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

[HighlandExperience]

Btw HighlandExperience, here is a 12 hour forecast valid Friday 00z to Friday 12z

Thanks.

[Front Ranger]

A bunch of you had more snow on the ground than I've had here in years!

[MossMan]

Btw HighlandExperience, here is a 12 hour forecast valid Friday 00z to Friday 12z

Wow, I’m actually in the 1” zone.

Cooler today than I thought it was going to be. 33.

[Jesse]

Would be nice if that actually translated to a widespread snow at some point south of Olympia. Otherwise, meh.

Hopefully we go back to endless torching and dismal mountain snowpack as quickly as possible. A below average temp regime that lasts for more than 7-10 days is way too much of a change of pace for me.

[Guest Sounder]

Hopefully we go back to endless torching and dismal mountain snowpack as quickly as possible. A below average temp regime that lasts for more than 7-10 days is way too much of a change of pace for me.

Yeah!!! Normal people LOVE cold, wet, and gloomy drizzle!!! You're an IDIOT if you like warm weather!!

[Jesse]

Yeah!!! Normal people LOVE cold, wet, and gloomy drizzle!!!

Lot of clear and crisp days with cold nights on the Euro. Glad to see someone else taking up Tim’s reigns while he’s gone though!

[Jesse]

Edits!!!

[Jesse]

PDX at 42. Hard to imagine them hitting 50 today.

[Front Ranger]

Isn't it clear by now this forum is definitely NOT full of normal people?

[Jesse]

Isn't it clear by now this forum is definitely NOT full of normal people?

Normal is actually pretty abnormal. Would be one hell of a strange year if PDX hit 1981-2010 baseline highs and lows every day.

[FroYoBro]

Isn't it clear by now this forum is definitely NOT full of normal people?

 

I REALLY love horses. 

[MossMan]

Isn't it clear by now this forum is definitely NOT full of normal people?

Most of us on the forum just had our first full nights sleep last night since Saturday night, the 2nd...if that tells you something...

[BLI snowman]

Hopefully we go back to endless torching and dismal mountain snowpack as quickly as possible. A below average temp regime that lasts for more than 7-10 days is way too much of a change of pace for me.

 

Would make things neat and easy. False alarms suck.

[Prairiedog]

Isn't it clear by now this forum is definitely NOT full of normal people?

its the average of all the abnormal people here that makes all of us normal, right?

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

The ecm really is showing a heavy snow signature for the hood canal. Is that Thursday and friday on the ten day map?

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Here is the total snow for Washington. The majority of which falls on day 10. Whatcom Couty and BC get some Thursday night, and maybe a little over the weekend.

 

That's out in la-la-land of course, but if it verifies that 2" or so over KSEA will be enough to bump Seattle's total for this month up to 5th place from the current 7th in the list of snowiest months. And the 2-3" it has for me could have me pushing 25" total for the month.

 

Closer in, the map Bryant just posted says I could get a dusting overnight between Thursday and Friday.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

If this forum was filled with  "normal" people from Western WA/OR who do not like snow and fear it,  instead of the snow reports, predictions of snow amounts, etc, we would be reading all the panic reports, doom and gloom, sky is falling, etc.    Kind of like this forum in real life when the models take away a snowstorm.

[Jesse]

Yeah, most “normal” people don’t care nearly as much about the weather/appreciate its nuances as much as this forum’s subculture. Mocking the ignorance of laypeople on twitter during a snowstorm then turning around and mocking members here for not being representing a “normal” enough viewpoint isn’t a logically consistent position.

[Front Ranger]

its the average of all the abnormal people here that makes all of us normal, right?

[Frontal Snowsquall]

If we were looking at definite snow chances coming up I would be all for it, but drippy cold rain that we are looking at now just doesn’t make me very enthusiastic. Let’s get the sun and warm temps going.

Yesterday’s brief sun in the evening was uplifting

I'm ready as soon as you guys are! ☀

[Timmy]

Here is the total snow for Washington. The majority of which falls on day 10. Whatcom Couty and BC get some Thursday night, and maybe a little over the weekend.

 

Can you post the one for Oregon?

[Tenochtitlan]

Idk about those BLI temperatures...43 degrees, and 31 degrees two miles away to the east and southwest? Lol.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

A bunch of you had more snow on the ground than I've had here in years!

