February 2024 Weather in the PNW

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

8 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

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”

Slushy Rain is better than 53 degree rain man!!

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Slushy Rain is better than 53 degree rain man!!

Agreed.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

So now we wait for the 25th timeframe

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

So now we wait for the 25th timeframe

It’s coming! 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

27 minutes ago, Phil said:

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

A few more for you.

[TacomaWx]

We’ve had light snow almost all morning here in snoqualmie but hasn’t amounted to anything. Fun to watch though. I guess like it was just mentioned wait for some potential later this month or early March. Hoping the Trace snowfall on 1/11 and this morning isn’t it for the year…but we will see. We’ve got a few more weeks left in our window of opportunity. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

It’s coming! 

Continuing my streak of 20"+ seasonal snowfalls would be nice.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

38 minutes ago, Phil said:

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

How do you know my wife?! 

Edited February 15 by SilverFallsAndrew

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

Pretty much all ensembles show this picture. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

But maybe only cold enough for mountain/foothill snow. 

 

[BLI snowman]

Seems like the gorge underachieved a little perhaps. Looks like the accumulations started around Bonneville Dam and were generally 2-4" near the river. Still some light snow moving through.

[BLI snowman]

2 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Pretty much all ensembles show this picture. 

Long range guidance usually is a lot more consistent when there's such a progressive wave train like that.

Cold onshore flow is way less bumpy of a model ride.

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, BLI snowman said:

Seems like the gorge underachieved a little perhaps. Looks like the accumulations started around Bonneville Dam and were generally 2-4" near the river. Still some light snow moving through.

Makes sense. A Bonneville accumulation cutoff is a pretty far cry from seeing snow here.

[Blizzard777]

Light flurries while I train on Tigard Mountain 

Gotta love hikes like this

[ShawniganLake]

46 minutes ago, Phil said:

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

98% of our snowfalls look like that here.  Even when it’s in the 20s it’s usually dead calm here and the snow accumulates on just about everything.  

[MossMan]

12 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

But maybe only cold enough for mountain/foothill snow. 

 

Our historic cold wave last month did not look great cold wise a few weeks out either…People were complaining that there was “not much in the way of cold to tap into” which sure changed in a hurry. This is the best I have felt all winter about getting a good snowfall here! 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Our historic cold wave last month did not look great cold wise a few weeks out either…People were complaining that there was “not much in the way of cold to tap into” which sure changed in a hurry. This is the best I have felt all winter about getting a good snowfall here! 

Time will tell. I'm sure I am in the minority, but i'd be okay if the cold is done by mid march. At that time, bring on Spring!

[Phishy Wx]

this will make Cascadia sad, I'm sorry man.

 

Heavy Snow.  24, DP 23, WC 16. East wind @16 .  wind has slacked a bit, so might be some decent accum now.  still blowing around though

[Phil]

36 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

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

Combination of perturbed, receptive stratosphere (aided by -QBO descending to 50mb early in the winter) and the structure of the niño itself (and how it evolved).

The seasonality you describe is tied to inter/intradecadal variability in the structure of the indo-west pacific warm pool, from which ENSO/PMM/etc are emergent. At some point, this will change, and the tendency will be for front loaded winters.

[Phishy Wx]

traffic cam near by

 

 

 

[Chewbacca Defense]

snowglobage here now, temp 33.6

[Gummy]

12 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Time will tell. I'm sure I am in the minority, but i'd be okay if the cold is done by mid march. At that time, bring on Spring!

Once Feb ends I am the same way. I switch into Tim mode.

[MossMan]

16 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Time will tell. I'm sure I am in the minority, but i'd be okay if the cold is done by mid march. At that time, bring on Spring!

Yes!! Post March 15th I am ready for the new season as well! 

[MossMan]

12 minutes ago, Phil said:

Combination of perturbed, receptive stratosphere (aided by -QBO descending to 50mb early in the winter) and the structure of the niño itself (and how it evolved).

The seasonality you describe is tied to inter/intradecadal variability in the structure of the indo-west pacific warm pool, from which ENSO/PMM/etc are emergent. At some point, this will change, and the tendency will be for front loaded winters.

You just need to move back here so you too can enjoy our annual February/March epicness! 

[the_convergence_zone]

16 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Time will tell. I'm sure I am in the minority, but i'd be okay if the cold is done by mid march. At that time, bring on Spring!

I'll still cheer for a wet pattern with mountain snow but after daylight savings time starts I don't want anything to do with blocks.

[Omegaraptor]

21 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Our historic cold wave last month did not look great cold wise a few weeks out either…People were complaining that there was “not much in the way of cold to tap into” which sure changed in a hurry. This is the best I have felt all winter about getting a good snowfall here! 

Still crazy we pulled such a big event out of such a crappy background state. Record warmth across much of the Northern Hemisphere and PDX, in a winter that otherwise might as well have happened 700 miles to the south, pulled off its coldest afternoon temp in decades.

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

I'll still cheer for a wet pattern with mountain snow but after daylight savings time starts I don't want anything to do with blocks.

[Slushy Inch]

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

9 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yes!! Post March 15th I am ready for the new season as well! 

April 15 for me because winter dont end at the cabin till then, but we can have snow in any month but august.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Wow

[Blizzard777]

Poo Poo Point currently dumping 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

5 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Unfortunately the cold air is on the wrong coast. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

Coming down pretty good

[TigerWoodsLibido]

49F with some rain.

[the_convergence_zone]

Rain got a little chunky here, 37.4 F. 

[TT-SEA]

Saw a few flurries but precip total here is still at 0.00.... deck and driveway never got wet.   

[Phishy Wx]

decent event

 

 

[High Desert Mat?]

Just a quick question for the stat guys on here. During the winter of 2016-2017 was there an SSWE? One or multiple? 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Looks like Bremerton airport had .41 liquid during the snow event and i drove past there this morning and there was 4.5 inches of snow on the ground. Looks like they were right around 10.1 snow ratio.

[Phishy Wx]

about to get back edged/dry slotted unless there is a pivot, surface low I think is over head or close