PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[Perturbed Member]

46 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Maybe, but Salem had 1-2” in the low parts of town and I don’t think SLE ever got below 33-34.

Yeah it can happen in isolated spots or areas with strong sustained precip rates but pretty hard to  pull that off in any widespread fashion. I'm sure your area will do well though. 

Glad to see Salem get a bit more snow. That place has been screwed endlessly the past few years. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

The gem, gfs, and euro all show between 6-12 inches here late friday night. If this was to happen it would be the most snow i have had fall that late in the season, it would also get be close to that 50 inch mark for the season. The timing will have to be perfect to pull this off.

[Phishy Wx]

ended up with about 6.5" of Heavy, Wet Heart Attack snow.  almost choked out my Battery powered snow blower.  first time that thing has struggled like it did.  was like pushing wet cement. 

[Cloud]

1 hour ago, MillCreekMike said:

Shows how much of an elevation based winter this is here. We’re probably less than 10 miles apart yet he has triple my total for the season!

I wish the NowData the NWS uses to track snow totals for SEA is at other locations as well. Really having a tough time finding exact totals for BFI but we've actually missed out on numerous events this season. I'm pretty confident that it's anywhere between 4-5". The most was likely from this past weekend. Still way below the norm considering the numerous snow chances this year. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

2 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The gem, gfs, and euro all show between 6-12 inches here late friday night. If this was to happen it would be the most snow i have had fall that late in the season, it would also get be close to that 50 inch mark for the season. The timing will have to be perfect to pull this off.

You have been the sweet spot this winter.

[Deweydog]

14 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Here is the entire run for your viewing pleasure.

Ridge bridge!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

It’s coming. Friday nite 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It’s coming. Friday nite 

Appears so.

[MillCreekMike]

It’s so painful watching it snow moderately all day just to see it not accumulate at all

[Deweydog]

Wasteland.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

25 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Here is the entire run for your viewing pleasure.

Looks incredible. 

[umadbro]

Winter is holding on to its D grade as tightly as possible here.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, umadbro said:

Winter is holding on to its D grade as tightly as possible here.

Were you not just blessed with 3" last week?!

[MillCreekMike]

Lots of random holes in the CZ which is dumb

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Silver Falls Hwy gettin plowed. 

[Snownerd3000]

 

 

[LowerGarfield]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

You stole my precip!

What's wrong with a thief among friends?

[GHweatherChris]

Zero snow here.

[Winterdog]

23 minutes ago, umadbro said:

Winter is holding on to its D grade as tightly as possible here.

Just one CZ jumped me from a C to a B.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

 

 

What if any are the implications for local weather?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Winterdog said:

Just one CZ jumped me from a C to a B.  

#bestlyfe#blessedlyfe

[TT-SEA]

29 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Looks incredible. 

EPS still looks like we go zonal.  

 

[Winterdog]

6 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

 

 

Oh no, not another historically strong El Nino coming up!

[TT-SEA]

Maybe winter is coming for Phil in mid March.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Sounds like the northern Oregon coast is getting accumulating snow this midday. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Maybe winter is coming for Phil in mid March.

Transitory, then another ridge pops up and we go back in the ICEBOX.

[Snownerd3000]

2 minutes ago, Winterdog said:

Oh no, not another historically strong El Nino coming up!

I can't remember, how was the winter in 97/98?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Snownerd3000 said:

I can't remember, how was the winter in 97/98?

Portland had a big snow event, but that was about it. Seemed wet IRRC. 

[MossMan]

Just now, Snownerd3000 said:

I can't remember, how was the winter in 97/98?

Not good, but I think we had a little snow in January 1998 I think? 

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Crazy that your place looks like that and my place looks like this! 

Congrats, Randy. This winter has proven once again that no matter what, your house scores. And on the rare occasions you miss out, you go full weenie as much as someone who's seen .5" all winter.

If there was a "Ultimate Weenie" tag on here, I'm sure you would have earned it several times over. 

