March 2019 Weather Discussion in the PNW

[TT-SEA]

YESSSSS!!!!

 

 

ITS MELTING!!   

[Phil]

ITS MELTING!!

Still wastes an entire day of potential glacier melt beneath. #albedo.

[Phil]

Days start getting shorter in 14 weeks.

[TT-SEA]

Still wastes an entire day of potential glacier melt beneath. #albedo.

Today was a lost cause anyways.

[TT-SEA]

Days start getting shorter in 14 weeks.

That is unusual for March... strange year!

[Jesse]

Ah, I wasn’t too big on weather before last summer/fall. Is SSW wind with rain only associated with winter?

I believe it. And no it isn’t that linear. Just depends on surface pressure gradients. South winds can happen pretty commonly with a low moving in to our north from the late fall through early spring. Less common in the warm season since the jet is weaker/farther north.

[High Desert Mat?]

Days start getting shorter in 14 weeks.

Phil, don’t trigger Tim, we all know his soft points.

[TT-SEA]

Phil, don’t trigger Tim, we all know his soft points.

Almost humidity season in DC!

[antipex]

Almost humidity season in DC!

 

I'd kill for some heat and humidity in NYC right now. It's been so cold that I was walking around without a jacket in 52 degree weather a few days ago...

[ShawniganLake]

32 and 31 here the last 2 nights. So we sit at 39 consecutive freezing lows here.

[ShawniganLake]

Models looking generally dry the next 10 days.

[Jesse]

Euro is a lot slower to break down the ridge than the GFS.

[Kayla]

[ShawniganLake]

Euro is a lot slower to break down the ridge than the GFS.

Pretty good chance we get thru the first 2/3rds of March with only ~.25” of rain in the gauge here.

[Bryant]

I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready for this winter to be over...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And for the next one to start already

[ShawniganLake]

My front lawn is starting to emerge from the snow but I just measured the depth on the north side of my house. 8” still.

[Jesse]

What butt ugly pattern on the Euro. Annoying to go straight back to this crap.

[Geos]

Saw some new snow in Everett just south of downtown at 11am. Was probably from earlier in the morning. Woke up to 36° and rain this morning. Wasn't expecting more snow reports from the lowlands until November!

[MossMan]

[Guest CulverJosh]

Winter 2019-20 contest commencing soon.

[GHweatherChris]

[TacomaWaWx]

Very cool day...spring still not here yet only 42. Looks like the convergence zone is taking aim at my house now as it moves south as well maybe I’ll see some hail or something interesting

Also interesting the convergence zone usually always is north of Seattle it’s a not as common for Seattle/Tacoma area to see the convergence zone

[Omegaraptor]

50 down in balmy subtropical paradise Portland.

[MossMan]

I think I saw you comment on NWS Facebook post this morning, no?

That was me!

[TT-SEA]

What butt ugly pattern on the Euro. Annoying to go straight back to this crap.

 

Can I take pleasure in your displeasure?   That seems to be a goal of yours with me.  

[TT-SEA]

Nice break from the cold weather coming up.   Add 3-4 degrees to account for its cool bias... it will be cooler than reality every day in this pattern and not just at SEA.    

 

[Jesse]

Can I take pleasure in your displeasure? That seems to be a goal of yours with me.

You have been for years. Next!

[TT-SEA]

You have been for years. Next!

 

 

Likewise!  

[TacomaWaWx]

Wish I lived where the CZ set up all the time it’s a very interesting thing seeing it set up and form all the time near Everett

[TT-SEA]

Wish I lived where the CZ set up all the time it’s a very interesting thing seeing it set up and form all the time near Everett

 

 

Some essentially non-accumulating snow balls falling here now.   Gigantic flakes.    If this was at night we would have another 3 inches.

[MossMan]

Wish I lived where the CZ set up all the time it’s a very interesting thing seeing it set up and form all the time near Everett

I have lived in northern Snohomish Co my entire life (42yrs) so all I know is the PSCZ. It is your best friend during these times...however for me it was my worst enemy during the months of April-June especially when I was a kid and obsessed with fishing. It would be nice to the north, nice to the south, but pouring over Lake Goodwin. The PSCZ is a love hate type relationship.

[TT-SEA]

EPS is also slower with the ridge break down... but ends up with generally mild zonal flow with normal 850mb temps across the PNW.

 

Sort of looks like the action would be more focused on CA again. But I am sure there would be some rainy periods up here too.

 

Looks Nino-ish...

 

 

[Guest CulverJosh]

Pscz is fun. Experienced it for 15 years. My boss who lived and commuted from south Seattle to downtown never understood my plight.

[Jesse]

Likewise!

Let’s be sure to keep it going! Lots of passive aggressive smileys this spring.

[TT-SEA]

C-zone is finally winding down.

 

Unofficial start of spring here right now as it will start to slowly but steadily improve going forward... better late than never!

[GHweatherChris]

C-zone is finally winding down.

 

Unofficial start of spring here right now as it will start to slowly but steadily improve going forward... better late than never!

Can't be late for something that isn't here yet....

[TT-SEA]

Can't be late for something that isn't here yet....

 

 

Meteorological spring starts March 1st.

[GHweatherChris]

Meteorological spring starts March 1st.

Well, neither you or I are a meteorologist or weather expert, so to us first day of spring is March 20th!!

[TT-SEA]

Well, neither you or I are a meteorologist or weather expert, so to us first day of spring is March 20th!!

 

 

I am definitely not either of those... but that is that is how it has been defined by other people.

[Jesse]

Meteorological definitions of the seasons make a lot more sense.