PNW March 2023 Weather Discussion (2012 Redux)

[Requiem]

[TT-SEA]

Pinned!  

Welcome to spring... such as it is this year.

[TT-SEA]

06Z ECMWF sill shows snow for @MossMan and @Winterdog on Friday morning.

[TT-SEA]

Also shows decent snowfall for the South Sound Friday night into Saturday morning.  

[Skagit Weather]

Picked up about 0.5" yesterday out near the water which bumped me to exactly 10" on the winter. Looks like I may have one last realistic chance for snow Thursday into Friday. The elevation/inland gradient looks pretty steep so I'm not expecting much. Kind of sad that the Euro which was predicting upwards of 20" here as recently as yesterday probably won't verify with more than an inch. So so happy we had the 6" dump in December otherwise this winter would have been a winter of missed opportunities.

I ended up having 9 freezes in February which isn't too shabby, but was surprisingly fewer than SEA which picked up 12! It's not too frequently that SEA has more than me. Only dropped to 28F last night (30F this morning) which was warmer than I expected.

[MossMan]

Welcome to March! It’s currently 29.5 degrees and snowing. 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Welcome to March! It’s currently 29.5 degrees and snowing. 

OK... that is ridiculous.    Its crystal clear here and I assumed it was clear everywhere this morning.   But somehow its snowing at your house.    

[Tyler Mode]

First freeze of spring this morning...

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

28 degrees here and had a dusting of snow this morning.  Bremerton and Shelton both hit 21 degrees!!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 above at my cabin, found some -3 and -2 lows in the area this morning. 

[MossMan]

15 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

OK... that is ridiculous.    Its crystal clear here and I assumed it was clear everywhere this morning.   But somehow its snowing at your house.    

I was a bit surprised myself lol! Not sure if I have ever seen pure 20’s powder in March before! It’s coming down pretty good here at work as well! 

[T-Town]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Also shows decent snowfall for the South Sound Friday night into Saturday morning.  

Yeah. Sure. 

[MossMan]

Right now at work! 

[TT-SEA]

Watching the radar loop it appears the snow up there is essentially a weak warm front ahead of the incoming system.    The flow was briefly from the north yesterday afternoon and evening and is now in the process of switching to southerly.    The ECMWF shows it actually gets quite windy this afternoon.    I was thinking today was still northerly flow... but the next front is coming in fast.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

29 and cloudy. Never cleared last night. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

SLE finished February with a -3.8 departure. Solid.

[TT-SEA]

19 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I was a bit surprised myself lol! Not sure if I have ever seen pure 20’s powder in March before! It’s coming down pretty good here at work as well! 

That top pic looks like it's straight out of rural Minnesota with that lightly drifting snow on the road and existing snow cover on the ground and what looks like a barn in the distance.  

[MossMan]

Dumping snow! This is unbelievable 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Skies have cleared now, temp taking a bit of a dip as a result, which will be nice for the stat book. 

[Blizzard777]

Dumping fog on me! 
Good morning all ️ 31* 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Current temp: 31.0˚F, overnight low: 28.9˚F, new snow since last report: 0" (0 cm).

[Rubus Leucodermis]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Dumping snow! This is unbelievable 

After a few anomalous months, all is normal again in the @MossMan snow belt.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Going to be interesting to see how Friday night plays out. I'm thinking some places will see snow. Much better odds above 500 feet or so.

[TacomaWx]

9 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Dumping snow! This is unbelievable 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

My daughter is now on her 6th straight snow day at school. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

After a few anomalous months, all is normal again in the @MossMan snow belt.

The snow I had this morning wasn't even on the radar.  

[TacomaWx]

I’m not buying these snowy south sound runs. It either won’t happen at all and rubus and randy score instead

 in other news…got a 2 for 1 freeze last night. Finished yesterday 44/30 and a low of 27 this morning. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

My daughter is now on her 6th straight snow day at school. 

