March 2020 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[Deweydog]

Outlet mall parking lot is absurdly empty for a nice Saturday afternoon in the spring. And the strange dichotomy of spring arriving and nature coming to life standing in stark contrast with the gloom of the current situation in the world and locally continues. Feels surreal.

 

They’ll be closed next weekend.

[OysterPrintout]

Really coming down here right now. Hardest I've seen it snow all day.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Outlet mall parking lot is absurdly empty for a nice Saturday afternoon in the spring. And the strange dichotomy of spring arriving and nature coming to life standing in stark contrast with the gloom of the current situation in the world and locally continues. Feels surreal.

 

 

Completely the opposite here this morning, the stores were packed with panic buyers. Most offices in town are closing and switching to fully remote next week.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like a thunderstorm developing in southern Linn County.

[TT-SEA]

Completely the opposite here this morning, the stores were packed with panic buyers. Most offices in town are closing and switching to fully remote next week.

Probably not packed at clothes stores.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

21/16 so far today at Spokane. 5" of snow too. 

[Deweydog]

[ShawniganLake]

Mostly sunny and 35 currently. Though we did hit 36 earlier. Breezy NE wind continues at times.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Dp at PDX down to 27 now. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Yep, here it is...

 

Cascade Foothills in Lane County OR-South Willamette Valley OR-
Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills OR-
301 PM PDT Sat Mar 14 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINN AND NORTHERN
LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM PDT...

At 301 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm located
near Sweet Home, moving north at 20 mph.

Accumulating hail and graupel up to half inch size, along with wind
gusts up to 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Occasional
cloud to ground lightning can also be expected.

[Requiem]

Yep, here it is...

 

Cascade Foothills in Lane County OR-South Willamette Valley OR-

Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills OR-

301 PM PDT Sat Mar 14 2020

 

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINN AND NORTHERN

LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM PDT...

 

At 301 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm located

near Sweet Home, moving north at 20 mph.

 

Accumulating hail and graupel up to half inch size, along with wind

gusts up to 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Occasional

cloud to ground lightning can also be expected.

All moisture here is falling as snow. I wonder what’ll happen if one of those heavier cells make it into the metro.

[ShawniganLake]

Yep, here it is...

 

Cascade Foothills in Lane County OR-South Willamette Valley OR-

Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills OR-

301 PM PDT Sat Mar 14 2020

 

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINN AND NORTHERN

LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM PDT...

 

At 301 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm located

near Sweet Home, moving north at 20 mph.

 

Accumulating hail and graupel up to half inch size, along with wind

gusts up to 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Occasional

cloud to ground lightning can also be expected.

1/2” graupel. Nice!

[Omegaraptor]

Yep, here it is...

 

Cascade Foothills in Lane County OR-South Willamette Valley OR-

Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills OR-

301 PM PDT Sat Mar 14 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINN AND NORTHERN

LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM PDT...

At 301 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm located

near Sweet Home, moving north at 20 mph.

Accumulating hail and graupel up to half inch size, along with wind

gusts up to 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Occasional

cloud to ground lightning can also be expected.

Welcome to spring. Always nice to see instability and possible thunderstorms. Also sun is out here.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

45F DP of 36F.  Occasional showers.

[Deweydog]

Yep, here it is...

 

Cascade Foothills in Lane County OR-South Willamette Valley OR-

Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills OR-

301 PM PDT Sat Mar 14 2020

 

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINN AND NORTHERN

LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM PDT...

 

At 301 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm located

near Sweet Home, moving north at 20 mph.

 

Accumulating hail and graupel up to half inch size, along with wind

gusts up to 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Occasional

cloud to ground lightning can also be expected.

Whoa!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Nice trough on the 18z. 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just realized we have a streak of 8 straight sub-freezing lows going right now. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Good mountain snow pattern in the long range. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Official total for PDX up to 0.5"

[SilverFallsAndrew]

26 with light snow at Redmond, OR as of 4pm. Pretty incredible for mid- March.

[MossMan]

Took the family and a dog to the Skagit Airport, they have awesome walking trials and I knew it would be quiet, which it was. Very little activity out in the world at the moment. About the only “out and about” activity we will be doing. Definitely nothing indoors away from home or crowded areas.

Anyway it was a nice day, chilly and breezy but nice!

[Jesse]

Official total for PDX up to 0.5"

 

Nailed it.

[Jesse]

Took the family and a dog to the Skagit Airport, they have awesome walking trials and I knew it would be quiet, which it was. Very little activity out in the world at the moment. About the only “out and about” activity we will be doing. Definitely nothing indoors away from home or crowded areas.

Anyway it was a nice day, chilly and breezy but nice!

 

I'm glad I naturally like outdoor activities far away from other people because that is just about one of the safest things to do outside of the house right now.

[GHweatherChris]

I'm glad I naturally like outdoor activities far away from other people because that is just about one of the safest things to do outside of the house right now.

Golf!!

[Jesse]

Golf!!

 

Meh.

[GHweatherChris]

Meh.

To each their own, but it is like hiking!

[Kayla]

26 with light snow at Redmond, OR as of 4pm. Pretty incredible for mid- March.

 

10F here with heavy snow. Pretty surreal feel and look outside for mid-March all combined.

[Jesse]

To each their own, but it is like hiking!

The environment is a little too manicured for my liking, generally. I have seen some pretty golf courses, though, like the one in Leavenworth. Beats a subdivision.

[TT-SEA]

To each their own, but it is like hiking!

 

I honestly will never understand the obsession with cold weather for some on here (which is fine)... but this might be a good time for even them to stop wishing for winter to continue.   Not that their wishes will change anything... but we have enough problems right now.

 

[GHweatherChris]

I honestly will never understand the obsession with cold, miserable weather for some on here (which is fine)... but this might be a good time for even them to stop wishing for winter to continue. Not that it will change anything... but we have enough problems right now.

 

This has nothing to do with my post....

 

Did you reply to the wrong thing?

[Blizzard777]

3 inches for the day here in SE PDX

Snow showers through the day with gusty East winds.

Currently sun is out but snowing at the same time.....nice 

[TT-SEA]

This has nothing to do with my post....

 

Did you reply to the wrong thing?

Was not directed at you... sorry about that.

[Jesse]

18z ensembles look promising for a cooler and wetter pattern starting up again around days 7-10.

[GHweatherChris]

[snow_wizard]

I'm a big fan of the 18z GFS!  Just looks colder for pretty much every day days 3 through 10 at least than previous runs.  Looks like northerly flow with about 549 heights Tuesday and Tuesday night.  Should be crisp for the most part.  The 8 to 12 day period bears watching for another solid cold shot.

[TT-SEA]

Glad the ensembles show that... it usually does not work out the way the old GFS says.

[Jesse]

I'm a big fan of the 18z GFS!  Just looks colder for pretty much every day days 3 through 10 at least than previous runs.  Looks like northerly flow with about 549 heights Tuesday and Tuesday night.  Should be crisp for the most part.  The 8 to 12 day period bears watching for another solid cold shot.[/size]

I haven’t looked at the run too closely yet but that sounds awesome.

[TT-SEA]

[GHweatherChris]

Models show a beautiful day right now. Might not happen for other reasons though.

I doubt golf courses will close, easy to practice safe distance out there.

[TT-SEA]

Some beautiful weather late in the 18Z run as well... in addition to the gorgeous weather through next weekend.

 

Today ended up really nice too... more sun than I was expecting.