PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[SpaceRace22]

Dumping in Salmon Creek. Still 33 here so not sticking quite as much as it was over along the 205. But the flakes are turning fluffier here and we have a heavy wet dusting! Feels so surreal to be here. I work nights so I went straight from work to the airport, lol.

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Holy crap.

The real deal for late February. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Bellingham 28F DP 9. NE wind gusting to 58MPH. 

Unbelievable. What a BLAST. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Holy crap.

No wonder those northward-moving radar echoes aren’t producing much snowfall on the ground in Whatcom County and are getting disintegrated before they can get to me.

[joelgombiner]

Exciting morning with up to an inch in spots around the city! But it melted pretty quickly in most places. Might be something developing again over the central Sound on IR/radar. 

[ShawniganLake]

6 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Bellingham 28F DP 9. NE wind gusting to 58MPH. 

And the resulting sea effect snow near Nanaimo 

 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Seems like a ton of potential in the long range. Around the 10th of March we do finally see some warming in the ensembles, but about a -6C ensemble mean at SLE for much of the long range... Pretty darn solid. 

[Doinko]

3 minutes ago, SpaceRace22 said:

Dumping in Salmon Creek. Still 33 here so not sticking quite as much as it was over along the 205. But the flakes are turning fluffier here and we have a heavy wet dusting! Feels so surreal to be here. I work nights so I went straight from work to the airport, lol.

Just cloudy here right now

[runninthruda206]

3 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

I’ll be there too doing the same!

What! That’s awesome. Are you planning on hitting the mountain? We’ll be boarding on Sunday and it should be near perfect conditions with all the fresh powder. 

[Prairiedog]

10 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Down to 34 at PDX

Still pretty calm here.  Sounds like maybe East County is starting to pick up a little easterly drift.  That will be a game changer for temps.  Showers stopped and temp popped back up to 37 here. 

[dhoffine]

Anyone notice the radar shows the Portland moisture moving more north then west?  

[TacomaWx]

5 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

Exciting morning with up to an inch in spots around the city! But it melted pretty quickly in most places. Might be something developing again over the central Sound on IR/radar. 

Yeah, have been watching closely while I’m “very busy working” this morning. Haven’t had any flakes in Redmond since about 10am. 

[OysterPrintout]

20 minutes ago, Mid Valley Duck said:

I thought you were joking but you arent wrong, this is not that bad of a map. Maybe its a tad too far south but we'll see.

This is a pretty bad map.

[FroYoBro]

Up to 38 degrees here with a dry break. Still getting a southerly breeze, so I love to see the Dalles down to a 23 degree dp. Hurry up east wind! 

[bainbridgekid]

6 minutes ago, runninthruda206 said:

What! That’s awesome. Are you planning on hitting the mountain? We’ll be boarding on Sunday and it should be near perfect conditions with all the fresh powder. 

Skiing Saturday and Sunday, partying Friday and Saturday nights. Gonna be a great weekend!

And missing the -20 to -30 wind chills the alpine is getting today and tomorrow.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Looks like Centralia and Olympia should be getting some snow!

[SpaceRace22]

5 minutes ago, OysterPrintout said:

This is a pretty bad map.

It's showing what was supposed to have already fallen as of 11am. And it's actually pretty close. This same map turns into 2-3ft across the whole metro shortly after that frame. Definitely not a bad map lol

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Looks like Centralia and Olympia should be getting some snow!

Chehalis reporting light snow…temps 36 DP 28. 

[Mid Valley Duck]

7 minutes ago, OysterPrintout said:

This is a pretty bad map.

showing what has fallen as of 11am. Its not perfect but its reasonable.

[Deweydog]

A sticky 2.5 inches here. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

45 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF total snow over the next week is very impressive down south.  

I think the 12 inches at shelton and through the canal is pretty nuts.

[BLI snowman]

Temp slowly dropping here under this current enhancement. Down to 32.9 and starting to stick a little more efficiently again. Could just be the precip rates but have to think some of that offshore flow is working its way into the mid levels here now. Doubt there will be much more warming here today.

[FroYoBro]

9 minutes ago, SpaceRace22 said:

It's showing what was supposed to have already fallen as of 11am. And it's actually pretty close. This same map turns into 2-3ft across the whole metro shortly after that frame. Definitely not a bad map lol

He means it is already inaccurate. Sticking snow was not close to being that widespread this morning.