 

That's one of the quirks about this climate that I like. We normally get very little snow, but if things set up just right, we can get a lot of snow. My second winter here was '90-'91 and I got to experience the big snow in December dump 14" on my house in Shoreline. I was simply blown away that I could get snowed on like that here. I thought I had left dumpings like that behind when I moved here from the Rockies.

 

Then I checked the records and saw it really wasn't anything unprecedented—just something unusual that nevertheless does happen from time to time. And wondered when the next big snow would hit.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Can you post the one for Oregon?

 

Will probly be  for us in the low elevations down here. But still worth a look for folks above 1000'.

[antipex]

Can you post the one for Oregon?

 

[Bham_Guy]

Idk about those BLI temperatures...43 degrees, and 31 degrees two miles away to the east and southwest? Lol.

 

Not even close to accurate. 

[BLI snowman]

Not even close to accurate.

Sucks that crap like that will taint the monthly averages there significantly.

[Bham_Guy]

Sucks that crap like that will taint the monthly averages there significantly.

 

Yeah. Thankfully, they corrected the error on Sunday. Official high that day was 32. I wonder if they'll fix this one as well.

[Jesse]

Yeah. Thankfully, they corrected the error on Sunday. Official high that day was 32. I wonder if they'll fix this one as well.

I was wondering about the supposed high of 40 on there Sunday. Didn’t really add up to me. Makes sense that it was a bogus reading.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Still only 34 at my house one hell of a cold snap. Pretty sure it will snow here tomorrow night.

[Tenochtitlan]

The closest stations to me in Bellingham are 34-35, and there's full sunshine, but I don't see much melting going on aside from near houses. I've gotta take a few pictures, it looks so much cooler than it did yesterday when it was cloudy.

[Bham_Guy]

I was wondering about the supposed high of 40 on there Sunday. Didn’t really add up to me. Makes sense that it was a bogus reading.

 

I sent them an email about it. I'm sure they figured it out anyway, but just wanted to make them aware.

[Loniu7]

Hi.wanted to say I've enjoyed this forum ifred suggested.My knowledge is euro, and GFS. And by knowledge I mean euro I've heard is more accurate. I know absolutely nothing. Mostly I'm lost ,But I just observe. I also collected baseball cards when I was younger, so that should tell you where I'm at. But thanks for all the hard work , I'm going to keep observing as seasons change.

[Bryant]

Neighborhood here is still a mess. Constant posts on our FB group asking for help getting their vehicle unstuck

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Yeah, most “normal” people don’t care nearly as much about the weather/appreciate its nuances as much as this forum’s subculture. Mocking the ignorance of laypeople on twitter during a snowstorm then turning around and mocking members here for not being representing a “normal” enough viewpoint isn’t a logically consistent position.

 

We are all a bunch of weirdos. I am sure of it. But variety is the spice of life I say...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GFS doing GFS things...

 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

[SilverFallsAndrew]

RIP Yakima Valley Dairy Cows. Thanks for all the milk you provided us.

 

KENNEWICK, WA - "An estimated 1,600 dairy cows died in the Lower Yakima Valley during blizzard conditions over the weekend and Monday.

 

“Absolutely heart-breaking” was how Kimmi Devaney of the Dairy Farmers of Washington described the loss.

 

Dairy farmers who had been in the business their entire lives said they had never seen anything like the weather that hit areas near Grandview and Sunnyside between the Tri-Cities and Yakima, Devaney said.

 

“People were expecting some snow. But not one was expecting it as bad as it was,” she said.

 

At Sunny Dene Ranch about eight miles south of Sunnyside, co-owner and veterinarian Bill Wavrin said he had 30 inches of snow, 44 mph winds and temperatures that fell to 18 below zero.

 

“It was just unbelievable,” he said. “ It’s nothing you would have thought.”

 

“There were just some terrible things about the storm,” he said, calling it a 100-year event."

 

https://amp.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article226161190.html

 

This is sad. February 2019 has truly been a 19th century month stuck in the 21st century. I know some of us in Oregon have been upset, but it'll still stack up okay down here, and regionally and across the northern plains and Rockies it is going to go down as an all-timer. 

[MossMan]

GFS doing GFS things...

 

Models seem to be hinting at things for next week...residual model noise or are we just going to have a one week lull in the action before getting slammed again? I can’t think of many past events that featured that long of a break. Few days sure, but over a week? I’m sure it has happened but I just cannot think of any off hand.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

March 2012 style system here...