March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[snow_wizard]

5 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Of course. Always finds a way to screw us. The conversational snow today is nice at least. 

I'm not sure if it's right about tomorrow night or not.  There is a good moisture plume in play it just gets pointed the wrong way for us.

[snow_wizard]

Not used to this model showing snow here.  This is for this evening.

[SnowWillarrive]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Not used to this model showing snow here.  This is for this evening.

Looks good for EPSL just south of the Issy Alps. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

4 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Not used to this model showing snow here.  This is for this evening.

This for tonight or now? Just had a snow shower that dropped the temp 9 degrees that followed this snow line

Edited March 2 by SouthHillFrosty

[snow_wizard]

Just now, SouthHillFrosty said:

This for tonight or now? Just had a snow shower that dropped the temp 9 degrees 

This is all later on.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

16 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

Temp dropped 8 degrees with this line of showers and now all snow

Tonight and tomorrow night could be interesting 

[snow_wizard]

Looks like the possible action this evening is down on the south coast now.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Tonight and tomorrow night could be interesting 

A ton of possible outcomes, but somebody is going to get hit decently I think.

[SnowWillarrive]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Tonight and tomorrow night could be interesting 

I been getting good snow showers off and on all day. I feel good about tonight as long as we get enough consistent moisture. 

[FroYoBro]

6 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Not used to this model showing snow here.  This is for this evening.

Too bad the moisture doesn't push inland a little more overall. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Looks like the possible action this evening is down on the south coast now.

One thing is for sure, this is a colder airmass coming in than the last couple days. Every shower today has been frozen and I had some rain showers last night between snow showers. Only 35 here. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

I guess all I had to do was give Mother Nature a failing grade!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

The radar is looking  good and plenty yet to come looking at the sat loop. 

[snow_wizard]

March cold snaps are certainly a different animal than winter ones.  Quite mild east of the Cascades for the most part today.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Neep update from Tahoe AL. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

March cold snaps are certainly a different animal than winter ones.  Quite mild east of the Cascades for the most part today.

I was going to go to cabin but just felt to tired for the drive. Currently 29 there with about 12 inches on ground still. Been a terrible winter for snow, next year should be wicked there

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

3 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

March cold snaps are certainly a different animal than winter ones.  Quite mild east of the Cascades for the most part today.

Today hasn't been a mild day here. Maybe it has been in Washington?

[SouthHillFrosty]

You can def spot when the snow shower left. Still fun tho

[FroYoBro]

HRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR is definitely going to be correct on the exact placement of that heavy shower over my house right after sunset. Definitely. 

[umadbro]

There’s a lot of activity off the coast. Western Oregon could be in for a few surprises tonight.

[FroYoBro]

The NW corner of Oregon is the target for this evening. The coast range cams will be fun to look at in a couple of hours. 

[SnowWillarrive]

19 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

Today hasn't been a mild day here. Maybe it has been in Washington?

I think his point is that despite the chilly weather on the west side it’s relatively warm east of the Cascades. Same temp here as Spokane. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, SnowWillarrive said:

I think his point is that despite the chilly weather it’s relatively warm east of the Cascades. 

Strong onshore flow, going to flood lower elevation spots east side with marine air. Looks like a lot of mid-40s right now in the Columbia Basin. Sunriver is much higher up, places like Meacham, and Joseph in NE Oregon are relatively chilly too, as the cool airmass is enough to overcome the onshore flow at those elevations. All that to say, yeah, it's not a pattern that favors places east of the Cascades. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

44 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Models show some decent action this evening.  I'm not holding my breath, but it looks possible.  So far everything has just fallen flat here.

I’ve been able to see my breath outside all day today. I haven’t tried holding it though.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

30 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

March cold snaps are certainly a different animal than winter ones.  Quite mild east of the Cascades for the most part today.

Yet there was still snow in a lot of places last evening and overnight.  Many places had a winter weather advisory.  Big snow squalls in the far east part of the state.  

[Roman-Dallas Snow-Zone]

My family and I just made it to Lincoln city for the evening. The drive over was fine but it’s been pounding wet huge sloppy flakes the whole time. This weather is so raw. You get soaked so fast and without proper gear or shelter you’re in trouble real fast. The snow accumulation just up in the hills is amazing. Too bad we couldn’t have this set up back in December Or January. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Wow the hrrr looks great tonight for the sound. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

31 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

March cold snaps are certainly a different animal than winter ones.  Quite mild east of the Cascades for the most part today.

