PNW February 2023 Weather Discussion - Meteorological winter finale

[Phil]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Unfortunately that also means later model runs!  

00z Euro starts running at 1:45AM here during DST.  

[Olive1010]

Wow that snow shower in Tigard just dropped like almost an inch looks like 

[gusky]

2 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Monroe recently came into our radar as a possible destination. Probably a good place.

Don't know if I've been there, but looks like a solid location. Even just being a few hundred feet higher than Seattle would make a huge difference

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Absolutely dumping in Salem. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

300 pages was reached. 

[MossMan]

Home! Down to 33 degrees and things are crunching up! Looks like I lost about half of my snow today unfortunately but still plenty left. Don’t mind the yellow snow in the dog yard…

[Anti Marine Layer]

2 minutes ago, Olive1010 said:

Wow that snow shower in Tigard just dropped like almost an inch looks like 

Not sticking to the roads.

[Olive1010]

Yeah true

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Dang

[Requiem]

I've got a few "dream locations"-- some of them snowier than others. Anywhere in the Western Gorge has always been enthralling to me, Powell Butte in Central Oregon has some incredibly beautiful topography. Boulder, CO, has some of the wildest weather in the country and idyllic pastures to reside in. As for the snowless areas-- I've always been very attracted to the idea of living somewhere in LA or the Bay Area. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Very dramatic lighting of a snow shower over the North Shore at sundown today. Snow is still 8" deep in untrod grassy areas. Clear skies mean a hard freeze is coming.

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

If I were you, I’d dive 100% in. Make the biggest change possible.

Lake Tahoe or Truckee CA. Coastal Maine. Buffalo NY. Something that is totally new, of which you have no prior knowledge or expectations.

UP of Michigan is another winner.

[Cloud]

Guess we’ll keep this train rolling into the 2nd week of March. 

[LowerGarfield]

I'm at .5 and counting just in the last half an hr to forty minutes.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

34 with light snow now at SLE. 

[Phil]

45 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Seems a bit nuts to move that far away for snow. Plenty of places in the PNW would be better in terms of livability. 

No offense to California or NY
 

 

Ha, if it were only about snow then yeah, goes without saying! Doubt even Jim would move based on snow alone.

Have to factor in climate, geography, finances, and convince your partner to go along with it. Otherwise you’ll probably be miserable. I personally wouldn’t relocate somewhere with a super high cost of living and/or a shïtty tax code if I could avoid it (tho hard to get worse than here). And I need frequent thunderstorms to get me through the awful summer months.

[Phishy Wx]

58 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I think he’d like Spokane. About 50"/year. Reasonably snowy without being insanely so, and not terribly far away.

KGEG hit the 50" mark today as a matter of fact.

 

I've been here since the winter of 18-19.  this is my 5th winter.  we've been between 38-53" each season in the period.  last winter was the lowest around 38". 18-19 had the 53". we have a pretty good shot at surpassing that this season,  the record is 97.7" in 08-09. wish I was here for that.

[T-Town]

13 minutes ago, Requiem said:

I've got a few "dream locations"-- some of them snowier than others. Anywhere in the Western Gorge has always been enthralling to me, Powell Butte in Central Oregon has some incredibly beautiful topography. Boulder, CO, has some of the wildest weather in the country and idyllic pastures to reside in. As for the snowless areas-- I've always been very attracted to the idea of living somewhere in LA or the Bay Area. 

If I was going to move to a snowless climate, Northern California would be my first choice. The hills north of San Francisco are spectacular. 

[GHweatherChris]

1 hour ago, AlTahoe said:

Minneapolis? Tim could hook you up on the areas to live in. 

Ya, let's not give Tim anything else to post about, it is already way too much.

[AlTahoe]

44 minutes ago, Phil said:

How high does this winter rank for you? Been watching those Lake Tahoe cameras with envy.  But also with innate happiness. I always catch feels watching snow fall.

Right now it's my number #1.

2010-2011 finished with 310" but we had a 6 week melt period in Jan to early Feb so it doesn't feel as impressive.

Our first snow this year was 24" In the first few days of Nov. It has stayed cold with no breaks in the snow this year and no melting. very unusual for here. coldest since 1951-1952

[Phil]

13 minutes ago, Requiem said:

I've got a few "dream locations"-- some of them snowier than others. Anywhere in the Western Gorge has always been enthralling to me, Powell Butte in Central Oregon has some incredibly beautiful topography. Boulder, CO, has some of the wildest weather in the country and idyllic pastures to reside in. As for the snowless areas-- I've always been very attracted to the idea of living somewhere in LA or the Bay Area. 

Is my sarcasm detector broken or are you serious about this? I wouldn’t move to SoCal if Megan Fox agreed to marry me. A hard no.

[Snowdome]

Over performance underway! 

[LowerGarfield]

5 minutes ago, T-Town said:

If I was going to move to a snowless climate, Northern California would be my first choice. The hills north of San Francisco are spectacular. 

That's why Seattle is actually my ideal climate. Except for the coldest days of winter, the temperature is very similar to my cool Oakland Hills climate and I like the overcast days. I really like rain as well as snow so I prefer it a bit more wet than the Bay Area but when I lived in Cannon Beach that was a bit too much for my liking since it doesn't stop from Oct-March or April. Felt like Lewis and Clark waiting for a sunny day so I could go on a date with my now wife. 

