March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Nothing here, but apparently my son at 600' got some sticking snow, about half an inch. Looks like it was coming down pretty good in the video he sent me, hopefully Portland will get some snow too.

 

 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

That last band brought about 2", pretty impressive considering we are moving towards mid-day. 5.5" on the day, two day total of 13.2" now. 

I thought you would have a foot on ground by sunday looks like you will by tomorrow morning

[TigerWoodsLibido]

38F with some occasional rain.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

What is depth? 8? probably getting a ton of compaction.

Yeah it's about 8-9" on the deck and up by the house, out in the field it's closer to 10-11". Definitely a ton of compaction, I think I mentioned yesterday, if I had been scraping my snow board with the morning snowfall I would have probably measured 7-8" instead of the 4.5". 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I thought you would have a foot on ground by sunday looks like you will by tomorrow morning

Possible, it would be a slushy foot.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah it's about 8-9" on the deck and up by the house, out in the field it's closer to 10-11". Definitely a ton of compaction, I think I mentioned yesterday, if I had been scraping my snow board with the morning snowfall I would have probably measured 7-8" instead of the 4.5". 

I wish i had done that in 2019, i just let one storm go till i had 13 new and it was more like 18 or 20 probably if i had measured it every 2 hrs.

[MWG]

Currently where I’m at in Talent, OR but it’s turning more into a light rain. 

[BLI snowman]

Fully switched here as well now. Big wet flakes.

[Doinko]

Precip is lightening up but that was really fun. Third year in a row we've had a least some snow in March/April!

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

24 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Even it gets good after the backwash situation I showed.

28" of snow here, not bad!! 6" in Salem and 7" in Eugene sounds amazing!

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

The amount of snow from Mt. Jefferson south is just bonkers. 

Over 4 feet of snow for mt bachelor!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 hour ago, Eugene-5SW said:

33º with some sticking snow here

What a difference a couple hundred feet makes. Nothing here in Springfield so we’re keeping that goose egg for a median seasonal snowfall in the cards.

[Perturbed Member]

Got just enough snow to turn most things white. Precip rates brought the temp down to about 32.8F.

[bainbridgekid]

5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Possible, it would be a slushy foot.

The only way most of us will experience a slushy foot is by stepping barefoot into the slush.

[Deweydog]

Snow at the coast (although not quite Cannon Beach style) AND the opening of the Taco Wok!!!

[TT-SEA]

20 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

At least down here the totals aren't much different, you split it into 24 hour periods to make it look less impressive. lol

There is no 48-hour kuchera map... best I could do.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Fairly heavy grapuel now. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

There is no 48-hour kuchera map... best I could do.  

Fair enough. 

[Omegaraptor]

All snow again. Nice.

Big flakes!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

snowing at home, 35 degrees and falling

[SnowWillarrive]

53 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I want to believe.  For some reason the ECMWF gives us nighttime precip while the other models don't.

That’s all fake snow 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

That’s all fake snow 

Not necessarily. But the “snow” over Vancouver most certainly is.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I really wished i had found a good spot to go watch the storm around lake tahoe.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Finally got some more snow, about ¾" from this shower and still snowing, snow depth of about 5" now. About to go to bachelor, should be great conditions!

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

That’s all fake snow 

The snow over King County is suspect... it shows it falling mainly between 1-6 p.m. tomorrow and again between 3-7 p.m. on Sunday and shows temps in the mid to upper 30s during most of the accumulation on Jim's map.   He said it was nighttime snow but its really afternoon and early evening snow.  

[SouthHillFrosty]

[TT-SEA]

12Z ECMWF shows temps near 60 by next weekend... believe when I see it but would be really nice to have something closer to normal.  

[TigerWoodsLibido]

15 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

That’s all fake snow 

For here it definitely is. It's just so difficult for it to happen here lately. Something seems to have changed for the worse. I'm guessing the summer will be awful here.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Up to 41F and dry under some clouds.

[MossMan]

10 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF shows temps near 60 by next weekend... believe when I see it but would be really nice to have something closer to normal.  

Yeah I will be ready for spring by then…Bring it! 

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yeah I will be ready for spring by then…Bring it! 

By next weekend the average high is in the mid 50s so upper 50s would be very close to normal.   Much closer than the current low to mid 40s for highs.   But I am sure a few people will tell us it used to be in the 40s all the way through June and that is a "classic" PNW spring and the way it should be.   The averages tell a little different story.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

snowing at a good clip at home 33 degrees

[ShawniganLake]

17 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF shows temps near 60 by next weekend... believe when I see it but would be really nice to have something closer to normal.  

Maybe we will see a sudden pattern flip like in March 2019 after the SSW madness. 

[MWG]

Sun is out and we are up 41F.

[TT-SEA]

This current band of precip is missing us out here... 43 in North Bend and still dry.  

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Maybe we will see a sudden pattern flip like in March 2019 after the SSW madness. 

I was thinking about that earlier today... hopefully.

[MossMan]

6 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Maybe we will see a sudden pattern flip like in March 2019 after the SSW madness. 

We flipped to shorts weather rapidly that month! 

Edited March 1 by MossMan

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Insurance still hasn't approved some of my seizure meds so I apologize if I'm extra cooky.

This sucks. Feels like a spark in my brain then everything shuts down for a few seconds.

[the_convergence_zone]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I was thinking about that earlier today... hopefully.

Seems like in the last decade it's about 50% odds of getting at least one 65+ day in March. One can only dream on a day with godawful weather like today. Can't wait for the clocks to move forward next weekend. 

 

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Seems like in the last decade it's about 50% odds of getting at least one 65+ day in March. One can only dream on a day with godawful weather like today. Can't wait for the clocks to move forward next weekend. 

 

Hope springs eternal.  

[snow_wizard]

At least it's cold today.  Temp has only reached 39 so far.