PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[Doinko]

Looks like 6.1" from this storm total. Definitely an amazing storm, that snow overnight was extremely heavy. So much wind and a lot of drifts outside. Received 3-4" from 1 to 3 am with those bands

[Timmy]

3 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Looks like 6.1" from this storm total. Definitely an amazing storm, that snow overnight was extremely heavy. So much wind and a lot of drifts outside. Received 3-4" from 1 to 3 am with those bands

Glad you scored. I made it from orenco to scappoose via skyline and back roads at 9pm. It was wild. Only took 45 mins. But I used to live up there so I am used to it.

[TacomaWx]

Looking at the models…there’s multiple systems that could bring snow very close to sea level even after the sunday system. Especially if the systems come in during the overnight hours. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

11 minutes ago, Timmy said:

What did you end up with?

Just measured, looks like 11” total. 

[Snownerd3000]

PDX NWS gonna get reamed

 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Just measured, looks like 11” total. 

Wow... impressive!

You have 11 times as much snow as I do right now.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Up to 31.3” on the winter. Ties 2017-18. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Have a feeling there are going to be some very cold lows the next few nights. 

[joelgombiner]

Nice to be on the cold, dry side of the system for once. Cold tongued! 

Congrats to everyone down south who scored big. Looks amazing. 

[Timmy]

Good to see Seattle got in the action a little last night.  I snapped this screenshot. 

Edited February 23 by Timmy

[markjb]

As usual… just a dusting here in university place… U.P. Sucks for snow !!

[joelgombiner]

2 hours ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The NWS should be dragged put back and shot,  this is the 2nd time this area has reached warning level snowfall and not be under a warning. The first time we had 9 inches and not even under a advisory! This is the only time in all the years this has happened and it's just been this year. I blame it on this younger generation of forecasting people in the office with no experience for Western Washington winters and they just use this model blend bullshit and really don't pay attention to what's actually happening outside or the general large scale pattern and what can and what had happened in the past with similar situations.  The NWS of Seattle is a joke and I hope they read this. Portland office is better and Spokane office is awesome!

Deep breaths! 

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Timmy said:

Good to see Seattle got in the action a little last night.  I snapped this screenshot. 

There was 0 snow north of Tacoma this morning…but places Seattle north and east did score yesterday morning. 

[Snowdome]

About an inch here in OC although it snowed most of the day, couldn’t get stickage until it was too late. 

[Timmy]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

There was 0 snow north of Tacoma this morning…but places Seattle north and east did score yesterday morning. 

I thought tim said Seattle got some overnight. The radar showed good echos Seattle/west

[Doinko]

2 hours ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The NWS should be dragged put back and shot,  this is the 2nd time this area has reached warning level snowfall and not be under a warning. The first time we had 9 inches and not even under a advisory! This is the only time in all the years this has happened and it's just been this year. I blame it on this younger generation of forecasting people in the office with no experience for Western Washington winters and they just use this model blend bullshit and really don't pay attention to what's actually happening outside or the general large scale pattern and what can and what had happened in the past with similar situations.  The NWS of Seattle is a joke and I hope they read this. Portland office is better and Spokane office is awesome!

Portland office isn't much better lol. Their forecasts yesterday before the snow started was a WWA from the central/south Valley and absolutely nothing for PDX. Then they changed it to a advisory above 500 ft or something, then a winter storm warning that was still way too low after the snow had already been accumulating for a while in portions of the Metro. And then we had a blizzard after the warning expires

[joelgombiner]

1 minute ago, Timmy said:

I thought tim said Seattle got some overnight. The radar showed good echos Seattle/west

Sounds like there may have been flakes in the air overnight, but it's all blown away or sublimated already. 

[RCola]

We got a dusting in downtown Seattle. On par with what the Euro predicted.

GFS had the right idea with the precip shield but Euro had the right idea with virga.

[MossMan]

Currently 25.9 degrees with a DP of 13. Was windy all night as the wind chimes were going! 

Looking forward to Saturday night! 

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, Timmy said:

I thought tim said Seattle got some overnight. The radar showed good echos Seattle/west

Moisture got eaten alive once it got north of tacoma. Just about 1/4” here. Airmass was extremely dry…DP is 1F at sea tac and 8F in Tacoma. 

[clipper_range]

Snowed for solid hours in Bonney Lake yesterday, however what stuck was blown away. Still windy as we speak with a 7 degree D.P.

[Meatyorologist]

I didn't see any flakes last night due to the dry air, but I did get a good vantage point to view the virga shield overhead. That last minute jog north the low made, along with a stronger than expected high in eastern WA, caused a stronger E-W pressure gradient than expected, and as a result stronger east winds and drying in the low levels.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

From a friend in Arcata, CA (in the hills, not around Downtown, but still):

[Rubus Leucodermis]

This is a first: There was a solid dusting on the ground when I went to bed last night. This morning, almost none of it remains. It was below freezing all night. Dry outflow wind at work. 26.1˚F.

