PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[AlTahoe]

Speed limit sign on my street today and dog pic. 

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Getting some showers here now, the last one was grapple. This one looks more mixed. Grapple over snow is an interesting sight:

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Getting some showers here now, the last one was grapple. This one looks more mixed. Grapple over snow is an interesting sight:

Looks like a ceiling tile! 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Dumping snow now. Heaviest of the day. Sun angles are lowering appreciably now so maybe some slushy accumulation if this keeps up.

Temp is down to 36. High of only 38 so far.

Edited February 28, 2023 by Cascadia_Wx

[Doinko]

 

 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, Doinko said:

 

 

The beat rolls on. This could beat 2019 for the winteriest, most sun angle defying late February/early Mach period I’ve seen around here.

[TT-SEA]

50 minutes ago, MossMan said:

My wife drove up to the Bellingham airport to drop off her mom, she said as soon as she got on the freeway at 218 (Starbird) and started down the hill there was no snow at all on the ground and it stayed that way until the Cook Road exit. Then snow on the ground all the way up. Was snowing hard in Bellingham but the roads were fine. Oh I love where I live!! On a side note…My mom in law was last here in the winter months between Christmas and New Years Eve Eve 2021…Same exact situation where we had puking snow and no power the day she was leaving…Crazy! Then and today…The only difference was a little less snow and a little warmer temps. Guess I will be begging my mom in law to come up for Thanksgiving this year!

It was dumping snow in Bellingham around noon and there was snow on the ground an hour ago and it just disappeared in no time.   My mom still is not sure about heading to the grocery store though.   

[Chewbacca Defense]

Snow has stopped, filtered sun is coming through and the downspouts are making quite a ruckus with all the water pouring down them.  Show is over for here, I guess its a matter of how much is left by the time the sun gets low and whether or not it gets below freezing.

[Phil]

9 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

South wind is roaring so strong now that I can hear it inside the house... low is passing to the north.

 

I can empathize. If we had as much snow as we’ve had dry wind this winter we’d be like Lake Tahoe right now. Seems to be a theme in warm/crappy winters..lots of downslope/mountain wave regimes.

Honestly can’t count the # of times we’ve been jarred awake in the middle of the night by wind pounding the house. We had triple pane windows installed and it hasn’t helped at all.

[Phil]

Still snowing at Tahoe. What a climate.

https://hdontap.com/index.php/video/stream/cobblestone-center

[Rubus Leucodermis]

48 minutes ago, AlTahoe said:

Nice mailbox shot!

[SnowySeeker50]

[Phil]

RadarScope now has radar archives back to 1991! Browsed through all of the most amazing storms/blizzards in memory, and it re-affirmed that 2/9-10/2010 was my favorite winter event of all time (to date).

What I wouldn’t do to go back in time to relive that one.

[Phil]

But if y’all want I can post the hi-res radar loops from Dec 08 or others. There’s so much to browse through I don’t know where to start.  

[Olive1010]

Saturday is looking good, right?

[ShawniganLake]

3 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Looks like 49.2"

Nov: 11"

Dec: 3.4"

Jan: 1.7

Feb: 33.1"

Season total is up to 55.5” here. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

5 minutes ago, Phil said:

But if y’all want I can post the hi-res radar loops from Dec 08 or others. There’s so much to browse through I don’t know where to start.  

Feb 8–9th 2019 in the Seattle area, the night I went into high weenie mode about being dry slotted for hours, went to bed in disgust, and woke to find that it had dumpity dump dump dumped from about the moment I fell asleep onwards.

[Deweydog]

3 minutes ago, Olive1010 said:

Saturday is looking good, right?

Early Saturday has potential on par with the last couple days. All about timing and gradients, although the air mass might be a bit warmer than what we have today/tonight.

[MossMan]

7 minutes ago, Phil said:

But if y’all want I can post the hi-res radar loops from Dec 08 or others. There’s so much to browse through I don’t know where to start.  

You will notice a lot of moisture over my area from December 13th through the 26th 2008 that was all snow!!! 

[TT-SEA]

9 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Season total is up to 55.5” here. 

Really impressive... what is your average there?

[Cold Snap]

Graupel shower moving through right now mixed with some snowflakes!

