PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[TacomaWx]

Looks like we will only manage 25 this morning. Not sure if we will have high clouds tonight but if we stay clear and the winds slack…could get colder tonight. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Willamette valley lows were mostly disappointing because of the winds. Shouldn’t be as big of an issue today. Could see some lows before midnight even. 
 

Wind is pretty light up here. Hit 14 before midnight and 12 about 5am, up to 14 now under clear skies. 

Edited February 24 by SilverFallsAndrew

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Wow 22 degrees, 4 inches of snow on ground and crystal clear sky. Beautiful. 

[TacomaWx]

Looks like we’re down to -0.9F MTD as of yesterday. Could finish around -1.5F if I had to guess maybe a bit cooler even. Colder than normal winter is a certainty. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Monday night/Tuesday looks like it could be a significant snow event up here. 
 

Next weekend still up in the air. Could be epic, could be kind of meh. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Temperature took a tumble in the last hour. Now down to 19.6˚F.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Looks like we’re down to -0.9F MTD as of yesterday. Could finish around -1.5F if I had to guess maybe a bit cooler even. Colder than normal winter is a certainty. 

PDX is running -1.2

EUG -2.2

SLE -2.6

[Rubus Leucodermis]

19.4˚F now. This cold wave did it! A low in the teens! Second such cold wave of the winter.

[BLI snowman]

Looks like a low of 16 here this morning.

[AlTahoe]

23 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

That's impressive, considering that in most years they or Red Bluff are sort of the border of snow when going south I-5. South of that snow is extremely rare. Redding doesn't get snow every year but they can get good events, but once you get to Cottonwood or Red Bluff it's usually just falling flakes at that.

Yep redbluff has 8" as well. 

[LowerGarfield]

.5 last night and .20 yesterday so about .70 total. The first is on a table that wasn't refreshed. Second is my board.

[MWG]

24 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

C'mon....you gotta have something to measure with. That's probably at least a quarter to a half inch on the table.

Found it 

[LowerGarfield]

2 minutes ago, MWG said:

Found it 

Since the measurement starts above the 0 are we calling that half an inch? 

[WhoNeedsAC]

Made it down to 18 at the nearest station to me (N1OND Columbia City). Warmer than the forecast low of 14, but I'll take it. With snow still on the ground it feels like real winter, instead of our typical drippy and 40's.

[ShawniganLake]

2 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

Since the measurement starts above the 0 are we calling that half an inch? 

I always grind that extra bit of plastic off my snow rulers so that they actually start at 0.  

[TT-SEA]

A little uptick on the 12Z ICON for the Seattle area.

[MossMan]

Currently 17 lovely degrees. 

[bainbridgekid]

1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Models still calling for 6–12" tomorrow night up this way (and maybe more).

17 and 20 inches for Whistler while I’m there on the Euro and GFS. 12” on the GEM. Looking pretty epic either way.

[ShawniganLake]

-34F at Clinton BC at this morning.  

[Cascadia_Wx]

Stayed pretty well mixed overnight here, so “only” managed to fall to 22. Hit 23 before midnight for a 29/23 spread yesterday. Gorgeous morning out there.

[hawkstwelve]

Got this cool picture of two sun dogs as we were digging out from the storm. Lots of these were around yesterday with the fine, crystallized snow we got with this storm floating around in the air. Really beautiful. 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, hawkstwelve said:

Got this cool picture of two sun dogs as we were digging out from the storm. Lots of these were around yesterday with the fine, crystallized snow we got with this storm floating around in the air. Really beautiful. 

Are you tired of the snow yet? Has it become old hat and just another day, or is magic still there? 

[runninthruda206]

13 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

17 and 20 inches for Whistler while I’m there on the Euro and GFS. 12” on the GEM. Looking pretty epic either way.

I'm so hyped. Might be the most snow I've ever been in

[Cascadia_Wx]

 

Took a nice a walk by Cottonwood Beach in Washougal yesterday afternoon. Wind was ripping out of the Gorge, temps in the mid 20s.

