PNW March 2023 Weather Discussion (2012 Redux)

[SilverFallsAndrew]

My dad snapped this out by Palouse Falls. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

10 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Maybe the second half of April.   In the Ag Weather update yesterday they talked about the MJO going into phase 6 or 7 next and that usually means PNW troughing in April according to their maps.   

I’ll be honest with you. As long as we don’t torch for months at a time, I’m good. 

[Phishy Wx]

Lol. Moderate Snow Shower

 

41, DP 24

[Phishy Wx]

>>>>>Heavy Graupel Shower

[Omegaraptor]

Currently quite a bit of sun out here. Definitely doesn't feel like it's only 45 outside.

[Phishy Wx]

down to 38 after that shower

[GHweatherChris]

Rain/snow mix.

[GHweatherChris]

Mostly snow now.

[TT-SEA]

46 minutes ago, Hour364Please said:

April troughing is okay.  When we have nice breaks like we did last week it makes it feel pretty good.  Some rain, some sun and I'm good.

The mountains are going to be picking up some good snow pack.

Gonna hit Rattlesnake Ledge tomorrow.  A few weeks ago it was pretty icy near the top with some light snow falling.  Probably picked up more snow today though.

Tim, how does the snow line look up your way?

Posted pic a couple hours ago.   Likely going to be much lower tomorrow morning though.  

[TT-SEA]

36 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I’ll be honest with you. As long as we don’t torch for months at a time, I’m good. 

I appreciate your honesty Andrew! 

And I'll be honest with you too... as long as we get some decent breaks like we have coming up this week, I'm good.  

[Phil]

12z EPS. Pattern can’t decide which way it wants to go, but troughy west theme seems to win out in the end.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I’ve really enjoyed this winter. Most enjoyable winter in over a decade. It’s just been fun! 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I’ve really enjoyed this winter. Most enjoyable winter in over a decade. It’s just been fun! 

It was pretty nice overall based on my personal preferences too... lots of sunny days and dry periods mixed in and snow in December.  

[MossMan]

Stormy! 

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Stormy! 

Some bright colors over you on the radar... what is falling there?

[MossMan]

Looks and feels like December! 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Some bright colors over you on the radar... what is falling there?

Lumps and chunks! 

Edited March 25 by MossMan

[Phil]

Here comes the next round of niño-esque forcing. Subsidence in the E-IO, enhanced convection about to cross the dateline later in week-2.

[Phil]

The new EPS weeklies also have the stable subsidence signal over the E-IO. In fact this entire hovmoller has more similarity to El Niño than La Niña.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

6” of sloppy snow on the ground now, about an inch more than when I left this morning. About two inches actually fell, but the depth only increased an inch because it’s very wet snow and there was some melting throughout the day. 

[jcmcgaffey]

1 hour ago, Hour364Please said:

April troughing is okay.  When we have nice breaks like we did last week it makes it feel pretty good.  Some rain, some sun and I'm good.

The mountains are going to be picking up some good snow pack.

Gonna hit Rattlesnake Ledge tomorrow.  A few weeks ago it was pretty icy near the top with some light snow falling.  Probably picked up more snow today though.

Tim, how does the snow line look up your way?

Had a friend hike it yesterday and was in good shape. Tomorrow it is going to be covered in snow. 

[Cold Snap]

Currently 41.3 and it’s been a dark and gloomy afternoon here.

[ShawniganLake]

Was working in Victoria today and it was a really pleasant afternoon with a cool breeze.  Looks like I’ll be driving through a bit of snow on my way home though. 
 

[Christensen87]

Tim, I’d be surprised if you don’t see some accumulation tonight. 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, Christensen87 said:

Tim, I’d be surprised if you don’t see some accumulation tonight. 

Definitely... expecting at least 2 inches maybe more depending on the exact position of the c-zone.  

[GHweatherChris]

Ya, its the HRRR but still...

[ShawniganLake]

45 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Was working in Victoria today and it was a really pleasant afternoon with a cool breeze.  Looks like I’ll be driving through a bit of snow on my way home though. 
 

Live look where this webcam is located.  Absolutely dumping. Sticking snow level is about 1000ft. 
 

[Phil]

38 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Definitely... expecting at least 2 inches maybe more depending on the exact position of the c-zone.  

That would be 400% of my winter total.

[Phil]

Hopefully this isn’t another Joplin. But it looks bad.

 

[ShawniganLake]

Snowing and sticking at my house now too. 500ft. 
 

[Sandy rocks]

It has been snowing hard here in Sandy.  Most of the morning snow melted. It started again around 4 and hasn't stopped since. Coming down hard. Around freezing. Didn't see this coming for sure.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

37 minutes ago, Phil said:

Hopefully this isn’t another Joplin. But it looks bad.

 

Joplin has a much larger population than Rolling Fork, MS. 

[Doinko]

Hailing. Heavy enough to accumulate

[Ken in Wood Village]

Having hail now

[Ken in Wood Village]

Looks like a slight rotation going on there with the green and red together. 

[MWG]

What a day! We had snow, hail, rain then sun coming out and then going back to snow hail, etc 

[Doinko]

22 minutes ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

Having hail now

It was really dumping hail a bit ago. Accumulated to everything and roads were completely covered

[TT-SEA]

Been hugging the south side of the c-zone here for hours... but that is the slight warmer side so its 36 with drizzle and the frogs are singing out there.   I assume they shut down when it gets to 32.   Not sure if that c-zone is going to slip south yet or not.   The middle and north side of c-zone is where the best conditions for accumulating snow are located.   The south side tends to have persistent south wind.  The wind has died down though now.  

[TT-SEA]

00Z GFS sure changed its tune about next weekend... back to cold troughing.  

[TT-SEA]

00Z GEM is on board with a deep trough next weekend as well.  

But we still get 4 or 5 dry days before that depending on which model you are looking at so definitely some variety.   The GFS brings the rain in Friday morning but then its nice again by Sunday... GEM is dry until Friday night.  

[TT-SEA]

@MossMan is that snow over you now?   Looks quite active up there again.  

[Ken in Wood Village]

Lol, I missed something..lmao. 

[Cold Snap]

Currently 36.7 with some pretty heavy rain.

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Currently 36.7 with some pretty heavy rain.

I was wondering about your area... you are about to be in the middle of the c-zone.

My UW son just landed from Mexico and is picking up his car in Seattle now and said its absolutely dumping rain with some snowflakes mixed in there.  He is coming home so he can get up early and go skiing tomorrow morning.   Quite the change of scenery for him.  

[Cold Snap]

Snowing on redmond ridge! Grassy surfaces have a dusting!

[MossMan]

19 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

@MossMan is that snow over you now?   Looks quite active up there again.  

Lumpy clumps and 35! If I took a drive up behind our house at the higher elevation it’s probably all very wet snow I would bet. 

[Cold Snap]

In redmond by the Microsoft campus and getting some positive splats maybe even some flakes mixing in.

[Doinko]

Still some hail around from the shower 3 hrs ago

[Phishy Wx]

apparently this was Asheville NC last night

 

 

[Cold Snap]

Just across the street from the Microsoft campus. Very nice rain/snow mix going there’s some nice flakes mixing in. Surprised to see it snowing this far away from the foothills.