February 2024 Weather in the PNW

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Maybe we can have something interesting happen?

[Meatyorologist]

Whoops! Almost left my own Feb 2024 topic pinned, then I noticed this one. Thanks Bryan!

[Phil]

Just had an epic wipeout on the front steps. I’m leaking all over. 

Didn’t expect freezing fog at 25°F. Coated everything, even the street.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Why does our weather always suck?!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

6 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Maybe we can have something interesting happen?

Some interesting 70-burgers? Maybe even a Southern Oregon 80–burger by month’s end?

Who knows, maybe even some snow.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

34 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Why does our weather always suck?!

Next time you visit Springfield, don’t drink the water.

[MossMan]

49 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Why does our weather always suck?!

Guess it’s time for all of us to call it a day up here and move to Texas where they have real weather and real football teams.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

59 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Why does our weather always suck?!

El Nino? Climate change? 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

12 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Guess it’s time for all of us to call it a day up here and move to Texas where they have real weather and real football teams.

 

Eugene Oregon 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

06z gfs was aight 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

SLE ended January with a -0.2 departure. SCORE!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

-1.6 departure at PDX 

[Anti Marine Layer]

5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

06z gfs was aight 

aight or nyne?

[Omegaraptor]

In southern CA for the next couple days. It’s raining good here! Tons of water on the road which hopefully can be seen in this pic.
 

[AlTahoe]

The incredible shrinking storms continue for Tahoe. Two days ago the forecast was for 8-12", then 4-8", then finally 1-2". We ended up with half an inch. Looks like Sunday might be a real storm and then ridging till March? 

22" on the season with a normal of 170" 

[Randyc321]

3 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

In southern CA for the next couple days. It’s raining good here! Tons of water on the road. 
 

SoCal can get rains that make our rains look weak.  It can freakin pour down there.

[Phil]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Guess it’s time for all of us to call it a day up here and move to Texas where they have real weather and real football teams.

 

I can’t tell do you love or hate Texas?

[Phil]

13 minutes ago, AlTahoe said:

The incredible shrinking storms continue for Tahoe. Two days ago the forecast was for 8-12", then 4-8", then finally 1-2". We ended up with half an inch. Looks like Sunday might be a real storm and then ridging till March? 

22" on the season with a normal of 170" 

STJ should cut through every now and again. The ridging will probably be more centered in BC/PNW.

[Cascadia_Wx]

8 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Maybe we can have something interesting happen?

To be fair, last month was pretty dynamic. Realize the ice down your way wasn’t ideal, but with all the winter weather and cold temps, and wild swings from frigid to mild, I wouldn’t characterize it as boring. The late month torch definitely sucked but at least we saw some other, rarer stuff happen too.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Starting February 2024 off with showers at times, and a low of 43. Looks pretty seasonable the next week or so, with some frosty mornings at times. Would love to see a decent mountain snow pattern set up at some point this month, but I won’t hold my breath.

[MossMan]

27 minutes ago, Phil said:

I can’t tell do you love or hate Texas?

Never been there…But I can say with 100% confidence that I hate it. 

[TacomaWx]

9 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

To be fair, last month was pretty dynamic. Realize the ice down your way wasn’t ideal, but with all the winter weather and cold temps, and wild swings from frigid to mild, I wouldn’t characterize it as boring. The late month torch definitely sucked but at least we saw some other, rarer stuff happen too.

Yeah, it was pretty interesting to swing from historic cold to historic warmth. Could’ve done without the warmth part…but statistically speaking it was pretty wild and interesting to see. 

[TacomaWx]

Looks like we finished January with 7.68” of rain…not too bad. 0.11” so far this morning in Tacoma. 

[ShawniganLake]

All the ski resorts on the coast in Southern BC are closed today. Mount Washington, Grouse, Cypress and Seymour are experiencing heavy rain and a lack of snow.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

14 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

All the ski resorts on the coast in Southern BC are closed today. Mount Washington, Grouse, Cypress and Seymour are experiencing heavy rain and a lack of snow.  

Not cool, This just sux.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

15 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

All the ski resorts on the coast in Southern BC are closed today. Mount Washington, Grouse, Cypress and Seymour are experiencing heavy rain and a lack of snow.  

All we can hope for is a cool and snowy spring. That wont help ski season now but the fish in the streams and rivers will be happy.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

All we need is a 2 week period of wet and low snow levels and thing can turn round. Nothing showing this yet. 

[Snownerd3000]

This marks the shortest amount of time I've subbed to wxbell for a season.  Literally one month and I'm calling it dead.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Alaska is getting a brutal cold wave again. -50 or colder again in spots. some places have not been warmer than -10 for almost 2 weeks. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

12 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

All we can hope for is a cool and snowy spring. That wont help ski season now but the fish in the streams and rivers will be happy.

Won’t somebody please think of the gardens?!?

[the_convergence_zone]

Yikes

Snow depth is a whopping 13 inches.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

5 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Yikes

Snow depth is a whopping 13 inches.

That is in the heart of the Olympic Mountains! wow.

[SnowWillarrive]

5 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

That is in the heart of the Olympic Mountains! wow.

Hurricane ridge looks like May or June right now. 

[the_convergence_zone]

2 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Hurricane ridge looks like May or June right now. 

I didn't realize they had webcams running... https://www.nps.gov/media/webcam/view.htm?id=81B46260-1DD8-B71B-0B7A7B41BF33172A

Yeah, pretty much melted out. 

[TT-SEA]

43 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Won’t somebody please think of the gardens?!?

Oh no... sarcasm from the person who says he doesn't use sarcasm any more to troll.

It can be both.   Probably going to be a warmer than normal spring but a 2-week window of mountain snow would be a really nice balance.

[LowerGarfield]

52F outside and overcast. Spouse came home from the hospital yesterday so we joked that she didn't miss a month because her accident was the first day of December when it snowed here and came home the last day of Jan. Son has a weird ailment that is making him sick when he eats a bite or two of food so I'll have to get him examined next week. ER wasn't concerned last night.

It's actually pleasant outside, a bit cooler than it has been but not bad.

Last night I dreamed that I met some acquaintance or family member of @MossMan and that I tried to explain that on this weather site we call him moss man and he loves the summer sunshine because of his boats. Then I woke up.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Another 60F burger for Springfield. This is getting really old.

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Another 60F burger for Springfield. This is getting really old.

I’m seeing 57 for EUG.

[TT-SEA]

12Z EPS... AL pattern on track and wettest precip anomalies focused way south.  

[Front Ranger]

3 hours ago, AlTahoe said:

The incredible shrinking storms continue for Tahoe. Two days ago the forecast was for 8-12", then 4-8", then finally 1-2". We ended up with half an inch. Looks like Sunday might be a real storm and then ridging till March? 

22" on the season with a normal of 170" 

Euro looks pretty decent, although main action is focused south of you.