Edited February 22 by FroYoBro

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

31 degrees at home and just 32 here at work. Impressive 33 at Bremerton still.

[OysterPrintout]

4 minutes ago, SpaceRace22 said:

It's showing what was supposed to have already fallen as of 11am. And it's actually pretty close. This same map turns into 2-3ft across the whole metro shortly after that frame. Definitely not a bad map lol

I drove apparently through 2-3" of snow my whole commute and just never realized it I guess.

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, BLI snowman said:

Temp slowly dropping here under this current enhancement. Down to 32.9 and starting to stick a little more efficiently again. Could just be the precip rates but have to think some of that offshore flow is working its way into the mid levels here now. Doubt there will be much more warming here today.

Looks like we are at 37. Hasn't snowed since around 8:45. Hoping we can get some more soon

[Blizzard777]

37* with NNW winds of 20 in Federal Way. 
81* here in the Smokies today thus far but will be back home  tomorrow morning.  Mixed emotions as this really does feel good!  Enjoying all the reports from back home though. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, BLI snowman said:

Temp slowly dropping here under this current enhancement. Down to 32.9 and starting to stick a little more efficiently again. Could just be the precip rates but have to think some of that offshore flow is working its way into the mid levels here now. Doubt there will be much more warming here today.

Yup, down to 32.8 here with the east wind picking up in gusts. DP is down to 30. Snow still coming down hard, over an inch now and sticking even in the roads.

I had a fear we would waste some of our best moisture in the high sun angle afternoon but things still seem to be working out. Just an hour to go until peak insolation!

[Kolk1604]

49 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF total snow over the next week is very impressive down south.  

Nice, I think it's decent for the region. Plenty of time for it to change too. Hoping amounts increase as we get closer. 

[SpaceRace22]

2 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

He means it is already inaccurate. Sticking snow was not never close to being that widespread this morning.

Nuh uh

[Cascadia_Wx]

7 minutes ago, SpaceRace22 said:

It's showing what was supposed to have already fallen as of 11am. And it's actually pretty close. This same map turns into 2-3ft across the whole metro shortly after that frame. Definitely not a bad map lol

You’re going to singlehandedly jinx this whole thing for us dude

[Timmy]

Dumping in town, hope the precip intensity can keep up

[SpaceRace22]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

You’re going to singlehandedly jinx this whole thing for us dude

Ok

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Switching over to snow at river level here in S. Salem. Wonder if @Jakewestsalem is seeing some stickage with this band. 

[TacomaWx]

Looks like the northern end of the band is trying to creep into the south sound. Temps are too warm for stickage for the next couple hour’s most likely…but DPs look low enough for flakeage. Hopefully some precip comes after dark too. 

[RCola]

Euro and GEM hold serve for the weekend threat. Amazing how consistent they have been. Still think the skunk potential is high for the Seattle area. The low placement and strength isn't ideal. But given the surprise this morning, I'm hoping for a change in the right direction. 

Really rooting for the PDX peeps. It's time you guys get what we had Valentine's day 2021. 

 

[SouthHillFrosty]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

You’re going to singlehandedly jinx this whole thing for us dude

The homie flew in from Cali to experience this. He’s praying Portland gets two feet of snow instead of 2in lol

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Thinking there will be some totals in the sw washington nw oregon area in the 10-16 range when this is over.

[TacomaWx]

OLM reporting snow now. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

The homie flew in from Cali to experience this. He’s praying Portland gets two feet of snow instead of 2in lol

I’ll say I really respect the level of dedication. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I bet this band drops 2-3" per hour snowfall rates once it gets into the foothills. 

 

[Omegaraptor]

Rain/snow mix Corvallis

[TT-SEA]

@MossMan play with the sound up.  Aren't you glad you aren't here today. 

[Deweydog]

Southerlies are back at PDX!

[umadbro]

NWS finally came to their senses.

[HuskyMaestro]

A pretty nice chilly Tacoma day. Could use some 10” of snow but this can do for now before hoping to score this weekend. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Heavy snow falling now in S. Salem, but it's about 35 degrees, so not sticking. 

[TonyP]

That moisture plume around Olympia does seem to be heading north. Hopefully we can see some flakes in the Central Sound!

[thickhog]

Clark County looks like the winner today. Again.

[Mid Valley Duck]

7 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

Rain/snow mix Corvallis

This is about 15 west of you