[AlTahoe]

Just now, Eujunga said:

Is this the snowiest winter of all time through March 1?

In recent times yes. 1951-1952, 1915-1916, 1910-1911 would have all been snowier going into March 

[T-Town]

2 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

That's why Seattle is actually my ideal climate. Except for the coldest days of winter, the temperature is very similar to my cool Oakland Hills climate and I like the overcast days. I really like rain as well as snow so I prefer it a bit more wet than the Bay Area but when I lived in Cannon Beach that was a bit too much for my liking since it doesn't stop from Oct-March or April. Felt like Lewis and Clark waiting for a sunny day so I could go on a date with my now wife. 

I could do with a bit less gray than we get in Seattle but everything is a tradeoff and there’s no question this is a beautiful part of the world. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

[Phishy Wx]

22 minutes ago, T-Town said:

If I was going to move to a snowless climate, Northern California would be my first choice. The hills north of San Francisco are spectacular. 

Yeah I'd go back to the Santa Cruz Mtns in CA for 'snowless'. although as we saw last week it occasionally happens at a high enough elevation.

[Phishy Wx]

11 minutes ago, Eujunga said:

I lived my whole life in SoCal through September 2020 and still go back there once in a while for work. When I do, I always ask myself, "Well, do I miss this?" The answer is always a resounding "NO."

Although I would have liked to have been there for the recent big storm. It snowed at my old house in Tujunga (El. 1,860'), which is something it never did in the 28 years I lived in it.

what I miss about CA (Santa Cruz and Long Beach) where I lived is the diversity of cuisine.  Spokane's food scene is improving but sucks in comparison.  this is a meat and potatoes and chain restaurant town.  I miss good asian and good mexican food.  Bland city up here.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

32 at SLE with light snow.

[Requiem]

35 minutes ago, Phil said:

Is my sarcasm detector broken or are you serious about this? I wouldn’t move to SoCal if Megan Fox agreed to marry me. A hard no.

Dead serious haha. I've always wanted to live in the hills of LA or San Diego's North County. Some real beautiful terrain and weather around those parts 

[joelgombiner]

NWS should write an algorithm to detect stations reporting obviously bogus data and take them off their maps. I spot 2 crappy sensors on this map: guessing it's not 22 in Monroe, nor is it 71 in West Seattle. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Dead serious haha. I've always wanted to live in the hills of LA or San Diego's North County. Some real beautiful terrain and weather around those parts 

I could maybe see living in Santa Barbara, although I would miss the snow and the fall color and I’m certain the endless sunny dry days would get monotonous. But LA? No way, not for me.

[joelgombiner]

Just now, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I could maybe see living in Santa Barbara, although I would miss the snow and the fall color and I’m certain the endless sunny dry days would get monotonous. But LA? No way, not for me.

A lot of people I've talked to say LA is better than they expected. I think it has a lot of cool neighborhoods. Personally I've never been there. Also a plus that you can grow citrus and avocado trees down there. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, joelgombiner said:

A lot of people I've talked to say LA is better than they expected. I think it has a lot of cool neighborhoods. Personally I've never been there. Also a plus that you can grow citrus and avocado trees down there. 

You can grow citrus and avocado in Santa Barbara and have a lot less smog and traffic to contend with.

Quite familiar with SoCal. Lived there as a small child, have relatives there, and have visited many times. LA has some fun places to visit but is definitely not for me.

[MossMan]

So we are all moving to LA now? Looks like the California thread is about to get busier! Mr. marine Layer will have to move up here and hold down the fort! 

[Poulsbo Snowman]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

So we are all moving to LA now? Looks like the California thread is about to get busier! Mr. marine Layer will have to move up here and hold down the fort! 

I got slightly more snow this month than the Hollywood sign did.

[Snownerd3000]

59 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Guess we’ll keep this train rolling into the 2nd week of March. 

I guess they didn't get the message I gave up on this winter.

[Phishy Wx]

6 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

A lot of people I've talked to say LA is better than they expected. I think it has a lot of cool neighborhoods. Personally I've never been there. Also a plus that you can grow citrus and avocado trees down there. 

we had Avocado, Orange, Tangerine, Lime and Lemon trees in our yard in Long Beach.  miss that when I have to pay $2 for an Avocado in the store here.

[T-Town]

7 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

A lot of people I've talked to say LA is better than they expected. I think it has a lot of cool neighborhoods. Personally I've never been there. Also a plus that you can grow citrus and avocado trees down there. 

I visited Fountain Valley for work a couple times in the 90s. We drove a few miles from the office to Huntington Beach and had lunch outside at a burger shack across from the ocean, sitting in our suits next to a bunch of surfer dudes. I said yeah ok, I get why people like it here. 

[TT-SEA]

23 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Dead serious haha. I've always wanted to live in the hills of LA or San Diego's North County. Some real beautiful terrain and weather around those parts 

We lived between Escondido and Fallbrook in an area called Hidden Meadows... lots avocado groves and fruit trees.   We had an awesome view Palomar Mountain.