March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[MossMan]

Magical! 
At 8.5” on the season now! Just need a little more to hit that double digit mark for 2023/24! 

[MossMan]

Snowmizer was spot on late yesterday afternoon when he said that I was going to get slammed. The 0z NAM 3km showed me in the 0.00” area, but the 18z Euro was spot on! 

Edited March 4 by MossMan

[MWG]

Currently 30F and a trace of snow. We should get some showers during the day but looks like it won’t be enough for snow accumulation. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

26 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

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

I would have called in for inclement weather and enjoyed the snow!  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, ShawniganLake said:

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

We'll see these photos for the next 30 years. 

[TT-SEA]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

We'll see these photos for the next 30 years. 

Every March 4th until we die.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

We need a report from Corvallis. 

[Skagit Weather]

Well, that escalated quickly. Approaching 2” now, although looks like I’m about to run out of moisture.

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

We'll see these photos for the next 30 years. 

Or until I’m dead. I am going to put in my Will that one of my daughters must continue to post pictures here! 
Just puking snow!!! 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

A lot of school closures and 2 hour late openings today. Here are the school districts that are closed.

Estacada, Clatskanie, Rainier, Vernonia, Jewell, Nestucca Valley, Tillamook, Silver Falls, Wahkiakum

https://www.kptv.com/weather/closings/

[LowerGarfield]

Had 0.30 overnight. Enough that I needed to wipe the car.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Every March 4th until we die.  

We love that about him. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, LowerGarfield said:

Had 0.30 overnight. Enough that I needed to wipe the car.

So much scoreage. 

[MossMan]

Most snow I have ever had not even being under a WWA! 

Edited March 4 by MossMan

[TT-SEA]

[MossMan]

Just hit 4”!

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS not as optimistic for snow in King County tonight... 

[TT-SEA]

12Z RGEM looks like GFS for tonight.  

[MossMan]

Mt Vernon schools just closed. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like MAYBE another 1-2" here today. Next chance for snow is probably with that trough early next week. 

[LowerGarfield]

19 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

So much scoreage. 

haha. Glad I went outside though. Under an inch snowfalls can be deceptive. Someone here mentioned eyeball tests adding 2 inches of snow.I feel like the smaller ones can trick you because we look at grass/ground level so it looks like less than the actual amount. Surprisingly it took a good 3 mins or so to wipe the car to get the it road safe.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just wanted to throw this up here for posterity. Sub 519dm heights over much of W. Oregon and Washington on Saturday morning. 

Right now

[LowerGarfield]

5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Mt Vernon schools just closed. 

How much did they get? Did they get snow when you had 0? Does that ever happen?

Edit: I misread your post about the models. How much do you have?

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

How much did they get? Did they get snow when you had 0? Does that ever happen?

Randy got lots of snow this morning.

I can also see why Mt. Vernon closed schools today.  

 

[TT-SEA]

Still dumping on I-5 in Mt Vernon. 

[iFred]

41 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Magical! 
At 8.5” on the season now! Just need a little more to hit that double digit mark for 2023/24! 

IMG_3226.mov

Meanwhile I have absolutely nothing on the ground. Looking at the loop last night, looks like it all was just a couple miles to the north.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

34 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

We'll see these photos for the next 30 years. 

And maybe sometime in the next 30 years I will manage to eke out another dusting of snow in March.

[MWG]

Very light snow falling 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Low of 30 this morning, which is the current temp. Hoping we can get a low at least in the mid-20s tomorrow night. We get a lot of snow and cold highs, but not super cold lows in March. Coldest since I've been here was 18 in 2019, the park hit 19 that night and it was their coldest March low since the 1970s. 

[Skagit Weather]

22 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Mt Vernon schools just closed. 

Burlington just closed as well. Probably should have just kept the 2 hr late start because I'm sure the roads will be fine in an hour or two, but oh well.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

50 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Snowmizer was spot on late yesterday afternoon when he said that I was going to get slammed. The 0z NAM 3km showed me in the 0.00” area, but the 18z Euro was spot on! 

Last night I predicted 6 inches for you

[SouthHillFrosty]

Beautiful morning

[Phishy Wx]

3 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Beautiful morning

did you have to shovel?

[Doinko]

Snowing lightly but there's nothing on radar yet

[the_convergence_zone]

54 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z GFS not as optimistic for snow in King County tonight... 

Kitsap special incoming this evening perhaps. Too warm for snow in metro area. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

12Z GFS not as optimistic for snow in King County tonight... 

LMAO. Zero chance this verifies. I have had approx 6 drops of moisture in 4 days. 

[MossMan]

39 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said:

Burlington just closed as well. Probably should have just kept the 2 hr late start because I'm sure the roads will be fine in an hour or two, but oh well.

Yeah my kids are very excited that they canceled school! (Their little private school in Burlington follows what the public school does) 

Reminds me of when I was a kid back in March 1989 and they canceled school last minute! 
Anyway, plowing done, my wife called me to say there were trees and branches down on 300th as she was making her way to I-5 that she had to navigate around. Shocked we didn’t lose power. If this would have kept up for another few hours it would have been tree carnage! 
Just over 4” on the day, 9” on the season. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

LMAO. Zero chance this verifies. I have had approx 6 drops of moisture in 4 days. 

The wind at 850mb has changed direction.  You might not be shadow anymore 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

 

4th straight morning with a trace of snow. Also 4th morning we fell below freezing. 28 this morning. Just no moisture. Mountains look amazing tho

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Yeah my kids are very excited that they canceled school! (Their little private school in Burlington follows what the public school does) 

Reminds me of when I was a kid back in March 1989 and they canceled school last minute! 
Anyway, plowing done, my wife called me to say there were trees and branches down on 300th as she was making her way to I-5 that she had to navigate around. Shocked we didn’t lose power. If this would have kept up for another few hours it would have been tree carnage! 
Just over 4” on the day, 9” on the season. 

How long did it snow