February 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Slushy Inch]

Nice mid range change.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I asked nicely not to be called bro. Sorry if my response offends other members. 

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Forgot Stanwood was a bit farther north.

The family lake house is in the purple…Wish I wasn’t so busy this week or I would run down there! 

[MWG]

[Chewbacca Defense]

54 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

You ok, Bro?

Of all the folks on here to troll, Snowmizer is NOT one of them, he's a good guy and is one of the few who stay out of the drama BS that is a part of this forum

[Chewbacca Defense]

17 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I asked nicely not to be called bro. Sorry if my response offends other members. 

You are all good man. 

[SnarkyGoblin]

27 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I asked nicely not to be called bro. Sorry if my response offends other members. 

There was a bit of hidden irony in your request.

[Weiner Warrior]

Getting intense as we get closer to total snow devastation. Schools will be closed, cars will be stuck on I-5 from Canada to some southern city in Oregon, and all the toilet paper will be sold out. You'll have to wipe your a$$ with paper towels which eventually will clog your pipes with no plumbers available. Everyone get ready.

[Weiner Warrior]

It got really quiet all the sudden!

[Anti Marine Layer]

57 minutes ago, Timmy Supercell said:

That's better than having 70 in February, and that will be here in a few days.

It only has 4 more days to happen (after today)

[MossMan]

Two very different looks at the moment. 

[Skagit Weather]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Outstanding pattern at the end. We could end up with above normal snow pack heading into spring. 

We need 500-600" of snow in the North Cascades over the next two months to get to average snow water equivalent. For some reason I think that's unlikely to happen. But the Central and South WA Cascades only need 200-300" which might be doable.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

That Hrrrrr looks comically overdone in terms of precip. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Skagit Weather said:

We need 500-600" of snow in the North Cascades over the next two months to get to average snow water equivalent. For some reason I think that's unlikely to happen. But the central and South Cascades only need 200-300" which might be doable.

By the end of this week pretty much all

of Oregon will probably be above average . 

[Skagit Weather]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

By the end of this week pretty much all

of Oregon will probably be above average . 

Yeah, it really highlights that Niño north-south gradient. Kind of like last year where OR had a pretty good snowpack going into the spring and Northern WA was only like 70-80% of normal.

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

Yeah, it really highlights that Niño north-south gradient. Kind of like last year where OR had a pretty good snowpack going into the spring and Northern WA was only like 70-80% of normal.

Last year was a Niña. But even for up north, every little bit helps. This pattern couldn’t be coming at a better time.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

13 minutes ago, Weiner Warrior said:

It got really quiet all the sudden!

It’s all phantom anyway. Temps don’t support this.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Last year was a Niña. But even for up north, every little bit helps. This pattern couldn’t be coming at a better time.

I agree. It’s wonderful. Clouded up quickly here, breezy with temps in the mid-40s.

[Skagit Weather]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

Last year was a Niña. But even for up north, every little bit helps. This pattern couldn’t be coming at a better time.

I realize that. I meant this year shows the traditional Niño north/south gradient while last year also had a gradient even if it was a Niña

But yeah, this is about as good a time as possible to have the snow falling. Better than a really good Dec/Jan and then it all melts in Feb/March (although the ski areas may disagree).

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I agree. It’s wonderful. Clouded up quickly here, breezy with temps in the mid-40s.

When I was up in the CLATSOP ALPS yesterday, I was thinking how well that area will probably do over the next 7-10 days. I’m sure the first major 3,000+ mountain directly inland from Astoria gets slammed in this sort of pattern. Might be awhile before that hike is mostly snow free again.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

12z WRF-GFS is meh, although the 5½" for me is okay. 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

It’s all phantom anyway. Temps don’t support this.

Probably do at your elevation. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

49 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

You are all good man. 

Thank you 

[ShawniganLake]

24 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

By the end of this week pretty much all

of Oregon will probably be above average . 

That’s good news.  The last number I saw for Vancouver Island was 30% of average.  Provincial average was 61%.  Some places between 3-4K feet in central BC have basically already melted out. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

14 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Probably do at your elevation. 

Maybe. Might be more like 1.5-2k zone. I’m might do okay with this first front

[ShawniganLake]

This is at 3500ft just south of our cabin at Watch Lake

 

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

Blustery today. Nice.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Hopefully I can get some precip wound up south of the Olympics for here. We spend a bunch of time with 522 thikness and that's 100% snow here.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

More snow here on the 12z EURO than the 00z. 

[T-Town]

2 minutes ago, CliffMassYelledAtMe said:

Blustery today. Nice.

Yeah, it’s been pretty boring lately. Today is at least interesting. 

[Slushy Inch]

March snow! 32 or less around ps at this frame.

[MossMan]

Up to .43” on the day, 2.38” for the month, 7.82” on the year. 
Currently 45 degrees with breezy rain falling. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

55F and beautiful out there. Kiddos outside more often.

[Snowlova]

latest HRRRRRRRRRR nails south snohomish

[Slushy Inch]

1 minute ago, Snowlova said:

latest HRRRRRRRRRR nails south snohomish

So close to me! I think I’m barely in it.

[Snowlova]

1 minute ago, Slushy Inch said:

So close to me! 

would looooove for that band to set up one county south

[Requiem]

It is gorgeous out there-- feels more like spring with a bright sunshine and a blue sky dotted by wispy clouds. Feels weird to be talking about foothill and possible lowland snow next week.

[Doinko]

HRRR also shows a good bit of snow for Portland area, temps are good too, about 4" here

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, Requiem said:

It is gorgeous out there-- feels more like spring with a bright sunshine and a blue sky dotted by wispy clouds. Feels weird to be talking about foothill and possible lowland snow next week.

48 with a low overcast and light rain here.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

18z HRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR (better map than pivotal, this one is higher res)