PNW March 2023 Weather Discussion (2012 Redux)

[SilverFallsAndrew]

11 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Just going to let this radar loop sink in...

Some little towns are gonna be gone. 

[Deweydog]

10 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Just going to let this radar loop sink in...

Eyewall replacement IN PROGRESS.

[Meatyorologist]

2 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Eyewall replacement IN PROGRESS.

larger windfield soon

[Omegaraptor]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It is a beautiful albeit warm day. Going to crash hard. IMO this trough isn't getting enough love. It's incredibly impressive for late March. 

The 850s shown are pretty impressive for this time of year. Then again I think last April set the bar a little bit high.

[TT-SEA]

Got this pic earlier at stop light in North Bend... back one appears to be Magnolia tree.   It's coming!

[Omegaraptor]

Turned on the AC in my car today. Went a good five months without it but all good things must come to an end.

[Deweydog]

F*ck.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

11 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

The 850s shown are pretty impressive for this time of year. Then again I think last April set the bar a little bit high.

Yeah, if not for last April, this would be extremely notable, I suppose fairly similar to late March 2018. 

[Meatyorologist]

25 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Some little towns are gonna be gone. 

I've been watching those occluded rainbands paint parts of the Santa Cruz range red for more than two hours straight. There have to be some isolated 6"+ rainfall totals today south of San Franciso.

[FroYoBro]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It is a beautiful albeit warm day. Going to crash hard. IMO this trough isn't getting enough love. It's incredibly impressive for late March. 

I’m excited for it Andrew. Cold troughs usually have some fun convective showers at this point of the season. 

[Meatyorologist]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Got this pic earlier at stop light in North Bend... back one appears to be Magnolia tree.   It's coming!

Y'all are ahead out there... Mine just started to bud Friday.

[Phishy Wx]

41 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Just going to let this radar loop sink in...

my old place in Lompico (Santa Cruz Mtns) taking a beating

[Phishy Wx]

thing had a closed 'eye' feature just before it made landfall

[Doinko]

March SLP record at SFO

[Phishy Wx]

4 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

I've been watching those occluded rainbands paint parts of the Santa Cruz range red for more than two hours straight. There have to be some isolated 6"+ rainfall totals today south of San Franciso.

that's not completely out of character for winter storms there.  This is crazy because it's late season.  I've seen near 10" of rain in 24 hours in the Mtns there

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Y'all are ahead out there... Mine just started to bud Friday.

Magnolia?   Ours is not blooming yet... maybe next week.   But those trees have buds all winter.

[BLI snowman]

8 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah, if not for last April, this would be extremely notable, I suppose fairly similar to late March 2018. 

Let's desperately hope to avoid that analog from May to September.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Crisp cool evening. 

[Phishy Wx]

 

[T-Town]

 

[Meatyorologist]

9 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Magnolia?   Ours is not blooming yet... maybe next week.   But those trees have buds all winter.

Whoops yeah, meant blooming. And I was referring to North Bend as a whole, given the picture you attached. I'm sure that the main incorporated part of town down by the river is much further along than your fancy microclimate situated 500' higher and a couple miles south.

[Phishy Wx]

 

[MossMan]

54/43 on the day. Currently 49 and sunny.
.20” for the day, 3.65” for the month. 

[Phishy Wx]

 

[TT-SEA]

11 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Whoops yeah, meant blooming. And I was referring to North Bend as a whole, given the picture you attached. I'm sure that the main incorporated part of town down by the river is much further along than your fancy microclimate situated 500' higher and a couple miles south.

Correct... we are usually a week behind downtown NB.   

 

[MossMan]

16 minutes ago, T-Town said:

 

That doesn’t look like Phil’s Camaro, must be a fake pic. 

[MossMan]

Had a dusting today! 

[FroYoBro]

5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Had a dusting today! 

I think someone pissed on your car.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

 Lovely sky 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

11 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

 Lovely sky 

Beautiful tonight. Kiddos safely back to their mom and hopefully can spend a little more time focused on here.

Your place looks beautiful. Y’all are a wizard to do all the things you do.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Ended up with a beautiful 62/38 spread today. East winds got a little breezy in the afternoon.

Sort of an interesting pattern today with areas in the central and eastern Gorge being cool, calm and showery while the Portland area was warmer and sunny with breezy winds. Opposite of what you usually see this time of year. It’s all thanks to the counterclockwise flow in the upper levels around the low slamming into the Bay Area this afternoon. Unusual setup esp for late March.

[Gradient Keeper]

39 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Ended up with a beautiful 62/38 spread today. East winds got a little breezy in the afternoon.

Sort of an interesting pattern today with areas in the central and eastern Gorge being cool, calm and showery while the Portland area was warmer and sunny with breezy winds. Opposite of what you usually see this time of year. It’s all thanks to the counterclockwise flow in the upper levels around the low slamming into the Bay Area this afternoon. Unusual setup esp for late March.

Yeah good observation it was quite gusty here this afternoon. The best part of today was the blue skies finally returned instead of that awful blinding hazy sunshine last Thu-Sat.

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, Gradient Keeper said:

Yeah good observation it was quite gusty here this afternoon. The best part of today was the blue skies finally returned instead of that awful blinding hazy sunshine last Thu-Sat.

Yeah that wasn’t the most visually appealing warm spell. Today was much prettier.

[Deweydog]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

 Lovely sky 

Where’d your snow go???

[Cold Snap]

3 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

Just going to let this radar loop sink in...

That thing legit looks like a subtropical storm based on radar.

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

 Lovely sky 

Some dog keeps photobombing your sweet sky shots.

[RentonHill]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

 Lovely sky 

Nice dags. Just visited my mom in kittitas last weekend. 40 degrees there felt colder than 40 at home for some reason. 

[Front Ranger]

Difference a year makes. #CAdroughtnomore

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, Front Ranger said:

Difference a year makes. #CAdroughtnomore

What a difference another year could make #itcouldeasilycomeback

[Phishy Wx]

this CA storm is something else

 

two low circulations fujiwhara around each other and pound Santa Cruz.  An eye feature the whole ball of wax

[Front Ranger]

58 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

What a difference another year could make #itcouldeasilycomeback

Yes, Jesse. That is a hypothetical.

[Gradient Keeper]

00z GFS

[Gradient Keeper]

00z Euro hmmm....

[Cold Snap]

The strangest thing is happening right now. One side of the block I live on is foggy while the other side is not. Strange but kind of cool!

[Phil]

Plants are tough. Two nights ago it was 20°F with a hard wind, and I expected mass flower die-offs. Instead everything has continued blooming/greening.

It’s almost like plants have evolved over millions of years to handle challenging conditions.  

[Deweydog]

Bootyful morning!

[T-Town]

Pretty sunrise here. 41 degrees. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

SUB 40 at SEA TAC

[Doinko]

10 hours ago, Front Ranger said:

Difference a year makes. #CAdroughtnomore

Another wet system next week too on both the Euro and GFS

 

[MossMan]

Frosty roof. I really need to paint this year. 
And my snow shovel is still on standby for this coming weekends foot of snow!