February Snowfalls 2/10-2/12, Part III & IV

[Blizzard777]

This is why the snow totals went up dramatically in the Seattle area.   The trough has shifted just far enough west now to pump in the moisture all the way up here.

 

 

The GFS and FV3 are a little farther east at this time.   And its just 48 hours away.   Big implications.

Poor Hawaii, taking the hit for our fun weather up here

[MossMan]

Brings back 2008 memories.

Did that happen in 2008? Never had a warm up in my area that I remember. Definitely no rain in my area during that 2+ week stretch.

[Deweydog]

Kelso not doing half bad with that deformer.

 

Only a 40 minute drive from Portland...

[Phil]

Did that happen in 2008? Never had a warm up in my area that I remember. Definitely no rain in my area during that 2+ week stretch.

I think he meant the brief pullback in the model solutions that ended up being a fake out.

[ShawniganLake]

00z EURO still showing an incoming Arctic Blast towards the end.

Looks like cold onshore flow day 9-10.

[MossMan]

I think he meant the brief pullback in the model solutions that ended up being a fake out.

Ahh gotcha!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Well hope everyone enjoys the cold night tonight. Down to 22 already here with some stars out...Going to nod off from the night shift tonight...

[El_Nina]

Kelso not doing half bad with that deformer.

Only a 40 minute drive from Portland...

One could even say it's in the area.

[MossMan]

17.2.

[Deweydog]

One could even say it's in the area.

I refuse to associate myself with that dump of a town. Sorry to any forum Kelsonians.

 

#toughlove

[OysterPrintout]

5th snowiest day in history at PDX.

This is just completely lacking nuance. PDX NWS station maybe but the result in "Portland" proper is incredibly different. I live downtown and we had an inch and some flurries. My brother lives at 50th and Woodstock and they got 2" that melted very quickly. One of my friends off Killngsworth/99W got about the same. It was a complete non-event for a huge amount of the actual city. Nobody will remember this day. A lot of people remember Feb 2014.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Looks like cold onshore flow day 9-10.

Yeah it slides east on this run but the block seems to be retrograding at the end and could send more colder air down from BC later on.

[TT-SEA]

Total precip over the next 4 days... you would think we would see a huge fetch of moisture approaching us right now from the Pacific.  

 

 

 

[Requiem]

This is just completely lacking nuance. PDX NWS station maybe but the result in "Portland" proper is incredibly different. I live downtown and we had an inch and some flurries. My brother lives at 50th and Woodstock and they got 2" that melted very quickly. One of my friends off Killngsworth/99W got about the same. It was a complete non-event for a huge amount of the actual city. Nobody will remember this day. A lot of people remember Feb 2014.

Yeah, but technically the statement “5th snowiest February day at PDX is still true”. But the rest I agree with, even though I actually liked this storm.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Bit of a difference between precip on the 4k and 1.33k WRF on that northern band:

 

 

 

[Jesse]

This is just completely lacking nuance. PDX NWS station maybe but the result in "Portland" proper is incredibly different. I live downtown and we had an inch and some flurries. My brother lives at 50th and Woodstock and they got 2" that melted very quickly. One of my friends off Killngsworth/99W got about the same. It was a complete non-event for a huge amount of the actual city. Nobody will remember this day. A lot of people remember Feb 2014.

 

A lot of people in the large swath of east Vancouver that got 5-6" will. It was a gorgeous day.

[Deweydog]

Yeah it slides east on this run but the block seems to be retrograding at the end and could send more colder air down from BC later on.

Flatiron just shed a proud salty tear over this post.

[Requiem]

A lot of people in the large swath of east Vancouver that got 5-6" will. It was a gorgeous day.

Weird day for sure, almost squally in nature. Loved it, had a different feeling than our usual dry east wind driven snow.

[Jesse]

Total precip over the next 4 days... you would think we would see a huge fetch of moisture approaching us right now from the Pacific.  

 

It can rain a lot when airmasses duke it out by an ocean.

[TT-SEA]

It can rain a lot when airmasses duke it out by an ocean.

