF.

[TacomaWx]

Randy and rubus so far this winter 

[Fircrest]

51 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

It has to really try hard to snow so little out of so much cold weather.  0.6" here out of the entire event.

Totally agree.  Almost makes me want to move somewhere locally that gets more snow but I won't.  Need to finish out my career with 8 years to go. We just haven't done well here this winter and it always seems like people north of Seattle do so much better, with a few exceptions.

[FroYoBro]

36 degree light rain falling here. Not the nicest weather, but luckily I don’t have to go out in it for a couple of more hours 

[snowbustcity]

6 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

You're by Jane Adams correct?

Yep that’s right!

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, Fircrest said:

Totally agree.  Almost makes me want to move somewhere locally that gets more snow but I won't.  Need to finish out my career with 8 years to go. We just haven't done well here this winter and it always seems like people north of Seattle do so much better, with a few exceptions.

Compared to most places in the Seattle area we actually have done pretty good this year. Little bit of elevation for all the marginal events this winter really helped. We were never in the bullseye of any particular event this winter for the most part but managed a bit of snow just about every time. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

I have been lacking moisture here for the majority of these events while staying below freezing most of the time. Finally squeezed a few inches out. This brings my total for winter to 25”, about the average for my 6 years here. 78” in 2019

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Talk about a near miss big event for the Seattle area.

[RCola]

Whelp, I can't say I didn't see this last week when so many were optimistic. The Seattle snow was simply a mirage, a remarkable combination of poorly modeled low positions, marginal temperature profiles, and bad luck. I'm looking forward to the warmer weather. This winter has been exhausting.

[Timmy]

The euro has been horrible since Saturday down here at the lowest elevations.  It has shown up to 5” at least and almost always at least some accumulation. We haven’t had anything more than a wet mix since Saturday.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

It's good to see people score this morning.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

A lot of snow covered roads in Salem now. 

[TeacherLori]

I was pretty excited sometime in the night (between 3-5am) when I looked out my window to see about 3" of snow, the streets covered. I wondered how I might get to my appointment in Mill Creek later today. And then, when I woke up at 6am and looked out, I was so disappointed. Already the streets were clearing, and now they are bare and wet. Yes, there is snow to look at, but I fear it will be gone by noon. *sigh*

[MWG]

Roads are a mess around here! Ice under the snow cover roads! This is always the major issue around here.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

10 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

I have been lacking moisture here for the majority of these events while staying below freezing most of the time. Finally squeezed a few inches out. This brings my total for winter to 25”, about the average for my 6 years here. 78” in 2019

Elevation? 

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, TeacherLori said:

I was pretty excited sometime in the night (between 3-5am) when I looked out my window to see about 3" of snow, the streets covered. I wondered how I might get to my appointment in Mill Creek later today. And then, when I woke up at 6am and looked out, I was so disappointed. Already the streets were clearing, and now they are bare and wet. Yes, there is snow to look at, but I fear it will be gone by noon. *sigh*

The unfortunate nature of snowfall in the lowlands after about February 20th or so. Very hard to not have melting by this time of year when we actually manage accumulating snowfall. 

[Meatyorologist]

Yosemite Valley is going to be gorgeous tomorrow with a fat layer of snow.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Elevation? 

1000’

[FroYoBro]

Light rain has switched to a very wet light snow!