PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[MossMan]

Interesting, I was expecting my DP to be up from my last check at 27…It’s down to 23 with the temp spike to 37…Odd! 

[SouthHillFrosty]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

That is a bit overstated.

It was showing 9-10in possibly in the south sound this week and now it’s down 3-5. Still good tho

[Weiner Warrior]

Should we cancel it now?

[SnowWillarrive]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

 

Not terrible. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Some hardcore pre snow event weenism tonight

Some was happening a little earlier on the Canadian forum, too.

[KingstonWX]

Just now, Weiner Warrior said:

Should we cancel it now?

Clearly a bust. Time to go to bed. 

[GHweatherChris]

Immediate stickage!!

 

[snow_wizard]

Definitely some uncertainty regarding tomorrow night.  The ECMWF keeps wanting to put some snow over parts of King County, but the GFS doesn't show it.

[smerfylicious]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Really not good. Guess I can sleep well tonight though not having to worry about it. A grey nothing burger! 

You and me Randy, this ain't our winter!

[KingstonWX]

Just now, GHweatherChris said:

Immediate stickage!!

 

Wow, that's amazing out there. 

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Interesting, I was expecting my DP to be up from my last check at 27…It’s down to 23 with the temp spike to 37…Odd! 

That means things are just mixing a bit.

[fubario]

39 minutes ago, HuskyMaestro said:

The only pepto Fife's getting is probably scarlet rot. I'm mentally prepared for heartbreak yet excited this week, let's gooo.

why always rot

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Not terrible. 

11.5". I’ll take it!

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

It was showing 9-10in possibly in the south sound this week and now it’s down 3-5. Still good tho

The good news on this GFS run is the low track.  Should keep things decently chilly Tuesday afternoon.  Precip amounts change a lot from run to run.

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Definitely some uncertainty regarding tomorrow night.  The ECMWF keeps wanting to put some snow over parts of King County, but the GFS doesn't show it.

There will probably be some scattered snow tomorrow night, Monday night could actually be a bigger deal than tonight. 

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

3 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Interesting, I was expecting my DP to be up from my last check at 27…It’s down to 23 with the temp spike to 37…Odd! 

Was there possibly evaporative cooling going on that has since stopped and it was just going on above you so you only saw the temp and dew point change but no precip?  

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

There will probably be some scattered snow tomorrow night, Monday night could actually be a bigger deal than tonight. 

Monday night and Tuesday is the big show for the Seattle area.   

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Immediate stickage!!

It never ceases to surprise me how well you do with snow considering that your location is low elevation and near the coast.

[snow_wizard]

Deep cold trough is there again early in week two.  This is going to last for a while.

[Randyc321]

3 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

You might get shadowed off of the Olympics with this one.

That's been the story here on the island most of the winter, and the Central Sound in general.  I have see many C S's mention the same.  This finally looks better for this area.  We have had some snow here on a few occasions this winter, so I am not super disappointed.  But if the models as they look now come close to verifying over the next few days, this winter will redeem itself IMO in IMBY.

BTW @snow_wizard--  You have been pretty chilled out this winter.  No pun intended.

[TacomaWx]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Monday night and Tuesday is the big show for the Seattle area.   

February 2023 definitely will go down better for Portland and Oregon…but in the end this is a bigtime regional event for this late in the year. Everyone has or will score soon. 

[VancouverIslandSouth]

3 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

11.5". I’ll take it!

Looking pretty good over there tonight. My brother sent this from North Vancouver, looks like around 2" so far:

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

It never ceases to surprise me how well you do with snow considering that your location is low elevation and near the coast.

In general I agree.  He has done terrible this winter up until now though. 

[TT-SEA]

00Z GEM is much farther north for Tuesday... pretty crazy for the Seattle area.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

00Z GEM is much farther north for Tuesday... pretty crazy for the Seattle area.

Nice. 

[Weiner Warrior]

Looks like there's a lot of cooling happening as the precip moves in. Intersting to see the coast in the mid 30's. 

[Meatyorologist]

13 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

It is snowing, there was zero rain at the start, just straight snow.

9 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Immediate stickage!!

 

Oh it's definitely coming.

[Meatyorologist]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

00Z GEM is much farther north for Tuesday... pretty crazy for the Seattle area.

Hell yeah!

[SouthHillFrosty]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

00Z GEM is much farther north for Tuesday... pretty crazy for the Seattle area.

 

[KingstonWX]

Just jumped back up to 39 here, with 60% humidity. This is weird. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

23 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yeah I’m up to 36 now! I was at 32 a bit ago. Nothing falling yet. 

Patience grasshopper, its coming

[Cold Snap]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

00Z GEM is much farther north for Tuesday... pretty crazy for the Seattle area.

That is a boom for me!

[Ken in Wood Village]

It's amazing how the temperatures around my area have fallen. The temperatures around my area is down to 30 degrees with a dewpoint of 25. The Troutdale Airport is 32 degrees with a dewpoint of 21. It will be interesting to see what happens when the moisture gets here. I'm thinking it will be here in a hour to hour and a half

[thisisacreativename]

3 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Oh it's definitely coming.

Watching the wall of frontal precip slowly approach is agonizing but also entertaining

 

[Cloud]

1 minute ago, KingstonWX said:

Just jumped back up to 39 here, with 60% humidity. This is weird. 

Just mixing of the atmosphere. Winds have been shifting between SSE, N, and SSW. BFI jumped to 43... this could only means we are getting closer. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Saturday looks good now too. 

[Ken in Wood Village]

If you like to know what temperatures are around your area. Here is a link you may like. 

 

https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?obs=true&wfo=pqr&basemap=OpenStreetMap&boundaries=true,false&obs_popup=true

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Ladysmith continues to be a snow magnet. There aren't many patterns that are bad for that area:

[KingstonWX]

2 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Just mixing of the atmosphere. Winds have been shifting between SSE, N, and SSW. BFI jumped to 43... this could only means we are getting closer. 

I'm sorry, I ordered below freezing temperatures and accumulating snow. Can I speak to your manager?

[TacomaWx]

Mike Snyder going off on the NWS SEA again tonight

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

25 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I can still see the moon here.  Assuming precip is still 2-3 hours away.

Moon is out here as well 

[MossMan]

38 degrees!!! How high can we go!! 

[SouthHillFrosty]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Mike Snyder going off on the NWS SEA again tonight

This man will Single handly destroy the NWS

[smerfylicious]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

38 degrees!!! How high can we go!! 

 

[Gummy]

Important runs coming up for me. I have a medical appointment I need to be at in California and have to decide before then if I should change my flight from Tues Morning to Wednesday morning ($150 more). Ugghhhhh.

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Mike Snyder going off on the NWS SEA again tonight

Is he still mad about that measuring error at SEA? 

[Phil]

Wow, what a shift.

 

[lowlandsnow]

7 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Mike Snyder going off on the NWS SEA again tonight

What's he saying?

[GHweatherChris]

1/4" accumulation so far.

[Cold Snap]

9 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Mike Snyder going off on the NWS SEA again tonight

What did he have to say this time?