March 2020 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[FroYoBro]

The east side looks to do very well over the next hour or so looking at the radar. Get some snow pdx!

[Perturbed Member]

The east side looks to do very well over the next hour or so looking at the radar. Get some snow pdx!

 

Yeah those very heavy precip rates are key. 33-34F under those yellow echos.

 

I'm too far west, have had more breaks in precip and generally lighter. Still 35.7 here. Just chunky rain. Will have to see if the heavy stuff expands a bit.

[Jesse]

Dumping snow here. There is a solid dusting. Looks a bit like there Sandy Blvd cam out there.

 

Temp is down to 33, DP 31. If these precip rates keep up toward morning and the temp keeps getting driven down I could easily picture an inch or so here.

[El_Nina]

Still very wet here and 36. The transition is still happening I guess.

[Perturbed Member]

Dumping snow here. There is a solid dusting. Looks a bit like there Sandy Blvd cam out there.

 

Temp is down to 33, DP 31. If these precip rates keep up toward morning and the temp keeps getting driven down I could easily picture an inch or so here.

 

Awesome! Glad you're scoring. Hopefully the precip keeps up for a while. 

 

35.0F here, finally switched to all snow and precip rates trying to climb.

[Jesse]

Awesome! Glad you're scoring. Hopefully the precip keeps up for a while.

 

35.0F here, finally switched to all snow and precip rates trying to climb.

Getting some giant flakes now. Glad to hear you have switched over.

[FroYoBro]

Still rain mixed in with the snow here. Glad to hear people are getting snow!

[El_Nina]

That's a fairly isolated area that's seeing snow over northeast Portland and eastern Vancouver. Not really sure what's causing it, 36 degrees in cascade locks and The Dalles. Looks wet at Multnomah Falls as well.

It can't be just because of precip rates, because it is pouring here.

[Perturbed Member]

Getting some giant flakes now. Glad to hear you have switched over.

 

Radar looks real promising for you. Don't see why you couldn't get 2+ inches out of this.

 

34.5F here, another 1 degree and it could probably start sticking to something.

[FroYoBro]

That's a fairly isolated area that's seeing snow over northeast Portland and eastern Vancouver. Not really sure what's causing it, 36 degrees in cascade locks and The Dalles. Looks wet at Multnomah Falls as well.

It can't be just because of precip rates, because it is pouring here.

Is it really still pouring there? It finally switched to all wet snow even here in Tigard just now.

[El_Nina]

Is it really still pouring there? It finally switched to all wet snow even here in Tigard just now.

It's 35 with a heavy wet mix now, which is an improvement from all rain just a little bit ago.

[Perturbed Member]

Cold air is finally arriving in The Dalles.

 

East winds there suddenly gusting to 30 mph and temp/dew point falling.

[FroYoBro]

Pdx down to 33 with snow.

 

I’m going to win the HUGE contest.

[El_Nina]

So Jesse is really the one controlling the weather all along.

[Jesse]

Huge flakes have been falling off and on for a while now. Approaching a half inch on many surfaces out there. Although the street is still pretty slushy, probably from residual warmth over the last week. Radar is still looking good.

[Jesse]

That's a fairly isolated area that's seeing snow over northeast Portland and eastern Vancouver. Not really sure what's causing it, 36 degrees in cascade locks and The Dalles. Looks wet at Multnomah Falls as well.

It can't be just because of precip rates, because it is pouring here.

The focus of the deformation zone seems to be over the east metro. I think it is about precip rates since the Gorge hasn’t become much of a factor just yet.

[BLI snowman]

Winter wonderland here.

[TT-SEA]

Awesome to see Portland scoring... the winter of 2019-20 has been saved at the last minute!   

 

Also nice that its snowing down there and not in my backyard... in fact the moon is shining bright here as daylight approaches.

[Blizzard777]

Location location

Down to PDX for my thing

SE  Portland ...looks to be about and inch and still snowing nicely 

[El_Nina]

Really don't have any accumulation here. 34 with a light mixture now, 0.35" precipitation since midnight. That brings March up to 1.42"

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Picked up an additional 3" overnight. 

 

Looks like South Salem got some snow and most of the Salem area at least a dusting per cams, 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Through yesterday Salem now running a -2.3 departure on the month.

[TacomaWaWx]

Seeing snowflakes again here. Drier airmass now 35 with a DP of 26. North wind gusts 25ish Mph.

[TacomaWaWx]

Although not a huge event...really awesome to see Portland’s winter saved at the buzzer. Pretty much everyone has seen a little something this winter.

[TacomaWaWx]

Yesterday’s 38/34 day was the 3rd coldest March day we’ve had behind last years 37/29 day on 3/6 and 38/30 on 3/8. Had wet snow/snow flurries on and off most of yesterday so I don’t feel like I was totally left out

[Ray]

34 degrees this morning.  Radar has been showing snow overhead for some time but none is making it to the ground.  Still some residual snow on the grass and roof tops.  Hoping for a little more this morning before it dries out.  Probably just wishful thinking though.

[TacomaWaWx]

34 degrees this morning.  Radar has been showing snow overhead for some time but none is making it to the ground.  Still some residual snow on the grass and roof tops.  Hoping for a little more this morning before it dries out.  Probably just wishful thinking though.

There’s some sand grain like flakes falling here...webcams look like fresh light snow has accumulated around chehalis and Olympia so we will see how far north this goes.

[umadbro]

32 with heavy snow right now

[Blizzard777]

34* and still snowing SE Portland 

looks like it’s approaching two inches according to what I see on the fence.  
It certainly outperformed my total snow for season in a Federal Way 

 

[Dave]

Fixed myself some fried eggs and dicks for breakfast. Quite tasty. Gonna have a dickk sandwich for lunch. I'm thinking of making some dickk soup for dinner.

[FroYoBro]

The best snow event of the year here as well.

 

I have a slushy half inch of snow on most surfaces except the roads.

[ShawniganLake]

Just barely snuck down below freezing but the air is too dry for frost.

[Blizzard777]

Federal Way you can see the snow line clearly.

Camera facing west

35*

DP 22 

[umadbro]

Fixed myself some fried eggs and dicks for breakfast. Quite tasty. Gonna have a dickk sandwich for lunch. I'm thinking of making some dickk soup for dinner.

The only soup is bat soup.

[OysterPrintout]

Skunked here in NW Portland. A light dusting.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

40F with light rain on and off.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Nice. HWWarning verifying?

Certainly is. Really blew overnight. There's some minor structure damage in my neighborhood: one of my building's downspouts got ripped off by last night's gusts. Made quite a racket and woke me up in the middle of the night.

[ShawniganLake]

Abbotsford was gusting above 50mph most of the night.

[Omegaraptor]

 

Looks like under half an inch of accumulation here. I will say, it does look pretty nice.

 

34 at PDX. 32 at HIO.

 

Very cold in Montana with Great Falls at 1°F and Cut Bank at -2°F.

[Dave]

The only soup is bat soup.

Bat soup goes well with a Corona. Excellent suggestion.