February 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Chewbacca Defense]

4 hours ago, the_convergence_zone said:

I'm impressed at how well their flood control systems seem to be handling this. So far I've seen a couple of mudslides and some minor street flooding, but nothing worse than that. Maybe the worst is yet to come since I assume nobody is driving around the foothills??? 

I work remotely from an office located in LA, and during our weekly business review meeting this morning, they all said that it was the lightest traffic they had seen in forever, sounds like most people worked remotely or took the day off.  One guy said it usually talks 1.5-1.75 hours to get to work in the morning, and it only took about 45 minutes this morning.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Hey all! What did I miss?

[Cascadia_Wx]

Winco snowpile from earlier today. Holding up quite well!

[LowerGarfield]

15 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Winco snowpile from earlier today. Holding up quite well!

If nothing else they have the best Mac and Cheese. It's 45F right now.

[Phil]

The GFS looks goofy again.

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 minutes ago, Phil said:

The GFS looks goofy again.

The GFS is proof that God exists.

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

The GFS is proof that God exists.

He/she/they/squirrel has a sense of humor, apparently.

[Phil]

Man SoCal getting slammed again tonight. Last two winters have both been top-tier there. Hopefully the beginning a new precip regime..intra/interdecadal wet regime in SW US is also (generally) a good sign w/rt prospects for contracted subtropical highs.

[Slushy Inch]

41 minutes ago, Phil said:

The GFS looks goofy again.

Gem as well. Op runs have not been doing great recently 

[GHweatherChris]

Tested + for the vid for the first time today, cheers!!

Had a 48/42 day here today, and it was a wee bit......

Edited February 6 by GHweatherChris

[Phil]

You know it’s a weird pattern when SoCal gets 24/7 coverage on TWC. Sometimes they go several consecutive years with barely a passing mention.  

[Phil]

1 minute ago, Slushy Inch said:

Gem as well. Op runs have not been doing great recently 

I mean I’d love the GFS to be right, gives me 14” of snow over the next 10 days. But the way it handles the high latitude pattern is BS.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

What was supposedly good about the GFS tonight? 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

What was supposedly good about the GFS tonight? 

Phil gets snow. 

[Slushy Inch]

21 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

What was supposedly good about the GFS tonight? 

Less torchy

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Well there's still a few good ensembles from the 00z GFS, more than previous runs. I still believe we have a shot at something in the last half of this month, and in early March. This image is for Portland

[Meatyorologist]

1 hour ago, GHweatherChris said:

Tested + for the vid for the first time today, cheers!!

Had a 48/42 day here today, and it was a wee bit......

forgot to lower my volume because I was listening to music.  had the knob cranked above 80%

[Cascadia_Wx]

Ended up with a 49/43 day here. First sub-50 high in a little over a week so that was nice. Low overcast with light to moderate rain much of the day, picked up just over 1/3”.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Had a 30/43 day, midnight low temp. Got above freezing a bit before sunrise so couldn't enjoy the snow much today. 34 now, a little less than an inch remains.

 

Was looking at webcams in California, quite a lot of them are down. Looks pretty snowy at Big Bear Lake, 7100 ft elevation in so cal. There's a bald eagle with a few eggs buried under that snow, and it's got another foot on the way!

[Deweydog]

Mauderate rain!

[SpaceRace22]

I've officially seen more inches of rain with this storm in LA than I saw inches of snow in Vancouver last month. And I was ******* thrilled with how much snow we got.

[TT-SEA]

4 hours ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

I work remotely from an office located in LA, and during our weekly business review meeting this morning, they all said that it was the lightest traffic they had seen in forever, sounds like most people worked remotely or took the day off.  One guy said it usually talks 1.5-1.75 hours to get to work in the morning, and it only took about 45 minutes this morning.

3+ hours is a ridiculous amount of time dedicated to commuting on a normal day!

[SpaceRace22]

4 hours ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

I work remotely from an office located in LA, and during our weekly business review meeting this morning, they all said that it was the lightest traffic they had seen in forever, sounds like most people worked remotely or took the day off.  One guy said it usually talks 1.5-1.75 hours to get to work in the morning, and it only took about 45 minutes this morning.

Can confirm. I go in to work at 5pm, so normally right at the peak of evening rush hour. Normally takes me an 1hr 15min to make it in, and today it took me 35 minutes. I honestly cannot believe how well this city has handled this event.

The fact that UCLA just posted 12" of rain in 24 hours, yet so many rubes on twitter are screeching about how this was a nothingburger and they remember way worse 30 years ago is a testament to modern flood control and engineering.

[MossMan]

39 and still dribbling. 
.11” so far on the day. 
Super Duper Exciting! 

[TacomaWx]

Looking like the most boring February in years. Atleast the mountains are projected to get some snow coming up, not a lot but better than nothing. Current pattern is also cooler than what we saw in the final 1/3 of January so that’s a plus. 

[ShawniganLake]

31.8F this morning. Skies have cleared overnight.  This latest rain maker was focused to the south.  Nothing measurable here the last 3 days. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Cloudy and 39. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Rip Toby Keith.  Man this one hurts. 

Edited February 6 by MR.SNOWMIZER

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Rip Toby Keith.  Man this one hurts. 

Right there with you on this one.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Right there with you on this one.

I'm sure my wife has already asked for a autograph, she was a huge fan.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I still have hope for March. 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I still have hope for March. 

I agree March shouldn’t be written off yet.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I still have hope for March. 

I have had a bunch of decent snow events between Feb 25 and March 15th.

[Deweydog]

65 days until 4/11

[Slushy Inch]

Ensembles actually starting to match this. Nice change from what was previously expected 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

10 hours ago, SpaceRace22 said:

Can confirm. I go in to work at 5pm, so normally right at the peak of evening rush hour. Normally takes me an 1hr 15min to make it in, and today it took me 35 minutes. I honestly cannot believe how well this city has handled this event.

The fact that UCLA just posted 12" of rain in 24 hours, yet so many rubes on twitter are screeching about how this was a nothingburger and they remember way worse 30 years ago is a testament to modern flood control and engineering.

Yowza! That’s a lot of rain!

[Slushy Inch]

Hmm

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

53 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

65 days until 4/11

5.5 hrs until 4:20

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Hmm

Mildly interesting, but at the end of the day as we head into mid-February. It takes a lot

to get snow down to the lowest elevations. Sometimes we don’t realize how hard it is just because of the past 10-15 years. 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Really nice panoramic view from the summit of whitefish ski resort this morning!