PNW March 2023 Weather Discussion (2012 Redux)

[SilverFallsAndrew]

24 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

ENSO is pretty important dude.  If you haven't noticed the west coast of the US is one of the more sensitive places in relation to its state

I have no problem with reasonable discussion. 

[bainbridgekid]

12 hours ago, ShawniganLake said:

It’s been a very snowy winter on the outer coast of Vancouver Island. 
 

32” at Ucluelet

 

Can’t happen often Victoria beats Kamloops for snow in a Winter.

[Dave]

4 hours ago, AlTahoe said:

6-8' of very compressed snow. We are at 280" in town for the season with very little melting 

Hopefully that snowpack is still spongeworthy when it comes to your incoming rain, meaning hopefully it will absorb most of it. My buddy lived in South Lake Tahoe in the 90's and a similar event occurred but the snowpack couldn't take it. The snow made some interesting channels of runoff, one of which came into his rental house causing tens of thousands of damage. He safely evacuated. 

[AlTahoe]

4 minutes ago, Dave said:

Hopefully that snowpack is still spongeworthy when it comes to your incoming rain, meaning hopefully it will absorb most of it. My buddy lived in South Lake Tahoe in the 90's and a similar event occurred but the snowpack couldn't take it. The snow made some interesting channels of runoff, one of which came into his rental house causing tens of thousands of damage. He safely evacuated. 

Nobody is sure how much of this will be snow versus rain yet. Either way it will be a mess. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

19 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I have no problem with reasonable discussion. 

That St Paddy’s day ridging seems a lot stronger on the 12z GFS than it does on the ensembles.

[Cascadia_Wx]

55 minutes ago, Phil said:

I’ll take that deal if you stop spamming the thread with useless CFS updates. Sound good?  

You’ve definitely got a point there Phil.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looks like PDX didn’t manage to fall below 40 overnight. First day this month without a low in the 30s.

They should keep the sub 50 streak alive today and possibly tomorrow though, which would beat 2019 and almost tie 1951 for consecutive highs below 50 in March.

[Dave]

15 minutes ago, AlTahoe said:

Nobody is sure how much of this will be snow versus rain yet. Either way it will be a mess. 

Yikes. Hopefully you've cleared off your roof. I know SLT has strict building regulations for snow load, but this event will reach the limits of what can ever be expected.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

6 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

You’ve definitely got a point there Phil.

Can’t even remember the last time I posted one. I’ve kind of been passing the torch on the CFS.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

So many blessings for California!

[runninthruda206]

1 hour ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Beautiful frosty morning

Uhm, wow! View/pool combo is legendary. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, runninthruda206 said:

Uhm, wow! View/pool combo is legendary. 

Uncovered below ground pool seems like a bold move in the Olympic foothills.

[Cascadia_Wx]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

So many blessings for California!

Let’s hope we can sustain this for a few years Andrew. The beginnings of a new era.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

still dumping wet snow at home and between 32 and 33 degrees. Lookd like about 1 inch.

[Dave]

I know this is a click baity website, but it shows some incredible scenes from Tahoe.

https://ruinmyweek.com/pictures/15-feet-of-snow-california/?utm_source=adaptnetwork.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange

[TT-SEA]

12Z ECMWF coming on board with what the GFS has been showing for many runs... which is a sharp north/south temperature gradient on Sunday and maybe one of the warmest days in several weeks in the Seattle area.

[TT-SEA]

Followed by a blessedly rainy day on Monday.   I am looking forward to some systems being just rain with southerly flow to wake up the landscape.

[TT-SEA]

But the ECMWF is still flirting with lowland snow again on Tuesday... particularly down south. 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

But the ECMWF is still flirting with lowland snow again on Tuesday... particularly down south. 

1st shade of grey! 

[MossMan]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Followed by a blessedly rainy day on Monday.   I am looking forward to some systems being just rain with southerly flow to wake up the landscape.

