February 2024 Weather in the PNW

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Cloudy and 38 in Salem. Seasonally mild. 

[MossMan]

33 with light frost. 

[the_convergence_zone]

31.6, first freeze since Jan 17!  

[ShawniganLake]

5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

33 with light frost. 

Yay for frost.  Can already see the fuzz rising for early March.  

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

Low of 27. Mountains look stunning. Before and after sunrise.

[Blizzard777]

Coldddd 

27*  currently 

[ShawniganLake]

29F not much frost as the air is pretty dry

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

27 this morning with 3 inches of snow on ground.  Impressive couple days of winter after a high of only 34 yesterday. 

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

27 this morning with 3 inches of snow on ground.  Impressive couple days of winter after a high of only 34 yesterday. 

39 and sunny here this morning after getting a grand total of 0.00 in precip and no snow.  

Always fascinating how different our areas can be depending on the direction of the wind.   

[ShawniganLake]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

39 and sunny here this morning after getting a grand total of 0.00 in precip and no snow.  

Always fascinating how different our areas can be depending on the direction of the wind.   

For the majority of people the past couple days will only be remembered for what could have been.  Just a touch too warm but overall pattern was quite close to a widespread snowstorm. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

6 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

39 and sunny here this morning after getting a grand total of 0.00 in precip and no snow.  

Always fascinating how different our areas can be depending on the direction of the wind.   

You both got what you wanted. Didn’t check the rain gauge this morning, but it rained much of the night down here. 

[Phishy Wx]

got down to 17, now 20.  had about 2.5" -3" yesterday

[Skagit Weather]

We don't see impacts from east wind here very frequently, but today it must be flowing out of the Skagit Valley. The wind isn't that strong, but it kept temps up in the mid 30s overnight.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

39 and sunny here this morning after getting a grand total of 0.00 in precip and no snow.  

Always fascinating how different our areas can be depending on the direction of the wind.   

This was the best snow event of the winter here. And I'd guess we will have 1 more before spring hits.

[MossMan]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

39 and sunny here this morning after getting a grand total of 0.00 in precip and no snow.  

Always fascinating how different our areas can be depending on the direction of the wind.   

Speaking of wind…Did you get a generator yet? Sounds like your power will be going out again! 

[T-Town]

Snowy Olympics this morning. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Speaking of wind…Did you get a generator yet? Sounds like your power will be going out again! 

Nope.   Been way too busy.

Our power almost never goes out during east wind events.    The January outage was unavoidable with a significant ice storm.    The outage earlier this week was entirely related to equipment failure at the NB substation.    We will see what happens today.    The ECMWF shows the wind focused a little south so hopefully this will be an Enumclaw event.   Its usually Enumclaw or North Bend but rarely both.   

[Rubus Leucodermis]

26 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

39 and sunny here this morning after getting a grand total of 0.00 in precip and no snow.  

Always fascinating how different our areas can be depending on the direction of the wind.   

Or just the presence of the wind. Bottomed out at 25.9˚F IMBY this morning, mostly because it calmed down and decoupled overnight. The clear skies and low dew point did the rest. There was a touch of frost, but not much. Just too dry.

BLI, stuck in the outflow all night, never dropped below 34˚F, based on the 5-minute readings.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

10 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Nope.   Been way too busy.

Our power almost never goes out during east wind events.    The January outage was unavoidable with a significant ice storm.    The outage earlier this week was entirely related to equipment failure at the NB substation.    We will see what happens today.    The ECMWF shows the wind focused a little south so hopefully this will be an Enumclaw event.   Its usually Enumclaw or North Bend but rarely both.   

Tim, Get a jackery. Look them up they work really good. No gas, no mess. 

[iFred]

Nice sunny morning so far, but bottomed down to 26º.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, iFred said:

Nice sunny morning so far, but bottomed down to 26º.

26? well that's just great!! FUCKKK!!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Cabin is kicking asss with this air, after only a high of 23 yesterday they reached just 3.8 degrees last night

Running a 26.2 degree average on the month. Last month was 19 degree average. 

