February 2024 Weather in the PNW

[LowerGarfield]

3 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Somethings brewing here. Looks more ominous in the photo than in real life though. 

I bet you get either some flurries or graupel. 

[AlTahoe]

Nws Reno afternoon discussion had this in it.

Lower elevations in the Tahoe 
  Basin including Tahoe City, Incline Village, South Lake Tahoe have 
  75-85% chances of over 3 feet of snow during this period!

[Phishy Wx]

51 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

The snow right over Seattle on the 24 hour map is supposed to happen before 4 p.m. today.

pretty spot on over here.  dusting to 1/4" of Graupel, since melted

[BLI snowman]

1 hour ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I haven’t been watching Saturday too closely. Is that the anafrontal type setup?

That's more Thursday, but it's looking a little too progressive to give us an isothermal situation down to the valley floor. Andrew may see some blessings still.

Friday-Sunday has the ULL swinging around the region and looks ripe for a little more organized shower activity and maybe some deformation zone action. Anything occurring between 6pm-10am on those days stands a good chance of bringing accumulations. 

Edited February 26 by BLI snowman

[Phishy Wx]

NWS Spokane:

Tonight and Tuesday: Cold 500 mb height temperatures have created
enough instability for snow showers with graupel to develop this
afternoon. High resolution models show the showers continuing
through the evening and then waning.

[T-Town]

11 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

I bet you get either some flurries or graupel. 

Yep, currently graupling. 

[TT-SEA]

Using the ECMWF... the time for the Seattle area for accumulating snow is before 7 p.m. today.     This is the 7 p.m. today through 7 p.m. tomorrow map.

[Hawksfan2008]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Using the ECMWF... the time for the Seattle area for accumulating snow is before 7 p.m. today.     This is the 7 p.m. today through 7 p.m. tomorrow map.

I expect we’ll get a late, reactionary WWA out here again. 

[T-Town]

Grauplestorm ‘24 has ended. Fun while it lasted. 

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

Had a pretty good graupel and ice pellet shower go through about an hour ago. Coated everything in pea sized ice. Probably 1/4 inch accumulation but it was hard to tell with bouncing and rolling.  Has already melted off streets and sidewalks. Sadly no thunder...yet!

[Tanis Leach]

6 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Cliff’s model is horrible. It has been comically wrong for just about every snow event IMBY the past winter or two.

Half the problem is that it initiates off the GFS. 

[bainbridgekid]

CZ firing up over the Sound on Kitsap and West of Edmonds now.

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

Looks like oak, cypress, juniper, and cedar with high pollen counts in Seattle area this week. Our old house would have our car COVERED in yellow starting in February from our neighbors'  tree. Somehting in that cedar/juniper/cypress family. Or maybe a spruce? Seems like the evergreens go first, then alder and maple, then later is cottonwood. It lssts so many months!

[seattleweatherguy]

7 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

CZ firing up over the Sound on Kitsap and West of Edmonds now.

Snow or rain falling?

[TacomaWx]

Been puking graupel hard here for 10 minutes straight! Never seen anything like this. 

[SnowWillarrive]

21 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Using the ECMWF... the time for the Seattle area for accumulating snow is before 7 p.m. today.     This is the 7 p.m. today through 7 p.m. tomorrow map.

Hope the 18z brings more coverage. That looks pathetic 

[seattleweatherguy]

What I do not like about snow maps in general is the fact I cannot see Lake Washington. So for me it’s hard to pin point where my area is at.

[ShawniganLake]

30 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Using the ECMWF... the time for the Seattle area for accumulating snow is before 7 p.m. today.     This is the 7 p.m. today through 7 p.m. tomorrow map.

Jeezus. Hopefully Jim gets something. 

[SnarkyGoblin]

There is some very active weather from the northwest of DT across the water.

Nothing falling yet in DT but feels like it's imminent.

[Deweydog]

38 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Using the ECMWF... the time for the Seattle area for accumulating snow is before 7 p.m. today.     This is the 7 p.m. today through 7 p.m. tomorrow map.

Even Cannon Beach gets SKUNKED!

[iFred]

4 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Is this really your first snow of the winter?

Yup. Even during our big nonevent event, the shower that would have brought snow ended up missing us to the south. There was a skiff of snow just a couple blocks away.

[TT-SEA]

19 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Hope the 18z brings more coverage. That looks pathetic 

In terms of the main action for the Seattle area and the talk of a southward placed c-zone... I think its happening right now.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Crazy snow and hail storm over my house now, pea size hail by looking at cams. 

[T-Town]

Typical Tacoma c-zone experience.  

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

In terms of the main action for the Seattle area and the talk of a southward placed c-zone... I think its happening right now.  

Poor timing. Had it waited 6 hrs there would be some nice accumulation

[DeepFriedEgg]

Seem to be wasting most of the remaining showers during the daytime. Bummer.

[Tanis Leach]

It did snow earlier today while I was doing 9 miles. No sticking but still fun. 

 

End of week looks interesting, especially Fri-Sat and Sat-Sun on the Euro. Don't expect much but I could see a few areas scoring. 

[SnowySeeker50]

39f and graupel

[Rubus Leucodermis]

37 minutes ago, Tanis Leach said:

Half the problem is that it initiates off the GFS. 

The GFS has been more accurate than the WRF.

[Deweydog]

@Cascadia_Wx The KGON request line came through like a boss! Walter filled in nicely though.

[TT-SEA]

Just for fun... the ECMWF for Minneapolis.   I saw talk of crazy swings on facebook so had to check it out.   The warm days are record warm for them this time of year.   

[the_convergence_zone]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Just for fun... the ECMWF for Minneapolis.   I saw talk of crazy swings on facebook so had to check it out.   The warm days are record warm for them this time of year.   

Normal for them is 33/17. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

18z gfs looks great!

[the_convergence_zone]

About to get going here. Still 43 but I bet we drop to 34 if precip stats falling. 

[Phishy Wx]

31 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Been puking graupel hard here for 10 minutes straight! Never seen anything like this. 

Graupel the best!

[ShawniganLake]

Moderate snow here in North Cowichan currently.  Only minor stickage.  

[Eugene-5SW]

Flakes in the air! Wasn't expecting that today!

36º, which is the low for the day so far.

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Just for fun... the ECMWF for Minneapolis.   I saw talk of crazy swings on facebook so had to check it out.   The warm days are record warm for them this time of year.   

That looks like the kind of weather to spawn tornadoes. No thanks.

[Phishy Wx]

14 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Crazy snow and hail storm over my house now, pea size hail by looking at cams. 

Graupel or hail?

[seattleweatherguy]

Light drizzle here