February 2024 Weather in the PNW

[SnowWillarrive]

7 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Kitsap peninsula is north of Olympia

275k people live over here.

Yea i should qualify my statement. Areas west of Puget Sound did well. But I’m specifically referring to the populated areas on the mainland. 

[T-Town]

.54 precip here with the event. Coulda been good. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Light flurries 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

7 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Guess you weren’t shadowed after all!

Get outflow enhancement right now. Probably score another inch or two

[Slushy Inch]

No accumulation in low elevations in Bothell.

[Slushy Inch]

Looking good

[iFred]

Just as I smugly predicted a while ago, this non-event delivered nothing. Bottomed out at 35º overnight in Everett.

[T-Town]

A few flakes trying to mix in here. 

[SnowySeeker50]

Low of 39 this morning. Just some flurries overnight

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

18 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Ended up with 3".

Not bad. 5.5 -6 here at 5am. Still 4.5 on ground.  The storm fizzled out faster than I thought it would. 

 

 

 

[fubario]

3" here in oly. enough to stop my complaining for a while. lol

[SnowWillarrive]

12 minutes ago, T-Town said:

A few flakes trying to mix in here. 

Still snowing here. Just not accumulating 

[Cascadia_Wx]

12 minutes ago, iFred said:

Just as I smugly predicted a while ago, this non-event delivered nothing. Bottomed out at 35º overnight in Everett.

Nothing more satisfying than pontificating on the many reasons the Puget Sound lowlands are not, and never will be, snow friendly terrain, then having that validated in real time.

[ShawniganLake]

Still snowing lightly here. Ground is white.  Getting some graupely stuff mixed in at times.   

[ShawniganLake]

32 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Looking good

Nice looking mountain snow producer.  Possibly some more snow in the air for the lowlands. Could be a decent setup for a good PSCZ though. 

[RentonHill]

15 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Nothing more satisfying than pontificating on the many reasons the Puget Sound lowlands are not, and never will be, snow friendly terrain, then having that validated in real time.

More appropriate (imo) to do it from the snowhole city proper than from high upon the gilded foothills 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, ShawniganLake said:

Nice looking mountain snow producer.  Possibly some more snow in the air for the lowlands. Could be a decent setup for a good PSCZ though. 

Nah…This is going to be better than that by the time we get closer. It’s going to follow January 1996 where the Kitsap Peninsula gets nailed about 2 weeks or so before we all get blasted…Going to be a redux of that! 

[Slushy Inch]

5 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Nice looking mountain snow producer.  Possibly some more snow in the air for the lowlands. Could be a decent setup for a good PSCZ though. 

Indeed hoping for a beast of a pscz. It’s really my only hope.

[LowerGarfield]

Snowing but no real stickage yet. 34F.

[mtep]

Catching a few stray tiny flakes here at the moment

[the_convergence_zone]

If y'all want to post and analyze GFS 10:1 snow maps for a 35 degree snow event that is clearly sensitive to fine-scale terrain, that's totally fine. It sure seems like the professionals at NWS Portland are taking those into account in their forecasts, so I suppose it's fair game for this forum as well. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

52 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Looking good

Love it! 

[MossMan]

My wife is reporting snow in Everett! 
Also it appeared the hills about 100’ higher than me just about 1 mile to my north got flocked in white…Sooo close! 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

17 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

If y'all want to post and analyze GFS 10:1 snow maps for a 35 degree snow event that is clearly sensitive to fine-scale terrain, that's totally fine. It sure seems like the professionals at NWS Portland are taking those into account in their forecasts, so I suppose it's fair game for this forum as well. 

Not you or anyone knows when to follow the 10.1 ratio map. To many Terrain variables. Sometimes the 10.1 maps verify. 2019 comes to mind. And a bunch of others. Last night was around 6.1 here.

[Phishy Wx]

shiits ripping, snowing and blowing.  30mph+ gusts.  periodic near whiteouts.  no way to measure anything at this point.  pixie dust vortices blowing down the street occasionally.  looks like a windy day on a beach with sand blowing.

 

Temps down to 25, WC is 16, DP is up to 22

Geese are flying in circles, lol

[Chewbacca Defense]

Outflow dryer is doing its thing up here, had a few flurries make it to the surface...36 with a stiff cold breeze.  Looks like a peak gust of 38 at KBLI so far.

[Phil]

2 hours ago, TacomaWx said:

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

Andrew is an emotional man. His wife def plays the masculine role in their relationship.

[Phil]

2 hours ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

31.8, still snowing. Areas not on the ground got 3”, ground was warm and it has settled to 1.5”. Mashed potatoes snow.

 

 

Beautiful!! I love wet snow that clings to every twig like that. Hoping for some of the same tomorrow night.

[Dave]

Ok. I'm heading back into my freezer to cool off for a bit until the next non-event in about 12 days. I'm kind of hungry. Some weenies would be helpful.

[Deweydog]

LIVE REPORT from the SOG which is godding like a BOSS this morning.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Season total right at 11.5, not bad for nino year. Next season should be 40-50 again.

[Phil]

2 hours ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

But facts are facts and not even a Nino can stop it from snowing in February.  This was a fairly widespread event. All of kitsap has 2-6 and 1-5 Shelton to Olympia and South some and west.

I mean…yes it can. Esp in niño winters w/ strong/stable PV & +NAM tendency.

Thanks to -QBO & other factors, this winter has been blockier than most stronger niños.

[Phishy Wx]

blowing so much I dont its going to amount to much outside of some drifts and protected areas

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

5 inches overnight here.  So far for the winter we have between 75 and 80 inches.

[the_convergence_zone]

20 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Not you or anyone knows when to follow the 10.1 ratio map. To many Terrain variables. Sometimes the 10.1 maps verify. 2019 comes to mind. And a bunch of others. Last night was around 6.1 here.

6:1 is the Kuchera ratio for 34 degrees F. 

Not saying Kuchera is perfect...10:1 is totally fine for the 30-32 F range that encompasses the majority of snow events. I'm not going to crusade against 10:1 maps. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Partly sunny and a little breezy this morning, up to 39 after a low of 36. Can see the foothills to the east had  some snow last night. But just slushy rain down here unfortunately.

Had a decent amount of it, close to 1”

[Phishy Wx]

2 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

5 inches overnight here.  So far for the winter we have between 75 and 80 inches.

seems like you guys do well regardless of ENSO state

[Chewbacca Defense]

Snowing here now but still 36

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Still snowing at home and 33

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

12 minutes ago, Phil said:

I mean…yes it can. Esp in niño winters w/ strong/stable PV & +NAM tendency.

Thanks to -QBO & other factors, this winter has been blockier than most stronger niños.

What is causing the blockier Nino? Its almost like February has some magic driving force, 8 years straight Feb has delivered a moderate to strong snow event for parts of western Washington