PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[MWG]

Breezy!

[SnowWillarrive]

3 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Yowza! Could I be on my way to scoring a 40" snowfall season? This is getting surreal.

Don’t be ludicrous Rubix

[ShawniganLake]

5 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Yowza! Could I be on my way to scoring a 40" snowfall season? This is getting surreal.

I’m at 46”. Could be heading for 50 by morning

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, SnowWillarrive said:

Don’t be ludicrous Rubix

Already over the 30" mark and if those recent Goofus maps verify it would put me right around 40".

[WeatherGeek2022]

ready to just time travel to next november to see what's to offer then. 

 

too many south sound screw shafts.

[SnowWillarrive]

2 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Already over the 30" mark and if those recent Goofus maps verify it would put me right around 40".

What part of Vancouver are you in? 

[Winterdog]

1 minute ago, WeatherGeek2022 said:

ready to just time travel to next november to see what's to offer then. 

Let me know if I'm still alive

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The late week/weekend trough is pretty cold too, from a temp anomaly perspective. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, SnowWillarrive said:

What part of Vancouver are you in? 

Kensington. If you’ve ever driven into the city on Knight St., I’m not far from that place where it crests the ridge and you get a good view of Downtown and the North Shore. Being higher up and further from the water means I get significantly more snow than Downtown or the airport.

[Phishy Wx]

WWA issued for 2-4"

we'll see

[SouthHillFrosty]

The 00Z last night versus the fresh 18z

[WeatherGeek2022]

Just now, SouthHillFrosty said:

The 00Z last night versus the fresh 18z

why does goofus disagree with itself so much

[snowbustcity]

Rain finally seemed to stop here in NE Seattle. Doesn't look like we'll be expecting anything for today. 

[mtep]

33 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

What it the highest elevation in your area to have a home? say within 10 miles around you.

Squalicum Mt to the northeast of downtown Bham has properties going up to around 1,500'. Highest I can think of in western Whatcom. 

[Phishy Wx]

40 with a DP of 20

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The cold air that moves in aloft later this week hangs around through the middle of next week. Negative anomalies incoming. 

[mtep]

Off topic but we all love snow. A pic from the Jemez mountains to the west of Santa Fe NM this weekend. Absolutely beautiful. Got to experience heavy snow mixed with dust with temps above 40° and 60+ MPH gusts yesterday too, pretty neat!

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

The cold air that moves in aloft later this week hangs around through the middle of next week. Negative anomalies incoming. 

Well that is big news... all the models have been showing it being very warm through the middle of next week.   This is very surprising.   

[Cold Snap]

Anthony is not on board. He does tend to be one of the more optimistic people as well.

[MWG]

It's actually snowing and breezy! Too bad is still like 40F!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, mtep said:

Off topic but we all love snow. A pic from the Jemez mountains to the west of Santa Fe NM this weekend. Absolutely beautiful. Got to experience heavy snow mixed with dust with temps above 40° and 60+ MPH gusts yesterday too, pretty neat!

I lived in that part of the world as a teen. Quite familiar with it. You were in the crater of a huge, ancient volcano when you took that photo.

[WeatherGeek2022]

3 minutes ago, mtep said:

Off topic but we all love snow. A pic from the Jemez mountains to the west of Santa Fe NM this weekend. Absolutely beautiful. Got to experience heavy snow mixed with dust with temps above 40° and 60+ MPH gusts yesterday too, pretty neat!

amazing scene

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

It looks like more of a precipitation problem for the sound and not so much temps tonight.  

[Chewbacca Defense]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Looks like you also have an Ambient weather station? 

Yup!  Can't swing the $$$ for a Davis.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Beautiful deformation band snow over E. Oregon. Some bleeds west side as cold air moves back in from the north. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GORGEOUS

[Eugene Snow]

18 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

The 00Z last night versus the fresh 18z

Shows close to 5" here in Eugene.  Seems way overdone.

[mtep]

2 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I lived in that part of the world as a teen. Quite familiar with it. You were in the crater of a huge, ancient volcano when you took that photo.

I remembered you mentioning living in the high desert as a kid. Couldnt remember if it was NM or UT. This was our first time visiting the area and certainly wont be the last. The diversity of landscapes in such a relatively small space was incredible. Valles Caldera/the whole Jemez Mts drive was a big highlight along with the Tsankawi site. Also had no idea about the history of Los Alamos before driving through. Was definitely not expecting a government checkpoint heading up into the park lol. 

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

Yup!  Can't swing the $$$ for a Davis.

Me too! Installed mine the day before the epic February 2019 began and it has been great! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Eugene Snow said:

Shows close to 5" here in Eugene.  Seems way overdone.

I'd give my left eye to get you that snow. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Lots of snow in the air at times overnight into today but nothing really of consequence in terms of sticking. Seems like moisture was actually pretty sparse during the overnight hours. 

It has stayed very chilly overall though. High of just 39 so far today after a low of 33. Light easterly winds have returned as well. In all honesty I was expecting this post-arctic air period to be a little milder, so this has been a nice surprise. Currently 38 with a mixed shower moving overhead.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Snowcover in spots is still hanging on around here as well. Looks like some will probably make it all the way to the end of the month.

[Chewbacca Defense]

18 minutes ago, mtep said:

Squalicum Mt to the northeast of downtown Bham has properties going up to around 1,500'. Highest I can think of in western Whatcom. 

Yeah that sounds about right.  I live at the base of it and it looked like the snow line was about 1,100-1,300 feet or so yesterday.  Not seeing any snow on the trees today.  There are some really nice houses up there...we looked at a couple of houses up there when we were house shopping back in 2013, but we were concerned about making it down the mountain in the winter (plus none of the houses we looked at really fit the bill of what we were looking for).  There are usually a crap ton of cars parked at the base of the hill when it snows, some of them look more than capable of handling the conditions...

[MWG]

Sorry for the music and heater noise! even it’s not sticking and now it’s light I’m a very happy lady! Lol

 

 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, MWG said:

Sorry for the music and heater noise! even it’s not sticking and now it’s light I’m a very happy lady! Lol

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#Blessed

[MWG]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

#Blessed

This really gives me hope about tonight into tomorrow! 

[Requiem]

4 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Snowcover in spots is still hanging on around here as well. Looks like some will probably make it all the way to the end of the month.

Actually looks to freeze Tuesday night-- most side roads up this way are snowcovered so I'd fathom there could some additional issues.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Westerlies may break through at the end of this run. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

2 minutes ago, MWG said:

This really gives me hope about tonight into tomorrow! 

U should get 2-3in hopefully at least

[TacomaWx]

Had a pretty good hail shower roll through a bit ago here at home.