March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Only hit 37 today and already primed at 34 degrees. Plenty of snow showers headed this way tonight 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

SLE reporting "UNKNOWN" precip.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

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

Whatever it was, it’s more than the goose-egg we had on the east side of town.

[Cascadia_Wx]

19 minutes ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

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.

I think Jim likes to find places in the region that he thinks are doing worse than his backyard as a way of coping. It’s the reason he and Tiger share such a wonderful and mutually delusional symbiotic relationship  

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Only hit 37 today and already primed at 34 degrees. Plenty of snow showers headed this way tonight 

You'll get 3-4"

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Driving north on I-5 the temp drops a little north of Coburg. Gonna be in Monmouth tonight.

[Cascadia_Wx]

21 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

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. ,

Just insane. The 19/1 day there on 3/5/19 is bonkers. A solid month and a half after the end of inversion season!1!1!

[TT-SEA]

18Z ECMWF is basically dry overnight for the EPSL after this last round that just came through. Then a little precip again by tomorrow morning.

[MossMan]

Cleaning up from the windy week, had the top half of a cedar break off and land mostly into the woods on the other side of the driveway, but just enough sticking out to be annoying so I cut that back along with some of the branches…The amount of pollen coming off the branches was insane, definitely what has been coating my truck the last few days. 

And my dog enjoying the sun. No showers of any kind since daybreak. 
Currently 38 degrees. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

18Z ECMWF is basically dry overnight for the EPSL after this last round that just came through. Then a little precip again by tomorrow morning.

Tonight could be pretty dull down here too. Looks like things start juicing up by tomorrow afternoon

[snow_wizard]

Huge jump north for the precip with the Monday system on the 18z ECMWF.

[SnowWillarrive]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

18Z ECMWF is basically dry overnight for the EPSL after this last round that just came through. Then a little precip again by tomorrow morning.

All our dreams have died

[RentonHill]

1 hour ago, T-Town said:

Yeah it looked big and juicy coming in but it only lasted for at most ten minutes. 

That’s what she said

[snow_wizard]

9 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

18Z ECMWF is basically dry overnight for the EPSL after this last round that just came through. Then a little precip again by tomorrow morning.

Other models show some action this evening though.  Not sure what to believe.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, SnowWillarrive said:

All our dreams have died

At this point this evening, tomorrow morning, Monday morning, and Monday evening are all in play.  I wouldn't be shocked if none of them work out though.

Nice that we pull in some of that Canadian air Monday night for some good mins later in the week though.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

All our dreams have died

This is a watch the radar and sat loop time.

Models normally are pure junk with these showers patterns, even the models that show good stuff. Nothing can be trusted imo.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

5 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Other models show some action this evening though.  Not sure what to believe.

You don't believe one model that is for sure. 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

At this point this evening, tomorrow morning, Monday morning, and Monday evening are all in play.  I wouldn't be shocked if none of them work out though.

Nice that we pull in some of that Canadian air Monday night for some good mins later in the week though.

18Z ECMWF basically took away the larger snow event tomorrow night too.  But that could come back on 00Z run.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

5 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

That’s what she said

"Only 10 minutes" how is that "only"?!?

[FroYoBro]

You can see snowflakes falling nearly all the way to sea level at Tillamook right now. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

Huge jump north for the precip with the Monday system on the 18z ECMWF.

BUT IS IT SNOW?!

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

This is a watch the radar and sat loop time.

Models normally are pure junk with these showers patterns, even the models that show good stuff. Nothing can be trusted imo.

Yeah I've hardly been model riding the last couple of days, mostly radar riding for looking at potential for you lowland folks. Although for me I mostly IR satellite ride because we are neglected of radar coverage.

 

 

#givecentraloregonANDtheoregoncoastradarcoverage.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

0.3" of snow at EUG today!

[TT-SEA]

A week ago tonight I remember thinking we might have 2 feet of snow on the ground by now based on the ECMWF and its crazy pepto maps.   But we have a bare ground here.      

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

"Only 10 minutes" how is that "only"?!?

[SnowWillarrive]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

At this point this evening, tomorrow morning, Monday morning, and Monday evening are all in play.  I wouldn't be shocked if none of them work out though.

Nice that we pull in some of that Canadian air Monday night for some good mins later in the week though.

Agree. Just frustrating that as soon as the best dynamics are in play it goes dry.

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

BUT IS IT SNOW?!

It is!   And it's much closer.   That system is still a real possibility up here.

[Slushy Inch]

21 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

18Z ECMWF is basically dry overnight for the EPSL after this last round that just came through. Then a little precip again by tomorrow morning.

Not verifying next line of showers is marching towards me

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

It is!   And it's much closer.   That system is still a real possibility up here.

Looks like about 3" here, meh. Not really cold enough to stick for PDX and the valley, probably a pretty raw day Monday either way. Looking at the GFS this thing is going pretty far south, I guess it's just whether or not a deformation develops further north like the EURO is showing. 

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

Not verifying next line of showers is marching towards me

If you look closely you can see remnants of that next band making it your area.  My guess is that it's going to transition to being focused farther west overnight and cells will fade as they move NE overnight into King County.    During the day today they were quite vigorous and enhancing as they moved inland.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

As the coming ENSO collapse picks up speed, I've noticed some of the models are literally off the charts with the coming Nina. I honestly don't even know what to think at this point. The latest CFS mean has ENSO at -2.5C by late fall. Absolutely astonishing. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

41/33 at SLE today. That's a -14 departure on the daily max. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Back up to 43 and light rain. 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

As the coming ENSO collapse picks up speed, I've noticed some of the models are literally off the charts with the coming Nina. I honestly don't even know what to think at this point. The latest CFS mean has ENSO at -2.5C by late fall. Absolutely astonishing. 

Holy SH1T! WOULDN'T THAT BE A RECORD?!?

 

ITS COMING!!

[Slushy Inch]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

As the coming ENSO collapse picks up speed, I've noticed some of the models are literally off the charts with the coming Nina. I honestly don't even know what to think at this point. The latest CFS mean has ENSO at -2.5C by late fall. Absolutely astonishing. 

I’m ready for the west coast ice age 

[Kolk1604]

2 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

As the coming ENSO collapse picks up speed, I've noticed some of the models are literally off the charts with the coming Nina. I honestly don't even know what to think at this point. The latest CFS mean has ENSO at -2.5C by late fall. Absolutely astonishing. 

That's what I'm saying. 

Can spring just come now? I have some stuff I want to get done around the house so I can prepare for next year's super nina. 

 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

Holy SH1T! WOULDN'T THAT BE A RECORD?!?

 

ITS COMING!!

Probably be a unrelenting jet stream winter like 1998-99.   Which of course was crazy good for the mountains but not so much in the lowlands.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

My guess is we end up with a SCREAMING pacific jet this coming fall and early winter. 

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, Slushy Inch said:

I’m ready for the west coast ice age 

Phil’s not. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

15 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

BUT IS IT SNOW?!

In most places yes.