March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[TigerWoodsLibido]

17 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Airport recorded more today.

Then it's going to be way different than here again.

[Front Ranger]

OLM down to 34 with snow.

[Dave]

It snowed for about 20 minutes at around 8:30 tonight. The amount of stickage was nope. EUG didn't report any though on the 5 minute obs. Currently 34 degrees which is 2 degrees colder than EUG. The airport is usually colder, but not always. Some other nice person added a personal station to the wunderground network that is only a block a way. Now I got one that is two blocks away and one that is one block away. I don't even need to look at my thermometer any more.

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KOREUGEN393

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KOREUGEN497

I'm pretty much sandwiched in between them. 

[Eugene-5SW]

4 minutes ago, Dave said:

It snowed for about 20 minutes at around 8:30 tonight. The amount of stickage was nope. EUG didn't report any though on the 5 minute obs. Currently 34 degrees which is 2 degrees colder than EUG. The airport is usually colder, but not always. Some other nice person added a personal station to the wunderground network that is only a block a way. Now I got one that is two blocks away and one that is one block away. I don't even need to look at my thermometer any more.

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KOREUGEN393

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KOREUGEN497

I'm pretty much sandwiched in between them. 

34º too up here at 850' with rain only. Porch light test negative.

Wonder how @Eugene Snow is doing at 975'?

[Dave]

Just now, Eugene-5SW said:

34º too up here at 850' with rain only. Porch light test negative.

Wonder how @Eugene Snow is doing at 975'?

Man I miss the south hills. I grew up on Spring Blvd off E 30th at about 920'. It's crazy how much more snow you get in the hills than in the flats. There were times growing up when I would get 6" and the flats got 1". I used to love leaving the snow on top of my car and driving to school to show it off. (I'm still a moron but don't pull those shenanigans any more)

[SnowySeeker50]

34f with a rain/snow mix currently.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Hrrrr brings the precip north of Salem tomorrow evening, but it looks like rain below 1000-1500'. 

[Dave]

5 hours ago, GHweatherChris said:

I have never seen this much 35-36 degree snowfall here in my life over a 2 day stretch.... until now lol, insane.

Last winter I probably had 48 hours worth of 33-35 degree non sticking snow over the entire season. It was infuriating. The biggest depth I had during that entire winter was .75". It does suck but 35 degree snowfall is better than 35 degree rainfall.

[BlvuSumit]

Snowing w the incoming disturbance, maybe some convergence will provide an assist tonite.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Harney County-Malheur County-
215 PM MST Sun Mar 3 2024 /115 PM PST Sun Mar 3 2024/

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 7
  inches possible. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

* WHERE...Harney County and Malheur County zones.

* WHEN...From Monday afternoon through Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. Plan on slippery road
  conditions.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Saw snow depth at Crater Lake is up to 141". 

Edited March 4 by SilverFallsAndrew

[Dave]

Getting some graupies. 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The Hrrr basically shows it snowing here from 5a to at least 5p tomorrow... Should be another chilly day. 

[Tanis Leach]

We got snow in Sherwood, 195 ft. 34.9F

[Dave]

7 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

The Hrrr basically shows it snowing here from 5a to at least 5p tomorrow... Should be another chilly day. 

The HRRR has shown several inches here quite a few times in the last few days and all I've gotten is a slushy half inch. I've given up on it. It seems like all of the models have taken a huge step back lately. They used to be far more accurate, at least in the short term. The long range pepto maps have always been garbage but fun to talk about.

[Tanis Leach]

2 minutes ago, Dave said:

The HRRR has shown several inches here quite a few times in the last few days and all I've gotten is a slushy half inch. I've given up on it. It seems like all of the models have taken a huge step back lately. They used to be far more accurate, at least in the short term. The long range pepto maps have always been garbage but fun to talk about.

The last winter event that I think models nailed was April 2022 in the WV. 

Since then we have as follows:

Nov 4, 2022: Failed to show the air column supporting 1-2 inches in Corvallis area. 

Dec 2022: failed to show sleet in PDX metro, well except for PDX, they just got ice. Too fast warmup

Feb 14, 2023: Models showed 1-3 inches of snow, except the GRAF. Ended with nothing, except Corvallis somehow got 1.5-2 inches. 

Feb 22-23, 2023: Couldn't latch on until 12 hours before showing a rare convergence zone in the east metro area, and still missed Washington and NE Yamhill County getting a 2nd convergence zone later. Also overestimated Valley totals.

Feb 26-28, 2023: Overestimated totals and too cold. 

March 25th, 2023: failed to see any potential for snow that me and Doinko had (Washington County C strikes again). 

Non winter: August 2023: too quick on cooldown, south Valley's heat got stronger rather than weaker. 

Jan 2024: too fast warmup. Too much snow/not enough sleet for PDX. 

And that brings us to now. 

[SnowWillarrive]

Snowing pretty good here! 

[Tanis Leach]

48 minutes ago, Tanis Leach said:

The last winter event that I think models nailed was April 2022 in the WV. 

Since then we have as follows:

Nov 4, 2022: Failed to show the air column supporting 1-2 inches in Corvallis area. 

Dec 2022: failed to show sleet in PDX metro, well except for PDX, they just got ice. Too fast warmup

Feb 14, 2023: Models showed 1-3 inches of snow, except the GRAF. Ended with nothing, except Corvallis somehow got 1.5-2 inches. 

Feb 22-23, 2023: Couldn't latch on until 12 hours before showing a rare convergence zone in the east metro area, and still missed Washington and NE Yamhill County getting a 2nd convergence zone later. Also overestimated Valley totals.

Feb 26-28, 2023: Overestimated totals and too cold. 

March 25th, 2023: failed to see any potential for snow that me and Doinko had (Washington County C strikes again). 

Non winter: August 2023: too quick on cooldown, south Valley's heat got stronger rather than weaker. 

Jan 2024: too fast warmup. Too much snow/not enough sleet for PDX. 

And that brings us to now. 

To add

[MossMan]

Currently 32 with moderate snow falling! 

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Currently 32 with moderate snow falling! 

That looks very similar to here... about an inch of snow overnight.    No school announcement though so assuming there is not much snow in the valley which at your elevation.  

[TT-SEA]

ECMWF shows some sun for the Seattle area through early afternoon but then is farther north again with whatever we are calling the feature tonight. 

[BlvuSumit]

[TT-SEA]

Looks like there is some snow even down in the valley along I-90. 

[TT-SEA]

12Z NAM shows a decent snow event in places tonight... might be a Jim special to end this current pattern.

[TT-SEA]

Looks like the heaviest part of the c-zone up north is right over Randy right now! 

Getting drippy with a south wind and no precip here.  

[TT-SEA]

EPS update and 850mb temps at the end of the run.   Still in wishful thinking phase though until it gets within a week.   

[Skagit Weather]

The March snow curse is (somewhat) broken! Moderate snow and 32.6F. Approaching 1/2" on the ground. First time I've had any accumulating snow in March since 2017 and I haven't had more than an inch since 2014.

The latest snow I've had here was the 4-6" that fell in mid April 2008. Now that would be something to see a repeat of.

[MossMan]

Biggest snowfall of the season in progress!
In my area Arlington, Stanwood, Lakewood, and Mt Vernon schools are 2hrs late. 

Dumping snow and 32.4 degrees. 

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Biggest snowfall of the season in progress!
In my area Arlington, Stanwood, Lakewood, and Mt Vernon schools are 2hrs late. 

Dumping snow and 32.4 degrees. 

Now you have way more than I do.  

[Snowdome]

Woke up to another half inch or so on the ground here. Pretty impressive, no snow all winter but March has delivered haha 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Snowdome said:

Woke up to another half inch or so on the ground here. Pretty impressive, no snow all winter but March has delivered haha 

Goods have arrived! 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

10 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Biggest snowfall of the season in progress!
In my area Arlington, Stanwood, Lakewood, and Mt Vernon schools are 2hrs late. 

Dumping snow and 32.4 degrees. 

Had some flakes fall last night but no accumulations. Standing at 15.2" for the season

Jealous of your daily total, but not so much of your seasonal total.

If I have to have a month that’s a stinker for snowfall, it might as well be March. Temperatures are marginal at best and it never lasts long even when and where it does happen.

[SnowWillarrive]

Woke up to little under 1/2 inch maybe 1/4 of an inch. Better than nothing. 

[MossMan]

3.25” so far! 

[Phishy Wx]

woke up to about 2.5"

29 DP 26

[SilverFallsAndrew]

6 minutes ago, Snowdome said:

Woke up to another half inch or so on the ground here. Pretty impressive, no snow all winter but March has delivered haha 

Goods have arrived! 
 

so good I posted twice!

Edited March 4 by SilverFallsAndrew

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Precip building back in, but I have to leave for work! 

[ShawniganLake]

24 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Biggest snowfall of the season in progress!
In my area Arlington, Stanwood, Lakewood, and Mt Vernon schools are 2hrs late. 

Dumping snow and 32.4 degrees. 

Wow. Looking good for awhile longer too.  Don’t forget to take photos!

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, ShawniganLake said:

Wow. Looking good for awhile longer too.  Don’t forget to take photos!

Did you forget who you were talking to?

 

[Chewbacca Defense]

Got a very sloppy wet inch or so this morning