PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[Cold Snap]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Nope! This will be wrong. 

You will probably get 2.75” more than what is modeled.

[TacomaWx]

Getting a bit more consistent now…band of precip moving in from the south of here will finally break through I think. Looks like it’s holding together better than the previous band. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Sunday morning still looks good on the GEM

[DRG]

Meanwhile...26,482 otters east of Crescent City, CA

[Sandy rocks]

My son-in-law finally got back to Sandy about 7:30. The snow is still dumping.

[BLI snowman]

2 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Another heavy band about to get over us. How much do you think my area will end up with? We're at around 1.5" right now, most of it in the past hour

3-6" seems like a good bet still.

[MillCreekMike]

4 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Looks about the same 

Looks MUCH better!

[ShawniganLake]

11 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

That's a lot better than here, we're getting those small flakes but they aren't accumulating much yet. Hopefully this band will hang out for a while, 

Just over 2” here. Since about 4pm

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

The Sunday system is concerning with that stronger low and stronger south wind before the precip arrives.  Man but we have time for that sucker to come in further south!

[SouthHillFrosty]

Just now, MillCreekMike said:

Looks MUCH better!

South of Seattle is still sour about Jan 2020

[Cold Snap]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Sunday morning still looks good on the GEM

 

[SnowySeeker50]

The gap winds have arrived. 32 degrees dp 18

[T-Town]

Finally snowing again. Coming down pretty good. 

[DDDRWx]

I think that this passes the street lamp test?  Felida area of Vancouver.  

[Perturbed Member]

4 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

3-6" seems like a good bet still.

Not 15-18? lol

[Fircrest]

13 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

We’ve been getting more frequent bursts of snow here…which usually indicates the snow will eventually break through. Models showed this taking some time, so I’m not worried about it yet. 

Yeah, I just needed to be a little more patient.  It's coming down nicely now and sticking to the car tops.  Also heard that the Tacoma School District where my wife works has already announced 2 hour late start for tomorrow. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Another model with a 15 on top of me!

As Michael Snyder would say: “For entertainment purposes only.”

[Gradient Keeper]

A most incredible snow storm. At times the snowfall rates have been as heavy or slightly heavier than January 2017. Temp 27.5, Dewpoint: 27.1 with gusty east wind and very heavy snow continuing. I'm at 11 1/2" now! UNBELIEVABLE!!!! This pic does no justice at all.

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, Fircrest said:

Yeah, I just needed to be a little more patient.  It's coming down nicely now and sticking to the car tops.  Also heard that the Tacoma School District where my wife works has already announced 2 hour late start for tomorrow. 

 

3 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Finally snowing again. Coming down pretty good. 

Can confirm finally getting accumulation on cars and elevated surfaces. Temps down to 32. Took it’s sweet a** time but it looks like the precip has finally broken through. 

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Gradient Keeper said:

A most incredible snow storm. At times the snowfall rates have been as heavy or slightly heavier than January 2017. Temp 27.5, Dewpoint: 27.1 with gusty east wind and very heavy snow continuing. I'm at 11 1/2" now! UNBELIEVABLE!!!! This pic does no justice at all.

Holy shiiiiet man! This is going to be one for the books down there in spots. 

[Doinko]

Just now, Gradient Keeper said:

A most incredible snow storm. At times the snowfall rates have been as heavy or slightly heavier than January 2017. Temp 27.5, Dewpoint: 27.1 with gusty east wind and very heavy snow continuing. I'm at 11 1/2" now! UNBELIEVABLE!!!! This pic does no justice at all.

I'm still 11" behind 2017 . Still amazing storm though

[TacomaWx]

Any Olympia posters on? Freeway cams look snowy in spots down there. 

[SunAndSnow]

Guessing 2”, haven’t measured yet. South metro 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

That’s a real cold and fairly dry trough the first weekend of March! Could see some nice days and chilly nights. 

[Poulsbo Snowman]

I've been having light snow and flurries here for the past 4 hours.  At this rate, in about 10 days, I will have 1/2 an inch--assuming there is no melting.

[FroYoBro]

Finally down to an official freezing reading in the last 15 minutes. Been getting a good amount of 33 degree sticking snow though. About an inch. It might not go for much longer here based on the radar, but I'm pretty happy that everything is covered, so anything from here is bonus. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

5 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Holy shiiiiet man! This is going to be one for the books down there in spots. 

My 8-14 prediction was spot on yesterday!! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2/12/95 redux? 