March 2019 says hi. That was crazy cold east of the mountains. But yeah obviously raging onshore flow isn’t going to be their best pattern, even with a maritime polar airmass overhead. It should get relatively colder over there early next week as the cold takes on a more continental profile.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Snow at the lowest elevations in a pattern like this is about timing and luck. Hoping the right shower comes along at the right time, with the right intensity and duration. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Snow at the lowest elevations in a pattern like this is about timing and luck. Hoping the right shower comes along at the right time, with the right intensity and duration. 

Thank you for your wisdom and grace Foothill GOD.

[Brian_in_Leavenworth]

9 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

I think his point is that despite the chilly weather on the west side it’s relatively warm east of the Cascades. Same temp here as Spokane. 

But it's not that warm. We are below normal here and many places had snow.  It's melted of course, so it's not extremely cold. Spokane had heavy snow squalls yesterday evening.  Overall temps 6-9 degrees below normal.  And more chances for snow next week 

Soon we will get to the point where our average temps will end up being similar to Western Washington and then later in Spring they'll average higher until Autumn.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

March 2019 says hi. That was crazy cold east of the mountains. But yeah obviously raging onshore flow isn’t going to be their best pattern, even with a maritime polar airmass overhead. It should get relatively colder over there early next week as the cold takes on a more continental profile.

PENDLETON WFO, OR
Daily Data For a Month
March 2019

Day   MaxT   MinT   AvgT   Dprt    HDD    CDD   Pcpn   Snow   Dpth
 1      28     13   20.5  -21.4     44      0      T      T      8
 2      27     17   22.0  -20.2     43      0   0.00    0.0      7
 3      23     15   19.0  -23.5     46      0   0.00    0.0      7
 4      19     14   16.5  -26.2     48      0   0.00    0.0      7
 5      19      1   10.0  -33.0     55      0   0.00    0.0      7
 6      23     13   18.0  -25.2     47      0   0.18    1.6      8
 7      36     20   28.0  -15.5     37      0   0.07    1.5      9
 8      44     27   35.5   -8.2     29      0   0.00    0.0      7
 9      44     21   32.5  -11.5     32      0      T      T      6
10      30     24   27.0  -17.2     38      0      T      T      5
11      32     12   22.0  -22.5     43      0   0.00    0.0      5
12      36     25   30.5  -14.2     34      0   0.08    0.0      4
13      40     33   36.5   -8.4     28      0      T      T      3
14      45     28   36.5   -8.6     28      0   0.00    0.0      T
15      47     30   38.5   -6.9     26      0   0.00    0.0      T
16      45     26   35.5  -10.1     29      0   0.00    0.0      T
17      45     27   36.0   -9.8     29      0   0.00    0.0      T
18      48     27   37.5   -8.5     27      0   0.00    0.0      0
19      51     29   40.0   -6.1     25      0   0.00    0.0      0
20      55     29   42.0   -4.3     23      0   0.00    0.0      0

They had a -9.2 departure on the month. They didn't get smacked as hard by the big late March heatwave over there either. ,

[SilverFallsAndrew]

High of only 32 so far today, currently 31... I'm actually not sure if I've ever had a sub-freezing high in March... I know the park did in 2012, but I think our high was 35 that day. Looks like we were 36/30 on this date last year. 

[LowerGarfield]

3 hours ago, SnowWillarrive said:

We can’t feel bad for people above 1500 feet. They have elevation privilege. 

In Western WA sure. In Oregon, I'd  say 2k ft. East of the Cascades in both states I'd say 2500 ft is where you can no longer complain. Maybe 2k. Anything over 3k anywhere in the west. At 3k, you can expect snow once a year even in CA. I'm at 1850ft (probably more like 1870ish) but still in a shadowed place. 

[LowerGarfield]

3 hours ago, MWG said:

I'll probably jinx it but I'm surprised we haven't reach to 40 yet. 

Probably the snow cover.

[LowerGarfield]

39F right now at my location.

[FroYoBro]

Only had a high of 42 here with a brief sunbreak around 11:30 am. Most of the day was spent under 40 degrees which is impressive for March. 39 degrees right now and hoping those showers make it far enough east for me to see some more snow. 

Edited March 2 by FroYoBro

[MWG]

2 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

Probably the snow cover.

Yeah, It's almost all melted it's 39F right now.  

[TigerWoodsLibido]

43F and mostly cloudy & dry.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TigerWoodsLibido said:

43F and mostly cloudy & dry.

About half an hour until we find out what EUG measured this morning.