PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[TT-SEA]

Got about 1.5 inches here yesterday evening.   I cleared off the driveway last night and now it's icy.   

[BLI snowman]

A nice sloppy dusting here so far. Wet snow is wrapping up.

[Doinko]

Mark Nelsen did mention the possibility of a subfreezing high on Thursday

"But if skies remain partly-mostly cloudy and 4″ snow is sitting on the ground, this could be the first time we get a sub-freezing high after February 20th in 60 years!"

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Looks awesome in Bellevue!

Meanwhile out here the skies are basically clear and its going to be a great sunrise. 

How much snow did you get? 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

How much snow did you get? 

See above

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Got about 1.5 inches here yesterday evening.   I cleared off the driveway last night and now it's icy.   

Didn’t see this post before I asked. We got about 3” here, hope it doesn’t all melt today before the real cold air arrives. Currently 29.8 and if the NAM is correct we are done until Sunday morning. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Pendleton 29 with NE wind

[FroYoBro]

Looks like a decent snow band in Clark County this morning. Too warm and dry down here this morning, but this evening looks very interesting. 

[TacomaWx]

23 minutes ago, Weiner Warrior said:

Snowing and have .5 inch new covering everything. 31 degrees

 

Bellevue 450 feet

Yeah, drove through and just before downtown it was snowing hard. Snowing and sticking in Redmond. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looking at some of these mesoscale models the south coast may be the big

winner.

[TT-SEA]

12Z NAM is basically on board now.    Massive increase in snow for SW WA and Portland compared to previous runs.   I think the Tacoma area and all of Pierce County might get in on the action early tomorrow morning.

 

[bainbridgekid]

Unfortunately, this tunneled hole in the snow looks almost perfectly lined up with my house. Heavy snow North and South but may almost all miss me unless the structure of the bands change a bit.

 

 

[TacomaWx]

Wouldn’t be shocking if some precip managed to make it into the south sound tonight. Models show it having a tough time getting north of Olympia…but it wouldn’t be the first time we’ve seen the models underdo precip. Sunday is looking really good on the models still. 

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z NAM is basically on board now.    Massive increase in snow for SW WA and Portland compared to previous runs.   I think the Tacoma area and all of Pierce County might get in on the action early tomorrow morning.

 

That's all actually from this current band of snow in Clark County. Doesn't show much after this point which is when the other models really dump the most snow

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z NAM is basically on board now.    Massive increase in snow for SW WA and Portland compared to previous runs.   I think the Tacoma area and all of Pierce County might get in on the action early tomorrow morning.

 

A lot of that is from what’s falling now. 

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z NAM is basically on board now.    Massive increase in snow for SW WA and Portland compared to previous runs.   I think the Tacoma area and all of Pierce County might get in on the action early tomorrow morning.

 

I just posted about this lol. Yeah I think some places south of Seattle just might eke out some snow tonight. 

[Doinko]

RGEM looks great for Washington county

 

 

[TacomaWx]

Not as much snow here as just south of Bellevue, but a nice surprise to show up at work with snow. 

[Snowdome]

Big flakes coming down now. Great start this morning. 

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

A lot of that is from what’s falling now. 

I believe this is what it’s snowing tonight. 

[ShawniganLake]

Cloudy and 29F here this morning 

[Tyler Mode]

Over an inch now and coming down hard.  My willow tree IS leafing out under this snow.

[Snownerd3000]

waking up to snow in Woodinville. Wondering how long this will last this morning.

[Cloud]

Woke up to some light snow and sticking. A dusting so far. I’ll take it! 

[TT-SEA]

9 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I just posted about this lol. Yeah I think some places south of Seattle just might eke out some snow tonight. 

Given that northward extent of precip is a known modeling issue in this type of situation and the ECMWF is showing plenty of snow for Tacoma... I am guessing you will do better than you are saying. 

[TacomaWx]

The Hi-res models actually are on board for snow in Tacoma tonight. We will see what happens though…going to be a close call. Could end up being just a few miles too far NE as well. 

[Cloud]

Some heavier stuff heading towards me or maybe just a wee bit to the north. Hopefully it does hit. 

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Given that northward extent of precip is a known modeling issue in this type of situation and the ECMWF is showing plenty of snow for Tacoma... I am guessing you will do better than you are saying. 

Is the 6z euro showing snow? I only saw last nights run and it looked close but not far enough to get into pierce county. 

[Eujunga]

About an inch here, around the same amount as 8 days ago. On top of nearly half an inch of rain yesterday, I'm quite satisfied!

[Sandy rocks]

So the forecasts are showing sunny conditions for Thursday.  They think the snow is farther south. The models don't seem to show that. It's very confusing. We have about 1.5 inches and snowing here now. It's 33 out.

[Doinko]

ICON also looks good

[Slushy Inch]

Got lucky!

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Some heavier stuff heading towards me or maybe just a wee bit to the north. Hopefully it does hit. 

Radar might be under doing this a bit. I’m at about 300’ just west of Redmond and it’s snowing hard sticking on the roads. 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Is the 6z euro showing snow? I only saw last nights run and it looked close but not far enough to get into pierce county. 

Definitely showing snow.   2+ inches in Tacoma. 

[Slushy Inch]

Weird the UW GFS actually won one.

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Definitely showing snow.   2+ inches in Tacoma. 

Even 6z underplays the band over the central sound right now.

[TacomaWx]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Definitely showing snow.   2+ inches in Tacoma. 

Woah, I hadn’t seen that. No wonder the hi-res models seem to be on board for tonight. Good timing too as it’ll be cold tomorrow and should stick around. 

[BurienSnowGlobe]

 

This is right outside of International District in Seattle. Basically at I90

[Cloud]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Definitely showing snow.   2+ inches in Tacoma. 

Wow! PDX gets buried! Good for them! I think this one is needed. 

[Weiner Warrior]

Good start

[SilverFallsAndrew]

16 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z NAM is basically on board now.    Massive increase in snow for SW WA and Portland compared to previous runs.   I think the Tacoma area and all of Pierce County might get in on the action early tomorrow morning.

 

PDX proper could get skunked  

[Phishy Wx]

had maybe 2-3" but 40mph winds scoured most of it out and blew it up the street against a parallel neighbors fence. 

14 with a WC of -4

[Snownerd3000]

6 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Got lucky!

We love so close lol. Just to the east of 405. Wish this would stall over us.

[ChrisAmunRA]

Snowing here in Belltown Seattle 

[TacomaWx]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

PDX proper could get skunked  

Euro is really showing a major event down there. I trust that more than the hi-res models. I think this will be the best event since January 2017 there. 

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, Snownerd3000 said:

We love so close lol. Just to the east of 405. Wish this would stall over us.

Right? Someone in our area is going to get extra lucky.

[Phishy Wx]

this mesolow feature is still hanging out just west of Spokane.  I bet Davenport area is buried.  sat there all night

[RentonHill]

12 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Some heavier stuff heading towards me or maybe just a wee bit to the north. Hopefully it does hit. 

We are too far south. Again

[Cloud]

Nice little dusting. A bit heavier. 

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Slushy Inch said:

Right? Someone in our area is going to get extra lucky.

Looks like another band is forming to the east behind it. Smells like an overperformance in areas just north of Seattle. Glad I’m here for it!