Man I'm jelly. That is perfect.  I just didn't stay cold enough for my snow to keep adding up. Still have a few inches though with more on the way. I'd love to find some land near me at around 1000ft. I missed out on a chunk up on green mountain that was for sale right on the edge of the state forest.  It was 1200 ft and would of been a snow paradise. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Andrew your kids are making great snow memories right now. They will always remember this.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Welcome to March. You did not use my "To spring or not to spring?" topic.

[Blizzard777]

48 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Yeah. Sure. 

It has been really nice to detach this year from the model runs and not putting a lot of stock in them.  The emotional battle is real when you live by these maps….lol!  Sounds like most of us South Sounders understand the difficulties of us getting snow events here as well. It’s been pretty exciting though being stuck in this prolonged cold pattern where possibilities of the white stuff is achievable  

[Blizzard777]

24 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

After a few anomalous months, all is normal again in the @MossMan snow belt.

Or has the slot machine handed out a few cherries to keep you in the game

[Blizzard777]

24 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Second member of the South Sound flaring off with the F-word  

[TT-SEA]

Totally sunny here this morning.   

I have noticed that the GFS and GEM keep most of the precip to the south and west of the Seattle area on Friday night and Saturday morning.    The ECMWF has been trending a little drier for King County as well.    It would make sense since the flow is offshore at that time.  

[TacomaWx]

4 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

Second member of the South Sound flaring off with the F-word  

Lol, I’m just joking…it’s not like I was totally skunked either this week. I guess there’s a chance on Friday night potentially. Temps around 33-35 so it could happen based on what’s shown on the euro but then again the models were on board yesterday morning…

[Blizzard777]

These poor guys….fighting Mother Nature day after day!  Apparently their must be must be a man made mountain of snow located somewhere on that airfield! Just crazy amounts  

light snow still falling there

[Blizzard777]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Lol, I’m just joking…it’s not like I was totally skunked either this week. I guess there’s a chance on Friday night potentially. Temps around 33-35 so it could happen based on what’s shown on the euro but then again the models were on board yesterday morning…

Lol, I know you were….you made me spit coffee

I’m heading up north this weekend to Ferndale Wa. We shall see what happens.  The ex wife scored big time with this last event and had to rub it in…how sad for me

[Blizzard777]

Huge moment for me today as we are 7 hours into the March thread  “I’m a top poster!”.  Just wanted to boast for a moment before I fade away

32*

[Doinko]

Icy roads, looks like many school districts are on a 2 hr delay

[TacomaWx]

Just now, Doinko said:

Icy roads, looks like many school districts are on a 2 hr delay

Had some freezing fog here this morning as well. It is March right?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Well we cleared out around 7a and ended up hitting a respectable 26.

[T-Town]

12 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

Huge moment for me today as we are 7 hours into the March thread  “I’m a top poster!”.  Just wanted to boast for a moment before I fade away

32*

I tried to give you an Excited react but apparently my thumb is too fat. So I got you a medal instead. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

33 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Totally sunny here this morning.   

I have noticed that the GFS and GEM keep most of the precip to the south and west of the Seattle area on Friday night and Saturday morning.    The ECMWF has been trending a little drier for King County as well.    It would make sense since the flow is offshore at that time.  

Really backing off on totals right now but that can change again, it will be a fine line and if the placement is correct this has the potential to be the biggest snow event of the year at my place. These lows feeding moisture and some upslope flow is money.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I did not notice but some models are showing 2 or 3 inches here late tonight with the front.

[RentonHill]

1 hour ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

3 above at my cabin, found some -3 and -2 lows in the area this morning. 

I'm heading over to our place this evening. assuming passes will close tomorrow and most of friday. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Beautiful day.

[SnowySeeker50]

Currently 31 degrees after a low of 27 this morning.

[Blizzard777]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Beautiful day.

Gorgeous scenes !!! 

[RentonHill]

Comparing last year to current. First pic is Feb 21st 2022 and second pic is this morning. Just a litttttle bit more snow

[AlTahoe]

I was posting in the old thread like a moron. certainly doesn't feel like March.