[MWG]

Happy for everyone up north! Currently 27F and cloudy and no snow lol 

[The Blob]

2 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

From a friend in Arcata, CA (in the hills, not around Downtown, but still):

My dad said his work is expecrted to get snow in Calimesa Ca.

[TT-SEA]

13 minutes ago, Timmy said:

I thought tim said Seattle got some overnight. The radar showed good echos Seattle/west

Seattle got snow yesterday morning.    Those radar echoes were deceiving last night... north of the King/Pierce county line it was pretty much all virga.

[BLI snowman]

40 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Looks like 6.1" from this storm total. Definitely an amazing storm, that snow overnight was extremely heavy. So much wind and a lot of drifts outside. Received 3-4" from 1 to 3 am with those bands

Nice, you beat me! About 4" here total we with some melting yesterday. Depth stands just over 3" in the grass.  Hoping to maybe equal that Saturday overnight.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

37 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Just measured, looks like 11” total. 

D**n I was close. I think I guessed 13 for u

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Down to 22 now. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

4.7 inches! But what's impressive is the current tenp of 23.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 hour ago, smerfylicious said:

I didn't even get a flake in Gold Bar, but that's okay. I got 16" in November, so I can't be too greedy I guess. I'm just happy for everyone else. Maybe I'll score this weekend or something.

Just flurries here but the models have been very consistent that my best chances come later.

[TacomaWx]

Should be some very respectable min/maxes the next few days then remain pretty chilly in the longer range. Going to be a close call if we manage to stay below freezing today. Think we end up hitting 33…but we will see. Likely won’t see 40 degrees until Sunday. Getting excited for the Saturday night system. Probably going to have to pull an all-nighter for that one. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

4.7 inches! But what's impressive is the current tenp of 23.

You have lots of trucks! 

[Doinko]

4 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Nice, you beat me! About 4" here total we with some melting yesterday. Depth stands just over 3" in the grass.  Hoping to maybe equal that Saturday overnight.

Most of our snow fell around 1-2 am when it was in the mid 20 so no melting yet. I wasn't expecting much after the initial 2" of snow but then that extremely heavy band overnight was a great surprise. Never seen snow that heavy.

 

[ChrisAmunRA]

I'm pretty sure La Nina is dead SST wise gonna a take 4 weeks for atmospheric pattern to change up so likely gonna be very Nina like thru at least late March somewhere 20th of March on up pattern may change. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Some highway cams of US.101 in the Eureka/Arcata area. These are low elevation cams, not in the hills.

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, ChrisAmunRA said:

I'm pretty sure La Nina is dead SST wise gonna a take 4 weeks for atmospheric pattern to change up so likely gonna be very Nina like thru at least late March somewhere 20th of March on up pattern may change. 

Yeah... significant warming over the last week.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

9 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

You have lots of trucks! 

Some people are addicted to sports, landscaping, hiking,  bicycling, I'm addicted to vehicles. It's also advertising because I do a bunch of performance work on trucks. One of those is my womans.

[Fircrest]

38 minutes ago, markjb said:

As usual… just a dusting here in university place… U.P. Sucks for snow !!

Yeah, it seems like we don't do as well as other areas quite often.  I live one block east of the UP/Fircrest border just south of the golf course.

[TacomaWx]

Going to be a fun day fixing burst lines on job sites…

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Downtown Crescent City:

Downtown Eureka:

[LowerGarfield]

13F and cold outside.

[westcoastexpat]

12 minutes ago, ChrisAmunRA said:

I'm pretty sure La Nina is dead SST wise gonna a take 4 weeks for atmospheric pattern to change up so likely gonna be very Nina like thru at least late March somewhere 20th of March on up pattern may change. 

La Nina is definitely just about done. CPC has raised odds of Nino next winter to 65%.

Ensembles definitely hinting at a strong +PNA sometime in mid March. An early spring would be great, I've never been a fan of cool springs as it delays the trees!

[SpaceRace22]

Final total in Salmon Creek. Less than 1". It's actually impressive how awful this area did relative to everyone else in the metro area. Congrats to everyone else, enjoy! I expect the sun will have most of this melted here by the afternoon.

[bainbridgekid]

Heading to Whistler tomorrow and the wind chill is -48 up top right now. Told my friends who are already there to stay on the lower runs today if they don’t want literal frostbite. Hopefully they take me seriously.

[ChrisAmunRA]

I think birds coming in for spring maybe 10-15 days late on arrival vs normal this year with the weather. First few of Swallows should have showed up a few days ago around parts of Puget Sound Region but nothing yet. 

[Phishy Wx]

9 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Higher elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains tend to get an accumulating snowfall every other year or so. Unusual, but not super-rare, either.

Its obviously Elevation dependent.  I lived 5 years around 1000' in Lompico area of Felton.  never saw a flake, but the higher mtns over 3k-3500k get snow pretty much every winter

[clipper_range]

Sure hope the trends continue for regional snow Sat/Sun period. The wind stole the snow from the E. P.S.. Better consensus coming up!

[The Blob]