PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[Dave]

I'm on board. It looks like this trough or two will dig deep and not get held up around the Puget Sound area which has happened a lot lately. Even Medford looks to get blasted, which makes me super happy. Pretty rare recently. Who gets the good snow is still anyone's guess but I imagine pretty much everyone will get flakes.

[Doinko]

Decent arctic front snow for the South Willamette valley on the GFS

[TacomaWx]

8 minutes ago, Dave said:

I'm on board. It looks like this trough or two will dig deep and not get held up around the Puget Sound area which has happened a lot lately. Even Medford looks to get blasted, which makes me super happy. Pretty rare recently. Who gets the good snow is still anyone's guess but I imagine pretty much everyone will get flakes.

I mean an Oregon centralized event has to happen eventually. Been a long time. 

[Doinko]

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

Decent arctic front snow for the South Willamette valley on the GFS

Yeah, looks decent, these runs aren't quite as cold as say the GEM, but still pretty cold, and snowier. 

[Jbolin]

Emotional rollercoaster "vibe" check-in!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

My hunch is this run is going to look better with the 2nd trough too. 

[High Desert Mat?]

2 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Not sure what to make of the pattern progression on the EPS... does not look like zonal flow lasts for long either.   

Generally chilly through the entire run but maybe not really wet?    

Northwest flow this time of year isn’t wet? Noted. 

[Doinko]

By the way the 12z EPS was similar to the 00z and pretty great, with the mean getting down to -12.3c over PDX

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Lotsa 50-burgers today. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

12z EPS looks pretty solid.

[Omegaraptor]

Three Sisters look gorgeous from the top floor of the library today.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Some folks may find this interesting. 

[ShawniganLake]

Gfs catching onto the dry blast idea.  With the sun angles this time of year it won’t even feel that cold. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Looks ok

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, Doinko said:

By the way the 12z EPS was similar to the 00z and pretty great, with the mean getting down to -12.3c over PDX

Jinx!

[Cascadia_Wx]

5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Lotsa 50-burgers today. 

PDX holding on for dear life at 49 but it’s probably just a matter of time. Surprised to see so many mid 50s down the valley.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

PDX holding on for dear life at 49 but it’s probably just a matter of time. Surprised to see so many mid 50s down the valley.

Those late February sun angles doing work. Severe clear down this way.

[MossMan]

Conflicting reports! For the 100th time this season! 

[Doinko]

CMCE was a big improvement as well. 850s get to -11.5c and the operational got to -16.7c

[Doinko]

Second trough looks good

 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Those late February sun angles doing work. Severe clear down this way.

Appears to be a weak front draped across SW Washington and extreme NW Oregon. We’ve had off and on light showers here today and a high of just 48 so far.

[Dave]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Lotsa 50-burgers today. 

Absolutely beautiful today. The 50 feels warmer than usual since it's been pretty chilly lately. Now it's time for winter's last hurrah. 

[FroYoBro]

Anyone else having issues with Tropical tidbits missing hourly frames as the GFS comes out? Been happening over the last couple of days to me. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, FroYoBro said:

Anyone else having issues with Tropical tidbits missing hourly frames as the GFS comes out? Been happening over the last couple of days to me. 

Yes it's annoying and has forced me to Pivotal against my will. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

That 2nd trough has anafront potential written all over it. 

[TacomaWx]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yes it's annoying and has forced me to Pivotal against my will. 

I only really use tidbits for the icon. Pretty much always use pivotal for everything else. 

[Doinko]

 

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, Doinko said:

 

Anafront?

[SouthHillFrosty]

MONEY

[Gummy]

Tropical Tidbits has a decent UI and features but wow is the loading god awful. Is he manually uploading each frame?

[WeatherGeek2022]

1 minute ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

MONEY

Glad you had a change of heart almighty GFS.

[Slushy Inch]

Did someone already post EPS meteogram for snow? I’ve been busy all day. I can post them.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just show me a pepto map a day the rest of the winter and it’ll just feel like it snowed a lot. All I need.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Very cold airmass. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Map starts to fill in!!

[MikeInEverett]

The UI and maps on tropical tidbits are 10000x better and easier to use than Pivotal but Pivotal beats Tidbits with basically every other feature. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Just show me a pepto map a day the rest of the winter and it’ll just feel like it snowed a lot. All I need.

People get pissed when the models only show a couple of inches, but they would shhit themselves if they actually had sticking snow. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Holy Toledo!

[Poulsbo Snowman]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Just show me a pepto map a day the rest of the winter and it’ll just feel like it snowed a lot. All I need.

I know everyone calls them pepto maps around here.  I like to think about those colors as being associated with pink amoxicillin, which I took many times when I was a kid for ear infections.  Tastes better than pepto too.  Love the bubblegum flavor!