PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[LowerGarfield]

2 hours ago, MWG said:

Interesting at the airport but still nothing my way.

Rooting for you. We considered moving to the office in Medford when I worked for Blue Cross of Oregon, but we wanted to buy a house and Lewiston, ID (our other option at the time) was much cheaper when I transferred there from the Burlington area. So I know that could have been me. Of course Lewiston's prices starting shooting up right after we moved, but we did buy a house in a slightly better place for snow. 

[SnowySeeker50]

Currently 32.5 degrees dp 16. Dry air appears to be winning with nothing reaching the ground here for now.

[Doinko]

3 minutes ago, Perturbed Member said:

00z RGEM is thinking 5-10 inch totals for WA county with the peak snowfall rate around 10 PM, snow finally ends around 7-10 AM tomorrow. 

That bullseye is almost right over me! 

[Doinko]

Just measured 0.7" of snow so far. Very windy right now too. Everything including roads and sidewalks are completely covered

[VancouverIslandSouth]

3 minutes ago, Perturbed Member said:

00z RGEM is thinking 5-10 inch totals for WA county with the peak snowfall rate around 10 PM, snow finally ends around 7-10 AM tomorrow. 

Probably better to go off the radar signature for predictions at this point. 

[Ziess]

Southern Clackamas County checking in, 36.7 and 0.0 snow. 

[Doinko]

Just now, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Probably better to go off the radar signature for predictions at this point. 

Some heavy bands heading to those areas right now

[Sandy rocks]

My son-in-law left work near OMSI at 4:30 and is still not home. It started snowing here around 2 and hasn't stopped, probably now have around 5".

[Rubus Leucodermis]

10 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Sounds like the Nanaimo - Nanoose area is sitting around 6~12". My Dad went out and measured at their place in Nanoose and it was just over 12" deep. Still dumping there from the looks of it on the cams:

Also, starting to get some anemic snow in Victoria. Most of it seems to be sublimating on impact, but at this rate there could be a token dusting by the morning. Looking better in Shawnigan's area:

Ladysmith is getting dumped on again:

It also extends up to Qualicum Beach, so the band is certainly wider now than it was previously:

Extends east across the Strait to Vancouver now…

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Just now, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Extends east across the Strait to Vancouver now…

Certainly a positive sign, is any of that reaching the surface though?

[The Blob]

5.5 inches!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Certainly a positive sign, is any of that reaching the surface though?

Yes. Non-paved surfaces are dusted white already.

[MillCreekMike]

Is there a worse form of torture to a weather weenie than watching snow bands continue to fizzle out just as it reaches your location? Just had that thought. What could be worse than that

[bainbridgekid]

29 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yee Haw!! 

MossMan effect snow!

 

 

[MillCreekMike]

Need to see more pics from PDX!

[MillCreekMike]

1 minute ago, bainbridgekid said:

MossMan effect snow!

 

 

That is unbelievable lol

[Rubus Leucodermis]

5 minutes ago, MillCreekMike said:

Is there a worse form of torture to a weather weenie than watching snow bands continue to fizzle out just as it reaches your location? Just had that thought. What could be worse than that

That’s about as bad as it gets. Always best for that sort of thing to happen to someone ELSE.

[LowerGarfield]

11 minutes ago, Sandy rocks said:

My son-in-law left work near OMSI at 4:30 and is still not home. It started snowing here around 2 and hasn't stopped, probably now have around 5".

Let us know when he gets back safe! Snow is exciting but more fun when you don't have to drive in it. Any snow photos?

[VancouverIslandSouth]

3 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Yes. Non-paved surfaces are dusted white already.

Wow, perhaps the models were too dry with tonight's forecast, I wasn't expecting anything over there.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

@Prairiedog Have you switched to snow yet? You are on Clear Creek right? 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

15 minutes ago, Sandy rocks said:

My son-in-law left work near OMSI at 4:30 and is still not home. It started snowing here around 2 and hasn't stopped, probably now have around 5".

Last November, some people who got stuck in traffic in metro Vancouver (similar situation, unwarned-of heavy snowfall) didn’t get home for 10 or 12 hours.

[snow_wizard]

Models indicate the best chances for King and Pierce Counties is still a few hours off.  I'm beginning to think Tacoma could pull off a couple of inches.  I probably won't be so lucky here.  Maybe a half or three quarters here.

[Gummy]

101 is getting hammered right now.

 

 

[Requiem]

 

[MillCreekMike]

Yeah that band of snow is getting eaten up as it tries to go up towards Seattle. Definitely some heavier echoes over the sound right now though.

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Wow, perhaps the models were too dry with tonight's forecast, I wasn't expecting anything over there.

There just seems to be more moisture everywhere than what was expected earlier.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Wow, perhaps the models were too dry with tonight's forecast, I wasn't expecting anything over there.

The Euro and GFS both started calling for dustings here today, but given I’ve already had a dusting and how many echoes there are on the radar I’m starting to get the feeling this may significantly overperform.

