March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Perturbed Member]

3rd day in a row of waking up to a light coating of snow. Still snowing here and the radar has been juicy but it is just a hair too warm to stick well. Probably doing well if you're above 500ft here.

Of course the Coast Range microclimate is delivering even at the lowest elevations:

[SnowySeeker50]

36f and raining.

[LowerGarfield]

13 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

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

@Chewbacca Defense if you are a weather spotter, you get a spotter ID (some offices don't do ids) and a direct number to call the NWS if certain weather thresholds occur. For example in Spokane's CWA, we call if we get more than 2 inches below3k ft and 6(?) if above. They also love to know mix precipitation, hail if over penny(?) size, etc. Notably they don't care about lightning.

The phone number is a direct line and you call saying I'm spotter x at specific location. Here is weather condition Y and how much we have. Condition is stopped/ongoing since Z time. Then you hang up with no chatter or questions.

 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

5 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

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

 

 

This one but this goes a little longer. I didn't figure anything would stick much today.

[ShawniganLake]

Looks like the last little meso low slowly crosses Vancouver island.  Might have one last chance for a some snow tonight.  Parts of SW BC could do well with this. 

[FroYoBro]

Parts of the coast range look more like Mount Hold this morning. 

[MossMan]

Snowing and blowing! 

[MWG]

Too bad not enough to cancel work lol unless a miracle happens 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, FroYoBro said:

Parts of the coast range look more like Mount Hold this morning. 

They really scored. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Cabin had a high of 29 yesterday and a low of 9 last night. Man that area can pull off some crazy lows.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Snow is still coming down hard at Tahoe, its been relentless since yesterday 

[MossMan]

I have a white JetSki! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Snow is still coming down hard at Tahoe, its been relentless since yesterday 

Can't wait to get a report from AL.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

I have been in the shadow for days now. Cold, but sunny. Moisture stops in the mountains.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Can't wait to get a report from AL.

He had 28 yesterday and was expecting 12 more but it looks like the area got another 20-25 since then.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

I have been in the shadow for days now. Cold, but sunny. Moisture stops in the mountains.

Beautiful.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

I have been in the shadow for days now. Cold, but sunny. Moisture stops in the mountains.

You should score tonight as that low moves in

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

That band that moved through here was a 5 inch per hr rate cell.  Since this cold on shore flow started I've had a total of 7 inches. 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

That band that moved through here was a 5 inch per hr rate cell.  Since this cold on shore flow started I've had a total of 7 inches. 

We had 3 inches in a c-zone on Sunday night into Monday morning that melted with the warm up on Tuesday night and Wednesday and basically nothing since.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Moderate rain and 35. This year is a bust.

[Snowdome]

Driving up to Seattle this morning and snow almost the entire way. Castle Rock area looked to be the big winner along i5

[Blizzard777]

37* and wet snow off and on. 
Just crazy that video from Donner Pass! I hopes they broughts snacks

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

We had 3 inches in a c-zone on Sunday night into Monday morning that melted with the warm up on Tuesday night and Wednesday and basically nothing since.

We had 0.5" Monday, 7.7" Thursday, 6" Friday, 7" Saturday, and have gotten HOSED today with only 1". 32 and partly cloudy with decent drippage off the trees right now. 

Amazingly we have now passed 2017-18's seasonal snow total. 

Edited March 3 by SilverFallsAndrew

[Chewbacca Defense]

It’s like there is a forcefield up over my neighborhood.

 

 

[FroYoBro]

Rain finally made it here after being just to my northwest for much of the morning. Should at least keep the temperature chilly during the daylight hours.

[RCola]

11 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Moderate rain and 35. This year is a bust.

Thread the needle we did. In a bad way. 

Time for Spring and Summer!

[SouthHillFrosty]

2 minutes ago, RCola said:

Thread the needle we did. In a bad way. 

Time for Spring and Summer!

Yup fr actually. I’m pulling a @TT-SEA and going to San Diego this Friday. Gotta get get some sun if it’s not going to snow

[Chewbacca Defense]

11 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

37* and wet snow off and on. 
Just crazy that video from Donner Pass! I hopes they broughts snacks

Well....we know how the last "Donner party" turned out. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Chewbacca Defense said:

It’s like there is a forcefield up over my neighborhood.

 

 

TriForceofEternity

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Some crazy vids coming out of the Sierra Nevada.  Massive drifts. Talk about an awesome climate up there, sometimes the wait for snow can be agonizing but when it hits it hits in a big way

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Com on AL give us a blizzard update and pics!

[TT-SEA]

12Z ECMWF is another notch north with the deformation band on the north side of the low moving inland tomorrow night.   Clips King County on this run.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Next time a huge storm is forecast to hit lake tahoe I'm going, not that bad of a drive and I'd lobe to see a blizzard for 2 days

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF is another notch north with the deformation band on the north side of the low moving inland tomorrow night.   Clips King County on this run.

Must be mostly rain. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z ECMWF is another notch north with the deformation band on the north side of the low moving inland tomorrow night.   Clips King County on this run.

Crazy, the shower activity looks to be building on the coast again, not finishing with snow today here

[Snowlova]

No snow. I’d rate this winter a D*. That arctic blast in Jan was pretty neat tho, recorded the lowest temp imby that I’ve seen and it was nice to see that we are still capable of a somewhat 1950 arctic blast (just needed some snow cover!). 
 

season total 0.2 inches of snow. worst since 2014-15. 24-25 should be fun though! Mayyyybe one last chance this winter Monday 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

20 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

It’s like there is a forcefield up over my neighborhood.

 

 

Looks like you are being screwed by downsloping off the Chuckanut Mountains.

[DeepFriedEgg]

WOW

MtHardware (tahoeweathercam.com)

[SnowySeeker50]

After a frustrating hour of 35f rain, finally switched over to snow here

[Roman-Dallas Snow-Zone]

This morning on the way home few miles west of spirit mountain casino