February 2024 Weather in the PNW

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

GFS is failing at its pepto duties.   

I'm in the purple. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I'm in the purple. 

For the GFS... that is a goose egg for my backyard.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Absolutely pouring out there right now. 

August 1899 had an average high/low of 74/50.1 at SLE. Good for a -7.2 departure. They had a 77/40 day on the 11th. Not quite as impressive as the 73/35 on July 3rd. 0 precip in July, but 2.91" in August. Good for the 2nd wettest August of all time at SLE. It was also the coolest August on record at SLE. The most recent top 10 cold August at SLE was in 1980, actually #2 on the all time list. 

[Omegaraptor]

5 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Scottish weather that summer regardless. All of my emo friends were begging their moms to drive them to Tehama county.

Will be passing through Tehama County on the way to Chico in a couple weeks. Hopefully I can get in another trip down that way before the school year ends.

[Ken in Wood Village]

31 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Wanna get depressed? 

Maximum 1-Month Mean Avg Temperature 
for SALEM AP (MCNARY FIELD), OR

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 73.0, 2017-08-31, 0
2, 73.0, 2023-08-31, 0
3, 72.5, 2022-08-31, 0
4, 72.5, 2014-08-31, 0
5, 72.3, 2021-08-31, 0
6, 71.6, 1967-08-31, 0
7, 71.3, 2016-08-31, 0
8, 71.2, 2015-08-31, 0
9, 70.6, 2013-08-31, 0
10, 70.5, 1917-08-31, 0

Period of record: 1893-01-01 to 2024-02-19

What's funny is my mom talked about the heatwave of 1967. She said the heatwave broke after I was born. I was born on September 6th, 1967. I'm not sure if her comment was true but it's interesting people are talking about that heatwave. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

For the GFS... that is a goose egg for my backyard.

Apparently you are only about 900'? 

[Skagit Weather]

5 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Pretty much looks like September in August (and a cool September at that)

Where did you find these maps by the way? I love the regional overview.

https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

You have to play around with the "Multi-station" data a bit and select "Map" as output

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Wow. July 2011 is the coolest this Century at SLE. An astonishing 41st coolest of all time. 

[TacomaWx]

1 minute ago, Omegaraptor said:

Will be passing through Tehama County on the way to Chico in a couple weeks. Hopefully I can get in another trip down that way before the school year ends.

Have always wanted to go to Northern California, but maybe next year. My big trip this year is going to be Vegas and a bunch of national parks down in the SW. Would really like to see the redwoods, lassen and Tahoe someday. 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Absolutely pouring out there right now. 

August 1899 had an average high/low of 74/50.1 at SLE. Good for a -7.2 departure. They had a 77/40 day on the 11th. Not quite as impressive as the 73/35 on July 3rd. 0 precip in July, but 2.91" in August. Good for the 2nd wettest August of all time at SLE. It was also the coolest August on record at SLE. The most recent top 10 cold August at SLE was in 1980, actually #2 on the all time list. 

Interesting article about beating the heat in NYC in the summer of 1899.

https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/how-to-outsmart-the-heat-in-summer-1899/

[RentonHill]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

For the GFS... that is a goose egg for my backyard.

GFS is only right when its the only one showing goose eggs

[Christensen87]

Moving to Cashmere on Friday, from Kent. Hoping for some snow before winter says Bye Bye. It’s been so warm and snowless over there recently, thanks El Niño  Sunday could be a fun, snowy Leavenworth day trip for me it looks like, and now only 20 minutes away

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Apparently you are only about 900'? 

Apparently?   Have we not discussed elevation before? 

And I know how to translate GFS snow maps for my area... accounting for its known issues.    Not saying it won't snow here next week because it probably will and the ECMWF showed that.   But the 00Z GFS run translates to nothing here.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Looks like an Ana front on gfs just past 200hrs

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Apparently?   Have we not discussed elevation before? 

And I know how to translate GFS snow maps for my area... accounting for its known issues.    Not saying it won't snow here next week because it probably will and the ECMWF showed that.   But the 00Z GFS run translates to nothing here.

I used to think you were around 1100'. But it makes sense it seems like your area gets a lot more snow in Dec/Jan and we get a lot more in the mid-February-mid-April period. 

[Slushy Inch]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Looks like an Ana front on gfs just past 200hrs

Gfs is struggling with second system 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Christensen87 said:

Moving to Cashmere on Friday, from Kent. Hoping for some snow before winter says Bye Bye. It’s been so warm and snowless over there recently, thanks El Niño  Sunday could be a fun snowy Leavenworth day trip for me it looks like, and now only 20 minutes away

Wow!  Is this a long term move?   Cashmere is a beautiful area.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Big snow event with the Ana front for Puget sound. 

