PNW March 2023 Weather Discussion (2012 Redux)

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, AlTahoe said:

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

 

 

That is incredible.   Honestly makes me feel claustrophobic watching that!

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

The CFS keeps us in blue 500/850 anomalies until 4/1 for what that is worth. I'm kinda ready for some spring warmth tbh. 

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

The CFS keeps us in blue 500/850 anomalies until 4/1 for what that is worth. I'm kinda ready for some spring warmth tbh. 

Oh lord we’ve got another Tim on the forum…

[AlTahoe]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

That is incredible.   Honestly makes me feel claustrophobic watching that!

Twitter is blowing up today with people posting their snow depths. 

Nobody alive in town has ever seen anything like this. Its so absurd all you can do is laugh. I couldn't see any of the stop signs or speed limit signs on my street this morning. There are a couple other tweets I posted on the Feb thread as well this morning. 

[The Blob]

I've got to stop posting and disappearing for 12+hrs.

[Mr Marine Layer]

9 minutes ago, AlTahoe said:

Twitter is blowing up today with people posting their snow depths. 

Nobody alive in town has ever seen anything like this. Its so absurd all you can do is laugh. I couldn't see any of the stop signs or speed limit signs on my street this morning. There are a couple other tweets I posted on the Feb thread as well this morning. 

Might stick around through July or August, especially if the grand solar minimum continues to live up to its expectations. 

[LowerGarfield]

10 minutes ago, AlTahoe said:

Twitter is blowing up today with people posting their snow depths. 

Nobody alive in town has ever seen anything like this. Its so absurd all you can do is laugh. I couldn't see any of the stop signs or speed limit signs on my street this morning. There are a couple other tweets I posted on the Feb thread as well this morning. 

That's amazing. Also I'm a little disappointed that ALTahoe is a neighborhood. I found that out reading WW a few months back. All this time I thought you were some grizzled, wise man named AL who lived in Tahoe and deals with the elements like someone from the Yellowstone series. Or like someone who would rescue the Donner Party back in 1846-1847.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

 

[AlTahoe]

4 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Might stick around through July or August, especially if the grand solar minimum continues to live up to its expectations. 

Once the rotor comes through my street facing berm will be over 20' high. That should last into June. 

[AlTahoe]

5 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

That's amazing. Also I'm a little disappointed that ALTahoe is a neighborhood. I found that out reading WW a few months back. All this time I thought you were some grizzled, wise man named AL who lived in Tahoe and deals with the elements like someone from the Yellowstone series. Or like someone who would rescue the Donner Party back in 1846-1847.

haha. Nope just a neighborhood. Somebody else posted a while back that they thought my member image was a glass of milk and not snow packed into a doorway. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

15 minutes ago, AlTahoe said:

Twitter is blowing up today with people posting their snow depths. 

Nobody alive in town has ever seen anything like this. Its so absurd all you can do is laugh. I couldn't see any of the stop signs or speed limit signs on my street this morning. There are a couple other tweets I posted on the Feb thread as well this morning. 

How much snow has fallen at your place in the last 5 days?

[Rubus Leucodermis]

9 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

That's amazing. Also I'm a little disappointed that ALTahoe is a neighborhood. I found that out reading WW a few months back. All this time I thought you were some grizzled, wise man named AL who lived in Tahoe and deals with the elements like someone from the Yellowstone series. Or like someone who would rescue the Donner Party back in 1846-1847.

TIL...

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

4 minutes ago, AlTahoe said:

haha. Nope just a neighborhood. Somebody else posted a while back that they thought my member image was a glass of milk and not snow packed into a doorway. 

You are experiencing a life long dream of mine to see something like this. I wished i had went down there and stayed a few days to see this.

[MossMan]

Leaving work this morning, that was such a pleasant surprise! Currently at the HWY 2 rest stop east of the pass, 22 degrees and sunny! Lovely! 

[AlTahoe]

10 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

How much snow has fallen at your place in the last 5 days?

Around 60"+ Hard to tell with the last blizzard blowing everything around.

Berkley snow lab Tweeted these totals

24 hour = 35"

3 day = 87"

7 day 141"

They are at 6900' on Donner summit.

I am at 6300' on the shore of Tahoe 

[SouthHillFrosty]

 

 

[AlTahoe]

18 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

You are experiencing a life long dream of mine to see something like this. I wished i had went down there and stayed a few days to see this.

Another storm coming in this week. Get on down here.  

[RentonHill]

5 minutes ago, AlTahoe said:

Another storm coming in this week. Get on down here.  

