PNW March 2023 Weather Discussion (2012 Redux)

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, snow maniac said:

Its absolutely dumping snow, everything has turned white already

Not lame there!

[T-Town]

9 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Nope, still on the lame list.

That wallows in lameness. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

9 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

There’s a 4.2 inch report on Cocorahs at Lake Cushman. 

Wow that is really lame, is that from today?

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Wow that is really lame, is that from today?

Makes sense from what I've seen here overnight

[TT-SEA]

Live cam from Issaquah... you can see how much higher the sticking snow level is on the east side of the Sound.   Looks the same here with snow covered trees much higher than my backyard on the ridge behind our house.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Makes sense from what I've seen here overnight

Lake Cushman is what, 500–1000' elevation in the heart of the Hood Canal snow belt? Of course they got something.

When even @MossMan is struggling to get so much as mixed precipitation, the event is lame.

[Timmy]

Didn’t really get too close here. About 800ft snow level. This was at 1200’ this morning.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Timmy said:

Didn’t really get too close here. About 800ft snow level. This was at 1200’ this morning.

Wow... that is crazy.   Offshore flow is not a problem down there.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

7 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Lake Cushman is what, 500–1000' elevation in the heart of the Hood Canal snow belt? Of course they got something.

When even @MossMan is struggling to get so much as mixed precipitation, the event is lame.

They should of got MUCH more. They are 1000ft. I used to live up there so I know the climate up there. Normally this pattern would bury them like every single model shows.  Not over up there though.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

5 minutes ago, Timmy said:

Didn’t really get too close here. About 800ft snow level. This was at 1200’ this morning.

Where is that?

[Timmy]

4 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Where is that?

Just up the hill from my house.  Scappoose.

we have the gorge influence here.

Edited March 4, 2023 by Timmy

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Rest in power Tom Sizemore. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

West side event. Snowing here, but it’s right around freezing, not really sticking on trees or other surfaces without snow, slushy accumulations on the cars. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS... snow yet to fall from now through tomorrow morning.     I looked back at the 00Z run just for fun and it showed that all of King County should have 3-6 inches of snow on the ground right now.   It really struggles with surface temps and the drying effect of offshore flow in these situations.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Dumping good with this main band. Looks scattered after this but still a bunch more to come it looks like.

[MossMan]

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z GFS... snow yet to fall from now through tomorrow morning.     I looked back at the 00Z run just for fun and it showed that all of King County should have 3-6 inches of snow on the ground right now.   It really struggles with surface temps and the drying effect of offshore flow in these situations.

There won't be any sticking snow here from around noon to 5pm. This airmass just isn't cold enough for day time sticking snow for lower elevation. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just not really a great setup for march the next few days. Pattern doesn’t have the juice to give the needed precip rates. Looking for a pattern change, maybe we can get a nice cold trough in here towards the end of the month that actually has some decent moisture to work with. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Bellingham is getting some dryer air working it's way in from the Fraser. Dewpoints are dropping 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Bellingham is getting some dryer air working it's way in from the Fraser. Dewpoints are dropping 

Yeah, now that the higher sun angles are warming the surface up, the dew points drop. Wrong timing.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1.3 inches, pretty lame compared to what was modeled but still nice to have snow on the ground again. 

[MossMan]

Still running at about 90% rain 10% snow falling. 

[TT-SEA]

Front window view here... mid level clouds are thick but no low level moisture and visibility is good.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I'm going to ride up to the top of green mountain behind my house and see how much is at 1650ft. I'll guess about 6 inches new 

[MossMan]

This would have been a lovely event in January. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Front window view here... mid level clouds are thick but no low level moisture and visibility is good.

The radar has been strange even here. Much of the night when there was green overhead  there was very little snow or rain falling and normally green is pouring rain or snow. 

[Cjmessling]

50 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

They should of got MUCH more. They are 1000ft. I used to live up there so I know the climate up there. Normally this pattern would bury them like every single model shows.  Not over up there though.

I’m up here just up the hill from the state park at Lake Cushman. We have about 8.5” so far. Coming down hard and current temp 31.8. About 5” of that has accumulated since 330am

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

This would have been a lovely event in January. 

It would of been a huge event. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, Cjmessling said:

I’m up here just up the hill from the state park at Lake Cushman. We have about 8.5” so far. Coming down hard and current temp 31.8. About 5” of that has accumulated since 330am

Awesome!! I forgot you went up

[MossMan]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Front window view here... mid level clouds are thick but no low level moisture and visibility is good.

Here is my deck view! 

[snow maniac]

1/4 inch already still snowing moderately. Weird as it rained all night until about 6:30 this morning when it switched over to snow.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

9 minutes ago, Cjmessling said:

I’m up here just up the hill from the state park at Lake Cushman. We have about 8.5” so far. Coming down hard and current temp 31.8. About 5” of that has accumulated since 330am

I used to have a place on north dow mountain drive. It was a nice little place right off the road. 

[Cjmessling]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I used to have a place on north dow mountain drive. It was a nice little place right off the road. 

That’s funny that’s exactly where I am right now. About 3 lots off 119 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Snowing 33.1 and some sun. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Dumping here and still 32 degrees. 1.5 inches. If dewpoint was lower and it was .5 degrees colder I'd have 5 inches.

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Dumping here and still 32 degrees. 1.5 inches. If dewpoint was lower and it was .5 degrees colder I'd have 5 inches.

Interesting morning here, one minute I look out the window and it’s all rain, then 20 seconds later it’s all snow, then a mix, then all rain again and that just keep repeating lol. 35 degrees. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

9 minutes ago, Cjmessling said:

That’s funny that’s exactly where I am right now. About 3 lots off 119 

If you hang a right off 119 and look to the left you will see the place. Has a decent size garage.  The house had a huge deck built all around it and the house is 2 story but really small.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1.5 inches. So wet it almost isn't accumulating 

[MossMan]

Complete with a snow tutorial from my 4yr old!