PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[Front Ranger]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

Looks like they started again in 2013/2014

From what I can see here, sure looks like they missed some stuff, but definitely better than the prior 20 years.

[joelgombiner]

15 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The gfs shows a major snow event for the hood canal and most of the kitsap peninsula Friday night and Saturday.  I'm trying to wrap my head around what I'm looking at. Could be huge amounts with this. Flow is offshore and there is a bunch of upslope snow. Might be insane.

Now if only that H was in BC. 

[Front Ranger]

4 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

Moving to Yosemite NP 

Helluva winter there. So hit and miss, though.

[MossMan]

I have moved all over in my life!! Shockingly all with a similar climate!! I moved from Arlington to Stanwood, then to Arlington again, then back Stanwood, then Arlington again, then back to Stanwood…And all of those moves never included actually living anywhere near those towns! It’s amazing how spread out “Arlington” and “Stanwood” addresses are. For example I lived at Lake Goodwin which is a Stanwood address, and where I live now is a Stanwood address, it’s a 20 minute drive between those two locations! Our previous house that we lived at before moving to our current place is an Arlington address but is only 5 minutes from Lake Goodwin and 20 minutes from the actual town of Arlington! 
Now that I have throughly confused everyone…I’m going to bed! 
28.8 degrees. 

[Hawksfan2008]

Anyone else ready to start tracking thunderstorms? Although real storms are just as difficult as snow around here. Missing a warm muggy evening with nocturnal storms! 

[MikeInEverett]

Seeing a lot of posts from Facebook community pages that roads in Snohomish county are super icy and people are seeing cars in ditches, not surprising, lots of wet snow and melting snow from today. 31F currently.

[joelgombiner]

5 minutes ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

Anyone else ready to start tracking thunderstorms? Although real storms are just as difficult as snow around here. Missing a warm muggy evening with nocturnal storms! 

Absolutely. I feel like the last good one in Seattle was in 2019 or 2018... it was the one that made headlines for 100's of lightning strikes. 

googled it... Sept. 7, 2019. More than 2,000 lightning strikes. https://seattlemag.com/best-of-seattle/best-2019-seattles-september-lighting-storm/

[MikeInEverett]

3 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

Absolutely. I feel like the last good one in Seattle was in 2019 or 2018... it was the one that made headlines for 100's of lightning strikes. 

googled it... Sept. 7, 2019. More than 2,000 lightning strikes. https://seattlemag.com/best-of-seattle/best-2019-seattles-september-lighting-storm/

That was so fun. I was at work but I just remember going by the front windows with my coworkers and watching the show. It was nonstop lightning for 30 mins. Never seen anything like it!

[Hawksfan2008]

4 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

Absolutely. I feel like the last good one in Seattle was in 2019 or 2018... it was the one that made headlines for 100's of lightning strikes. 

googled it... Sept. 7, 2019. More than 2,000 lightning strikes. https://seattlemag.com/best-of-seattle/best-2019-seattles-september-lighting-storm/

Nice! Was at the huskies game that night. Incredible experience. 

[MikeInEverett]

14 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I have moved all over in my life!! Shockingly all with a similar climate!! I moved from Arlington to Stanwood, then to Arlington again, then back Stanwood, then Arlington again, then back to Stanwood…And all of those moves never included actually living anywhere near those towns! It’s amazing how spread out “Arlington” and “Stanwood” addresses are. For example I lived at Lake Goodwin which is a Stanwood address, and where I live now is a Stanwood address, it’s a 20 minute drive between those two locations! Our previous house that we lived at before moving to our current place is an Arlington address but is only 5 minutes from Lake Goodwin and 20 minutes from the actual town of Arlington! 
Now that I have throughly confused everyone…I’m going to bed! 
28.8 degrees. 

I’ve moved 5 times in my life and haven’t gone out of the Everett/Snohomish area! From Mukilteo to Snohomish to Mill Creek to north Bothell then Lynnwood and now my first home purchase here in Everett! I’m excited to branch out a bit next time I buy a place lol. Everett is somewhat similar to Arlington/Stanwood as it has quite a few different area codes. My place in Mill Creek was technically an Everett address even though it was only a couple miles from the actual main town of Mill Creek.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Didn’t make it back up the driveway tonight… 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Didn’t make it back up the driveway tonight… 

What are you driving?

[JW8]

12 minutes ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

Nice! Was at the huskies game that night. Incredible experience. 

Was there as well! It was craazy, but not sure I'd call that game an incredible experience. Our offense was inept and lost to a bad Cal team. Getting home at 3 am also wasn't so awesome haha.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

What are you driving?

Outback. My in laws made it up, with some effort, in their Highlander. The extra clearance helps. My car is just pushing snow, and it’s about time for new tires. 

[LowerGarfield]

33 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I have moved all over in my life!! Shockingly all with a similar climate!! I moved from Arlington to Stanwood, then to Arlington again, then back Stanwood, then Arlington again, then back to Stanwood…And all of those moves never included actually living anywhere near those towns! It’s amazing how spread out “Arlington” and “Stanwood” addresses are. For example I lived at Lake Goodwin which is a Stanwood address, and where I live now is a Stanwood address, it’s a 20 minute drive between those two locations! Our previous house that we lived at before moving to our current place is an Arlington address but is only 5 minutes from Lake Goodwin and 20 minutes from the actual town of Arlington! 
Now that I have throughly confused everyone…I’m going to bed! 
28.8 degrees. 

20 mins from Lake Godwin to your location? How? Lake Godwin's gotta be at least fifteen minutes from where pioneer meets 532.