[Front Ranger]

Pic my dad took from Myrtle Creek, OR this morning. 

[Phil]

17 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Feb 8–9th 2019 in the Seattle area, the night I went into high weenie mode about being dry slotted for hours, went to bed in disgust, and woke to find that it had dumpity dump dump dumped from about the moment I fell asleep onwards.

What time did u hit the sack?

[Front Ranger]

3 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Looks like 49.2"

Nov: 11"

Dec: 3.4"

Jan: 1.7

Feb: 33.1"

Your worm turned in February. Is that a record since you've been up there?

Strong November too, of course. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

4 minutes ago, Phil said:

What time did u hit the sack?

Probably around 11:00 PM.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

4 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Your worm turned in February. Is that a record since you've been up there?

Strong November too, of course. 

#2 for February. We had 52.2" in 2019. 

[Phil]

Just now, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Probably around 11:00 PM.

1038PM to 454AM.

[Meatyorologist]

3 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

@Meatyorologist can we make this happen?!

I'll see what I can do when I get home..

[Meatyorologist]

33 minutes ago, Phil said:

RadarScope now has radar archives back to 1991! Browsed through all of the most amazing storms/blizzards in memory, and it re-affirmed that 2/9-10/2010 was my favorite winter event of all time (to date).

What I wouldn’t do to go back in time to relive that one.

Oh wow, there goes the next 42 consecutive hours of my life.

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Oh wow, there goes the next 42 consecutive hours of my life.

Same brother. I’ve been 100% unproductive since midday yesterday.

[fubario]

34 minutes ago, Olive1010 said:

Saturday is looking good, right?

[WeatherGeek2022]

2 minutes ago, fubario said:

pretty much the vibes looking at every snow map

[Rubus Leucodermis]

8 minutes ago, Phil said:

1038PM to 454AM.

Thanks! Time zone issues: 11:00 PM PST = 2:00 AM EST, 7:00 AM PST = 10:00 AM EST. So 02:00 to 10:00 is the real time span of interest.

Edit: never mind, saw the second one. Interestiong that it wasn't continuous snow, just a handful of really potent showers. They must have REALLY dumped because I scored about 9" in 8 hours, must have been 2-3"/hr at times!

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looks like PDX pulled off a high of 39 so far. If it holds that’s 4 sub-40 days in the last week of February including a sub-freezing high on 2/23. Pretty impressive run.

[TT-SEA]

Randy... 18Z ECMWF still shows your c-zone on Friday morning.   Its on every run.   Its coming! 

 

[Phil]

4 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Thanks! Time zone issues: 11:00 PM PST = 2:00 AM EST, 7:00 AM PST = 10:00 AM EST. So 02:00 to 10:00 is the real time span of interest.

Oh whoops. Didn’t even check that.

Here.

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Randy... 18Z ECMWF still shows your c-zone on Friday morning.   Its on every run.   Its coming! 

 

Yes!!! It’s coming! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Really snowing hard now in S. Salem. 

[Cold Snap]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Randy... 18Z ECMWF still shows your c-zone on Friday morning.   Its on every run.   Its coming! 

 

Also shows one for me as well but his has way better timing being in the overnight hours.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Here we go again!

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3:59 PM PST Tuesday 28 February 2023
Special weather statement in effect for:

• Metro Vancouver - central including the City of Vancouver Burnaby and New Westminster
• Metro Vancouver - North Shore including West Vancouver and North Vancouver
• Metro Vancouver - northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge

Another round of snow is expected.

Where: West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Fraser Valley and the Sea to Sky Corridor.

When: Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

What: Snow accumulations of 5 to 15 cm.

Impacts: Difficult driving conditions due to slippery surfaces and reduced visibilities in heavy snow. Thursday morning commute will likely be affected.

Remarks: A Pacific frontal system is approaching the South Coast. Light rain from the system will start tomorrow afternoon and will intensify in the evening. As snow levels drop to near sea level tomorrow night, the rain will change to wet snow or a mix of snow and rain. The mixed precipitation will continue through Thursday morning.

Snow accumulations are highly variable depending on locations and elevations. Over the Metro Vancouver, up to 5 cm of snow is likely mainly over higher terrain, while up to 15 cm of snow is possible along Sea to Sky Corridor.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #BCStorm.