 

Need to correct this, they hit a amazing -3.8 last night!

Edited February 16 by MR.SNOWMIZER

[iFred]

7 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

26? well that's just great!! FUCKKK!!

I was hoping that the ground wouldn't have a hard freeze, kind of a set back for some of my ambitious gardening plans by a couple weeks. Thankfully this looks like the last of the hard freezes for the season.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just incredible that area can go sub zero in this air.

[iFred]

16 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Or just the presence of the wind. Bottomed out at 25.9˚F IMBY this morning, mostly because it calmed down and decoupled overnight. The clear skies and low dew point did the rest. There was a touch of frost, but not much. Just too dry.

BLI, stuck in the outflow all night, never dropped below 34˚F, based on the 5-minute readings.

I'm curious why you have been using Fahrenheit given with the problematic undertones.

[Phishy Wx]

3 minutes ago, iFred said:

I was hoping that the ground wouldn't have a hard freeze, kind of a set back for some of my ambitious gardening plans by a couple weeks. Thankfully this looks like the last of the hard freezes for the season.

got to wait until the ground thaws to plant your Yucca and Washingtonia Palms

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

wow crystal mountain web cams are stunning today! go look

[Phishy Wx]

20 Palms for cold weather

 

https://www.thespruce.com/types-of-palm-trees-2132854#:~:text=California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera)&text=A popular landscape tree in,trees are more cold-sensitive.

[the_convergence_zone]

20 minutes ago, iFred said:

I was hoping that the ground wouldn't have a hard freeze, kind of a set back for some of my ambitious gardening plans by a couple weeks. Thankfully this looks like the last of the hard freezes for the season.

This next cold wave at the end of the month is looking more likely than not, so I'm betting there will be another freeze in that period. Probably some snow as well. Should be good to go after that. 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Looks beautiful on Mount bachelor, via their webcam.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

10 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

Looks beautiful on Mount bachelor, via their webcam.

Wow

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GFS sucked 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

GFS sucked 

It looked good to me, i didnt look past 240hrs though.

[Christensen87]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Nope.   Been way too busy.

Our power almost never goes out during east wind events.    The January outage was unavoidable with a significant ice storm.    The outage earlier this week was entirely related to equipment failure at the NB substation.    We will see what happens today.    The ECMWF shows the wind focused a little south so hopefully this will be an Enumclaw event.   Its usually Enumclaw or North Bend but rarely both.   

Parents in the Claw say it's already really gusty. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

GFS sucked 

This looks awesome for your area. Very cold trough.

[Chewbacca Defense]

I work remotely for a company in SoCal, and HR sent out a safety bulletin that I think is very important to those of us in the PNW, and I think we all could learn valuable information from this safety bulletin.

Everybody be safe out there!

[ShawniganLake]

1 hour ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Just incredible that area can go sub zero in this air.

It was a pretty cold dry airmass east of the mountains. -13F up near our Cabin. Puntzi Mountain BC hit -22F this morning 

[Anti Marine Layer]

5 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

I work remotely for a company in SoCal, and HR sent out a safety bulletin that I think is very important to those of us in the PNW, and I think we all could learn valuable information from this safety bulletin.

Everybody be safe out there!

Does the rain enhance the effects of chemicals that are known to the state of California to cause cancer?

[Phil]

4 hours ago, High Desert Mat? said:

Just wish I could read that. What does it mean for next winter in that front?  Almost seems like it goes from positive to negative every other year?

The colors represent zonal winds in the tropical stratosphere (yellows = westerly, blues = easterly). Vertical axis is altitude, horizontal axis is time.

The W’s stand for mature westerly (+QBO) and E’s stand for mature easterly (-QBO).

[Phil]

1 hour ago, iFred said:

I was hoping that the ground wouldn't have a hard freeze, kind of a set back for some of my ambitious gardening plans by a couple weeks. Thankfully this looks like the last of the hard freezes for the season.

Are you serious w/ the gardening or just trolling the icepussies?