[Skagit Weather]

Nothing more than a trace up here today, but it was a pretty chilly day. Midnight high of 36F and it only made it up to 33F during the daylight hours. Not particularly optimistic about picking anything else up in the next couple weeks (temps looks pretty marginal for all the snow shown, especially with my proximity to the water), which makes me even happier with my December snow. I'm spending quite a bit of time now pretty far up the Skagit River Valley so it's kind of funny that there's no snow up there either (below 2,000') while Portland and a couple other lowland areas are getting nuked.

31F currently.

[Omegaraptor]

Still nothing in Corvallis but I see precip coming over the coast range. Can’t be too long before it arrives!

Glad those in Portland area are finally scoring an event, my mom and dad are sending pics of snow piling up. You guys deserve it after years of watching the Sound score while you get skunked, lol.

[Cold Snap]

9 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

A most incredible snow storm. At times the snowfall rates have been as heavy or slightly heavier than January 2017. Temp 27.5, Dewpoint: 27.1 with gusty east wind and very heavy snow continuing. I'm at 11 1/2" now! UNBELIEVABLE!!!! This pic does no justice at all.

Congrats to you!!! Really glad you are scoring huge! I had a feeling someone in the Portland area was going to get about a foot!

[Doinko]

20 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

3-6" seems like a good bet still.

Will the back edge on the radar fill up soon?

[Jakewestsalem]

Almost looks on radar like a meso low is forming due west of salem. Such a strange set up

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

Nothing more than a trace up here today, but it was a pretty chilly day. Midnight high of 36F and it only made it up to 33F during the daylight hours. Not particularly optimistic about picking anything else up in the next couple weeks (temps looks pretty marginal for all the snow shown, especially with my proximity to the water), which makes me even happier with my December snow. I'm spending quite a bit of time now pretty far up the Skagit River Valley so it's kind of funny that there's no snow up there either (below 2,000') while Portland and a couple other lowland areas are getting nuked.

31F currently.

It’s like you live hours from me with the difference in the weather in such a short distance lol! Down to 28.1 here. DP 26. 

[Perturbed Member]

@BLI snowman

Looks like better radar returns your way now. How is it looking?

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

The weekend event looks like a major deal out this way. I'd say the Olympia to Everett area could see a widespread 3-6.  Out here and around Shelton 6-12 look possible 

 

[thickhog]

6 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Will the back edge on the radar fill up soon?

Hope so. I’m at 500’ and barely have a dusting. Been in a sick snowhole all day.

[Requiem]

Wow! 

https://twitter.com/NWSPortland/status/1628616354202009602?s=20

[Perturbed Member]

2 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Will the back edge on the radar fill up soon?

I think the band will just reorient and rebuild further west. We should be fine. 

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, Requiem said:

Wow! 

https://twitter.com/NWSPortland/status/1628616354202009602?s=20

Wow. Biggest single daily snowfall on record besides 1943. Kind of jealous

[MossMan]

MS is doing a livestream right now just fyi 

[Omegaraptor]

From my parents in Tigard!!! Let’s gooooo!

[Doinko]

Up to 2" here. Not the 11" PDX has but still nice

[Cold Snap]

4 minutes ago, MossMan said:

It’s like you live hours from me with the difference in the weather in such a short distance lol! Down to 28.1 here. DP 26. 

I have a feeling you live in some sort of dome that just enhances snowfall rates when moisture gets to you and you somehow end up scoring even if the models don’t show it. I swear you always get snow even in the most marginal events!

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

18 minutes ago, Gradient Keeper said:

A most incredible snow storm. At times the snowfall rates have been as heavy or slightly heavier than January 2017. Temp 27.5, Dewpoint: 27.1 with gusty east wind and very heavy snow continuing. I'm at 11 1/2" now! UNBELIEVABLE!!!! This pic does no justice at all.

Yay! All that c'mon! worked! Happy for you!

[Snownerd3000]

One helluva gfs run. Looks really cold

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The weekend event looks like a major deal out this way. I'd say the Olympia to Everett area could see a widespread 3-6.  Out here and around Shelton 6-12 look possible

The model consensus at this point for MBY is 8" or more. Definitely intriguing. Still gonna wait a couple more days before getting super-excited.

[Skagit Weather]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

It’s like you live hours from me with the difference in the weather in such a short distance lol! Down to 28.1 here. DP 26. 

Yeah, it's truly amazing. Today the problem wasn't so much the temperature, but the lack of moisture throughout the day.

[TacomaWx]

@Deweydog looks like PDX got MORE than 6”

[Cold Snap]

7 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Wow. Biggest single daily snowfall on record besides 1943. Kind of jealous

Portland is absolutely scoring big! This is such a great way to break the snow drought down there!