 

Indeed.  

[OysterPrintout]

A lot of people in the large swath of east Vancouver that got 5-6" will. It was a gorgeous day.

Hey if my post was about whether or not most of the people in East Vancouver would remember this day I would totally agree with you.

[Jesse]

Hey if my post was about whether or not most of the people in East Vancouver would remember this day I would totally agree with you.

 

You seem nice.

[Guest CulverJosh]

Hilarious.  The band hopped over us and popped up over the coast.  

[Guest CulverJosh]

Oh, and the best temp/dewpoint, 29 temp, 24 DP, in 48 hours and no chance of precip.  Unbelievable.

[El_Nina]

Weird day for sure, almost squally in nature. Loved it, had a different feeling than our usual dry east wind driven snow.

What probabaly felt weird was the east metro outscoring the west.

[OysterPrintout]

You seem nice.

Sorry but hey I was replying to a quote about how PDX had a top snow storm Feb total. Felt like there is a lot of nuance missing there. Didn't want to argue about random parts of the metro.

[snow_wizard]

Digging deeper into the 0z ECMWF it would be a snowpocalypse for King County.  925mb temps remain zero or lower through the vast majority of the heavy precip and 850s remain solidly below zero.  The kicker is weak easterly surface gradients will continually feed low level cold into the picture while the precip is falling.  In short very snowy.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Total precip over the next 4 days... you would think we would see a huge fetch of moisture approaching us right now from the Pacific.

 

 

 

Extreme!

[snow_wizard]

Agreed! It is so borderline now I would not be surprised to see rain or a mix precip. Really on the edge. It is not a good sign to be honest.

 

The other possibility I don't like is a boat load of heavy wet snow.  That stuff isn't nearly as fun as the drier snow.

[Jesse]

Sorry but hey I was replying to a quote about how PDX had a top snow storm Feb total. Felt like there is a lot of nuance missing there. Didn't want to argue about random parts of the metro.

Sure, but “nobody will remember this day” seemed like a statement that was missing some nuance as well.

[Guest CulverJosh]

The other possibility I don't like is a boat load of heavy wet snow.  That stuff isn't nearly as fun as the drier snow.

 

 

Boo hoo, lol.

[OysterPrintout]

Sure, but “nobody will remember this day” seemed like a statement that was missing some nuance as well.

Yeah again was just a PDX based statement with people touting the totals of the PDX official snowfall like it was representative. It wasn't.

[Deweydog]

Moody Saturday night on Mt. Scottjosh...

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Moody Saturday night on Mt. Scottjosh...

Don’t take the bait.

[Phil]

The other possibility I don't like is a boat load of heavy wet snow. That stuff isn't nearly as fun as the drier snow.

I actually like wet snow much more than dry snow. Clings to the trees and makes for a much better workout when shoveling. And it usually means warmer temps so roads aren’t as terrible. Win win win.

 

Dry snow doesn’t hold on the trees and always blows off the roofs/etc before it can add up. It just doesn’t look as nice, IMO.

[Guest CulverJosh]

Moody Saturday night on Mt. Scottjosh...

 

Yes.  Hard to shake the sting of what this week could have been down here.  I was so ready for an epic week.  Especially after the crap we endured Nov/Dec/Jan.  I will just hang my hat on the potential for the end of the week and hope we can kill the onshore flow at some point.

[snow_wizard]

Nice to see the Euro is still on for the block reset in the 8 to 10 day period.

[MossMan]

I like snow of all forms!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Yes. Hard to shake the sting of what this week could have been down here. I was so ready for an epic week. Especially after the crap we endured Nov/Dec/Jan. I will just hang my hat on the potential for the end of the week and hope we can kill the onshore flow at some point.

You’re still in a much better location than others and you’ll have plenty more chances. You’ll get nailed at some point soon.

[Jesse]

Yeah again was just a PDX based statement with people touting the totals of the PDX official snowfall like it was representative. It wasn't.

It was fairly representative of the east metro. Sorry you didn’t get snow.