[Doinko]

56 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

 

That year was wild. I was randomly reminiscing about December 1985's insanity the other day and trying to think if we've ever seen an example of a pattern getting as stuck as that one across the region. From the 14th onwards, The Dalles saw just a 7 degree temperature spread. Truly the mother of all inversions.

 

What were the snows like the previous month for the Portland area? It looks like Salem did very well on 11/30 and 12/1, and PDX recorded around an inch and a half starting December.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Looks like an Ana front on gfs just past 200hrs

It does, your in the bullseye. In reality this is a slight jog toward the other models, but GFS is still digging that 2nd trough a little bit to the west. In this case it works out for some folx. 

[Doinko]

[TT-SEA]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I used to think you were around 1100'. But it makes sense it seems like your area gets a lot more snow in Dec/Jan and we get a lot more in the mid-February-mid-April period. 

I thought 1,100 as well.   Until I found our house plans with topography maps from King County.    Also... the elevation app says I am at 980 feet in my driveway. 

[Christensen87]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Wow!  Is this a long term move?   Cashmere is a beautiful area.

We just sold our home in Kent. Found a great rental in town, definitely excited for a change of pace. We’ll see how we’re feeling after the year lease, but yes we love the beauty of the area. This summer is going to be great  

[the_convergence_zone]

1 hour ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Those two storms almost made me move. I’d be living in Yuma by now if a third one had hit.

Are we forum enemies now? It seems like that might be a rite of passage around these parts but there’s like a decade history around here that I wasn’t a part of. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like the GEM is digging a 3rd trough in at the end of its run. 

[TT-SEA]

There is the GFS pepto!

Buried in 36-degree snow out here.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Snow event on 00z gfs, it's coming!!

[Weiner Warrior]

Pepto!! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GFS is a mess, but continues to trend in the right direction. Great pattern on the GEM. 

[the_convergence_zone]

9 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Have always wanted to go to Northern California, but maybe next year. My big trip this year is going to be Vegas and a bunch of national parks down in the SW. Would really like to see the redwoods, lassen and Tahoe someday. 

I went to the Lost Coast and Humboldt Redwoods last June for the first time. Incredible area. Cheap flight to Sacramento and a 3 hour drive. Hiking through the marine layer was fascinating, those forests are incredibly efficient at sucking water out of the fog. 

[Doinko]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

GFS is a mess, but continues to trend in the right direction. Great pattern on the GEM. 

Really active at the end

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Small craft advisory...

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Doinko said:

Really active at the end

Almost a wind storm pattern there. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

5 minutes ago, Christensen87 said:

We just sold our home in Kent. Found a great rental in town, definitely excited for a change of pace. We’ll see how we’re feeling after the year lease, but yes we love the beauty of the area. This summer is going to be great  

It gets really hot there, hope you love 100 degree weather!! They get some good snow, not as much as Leavenworth but more than Wenatchee for sure.

[TT-SEA]

Total snow per 00Z GEM.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Not even close per the absolutely epic ICON!

I’m in the second shade of gray!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

4 minutes ago, Weiner Warrior said:

Pepto!! 

Shows over 2 feet here, sweet!

[TacomaWx]

2 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

I went to the Lost Coast and Humboldt Redwoods last June for the first time. Incredible area. Cheap flight to Sacramento and a 3 hour drive. Hiking through the marine layer was fascinating, those forests are incredibly efficient at sucking water out of the fog. 

Yeah, I’ve heard it’s pretty amazing. Alaska and California are my next places I want to take my yearly vacation to check out all the national parks. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

It gets really hot there, hope you love 100 degree weather!! They get some good snow, not as much as Leavenworth but more than Wenatchee for sure.

I think their summers are pretty tolerable compared to some of eastern WA. I would guess average highs in the mid-80s, lows in the low to mid 50s.

[BLI snowman]

7 minutes ago, Doinko said:

What were the snows like the previous month for the Portland area? It looks like Salem did very well on 11/30 and 12/1, and PDX recorded around an inch and a half starting December.

Pretty good once you got away from the heart of the metro. The winds ate into PDX's snow a bit on the 30th but we had about 5" here that day and then a couple more inches of snow/sleet on the 1st-2nd with the transition event. Also had a couple inches with the arctic front going into the first chunk of arctic air on the 21st-22nd. And then a couple other dustings.

Washington County also did really well  with the storm on the 30th with less east wind interference.  Generally 3-5" with temps in the low 20s.