Looks like a good time for a Tri Cities trip!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

19 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF coming on board with what the GFS has been showing for many runs... which is a sharp north/south temperature gradient on Sunday and maybe one of the warmest days in several weeks in the Seattle area.

That S-N gradient has already been a thing. Reached 50˚F at YVR yesterday, and will probably do so again today.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

36 minutes ago, runninthruda206 said:

Uhm, wow! View/pool combo is legendary. 

Thanks! I got very lucky landing this property. The pool is mostly useless though in our weather. Frogs like it

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Thanks! I got very lucky landing this property. The pool is mostly useless though in our weather. Frogs like it

Could be the start of a nice garden pond.

[ShawniganLake]

1 hour ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

this is showing a very localized area of snowfall tomorrow morning out here. Funny the model knows right where the snow belt out here is. That map is right where the most snow falls out here.

That’ll put me up to 60” on the winter. About on par with 2016-17 here. Not quite up there with the big ones of my lifetime. 1996-97 and 2008-2009. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

36 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Uncovered below ground pool seems like a bold move in the Olympic foothills.

No reason to cover it except to keep the worms out. Last year it did freeze about 4" thick on top, but all the pluming is insulated so no real concern. 

 

I bought the place with the pool already... I would not have dug one. I am for sure the only in ground pool within 100 miles 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

2 hours ago, MossMan said:

Nice pool! 

Thanks! Come have a swim... its nice and warm 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

No reason to cover it except to keep the worms out. Last year it did freeze about 4" thick on top, but all the pluming is insulated so no real concern. 

 

I bought the place with the pool already... I would not have dug one. I am for sure the only in ground pool within 100 miles 

I'm around 47, this would get me to 50. Record is 56 from 2008. 2019 was around 50 but much more exciting because it was all in a period of a few weeks.

[MossMan]

Still had a lot of snow on the ground 4yrs ago today, with very little melting until mid month. 
And yeah I still do not regret my career change one bit. It was getting to the point where every Saturday was shot since I could barely move from the rigors of the week. If I would have taken care of my body in my 20’s I probably could have kept going in the field for a lot longer. 

[ShawniganLake]

7 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Thanks! I got very lucky landing this property. The pool is mostly useless though in our weather. Frogs like it

You guys get a lot of sun there. Got a solar heater for it?  

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

2 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Could be the start of a nice garden pond.

I have a half acre pond down past the pool which is where the frogs come from. My wife loves the pool in summer, but she is from Ohio and can handle the cooler temps. 
 

[SouthHillFrosty]

2 hours ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Beautiful frosty morning

Bro you got a sweet set up. 

[FroYoBro]

It’s not snowing.

[Cascadia_Wx]

13 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

No reason to cover it except to keep the worms out. Last year it did freeze about 4" thick on top, but all the pluming is insulated so no real concern. 

 

I bought the place with the pool already... I would not have dug one. I am for sure the only in ground pool within 100 miles 

I meant more like a roof or something over it. But yeah none of that surprises me. You still have a gorgeous property!

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, FroYoBro said:

It’s not snowing.

Pretty weird to have rain falling with no chance of snow even mixing in. Been a wild last few weeks.

[MossMan]

9 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

I have a half acre pond down past the pool which is where the frogs come from. My wife loves the pool in summer, but she is from Ohio and can handle the cooler temps. 
 

Stunning! 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I meant more like a roof or something over it. But yeah none of that surprises me. You still have a gorgeous property!

We have thought about a roof or like a green house on top to keep it warm, but then we would block our view of the ridge. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looks like many spots in NW Oregon/SW Washington and the Willamette valley are running anywhere from 5-7 degrees below average month to date.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

9 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Looks like many spots in NW Oregon/SW Washington and the Willamette valley are running anywhere from 5-7 degrees below average month to date.

Such a blessing. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

What. Does the euro look like tomorrow morning? 

[SouthHillFrosty]

18 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

We have thought about a roof or like a green house on top to keep it warm, but then we would block our view of the ridge. 

How much acreage do u have?