March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Timmy]

Wet snow in town. Anyone with a couple hundred feet of elevation is doing great around here.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

This is the hardest and fastest accumulating snow I have seen here since Feb 2019. 1.5 inches new in 20 minutes 

[BLI snowman]

6 minutes ago, Timmy said:

Wet snow in town. Anyone with a couple hundred feet of elevation is doing great around here.

Radar looks great, likely going to stay just a smidge too warm for accumulations though.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Insane

[TacomaWx]

36 and light rain at times here. Looks like the best round of precip we’ve seen in awhile is making headway here if it indeed does hold together and makes it before 10am could be fun. The theme so far though has been for things to fall apart as it crosses the sound. 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Insane

If that keeps up you might start running into power issues! 
Coming down quite well here now, not sticking though. 

[ShawniganLake]

Cloudy dry and 35 this morning.  
 

That convective snow band of central Vancouver island looks intense  5” since 6 am at the Black Creek highway station  

 

 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Good lord, 2.2 inches in 28 minutes 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

4 inches on truck

[RayRay]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Good lord, 2.2 inches in 28 minutes 

Meanwhile I am gone to Portland so I don’t get to experience this snow.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, RayRay said:

Meanwhile I am gone to Portland so I don’t get to experience this snow.

I don’t think it’s snowing in Redmond anyhow. The highway cams I just checked there don’t show any.

[Snownerd3000]

[Rubus Leucodermis]

9 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Cloudy dry and 35 this morning.  

That convective snow band of central Vancouver island looks intense  5” since 6 am at the Black Creek highway station  

The ranking of that area as a place to move if I ever leave Vancouver (which was already high) just went up another notch this morning.

[TacomaWx]

Going to have to go to the top on green mountain soon lol. Me and my girlfriend are packing up and getting ready to head out there

[TacomaWx]

Just started snowing here also! Coming down at a decent clip all snow. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Just started snowing here also! Coming down at a decent clip all snow. 

Just over 4 inches here, should be well over a foot on mountain 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Sun is out this morning. Ready for spring!

[TacomaWx]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Just over 4 inches here, should be well over a foot on mountain 

Actually starting to get some stickage here in Tacoma! 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just light snow now but a few more bands heading this way. This had been the best snow event of the season because of how hard and fast it hit here. This is a bunch of snow for March here. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Pretty cool to reach winter storm warning amount with no accumulation in my forecast 

[the_convergence_zone]

37 here, briefly a mix in this band before changing to all rain. 

[runninthruda206]

is it possible that this heavier precip pulls the temp down in fremont and it turns to snow 

[GHweatherChris]

Big lames here

[TacomaWx]

Came down in big huge flakes for about 5 minutes and was starting to stick a bit bit let up. Getting lots of flakes in Bursts. More than what I was expecting here this morning and fun to see. 

[TacomaWx]

14 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Just over 4 inches here, should be well over a foot on mountain 

Yeah, been awhile since I been up there so I’m excited to go. Glad my girlfriends willing too lol. 

[ShawniganLake]

23 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

The ranking of that area as a place to move if I ever leave Vancouver (which was already high) just went up another notch this morning.

Cumberland?

I have friends that used to live there.  I think they still own the house as a rental.  Much snowier than comox itself.  Really nice little town.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, ShawniganLake said:

Cumberland?

I have friends that used to live there.  I think they still own the house as a rental.  Much snowier than comox itself.  Really nice little town.  

Yes Cumberland. They even scored a nice snowfall in October last year.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

6 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Yeah, been awhile since I been up there so I’m excited to go. Glad my girlfriends willing too lol. 

That trail head was packed yesterday,  5 years ago you would almost never see anyone there, 10 years ago it was a gost town.  Don't tell anyone lol

[MWG]

Woke up with just a trace and currently snowing but very lightly 34F.

 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Just called weather service and told them we reached warning amounts out along the canal lol. They asked if it was only sticking to grass and trees lol. I said umm no, there is 4 inches on the road, it was a heavy snow event and it's still snowing. He sounded shocked it was 32 degrees.

[TacomaWx]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Just called weather service and told them we reached warning amounts out along the canal lol. They asked if it was only sticking to grass and trees lol. I said umm no, there is 4 inches on the road, it was a heavy snow event and it's still snowing. He sounded shocked it was 32 degrees.

Lol you tell em! Shoulda atleast been a WWA

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

9 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Lol you tell em! Shoulda atleast been a WWA

The mm5 uw nailed this one. Had about 4 or 5 inches here

[Chewbacca Defense]

11 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Just called weather service and told them we reached warning amounts out along the canal lol. They asked if it was only sticking to grass and trees lol. I said umm no, there is 4 inches on the road, it was a heavy snow event and it's still snowing. He sounded shocked it was 32 degrees.

LOL I didn't know this was a thing that someone could do.  You tell 'em!

[MossMan]

Dumping snow now! Starting to stick to the bark. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

4 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

LOL I didn't know this was a thing that someone could do.  You tell 'em!

I bet the main difficulty is navigating the phone tree and finding the right person to call.

[MossMan]

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

This brings my season total to around 17, way short of most years and the average but not bad for el Nino. More pics before the melt begins, but only expected to have a high of around 35 today so snow will stay on ground through tomorrow. 

[ShawniganLake]

10 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

The mm5 uw nailed this one. Had about 4 or 5 inches here

When you say mm5 are you talking about the WRF GFS.  This is what it showed through 10am from the 0z yesterday

 

 

[TT-SEA]

Had a little burst of snow for about 10 minutes about an hour ago.   Next band that just came through only produced a few random snowflakes.   Sky is quite bright now and looks like the band that produce the Hood Canal snow sort of fell apart as it moved east.   Lots of activity farther south but ECMWF says that moisture will slide more east than north over next few hours.   Also shows a fairly strong south wind developing across King County by noon.

[Hawksfan2008]

24 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Just called weather service and told them we reached warning amounts out along the canal lol. They asked if it was only sticking to grass and trees lol. I said umm no, there is 4 inches on the road, it was a heavy snow event and it's still snowing. He sounded shocked it was 32 degrees.

I get it’s challenging but they really underestimate our micro climates. I sent them a message last year during the snow storm in North Bend as the EURO showed continued east wind. They told me it would warm up but woke up at 630 in the morning and it was 31 degrees.