February 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, Phil said:

Here, I’ll do your homework for you.

This is what I said last month:

@Slushy Inch I’ll wait for your apology.  

[Phil]

^^ That seems like a well-detailed LR forecast to me, no? Is there some nuance in there that I’m missing?

I even added an extra paragraph to clarify that I *wasn’t* calling for a torch. What more can I do?  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Looking like precip moving through and ending much faster than was on any models lol. If it was 40 degrees it would last 2 times longer than modeled 

[HuskyMaestro]

Just been pure rain here the entire time. It be what it be with the Swamp. 

[Cold Snap]

7 minutes ago, HuskyMaestro said:

Just been pure rain here the entire time. It be what it be with the Swamp. 

I’m feeling the pain of the swamp too. Currently 35 and raining here as well. It was snowing earlier though which was nice to see. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

About 5 inches.  Snow is winding down much sooner than anticipated.  

[the_convergence_zone]

Amazingly it looks like it did actually snow here maybe an hour ago, there is a bit of slush on the deck. Impressive. 

[Meatyorologist]

Got some slush here as well. Still a rain/snow mix.

[snow maniac]

3.5 inches here still snowing.

[TacomaWx]

Just never got cold enough to stick here last night unfortunately…was skeptical about accumulating snow going into this though so not really surprising. It came down pretty hard the times I checked outside but just never got stickage with it being 34-36 all night. 

[T-Town]

Looks like we have a little slush on the grass but that’s about it. Still 35 degrees.  

[Everleigh]

I got bupkis. Just cold rain all night. Lame-O! 

[T-Town]

Traffic cams show snow in the freeway median in Lakewood so it didn’t miss Tacoma by much.  Olympia area looks pretty snowy. 

[T-Town]

2 minutes ago, Everleigh said:

I got bupkis. Just cold rain all night. Lame-O! 

Weird how these things work. You would think being a few miles from the water would help you. Places to your west basically on the water got something. 

[TT-SEA]

No snow here and in fact apparently no precip at all because the deck is still dry.

[TacomaWx]

19 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

No snow here and in fact apparently no precip at all because the deck is still dry.

There’s some light snow falling here at work in snoqualmie…and driving over tiger mountain. Ground is bone dry here though. 

[TacomaWx]

41 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Traffic cams show snow in the freeway median in Lakewood so it didn’t miss Tacoma by much.  Olympia area looks pretty snowy. 

Yeah I went outside and there was a little slush at home. Looks like we were just a little too far NE but we’ll do better next year! 

[HoodCanalBridge]

Woke up to a slushy inch on the ground and no power!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like the non event we were expecting.

[ShawniganLake]

Cloudy and 40 here.  Totally dry.  The outflow was mild and hungry last night.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Mark Nelsen did a great job of documenting in real time how the Portland NWS was out to lunch. He appeared offended by their stupidity. 

[Dave]

16 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Mark Nelsen did a great job of documenting in real time how the Portland NWS was out to lunch. He appeared offended by their stupidity. 

Mark Nelsen is the best forecaster in the state, at least for the gorge, Mt Hood and PDX. He misses far less than the NWS and always explains his thoughts.

[Dave]

27 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Looks like the non event we were expecting.

This was never going to be an event for the valley. Especially down south. I'm pretty embedded into Eugene as my home so I will not likely ever leave. I've reached the conclusion that I need to get a better snow car (have a shitttty front wheel Camry that isn't terrible, but not ideal). There are some nice destinations less than 2 hours that are extremely snowy. Crescent Lake has great places. Odell Lake has a nice lodge and cabins. Diamond Lake has some rustic, fun cabins. I'm thinking of maybe buying a partial cabin ownership with some friends when my financial situation gets a bit better. Some of the lakes have great summer and winter activities. It's one of the great things of living in the PNW.

[KingstonWX]

Looks like we got to score for once. Couple inches on the grass here. Schools are all closed for the day. 

[Phishy Wx]

Yall freaking out over there?  it's on our doorstep.  A Meh-y 1-3" coming in.  under a WWA.  NE winds howling

29, WC 21.  DP 15

[SilverFallsAndrew]

21 minutes ago, Dave said:

This was never going to be an event for the valley. Especially down south. I'm pretty embedded into Eugene as my home so I will not likely ever leave. I've reached the conclusion that I need to get a better snow car (have a shitttty front wheel Camry that isn't terrible, but not ideal). There are some nice destinations less than 2 hours that are extremely snowy. Crescent Lake has great places. Odell Lake has a nice lodge and cabins. Diamond Lake has some rustic, fun cabins. I'm thinking of maybe buying a partial cabin ownership with some friends when my financial situation gets a bit better. Some of the lakes have great summer and winter activities. It's one of the great things of living in the PNW.

That’s a good attitude. This winter has been a dud, but on one hand it was expected. Work has been completely bonkers too, so I haven’t had much time to think about much else. I love it. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

2” ish here

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Did seem like a lot of folks north of PDX thought they would get snow. Which is pretty funny,  but this has to be devastating for many. Total bust. Lesson is: it has to be cold to snow.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Currently 41 in Seattle. 

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Did seem like a lot of folks north of PDX thought they would get snow. Which is pretty funny,  but this has to be devastating for many. Total bust. Lesson is: it has to be cold to snow.  

Nice to see you stirring the pot for absolutely no reason when nobody was even bothering you

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Nice to see you stirring the pot for absolutely no reason when nobody was even bothering you

It’s just funny. And if you were paying attention you would have noticed I said nothing in the lead up. You ve been quite bitter lately. Definitely turning into one of my main enemies on here. Don’t think I haven’t noticed. 

[ShawniganLake]

1 hour ago, ShawniganLake said:

Cloudy and 40 here.  Totally dry.  The outflow was mild and hungry last night.  

Edit.  Starting to snow lightly here now. 

[LowerGarfield]

No snow here 

[TacomaWx]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It’s just funny. And if you were paying attention you would have noticed I said nothing in the lead up. You ve been quite bitter lately. Definitely turning into one of my main enemies on here. Don’t think I haven’t noticed. 

Main enemies? Dude it’s a weather forum if you’re taking it that seriously that’s a you problem

[Phishy Wx]

light snow started about 15min ago apparently.  still dark

[ShawniganLake]

Judging by the temp drop in Victoria this past hour, parts of the Garden City are likely seeing snow in the air this morning. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

41 and cloudy with BSF

[FroYoBro]

10 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It’s just funny. And if you were paying attention you would have noticed I said nothing in the lead up. You ve been quite bitter lately. Definitely turning into one of my main enemies on here. Don’t think I haven’t noticed. 

I would never want to become your enemy Andrew. You are quite terrifying. 

[T-Town]

What bust?

[Dave]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

41 and cloudy with BSF

Myself and TWL have an enemy. It is BSF.