PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[Meatyorologist]

 What we live for

[Meatyorologist]

Just now, gusky said:

Let us know how it is... I'm waiting on the next round in a few. W coast of N Seattle looks hella fun rn

Precip enhanced by gradual 500' lift to Snohomish plateau. Not so lucky on the eastern side, but still decent! See post above!

[gusky]

Just now, Meatyorologist said:

 What we live for

Looks like some fast accumulation on cars. Love how big flakes can briefly overcome pretty much any ground temperature

[Meatyorologist]

Just now, gusky said:

Looks like some fast accumulation on cars. Love how big flakes can briefly overcome pretty much any ground temperature

Yep. Lots of thermal inertia for those big 'ol dendrites.

[gusky]

Just now, Meatyorologist said:

Yep. Lots of thermal inertia for those big 'ol dendrites.

Dendrite is def in my top 1 list of fav words

[snowbustcity]

1 minute ago, Meatyorologist said:

 What we live for

We’ve probably crossed paths before being such close neighbors…pretty cool!

[lowlandsnow]

Anyone see any heavy bands of precip after this one on the radar?

[Meatyorologist]

2 minutes ago, snowbustcity said:

We’ve probably crossed paths before being such close neighbors…pretty cool!

You're by Jane Adams correct?

[gusky]

Not as heavy in this second band, but still all snow as far as I can tell

[WeatherGeek2022]

1 hour ago, PuyallupChris said:

South Hill has managed quite a few trace-1/2” events, but overall the swamp has done pretty poorly. This was my neighborhood yesterday.  

ah man what *could've* been a gold mine for all of western WA...  just really poor timing yet again

[runninthruda206]

Switched to snow in Fremont! 

[ShawniganLake]

Cleared off my snow measuring spot at midnight. 7” on the day. 

[Meatyorologist]

Y'all. I'm telling you... One of these days in Dec/Jan we'll get an extended pattern like this and it'll blow your collective socks off. Just wait.

[BlvuSumit]

The first slug of moisture left a nice dusting

[gusky]

Just now, BlvuSumit said:

The first slug of moisture left a nice dusting

Woah! Where are you located?

[Meatyorologist]

Just now, gusky said:

Woah! Where are you located?

Read their name! 

[Meatyorologist]

2 minutes ago, BlvuSumit said:

The first slug of moisture left a nice dusting

Around 900-1000'?

[BlvuSumit]

1 minute ago, gusky said:

Woah! Where are you located?

Pretty high up in SE Bellevue by cougar mt 

[gusky]

Just now, Meatyorologist said:

Read their name! 

Wow... I even read the name and just totally didn't process it. That's somewhat concerning lol

[DRG]

Oof.  Looks like I-5 in southern Oregon is closed north of a Grants Pass. 

[BlvuSumit]

Just now, Meatyorologist said:

Around 900-1000'?

Nearly 1200’. There’s some high hills here

[bainbridgekid]

I-5 snow covered in Shoreline and Mountlake Terrace. Flurries just turned to legit light snow here.

[KingstonWX]

35 and rain here. Temp has actually increased from 33 about an hour ago. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Coming down good, 1/2 new

[KingstonWX]

2 minutes ago, KingstonWX said:

35 and rain here. Temp has actually increased from 33 about an hour ago. 

Ignore my last comment. It just turned to snow. 

[gusky]

Just got this from a friend in Maple Leaf. 

[bainbridgekid]

Five minutes ago the car was clear. Dumpage.

[KingstonWX]

Ok, now it's absolutely dumping. Possibly hardest snowfall here so far this season. 

[RCola]

Rain snow mix in downtown. So close again yet so far.

[gusky]

Starting to stick in the grass now! How the hell am I gonna go to sleep

[bainbridgekid]

Glad I stayed up for this. Truly huge flakes and everything including the roads are white now. Looking outside everything just got ten times brighter. That’s one of my favorite things about the snow.

 

 

[RCola]

Back to rain downtown. Calling it a night. Congrats to those getting snow!

[Meatyorologist]

Snowing and sticking on vulnerable surfaces! Nice turn of events. Radar looking noice. 32F.

[Meatyorologist]

36 minutes ago, RCola said:

Back to rain downtown. Calling it a night. Congrats to those getting snow!

Definitely small flakes, if not drizzle mix, given sfc temps. North of Tacoma it's pretty uniformly around freezing.

[Meatyorologist]

I wonder if road accumulations will become a thing in my neighborhood as heaver bands re-enter the area in the next couple hours.

[GHweatherChris]

Radar is less than inspiring.

[Meatyorologist]

Sticking on roads now...

[mtep]

Girlfriend and I made it to Seatac from ABQ around 11. The drive back to Bham was white knuckle for the majority of the trip. The snow around Everett and then north of Marysville around Randy was f****** insane. Easily the worst visibility ive experienced as far as highway driving in the snow goes. I usually actually enjoy driving in snow but its less fun at night when its coming down like that. 

34 at home right now and mostly dry. Wasnt as much snow in the Chuckanut pass as i thought there would be. Hopefully we get at least dusting over the next few hours. 

[snow maniac]

Nothing new so far. Its 3 am and only a few flurries.

[MossMan]

Several inches new, not sure how many. 32.5 DP 32.0 so it’s heavy stuff. 
moderate snow.