February 2024 Weather in the PNW

[TigerWoodsLibido]

52F with some moderate rain.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, MossMan said:

5” for me!! 

10 for me.  This is in line with gfs and Euro. 

[bainbridgekid]

Well timed organized blob of moisture comes through Thursday night on the WRF with 925mb temps around -1 and 1,000 foot temps below freezing despite strong Southerly flow. Interesting setup.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Aha I spotted my garbage eater!

[GHweatherChris]

The cold front is not even close to passing through according to radar or satellite.

[MossMan]

Currently at a .38” an hour rainfall rate. 
.62” now on the day. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Aha I spotted my garbage eater!

Oh man! We have tons of those up here, the dogs kill several a year. Those and skunks, but I've never seen a raccoon here. 

[FroYoBro]

1 minute ago, GHweatherChris said:

The cold front is not even close to passing through according to radar or satellite.

It is passing through Astoria right now. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

The GFS is trough after trough after trough. 

Classic cold onshore flow. The hills and foothills are going to do well the next couple weeks.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Oh man! We have tons of those up here, the dogs kill several a year. Those and skunks, but I've never seen a raccoon here. 

Possem is a good animal to have around. They eat bugs and mice, also rats. They get into garbage though. I always see them and I never have mice or rats.

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, FroYoBro said:

It is passing through Astoria right now. 

Nope, this is a weird one, its not.

[Jbolin]

3 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

The cold front is not even close to passing through according to radar or satellite.

Really? 

[TT-SEA]

14 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Cold front passed. Wind went calm for 5 minutes then picked up from west and temp dropped 3 degrees in 10 minutes. 

This is not a traditional cold front passage... the wind never really switches directions.   It just dies down for a short while.   In the Seattle area it never even dies off and continues from SW right through the morning.  

[GHweatherChris]

2 minutes ago, Jbolin said:

Really? 

Must be a weak a** cold front, temp has been 46 here for hours with no change, and technically should have seen a drop in temp here by now.....

Edited February 29 by GHweatherChris

[FroYoBro]

1 minute ago, GHweatherChris said:

Nope, this is a weird one, its not.

It just dropped 8 degrees in 10 minutes there and you can see it on the radar. 

[bainbridgekid]

1 minute ago, GHweatherChris said:

The cold front is not even close to passing through according to radar or satellite.

This is an unusual setup where the wind shift and temp drop associated with the cold front catches up to the moisture plume on radar/satellite so it's further East than it looks like. Temps are in the low 40's with West and NW wind West of Puget Sound now and nearly 50 with Southerly flow East of it. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, bainbridgekid said:

This is an unusual setup where the wind shift and temp drop associated with the cold front catches up to the moisture plume on radar/satellite so it's further East than it looks like. Temps are in the low 40's with West and NW wind West of Puget Sound now and nearly 50 with Southerly flow East of it. 

Not exactly a flash freeze situation. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Possem is a good animal to have around. They eat bugs and mice, also rats. They get into garbage though. I always see them and I never have mice or rats.

We have 4 barn cats that keep the rats and mice at bay. 

Before we had cats the rodent population was ridiculous. The worst are the wood rats. They love to try and get in your house and take whatever they can carry. Also known as "pack rats."

Edited February 29 by SilverFallsAndrew

[bainbridgekid]

6 minutes ago, Jbolin said:

Really? 

Hadn't looked at this but that's nearly identical to where I eye balled the cold front based on the surface ops map.

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Not exactly a flash freeze situation. 

Who da fuq said anything about a flash freeze situation,,,,,,?

 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, bainbridgekid said:

Hadn't looked at this but that's nearly identical to where I eye balled the cold front.

Right where the ECMWF put it about this time.

[Slushy Inch]

7 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Nope, this is a weird one, its not.

Just use radar

[bainbridgekid]

That's one hell of a squall line along the front too.

 

[GHweatherChris]

Like @bainbridgekid said this is a weird one.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

 

Just now, bainbridgekid said:

This is an unusual setup where the wind shift and temp drop associated with the cold front catches up to the moisture plume on radar/satellite so it's further East than it looks like. Temps are in the low 40's with West and NW wind West of Puget Sound now and nearly 50 with Southerly flow East of it. 

Yep, gradients go pretty flat once it passes until later tomorrow when southerly flow picks up again (Which of course you know who pointed out.). That's why snow levels should rise a bit tomorrow, even though the air will still be cooling aloft. 

[TT-SEA]

This is where the ECMWF has the cold front by early morning... 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

15 minutes ago, lowlandsnow said:

The snowfall rate is over 3 inches an hour right now the snow depth has went from 44-50 inches in the last 2 hours

They need it. The ridge hasn’t yet opened for skiing this season

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

7 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Nope, this is a weird one, its not.

A front is a wind shift and temp change. There could be more than one. A front definitely passed through here. Aberdeen had a wind shift and temp drop couple hrs ago. 

 

[MossMan]

Down to 40.9 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

A front is a wind shift and temp change. There could be more than one. A front definitely passed through here. Aberdeen had a wind shift and temp drop couple hrs ago. 

 

Definitely passed through your area recently based on radar.

[Slushy Inch]

2 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

That's one hell of a squall line along the front too.

 

Going to be a fun frontal passage to watch 

[DeepFriedEgg]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Right where the ECMWF put it about this time.

My god I don't think that would even classify as a cold front in the Midwest lmao.

[GHweatherChris]

I surrender, for fuqs sakes, it is down to 45 here now.... I guess something triggered that drop.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

My god I don't think that would even classify as a cold front in the Midwest lmao.

Its 48 at SEA ahead of the cold front and 45 at Forks well behind the cold front.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Definitely passed through your area recently based on radar.

I was outside waiting,  the wind went dead calm and I could feel the temp change

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Still 45 here, wind gusting to 31 from the SE at the fire station. 

[GHweatherChris]

KHQM sure is not showing any kind of "impressive" temp drop, they are well west of here.....

Edited February 29 by GHweatherChris

[Skagit Weather]

Cold front was pretty weak precipitation wise when it came through here. The temperature drop was impressive with 6 degrees over an hour, but it only rained moderately for a minute or two before letting up again.

[the_convergence_zone]

It looks like a textbook NCFR to me. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

10pm +6 at 925mb here. 

Drops to 0C by 4am

Early Saturday AM