If last night's Euro is right that Berkeley spot will be about 50 feet for the year and in or almost in top-10 for full year by the second week of March...

[TT-SEA]

@MossMan Friday morning on every ECMWF run.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Ended up starting meteorological spring with a freeze and some fog this morning, low of 31.

Ended February with a chilly 38/32 day, lots of snow in the air at times in the afternoon.

[TT-SEA]

12Z ECMWF snow on Friday night and Saturday morning.

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF snow on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Why is the euro giving us hope? Temps look pretty marginal. 

[Winterdog]

No added snow last night. Had a low of 26F, currently 33F. Still about 3” in the ground here. Makes for a conspicuous March 1st entry into my weather scrapbook.

[Slushy Inch]

1 minute ago, TacomaWx said:

Why is the euro giving us hope? 

So it can be snatched away. My guess is anywhere below 500 feet will get non accumulating wet snow 

[fubario]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF snow on Friday night and Saturday morning.

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

So it can be snatched away. My guess is anywhere below 500 feet will get non accumulating wet snow 

Most likely yes, at best a slushy trace on cars. Temps are about 34 with that precip…

[Olive1010]

Hmm this for KHIO hillsboro airport accumulated snow plume

[Olive1010]

This is another one for PDX on a different website, seems a little more accurate probably.

[SnowWillarrive]

21 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Why is the euro giving us hope? Temps look pretty marginal. 

That is phantom snow. Unless it’s at Mossman’s location. 

[Chris]

I don't normally post snow pictures since it annoys some people who don't score, but here's a few.

[umadbro]

Seeing the models produce snow that just isn’t going to happen is getting pretty old.

[MillCreekMike]

36F and still a little foggy with cloudy skies overhead. Very peaceful conditions. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

30 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Why is the euro giving us hope? Temps look pretty marginal. 

Probable some offshore flow son.

[MossMan]

38 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

@MossMan Friday morning on every ECMWF run.

Wow that has been such a consistent feature, looking good!! 
 

36 and move in Wenatchee! The parking lot snow mound is completely gone now that I have been following since early January.

Edited March 1 by MossMan

[ShawniganLake]

31 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Why is the euro giving us hope? Temps look pretty marginal. 

It likes showing any type of frozen precip that’s falling is accumulating snow.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Nice day.

[TacomaWx]

9 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Probable some offshore flow son.

DPs were right around freezing when I checked. Either way it’ll have to fall just at the right time for it to work. I just don’t have much faith after yesterday morning but it’s possible. Was just 3 years ago in mid March there was a decent snow event down south. And less than a year ago they had one in mid April.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

10 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

It likes showing any type of frozen precip that’s falling is accumulating snow.  

It’s a huge fan of 36°F sticking snow (with a dew point of 35°F).

[TT-SEA]

Pattern change on the 12Z ECMWF... might be the effects of MJO phase 8 coming into view now.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Avalanche outside Palm Springs. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Could be a nice little event for Oregon! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Pattern change on the 12Z ECMWF... might be the effects of MJO phase 8 coming into view now.

Just like in December when we had the "pattern change." It looks like a ridge and Tim gets excited. But its warm front rain! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, SouthHillFrosty said:

Could be a nice little event for Oregon! 

Blessed life, best life. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, SouthHillFrosty said:

Could be a nice little event for Oregon! 

Looks like a great event for the entire kitsap pen and sw interior.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Just like in December when we had the "pattern change." It looks like a ridge and Tim gets excited. But its warm front rain! 

Dude... I have zero expectations of nice weather in March.   I fully expect zonal flow and lots of rain as I have mentioned numerous times.   But it is a definite pattern change.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Slushy Inch said:

Kind of surprised we only warm to 50 degrees with that ridge. Maybe because it’s transient.

Probably because it quickly turns wet.    Might be time to make up precip departures.

[Slushy Inch]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Just like in December when we had the "pattern change." It looks like a ridge and Tim gets excited. But its warm front rain! 

Wow I thought it was a warm and sunny ridge. Max of 50 degrees only.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Avalanche outside Palm Springs. 

Hardly the first time this has happened. I drove the Angeles Crest Highway once, and one thing that surprised me was coming on an area of avalanche chutes that even then in late summer still had some compacted snow in them. The mountains in that part of Southern California can be very steep, and in the years that enough snow falls, can and do get avalanches.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Slushy Inch said:

Wow I thought it was a warm and sunny ridge. Max of 50 degrees though.

There is nothing about that pattern that would be warm and sunny... you can see the jet stream quickly plowing in to the west.

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Probably because it quickly turns wet.    Might be time to make up precip departures.

I realized that and deleted my comment quickly