[Gummy]

Slight improvement on the 12 GFS for Seattle south.

[Doinko]

 

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, Gummy said:

Slight improvement on the 12 GFS for Seattle south.

Getting worse for the north end? 

[MossMan]

On this day, and the PNA. 

[Cold Snap]

5 minutes ago, Doinko said:

 

Could the Portland area actually get another big snow out of this? The setup looks pretty similar.

[MossMan]

I call this Rhododendron Tim since it is always sad when it’s too cold or too hot. It loves 75 degree days and damp nights. 

Edited February 24 by MossMan

[MillCreekMike]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Getting worse for the north end? 

12z is better for the north end as well, compared to 06z and 00z through next Thursday.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

12Z GFS is still plenty snowy.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

40 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

A little uptick on the 12Z ICON for the Seattle area.

Gotta love it when even one of the stingier models puts a 9.8 on top of me!

[Snownerd3000]

6 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Could the Portland area actually get another big snow out of this? The setup looks pretty similar.

I always thought lows hitting the columbia was a good sign for Seattle snow.  What am I missing with this setup?

[Cold Snap]

Welp, here we go again. Seems like the totals in the Seattle area are too light.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GeM is way better than the GFS in the mid range 

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I call this Rhododendron Tim since it is always sad when it’s too cold or too hot. It loves 75 degree days and damp nights. 

So funny... I was just looking at our rhodies and they look the same.   They always looks like that when it's below freezing.  I assume it's a protective mechanism.    And they always perk right up when it warms up.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, Cold Snap said:

Welp, here we go again. Seems like the totals in the Seattle area are too light.

The totals just about everywhere are too light on that map.

Seems like not only the Portland office has a bad case of NBM-itis.

[Cold Snap]

3 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

I always thought lows hitting the columbia was a good sign for Seattle snow.  What am I missing with this setup?

You are right the reason the last one wasn’t good for the Seattle area was the dry east winds. Though it looks like that won’t be a problem this time around so I think Seattle would get in on the action too.

[Snownerd3000]

2 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Welp, here we go again. Seems like the totals in the Seattle area are too light.

I want a PDX level failure right here. Bury me in cold, fluffy snow.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Regional 

[hawkstwelve]

13 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Are you tired of the snow yet? Has it become old hat and just another day, or is magic still there? 

Definitely not tired of it. I think it helps that I moved from an area where snow was increasingly fleeting and hard to come by. Makes me appreciate it more, even after 56 inches has fallen this season. My family still yells "Dad it's snowing outside!" and we all gather around the window to look. It's so ingrained in our collective conscious that I don't think that will ever change.

I do miss the hubub that surrounds snowstorms in the PNW though. While you will hear people mention "the storm" at the local grocery store in the days leading up to it (particularly ones like this past one, which was hyped as historical) there is just not the same sense of "OMG THE CITY WILL SHUTDOWN, PEOPLE WILL BE STRANDED ON THE FREEWAY, BUSSES WILL SLIDE DOWN HILLS" type of hysteria, which really makes things more fun. Instead it's like a "here we go again" with a sigh type of vibe. Just not the same in that regard.

[Snownerd3000]

Just now, SouthHillFrosty said:

Regional 

I'm in the PINK

[Cold Snap]

Boom!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

LOL

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

LOL

The bad news is that this is trending north and will probable continue.

[Gummy]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The bad news is that this is trending north and will probable continue.

Yea, playing catch up to the euro.

[clipper_range]

1 hour ago, TacomaWx said:

Looks like we will only manage 25 this morning. Not sure if we will have high clouds tonight but if we stay clear and the winds slack…could get colder tonight. 

We hit 17 in Bonney Lake, surprised you didn't get atleast 2 degrees lower than us.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, Gummy said:

Yea, playing catch up to the euro.

Going to be close though, all models show it crossing between portland and olympia.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

10 below at my cabin area.