PNW March 2023 Weather Discussion (2012 Redux)

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Is it just me or is the GFS showing snow in the south valley tomorrow morning?!

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Jesse?

All over it Drew-Dogg.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

All over it Drew-Dogg.

I found my 2016-17 stats. Late February/early March was actually really solid! 

[TT-SEA]

The radar has shown a force field all day south of the Seattle area... really impressive with this system.    Run the 8-hour loop at high speed.    Rain has been at our doorstep and seemingly moving in fast all day but never gets here.  

https://atmos.uw.edu/current-weather/northwest-radar/

[Anti Marine Layer]

Redding is currently 34 with a forecast low of 42.

[TT-SEA]

Finally a warm evening too... 47 at SEA and in North Bend.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Finally a warm evening too... 47 at SEA and in North Bend.

Banana belt. A balmy 36 here. 42/32 today. No snow. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Hrrrr also shows heavy snow in the south and central Willamette valley tomorrow morning. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Banana belt. A balmy 36 here. 42/32 today. No snow. 

41 with moderate rain and gusty east winds here. A winter like 44/38 spread today with chilly east wind and rain at times all afternoon.

[Doinko]

5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Hrrrr also shows heavy snow in the south and central Willamette valley tomorrow morning. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

41 with moderate rain and gusty east winds here. A winter like 44/38 spread today with chilly east wind and rain at times all afternoon.

Meanwhile north bend had their first 70s today. 
 

I kid I kid!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

When I was in Lincoln city today I noticed some large snow piles in parking lots. 

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Banana belt. A balmy 36 here. 42/32 today. No snow. 

Not really... still a colder than normal day up here.     But there was a fair amount of sun and it was dry and its a very pleasant evening out there.   I see BLI got up to 55 today.   

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Meanwhile north bend had their first 70s today. 
 

I kid I kid!

Only 50 in North Bend today... temps were capped by thickening clouds this afternoon.     Most places from King northward were into the low 50s.   Not like that is an amazing feat for the middle of March.   Pretty pathetic actually.   But I sense the worm might be turning soon. 

[snow_wizard]

Quite impressively the Feb 20 to March 8 period is the 6th coldest on record for SEA.  I was really surprised to see it slightly beats out 1971.

 

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Not really... still a colder than normal day up here.     But there was a fair amount of sun and it was dry and its a very pleasant evening out there.   I see BLI got up to 55 today.   

Pretty odd how north of Seattle has been the warmest area the last few days.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Only 50 in North Bend today... temps were capped by thickening clouds this afternoon.     Most places from King northward were into the low 50s.   Not like that is an amazing feat for the middle of March.   Pretty pathetic actually.   But I sense the worm might be turning soon. 

Not really. Maybe a return to average weather. But either way, the real deal came. Just as I said it would. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Pretty odd how north of Seattle has been the warmest area the last few days.

It’s not that odd. Sounds like it’s been pretty sunny up there. Not so much here. 

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Not really. Maybe a return to average weather. But either way, the real deal came. Just as I said it would. 

Yeah... I meant worm turning in terms of going back to normal.   And you were definitely right about this winter.

[Doinko]

Gusty east wind right now. High of only 45 at PDX today

[Phil]

31 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Finally a warm evening too... 47 at SEA and in North Bend.

Warm evening you say?  I had lows in the 60s last month, which is like 10°F warmer than your average low in the middle of summer.

Wanna swap houses?

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, Phil said:

Warm evening you say?  I had lows in the 60s last month, which is like 10°F warmer than your average low in the middle of summer.

Wanna swap houses?

Feels pleasantly mild out there this evening.  

[MossMan]

52/33 on the day. Currently 45 with a DP of 25.

The frogs have started singing. 

Edited March 10, 2023 by MossMan

[Phil]

SW region is consistently cooler than average on the new EPS weeklies.

 

[SnowySeeker50]

47/31 for today. A little bit gusty at 45 degrees dp 28.

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

SW is consistently cooler than average on the new EPS weeklies.

 

Hopefully a delayed formation of the 4CH at very least.

[Cascadia_Wx]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

52/33 on the day. Currently 45 with a DP of 25.

The frogs have started singing. 

I was starting to get a little worried about them, but I heard some for the first time yesterday too.

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

SW region is consistently cooler than average on the new EPS weeklies.

 

That is generally a nice spring pattern up here as the flow tends to be offshore more frequently... which is much different than offshore flow in the winter.  

[Phil]

3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Hopefully a delayed formation of the 4CH at very least.

Very likely to be the case. And probably will be weaker than any year since 2019, IMO.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Chilly gfs 

[TT-SEA]

ECMWF shows a decent yard work day up here on Sunday on the first day with a later sunset.   The warmest temps are in the foothills out here and rain holds off until after dark.  

[Meatyorologist]

Let's reglaciate the Sierras. Hell yes. End that drought 

[Doinko]

Glenwood in the Coast Range at 650ft had a 38/34 day today. 37/33 at Timber at 1000ft

[SunAndSnow]

41 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I was starting to get a little worried about them, but I heard some for the first time yesterday too.

Our frogs haven’t returned yet, I’ve been wondering when they will. The ducks did make their return and stayed in our pond all day, though!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Banana belt. A balmy 36 here. 42/32 today. No snow. 

39 /32 here with snow this morning.  Currently 36.

 

[BLI snowman]

19 minutes ago, SunAndSnow said:

Our frogs haven’t returned yet, I’ve been wondering when they will. The ducks did make their return and stayed in our pond all day, though!

Same, ducks and frogs were both back in unison yesterday. 

[BLI snowman]

1 hour ago, Doinko said:

Gusty east wind right now. High of only 45 at PDX today

Slightly interesting tidbit is that today marks the 84th max temp below 50 at PDX this cold season. That ties 2000-01 and tomorrow should break that. Last cold season with more was 1984-85 with 86 of them, and then 1978-79 with 93.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

9 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Slightly interesting tidbit is that today marks the 84th max temp below 50 at PDX this cold season. That ties 2000-01 and tomorrow should break that. Last cold season with more was 1984-85 with 86 of them, and then 1978-79 with 93.

My takeaway is a cold November is essential. 

[lowlandsnow]

From NWS Twin Cities

Today is the 100th consecutive day the Twin Cities has had at least 1 in. of snow on the ground (Nov 30-now). The chart shows the 10 longest recorded streaks in the Twin Cities for having at least 1 in. of snow depth. We need 2 more weeks of snow cover to crack the top 10. #mnwx

 

 

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[Ken in Wood Village]

Looks like some windy conditions are coming up to the Salem area. After Salem, the Portland area. I think the East winds will switch to a South to southwest wind and some heavy rain too.