PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[VancouverIslandSouth]

7 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Weak Ninos can be okay.  

2006/2007 comes to mind

[TT-SEA]

Shadowing in full effect in Seattle

[SnowySeeker50]

47 degrees and sunny. 0.17 of rain accumulation overnight.

[FroYoBro]

13 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Insanely heavy snow now. 

That is wild! You are very blessed!

[Phishy Wx]

we progressed from heavy snow to melt in about 30min.  snow done.  34/30.

will probably be close to gone by sunset.

 

[RentonHill]

13 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Insanely heavy snow now. 

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god that almost looks lake effect ish

[Doinko]

13 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Praise the lord almighty what a blessing! 

The real deal?

[SouthHillFrosty]

[VancouverIslandSouth]

1 hour ago, ShawniganLake said:

You get some pretty juicy upslope events there when the Fraser river outflow is cranking.  Pretty good fetch between there and the coastline around Vancouver 

That area probably gets a higher proportion of precip as snow than anywhere else in the PNW lowlands. They're generally shadowed during the big rain events but are in a perfect upslope spot for big snowfalls

[SouthHillFrosty]

Or Kuchera

[Phishy Wx]

NAM suite has been nailing these small events over here, no reason to think Tuesday will be any different.  another 1-2" and melting afterwards. oh well

[VancouverIslandSouth]

7 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Such a massive difference with the change in resolution.  8" vs 0 here

[TT-SEA]

30 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Insanely heavy snow now. 

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The difference between our locations is becoming more extreme today.     Seems like it's easier for you to be buried in early spring.    

[snow_wizard]

55 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

If we can pull off all the right cards tomorrow night this winter can possibly go to an A-

For recent times....no doubt.  If you throw in comparing it to the 19th and 20th centuries.  No.

Another thing that will be a big deal is it gets cold for a couple of days, so any snow will stick around a bit and Tuesday and Wednesday mornings have a chance of being flat out wintry.

[RCola]

I wouldn't be surprised if Seattle gets skunked again on Tuesday. It's just not our year.

[snow_wizard]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

The difference between our locations is becoming more extreme today.     Seems like it's easier for you to be buried in early spring.    

It does seem that way.  Could be that he's a little higher.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, RCola said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Seattle gets skunked again on Tuesday. It's just not our year.

I thought Seattle got a couple of inches last night.

[snow_wizard]

14 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Or Kuchera

This thing is looking real.

[Cold Snap]

Don’t know if this was posted but this is insane for March 1st.

[Meatyorologist]

Woke up to 1" exactly here. Puts us to just 0.25" shy of our average seasonal total, with several more chances to go. An errant shower could get us there.

[TacomaWx]

Can anyone spot tomorrow nights dynamic looking system? 

[RCola]

5 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I thought Seattle got a couple of inches last night.

The airport got 2". Downtown got nothing. Rain/snow mix the entire night.

[Phishy Wx]

sun popping out and 36 with a SW wind (aka Snow eater).  snow will be gone in a few hours except shady areas

[Cold Snap]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Can anyone spot tomorrow nights dynamic looking system? 

That thing is looking amazing!

[Roman-Dallas Snow-Zone]

Look at how nice that looks out to the west. 

[snow_wizard]

5 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

That thing is looking amazing!

If things go right this could be a nice one.

[High Desert Mat?]

45 minutes ago, VancouverIslandSouth said:

2006/2007 comes to mind

Also 2018-2019. I could live with another Feb ‘19. 

[snow_wizard]

13 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Don’t know if this was posted but this is insane for March 1st.

That morning will seem like December if we actually have snow on the ground.

[TacomaWx]

Radar is starting to look interesting, C-zone firing up in the north sound. Looks like some precip is about to move in as well. Shelton getting hit by a heavy shower and is reporting 35 and snow. 

[Cold Snap]

4 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

If things go right this could be a nice one.

I’m starting to get the feeling this is going to be full of surprises.

[MWG]

It keeps hailing on and off!

[joelgombiner]

5 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Radar is starting to look interesting, C-zone firing up in the north sound. Looks like some precip is about to move in as well. Shelton getting hit by a heavy shower and is reporting 35 and snow. 

Good stuff! Sun breaks helping to destabilize the atmosphere too. 

[snow maniac]

Sunshine and snow! 35 degrees

[Phishy Wx]

Interesting from Spokane discussion this morning

 

There will be a relative break in the weather on Friday then 100% 
of the 100 member ensemble package support another deep trough 
digging into the Pac NW over next weekend. In addition to cooler 
than normal temperatures, the large scale pattern is favorable for
bands of snow showers, some which could be convective in nature 
producing localized heavy amounts. Details are far from certain 
this far out and will be sorted out over the coming week. Might 
not want to put those snow shovels away just yet.

[TacomaWx]

4 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

Good stuff! Sun breaks helping to destabilize the atmosphere too. 

Looks like the flow of showers streaming in has shifted from WNW to WSW. Shadowing should fill in south of Seattle it looks like. Could be fun especially later tonight if precip holds on. 

[T-Town]

Things starting to look interesting. 

[GHweatherChris]

20 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

If things go right this could be a nice one.

Looks like it's gonna be here sooner than tomorrow night.

[SouthHillFrosty]

RGEM was a big step back

[Blizzard777]

2 hours ago, CliffMassYelledAtMe said:

I particularly enjoy the selection of the appropriate can for each message.

"It's over" is on the garbage and "November 2023 It's coming" is on the recycle. 

Nice job!

Lol, nice observation

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Things starting to look interesting. 

Some pretty heavy echoes coming in offshore headed this way. Going to be an interesting afternoon with snow, hail, graupel and maybe a rainbow or two it looks like.