[Front Ranger]

48 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It’s coming. Friday nite 

How much snowfall you up to this winter?

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Congrats, Randy. This winter has proven once again that no matter what, your house scores. And on the rare occasions you miss out, you go full weenie as much as someone who's seen .5" all winter.

If there was a "Ultimate Weenie" tag on here, I'm sure you would have earned several times over. 

And out of nowhere it’s nuking snow at work all of a sudden

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Front Ranger said:

How much snowfall you up to this winter?

Looks like 49.2"

Nov: 11"

Dec: 3.4"

Jan: 1.7

Feb: 33.1"

[Winterdog]

5 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

I can't remember, how was the winter in 97/98?

Pretty uneventful.  December 97 was chilly with no snow and January 98 I had 1" here.  Temps were near normal.

[Phishy Wx]

(((((((((((((EL NINO)))))))))))))

[Phishy Wx]

BTW, that's Spanish for The Nino 

[Timmy]

Just drove up by my old house. 

Edited February 28 by Timmy

[mtep]

The remnants from last night. Was a snow globe when I went to bed at 4. Surprised people didnt score more last night with the way the roads were around Everett and Marysville-Stanwood. I guess a quick melt is to be expected this time of year. 

 

37 and wet snow now. 

 

Also bonus vid from the drive home from Seatac last night. 

[MillCreekMike]

As it has continued to snow, we have lost all the snow on the traffic light pole, and we’re losing snow on the dirt and grass. I don’t understand how that can happen while it’s snowing

[mtep]

3 hours ago, LowerGarfield said:

This is just north of smokey pt Costco where the speed limit (in normal conditions goes up) or is this by Quil Ceda /116th?

I think we took this pic just a few miles south of Smokey Pt actually! Closer to Quil Ceda. Only got heavier from there until we hit the Skagit line. Looked like I was driving with my brights on with the snow rates and how fat the flakes were!

[Winterdog]

Snow has stopped, the sun is thinking about coming out and I'm in full melt mode now.  36F

[MossMan]

Just now, Winterdog said:

Snow has stopped, the sun is thinking about coming out and I'm in full melt mode now.  36F

Puking snow at work! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Ventura, CA

[mtep]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Ventura, CA

Breathtaking. Imagine how much cooler (no pun intended) that area would be if the mountains got that much snow on the reg. 

[mtep]

Winter wonderland is holding on a bit better at my parent's house in Sudden Valley. About 500'  

[Cascadia_Wx]

35 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Congrats, Randy. This winter has proven once again that no matter what, your house scores. And on the rare occasions you miss out, you go full weenie as much as someone who's seen .5" all winter.

If there was a "Ultimate Weenie" tag on here, I'm sure you would have earned it several times over. 

@Meatyorologist can we make this happen?!

[Forum Admin]

Out in Everett with only a meter in elevation, we have had snowfall since daybreak. At the start of the day, there was a solid two inches on the grass and roofs, with slush on the road. As the day has progressed, we managed to warm up to 34.5ºF, and have now just started to cool off. Feels weird to see semi slush and ice on the lawn with baby-fist sized clusters of flakes fall from the sky and only manage to last a minute on the ground before succumbing to water and the ever slightly warmer temps.

[MossMan]

Have we ever had a good or great winter season under a strong Nino? I know we have with weak ones but I cannot think of a strong or super Nino that has worked out. 68/69 maybe? 

[MossMan]

7 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

@Meatyorologist can we make this happen?!

And the super weenie tag should move over to you in the summer! We can share!! 

[Eujunga]

20 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Ventura, CA

Afraid I have to call Photo-chop B.S. on that shot, which is too bad since there are many jaw-dropping photos from the recent storm down there that stand on their own quite well. The foreground is Ventura, but the background is pasted in from somewhere else. There are no high mountains like that -- snowcapped or otherwise -- visible behind the Ventura foothills, no matter how long a telephoto lens you use. Here is a Google Maps view from the pier: