March 2020 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[SilverFallsAndrew]

38. Ensembles good.

[MossMan]

33.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

33 here too. The streak is broken. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

It looks really chilly and damp starting on Monday. Going to make this self isolation thing a lot harder for my wife. 

[FroYoBro]

It looks really chilly and damp starting on Monday. Going to make this self isolation thing a lot harder for my wife.

It will at least stop people from going outside in groups at parks and things like that.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

It will at least stop people from going outside in groups at parks and things like that.

 

Very true. 

[Jesse]

Very true.

 

To me having the weather be bright and sunny has almost made this all feel weirder. Cold and rainy weather can at least make staying inside more cozy feeling.

[GHweatherChris]

Frosty!

[Jesse]

Frosty!

Lucky. Just 36 for a low here. No frost

[GHweatherChris]

Lucky. Just 36 for a low here. No frost

March has been the frostiest month so far here.

[MossMan]

To me having the weather be bright and sunny has almost made this all feel weirder. Cold and rainy weather can at least make staying inside more cozy feeling.

Yeah hopefully we get a few wet days next week for that factor and also to knock down the pollen a bit.

[Blizzard777]

[Jesse]

March has been the frostiest month so far here.

Probably for here too.

[Cloud]

SEA to date is running a good 3F cooler than normal.  Couple of 60 highs days will up the average a little bit  but looking beyond til the end of the month, March will be a below normal one. The overnight lows have been pretty impressive.

[Jesse]

Already well into the 50s here and its only post-daylight savings noon. Today is on track to be the warmest day since late October.

 

Wouldn't surprise me to see a high somewhere in the 66-68 range for here and PDX.

[Omegaraptor]

Mark Nelsen’s opinion on this winter is out. Most boring in the last 29 years (or at least top 2).

 

I’d have to agree. No significant lowland snow events (or even a sub-40 high), no AR events in Portland, only two days IIRC with gusts over 40 and they were just barely over. Pretty much no real stormy pattern save for about a week in January.

 

The bomb cyclone was pretty cool though. If it had only tracked about 200 miles farther north...

 

On to spring then. Let’s see some warm-ups, cool-downs, and THUNDERSTORMS!!! ⛈⛈⛈

[FroYoBro]

Nice day.

[Requiem]

Mark Nelsen’s opinion on this winter is out. Most boring in the last 29 years (or at least top 2).

 

I’d have to agree. No significant lowland snow events (or even a sub-40 high), no AR events in Portland, only two days IIRC with gusts over 40 and they were just barely over. Pretty much no real stormy pattern save for about a week in January.

 

The bomb cyclone was pretty cool though. If it had only tracked about 200 miles farther north...

 

On to spring then. Let’s see some warm-ups, cool-downs, and THUNDERSTORMS!!! ⛈⛈⛈

 

The snow a few days back was definitely the most March snow I've had since 2012, so it was definitely a cool little event. Stuck around here for a couple days as well.

[Jesse]

The snow a few days back was definitely the most March snow I've had since 2012, so it was definitely a cool little event. Stuck around here for a couple days as well.

Nope, everything SUCKS!!

[Jesse]

Mark Nelsen’s opinion on this winter is out. Most boring in the last 29 years (or at least top 2).

I’d have to agree. No significant lowland snow events (or even a sub-40 high), no AR events in Portland, only two days IIRC with gusts over 40 and they were just barely over. Pretty much no real stormy pattern save for about a week in January.

The bomb cyclone was pretty cool though. If it had only tracked about 200 miles farther north...

On to spring then. Let’s see some warm-ups, cool-downs, and THUNDERSTORMS!!! ⛈⛈⛈

Meteorological spring started 20 days ago. So far it’s been on the sunny and dry side with lots of chilly nights, and the one major system we did get brought a couple inches of SNOW followed by ANNOYINGLY cold east winds.

[Omegaraptor]

The snow a few days back was definitely the most March snow I've had since 2012, so it was definitely a cool little event. Stuck around here for a couple days as well.