[SouthHillFrosty]

What’s a good radar link? I lost all of my bookmarks 

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Models indicate the best chances for King and Pierce Counties is still a few hours off.  I'm beginning to think Tacoma could pull off a couple of inches.  I probably won't be so lucky here.  Maybe a half or three quarters here.

I’d be surprised if we saw more than 1” tonight. It’s still pretty early and the models showed a lot of snow in the south sound falling early in a couple hours from now or early in the morning. 

[Gummy]

1 minute ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

What’s a good radar link? I lost all of my bookmarks 

The UW Radar is fairly accurate

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Snowing at Florence and North Bend on the Oregon coast. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Down to 15 at Government Camp. 

[TacomaWx]

Snow stopped for a little while but it’s starting up again. Radar was donut holing us for awhile but starting to fill in again. Heaviest snow of the night so far currently just not enough to stick. 33 with a breezy cold east wind. 

[Roman-Dallas Snow-Zone]

Most of WV is like a giant vacuum of a hole of no snow. Coast range few miles west of me keeps eating all the snow showers. Need a miracle before sunrise!

[Doinko]

47 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Band coming up into Portland from the south looks like a monster, gonna be some 1-2" per hour rates with that.

Just had 0.6" in 30 minutes so you were definitely right about that

[LowerGarfield]

Must be getting some cloud cover or something...went from 17F to almost 19F. Still cold though.

[Fircrest]

7 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I’d be surprised if we saw more than 1” tonight. It’s still pretty early and the models showed a lot of snow in the south sound falling early in a couple hours from now or early in the morning. 

I'm not too confident that the Tacoma area will get much snow tonight.  The radar looks good but we are just not getting it down to the surface.  Maybe it will moisten up later and actually amount to something, we'll see.  I know the NWS did issue an advisory but maybe that jinxed us, who knows....

[ShawniganLake]

34 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Sounds like the Nanaimo - Nanoose area is sitting around 6~12". My Dad went out and measured at their place in Nanoose and it was just over 12" deep. Still dumping there from the looks of it on the cams:

Also, starting to get some anemic snow in Victoria. Most of it seems to be sublimating on impact, but at this rate there could be a token dusting by the morning. Looking better in Shawnigan's area:

Ladysmith is getting dumped on again:

It also extends up to Qualicum Beach, so the band is certainly wider now than it was previously:

27F with some moderate snow at times here.  
 

 

[SpaceRace22]

Literally the only spot in the metro area not getting snow right now and it looks like that isn't going to change. There's a perfect 2 mile wide hole that just won't fill in, with me in the exact dead center. This is so much more agonizing than just missing out entirely. To be dead center in such a small hole like this is torturous.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Light snow continues. 28.6˚F.

[Weiner Warrior]

GFS showing decent precip amount for Sunday system. 

[VancouverIslandSouth]

11 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

The Euro and GFS both started calling for dustings here today, but given I’ve already had a dusting and how many echoes there are on the radar I’m starting to get the feeling this may significantly overperform.

Just a dusting here, it's currently 27F with 82% humidity but the stuff reaching the surface is a lot less impressive than the radar would have you believe. I guess the air column is still pretty dry overall.

[Doinko]

3 minutes ago, SpaceRace22 said:

Literally the only spot in the metro area not getting snow right now and it looks like that isn't going to change. There's a perfect 2 mile wide hole that just won't fill in, with me in the exact dead center. This is so much more agonizing than just missing out entirely. To be dead center in such a small hole like this is torturous.

It disappeared and relocated over @MossMan

[MillCreekMike]

4 minutes ago, SpaceRace22 said:

Literally the only spot in the metro area not getting snow right now and it looks like that isn't going to change. There's a perfect 2 mile wide hole that just won't fill in, with me in the exact dead center. This is so much more agonizing than just missing out entirely. To be dead center in such a small hole like this is torturous.

Agonizing man

[DRG]

3 minutes ago, SpaceRace22 said:

Literally the only spot in the metro area not getting snow right now and it looks like that isn't going to change. There's a perfect 2 mile wide hole that just won't fill in, with me in the exact dead center. This is so much more agonizing than just missing out entirely. To be dead center in such a small hole like this is torturous.

That's messed up lol

[Doinko]

PDX is already at 5.3" so far around 2 hrs ago. If they get over 6.1" it'll be the biggest single day snowfall since 2017, and if they get over 6.5" it'll be the greatest single day snowfall since the 7.0" in 2008.

[Cold Snap]

Meanwhile where I’m at. Still 71 degrees and it’s just after 10pm now. SE is torching right now.

[SouthHillFrosty]

10 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Snow stopped for a little while but it’s starting up again. Radar was donut holing us for awhile but starting to fill in again. Heaviest snow of the night so far currently just not enough to stick. 33 with a breezy cold east wind. 

Haven’t had a snow in over an hour also. This donut hole is killer lol 

[Doinko]

Another heavy band on the way

[DRG]

Only reason I'm not losing my D**n mind being outta town while this is literally happening at our house is I happen to be in 300 miles south and also in a winter storm warning...