PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[flya00]

Currently 29F and snow is coming down very light. It started out of nowhere and only took minutes to cover everything. Already at 4 inches which is what Wunderground was saying for my area and we haven’t even hit the “heavy snow” hours which were forecasted. Who wants photos!!

[snowbustcity]

5 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The ECMWF spits out a pretty insane 18 inches of snow for Seattle on this run.

Say whaaat??

[VancouverIslandSouth]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Probably not that low with this.

Not sure on Ucluelet, but the nearby Tofino station has been just above freezing for almost the entire snowfall. Ucluelet has reported 32 cm of snow, at 5:1 that would translate to 64 mm of rain, which would be a pretty run-of-the-mill front for them.

[MikeInEverett]

That precip shadow is too close for comfort right now 

[WhoNeedsAC]

Light snow in St Helens, too.

[Cold Snap]

5 minutes ago, snowbustcity said:

Say whaaat??

Kuchera ratio doesn’t sadly.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Snowing moderately and 31.6 degrees.  Almost 1 inch.  Thinking about 3 inches will be about right here tonight. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

I have no idea what is going on. 
 

My temp went from 42.9 to 35.4

my dewpoint went from 27 to 32 

 

Now moderate snow. All in 15 minutes no joke 

[ShawniganLake]

7 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

Not sure on Ucluelet, but the nearby Tofino station has been just above freezing for almost the entire snowfall. Ucluelet has reported 32 cm of snow, at 5:1 that would translate to 64 mm of rain, which would be a pretty run-of-the-mill front for them.

Traffic cams have been offline at times. But it has been very heavy snow at times. Does look pretty wet

 

[Weiner Warrior]

Snow in Bellevue. 

[VancouverIslandSouth]

The webcam near Ucluelet is pretty wild, this is just 124 ft asl on west coast of Vancouver Island. They stopped reporting about an hour ago, likely due to a power failure.

Same story near Sproat Lake, probably will be even higher totals there:

[thisisacreativename]

2 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

I have no idea what is going on. 
 

My temp went from 42.9 to 35.4

my dewpoint went from 27 to 32 

 

Now moderate snow. All in 15 minutes no joke 

Same process is starting here now as well.

[Requiem]

Snow!

[Perturbed Member]

Stronger precip rates hitting now. Coming down pretty good. Sticking to everything of course. 

Best part of any snowfall for me is the moment when the roads and everything start to get coated. 

[RCola]

Pouring rain in downtown Seattle. Shades of December all over again.

[ShawniganLake]

14 minutes ago, snowbustcity said:

Say whaaat??

I think he meant 8”. 

[Cold Snap]

Expect “mist”?  Does snow even cause mist?

[Norwood]

Light snow just started in Tualatin. 

[WeatherGeek2022]

5 minutes ago, RCola said:

Pouring rain in downtown Seattle. Shades of December all over again.

not surprised

[HuskyMaestro]

This is a whole lie It’s a steady light rain right now. 

[RCola]

1 minute ago, WeatherGeek2022 said:

not surprised

Too early yet to give up, but I wouldn't be surprised if I wake up to a dusting tomorrow, just like every event this year.

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, HuskyMaestro said:

This is a whole lie It’s a steady light rain right now. 

Crazy the difference a few miles makes, 34 here with moderate snow and everything’s coated. Even with the snow event a few days ago there was 1/4” here but nothing once you got to fife. 

[Cold Snap]

Just went outside to check and heard splats but I think it’s just sleet or graupel. It will probably change over soon.

[snow_wizard]

Kind of an OMG EPS run.  It not only shows the big cold trough carving out next week, but it's showing over twice as much snow going into it as the 12z.  Furthermore, it's spitting out mean lows in the mod 20s for Seattle.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

McMinnville down to 35, but now reporting rain. SLE 37 with light snow. 

[Weiner Warrior]

Wunder underground radar showed a lot of rain at the start. I think most people will switch over soon. Almost entire central sound now changed over to blue.

[SnowWillarrive]

 Very light snow starting here 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

Kind of an OMG EPS run.  It not only shows the big cold trough carving out next week, but it's showing over twice as much snow going into it as the 12z.  Furthermore, it's spitting out mean lows in the mod 20s for Seattle.  

How's it look in that March 10-12 period?

[snow_wizard]

15 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

I have no idea what is going on. 
 

My temp went from 42.9 to 35.4

my dewpoint went from 27 to 32 

 

Now moderate snow. All in 15 minutes no joke 

Very dynamic system!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

5.5". Dumping.

[Requiem]

Coming down in earnest now. What a February! 

[TeacherLori]

Sure is breezy out there!!

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

How's it look in that March 10-12 period?

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Let's sum up, shall we?

5.5" storm total (and counting).

6.0" for February

27.1" for the season.

[Weiner Warrior]

Seattle was at 43 degrees an hour ago. Down to 35 now. 

33 here, DP up to 30

[snow_wizard]

10 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Expect “mist”?  Does snow even cause mist?

That is damnn funny stuff right there!

[umadbro]

Moderate to heavy now. No problem sticking. 33.

[TacomaWx]

As of midnight we have 1/4” of snow. Up to 6.75” on the season. Looks like some heavier precip is moving in as well. 

[snow_wizard]

Snowing here now.  It started up pretty suddenly.

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Let's sum up, shall we?

5.5" storm total (and counting).

6.0" for February

27.1" for the season.

Nice!