 

Only 0.5" fell at PDX and around that in my area, which really isn't much at all. Had it happened in Dec or Jan it could have been a really good event that would easily take this winter out of dud territory, but unfortunately it was too little and too late. I know some parts of the metro got more but for my area, pretty safe to call it a dud winter (especially considering that was pretty much the most interesting event of the season).

 

Hopefully next winter is weak Niña or cold neutral which combined with the QBO would set the stage for a very blocky winter.

[Jbolin]

Just checking in folks, hope everyone is well (as can be), take care of yourselves and each other. 

I'll see you guys again soon.

 

[Omegaraptor]

 

NWS is rather bearish on precipitation.

[BLI snowman]

Just checking in folks, hope everyone is well (as can be), take care of yourselves and each other. 

 

I'll see you guys again soon.

 

 

 

Nice to see you posting, hope you're doing well.

[Blizzard777]

Just checking in folks, hope everyone is well (as can be), take care of yourselves and each other. 

 

I'll see you guys again soon.

 

 

You continue to be in my prayers Jbolin!  Take care

[snow_wizard]

The CPC analogs are about as good as it gets or this time of year.  2008, 1972, and 1955 making frequent appearances.  Certainly looking like a solid cold snap coming up and possibly some lowland snow.  I love the run of cold low temps I've been getting here.  I had serious doubts last night would drop to freezing, but it did.  Slightly lower dp today than yesterday so tonight might pull it off as well.  I love this pattern for very late winter and spring.

[MossMan]

Currently 39 degrees.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Was a memorable winter up here, easily the best January event in over a decade.

 

Happier times:

 

[GHweatherChris]

Looks like another frosty morning coming up, may cause a delay of the start of the golf tourney I am playing in tomorrow.

[snow_wizard]

Pretty strange temperature curve tonight.  I had a very slow drop early in the evening with the temp still near 50 at 11pm, but it has really been dropping fast since.  Now down to 42 at 12:45. This has been a very impressive run of cold mornings as of late!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Rip Kenny Rogers.

[Ray]

36.3 degrees this morning.  Frost on cars and rooftops. 

[GHweatherChris]

Rip Kenny Rogers.

Yep, 2020 is not even considering using lube at all.

[TT-SEA]

00Z EPS 10-15 day mean... looks like a pattern that could bring periods of mild rain in SW flow.

 

[Jesse]

Low of 36 here again. I’ve lots count of how many sub-40 lows we’ve had in a row here, but it has been most of the month.

[snow_wizard]

Already well into the 50s here and its only post-daylight savings noon. Today is on track to be the warmest day since late October.

 

Wouldn't surprise me to see a high somewhere in the 66-68 range for here and PDX.

 

Surprisingly we have low clouds and it's only 41 here as of 9 am.  In spite of the clouds moving in (or forming in place) late last night I still dropped to 35.

 

EDIT  I just realized your post was from yesterday.  So few posts happening right now!

[Jesse]

Surprisingly we have low clouds and it's only 41 here as of 9 am.  In spite of the clouds moving in (or forming in place) late last night I still dropped to 35.

 

EDIT  I just realized your post was from yesterday.  So few posts happening right now!

Yeah that was noon yesterday. Partly cloudy and 44 here currently. Today should be several degrees cooler than yesterday with offshore flow backing off.

[ShawniganLake]

32F this morning. I think my warmest low temp for the month has been 36

[ShawniganLake]

So far March is averaging about 0.4F colder than December did.

 

And can you say dry. Wow. Just 0.32” of precip here so far in March.

[TT-SEA]

So far March is averaging about 0.4F colder than December did.

 

And can you say dry. Wow. Just 0.32” of precip here so far in March.

 

 

I can say dry!   

 

Yes... another ridiculously dry March here so far as well.     That might change pretty significantly during the last week of the month.   But it will most definitely be a drier than normal month.

 

April will be very wet... count on it.