[Front Ranger]

27 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

Absolutely. I feel like the last good one in Seattle was in 2019 or 2018... it was the one that made headlines for 100's of lightning strikes. 

googled it... Sept. 7, 2019. More than 2,000 lightning strikes. https://seattlemag.com/best-of-seattle/best-2019-seattles-september-lighting-storm/

That was a once in a decade lightning storm, though. 

[Front Ranger]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Outback. My in laws made it up, with some effort, in their Highlander. The extra clearance helps. My car is just pushing snow, and it’s about time for new tires. 

Rarely have I heard a Subaru driver admit the limitations of their vehicle. This is a moment. 

[WeatherGeek2022]

2 hours ago, Weiner Warrior said:

Well, that's a wrap. Winter over for Seattle. See you all in a year.

been a fun ride

 

now to look forward to maybe a fun summer of thunderstorms.

[MossMan]

22 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

Absolutely. I feel like the last good one in Seattle was in 2019 or 2018... it was the one that made headlines for 100's of lightning strikes. 

googled it... Sept. 7, 2019. More than 2,000 lightning strikes. https://seattlemag.com/best-of-seattle/best-2019-seattles-september-lighting-storm/

One of the most fascinating lightning storms I have ever seen happened sometime in the earlyish 90’s (perhaps even late 80’s not sure, I was a kid) in the summer. I was out in my little 10’ fishing boat early in the day at lake Goodwin when a cell moved in right overhead, I raced back to the dock, tied up and just then a bolt hit the water right where I was just a minute or so before. I could feel the heat! That was insane! Then the activity continued on off in the distance the rest of the day and most all of that warm night. It was so cool to watch the lightning constantly going…Haven’t seen anything that long of duration since. Though we did have one day sometime between 2008 and 2012 (can’t remember now, all I know was I was at my former job) where the thunderstorms lasted several hours. Fun stuff! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

59 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

I didn't know EUG was recording snow again.

Yeah they have been for a while now. Since 2013-14 I believe. Now if we could get SLE to do it. 

[MossMan]

10 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Outback. My in laws made it up, with some effort, in their Highlander. The extra clearance helps. My car is just pushing snow, and it’s about time for new tires. 

I put these Falken Wildpeaks on our Outback, they have been fantastic in the winter and did not break the bank! 

[joelgombiner]

12 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

That was a once in a decade lightning storm, though. 

True, but I feel like the last few years have been particularly dull in terms of T-storms. 

e.g. two years after 2,000 strikes we get: 

[MossMan]

15 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

20 mins from Lake Godwin to your location? How? Lake Godwin's gotta be at least fifteen minutes from where pioneer meets 532.

 

[Hawksfan2008]

23 minutes ago, JW8 said:

Was there as well! It was craazy, but not sure I'd call that game an incredible experience. Our offense was inept and lost to a bad Cal team. Getting home at 3 am also wasn't so awesome haha.

Yeah I removed those parts from my memory  

[Cascadia_Wx]

11 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah they have been for a while now. Since 2013-14 I believe. Now if we could get SLE to do it. 

I have a good track record emailing the NWS, Andrew...

[The Blob]

Do we have a March thread? I promise to keep the title klassy.

[LowerGarfield]

10 minutes ago, MossMan said:

 

Yup that's more like it. We drove that route often when I lived in Stanwood and of course the 240 CT bus did that road and I'd ride daily.

20 seemed low. But Warm Beach can also keep a decent snow around for a few days due to the trees.

[Weiner Warrior]

I'm back... There's still a chance!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

16 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I put these Falken Wildpeaks on our Outback, they have been fantastic in the winter and did not break the bank! 

That's what I run on my ram. Best snow tire I've ever ran.

[MikeInEverett]

There was also the thunderstorms in September 2013 that delayed the Seahawks 49ers SNF game. I remember hearing some epic cracks of thunder that evening 

[Front Ranger]

24 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

True, but I feel like the last few years have been particularly dull in terms of T-storms. 

e.g. two years after 2,000 strikes we get: 

Lol both are true. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

13 minutes ago, Weiner Warrior said:

I'm back... There's still a chance!

WTF. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

WTF. 

Yeah wtf is going on!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Anyone have a Kuchera map?

[Weiner Warrior]

Gets even better by the end.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

1 hour ago, Hawksfan2008 said:

Anyone else ready to start tracking thunderstorms? Although real storms are just as difficult as snow around here. Missing a warm muggy evening with nocturnal storms! 

Arguably, we have much easier time getting snow than thunderstorms. We can get 2 days of non-stop snow at times, but just a few hours of decent thunderstorm activity west of the Cascades is incredibly rare. Sure, we get the odd rumbles with cold core stuff but warm core storms are a different beast.

In some places it's particularly bad, I think the last semi-decent storm we had in this area was back in May 2017. Oddly enough, it actually feels like they've become even more rare recently just as our winters have grown snowier.

[Requiem]

2 minutes ago, Weiner Warrior said:

Gets even better by the end.

...what?

[gusky]

1 hour ago, LowerGarfield said:

Please do us (or me) a favor and post when you move to WW. Always nice to have a SE WA presence too! I think you'll be the closest poster to me, although Phishy is 2 hrs so by EWA standards not too far.

My sister toured Whitman but chose Lewis & Clark in Portland when she was looking at colleges. She eventually transfered to a school in CA an hr from home. But she liked Whitman when visiting.

Will do! Excited to ahve some more snow chances than I get here in Seattle

[gusky]

1 hour ago, joelgombiner said:

No but I need to learn python. It's supposed to be pretty easy. 

Been taking it this year, it really is. It takes time to go through all the material, but it's not that difficult at all. Seems more daunting than it is

[SnowWillarrive]

7 minutes ago, Weiner Warrior said:

Gets even better by the end.

All phantom snow