March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[ShawniganLake]

33 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

This webcam is on the south Shawnigan Lake road.  We have nothing here at the north end.  That area was bare and wet 45 min ago

 

Sticking snow is still being driven by precip rates though.  It’s 35 and raining lightly here just to the north of this webcam. 

[TT-SEA]

Looks like snow at the I-5 and Hwy 18 interchange.

[Cold Snap]

Rain/snow mix coming down here.

[SouthHillFrosty]

6 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Looks like snow at the I-5 and Hwy 18 interchange.

Puking graupel. Extremely heavy here!

[TacomaWx]

lol, about 5 miles too far east earlier and now this time about 5 miles too far west! 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Car took two minutes to be covered! First snow of the year!!!!!

[SnowySeeker50]

Moderate snow

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looks like the third consecutive high of 45 or lower for PDX. First time they’ve pulled that off in March since 2019.

[Cascadia_Wx]

A chilly 42/34 day here. It really is remarkable how cold each afternoon has stayed since Friday. Each day has had a chilly breeze and textured, steely grey clouds with very limited sunbreaks. Just wish we’d had a bit more snow to show for it.

[MossMan]

32.5! The bleeding has stopped! 

[snow_wizard]

6 minutes ago, SnowySeeker50 said:

Moderate snow

I love how slow moving this shower is.  It's almost here now.

[SouthHillFrosty]

BOOM

[snow_wizard]

5 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

A chilly 42/34 day here. It really is remarkable how cold each afternoon has stayed since Friday. Each day has had a chilly breeze and textured, steely grey clouds with very limited sunbreaks. Just wish we’d had a bit more snow to show for it.

This will go down as an impressive late season cold snap.  The coldest air is yet to arrive.  It really began on about Feb 26 with just a one day break.

[TacomaWx]

Looks like some more widespread coverage is developing in SW WA and lifting north. We’ve got a few more hours to go. Comical miss here but the night is still early for some of us who haven’t scored yet. 

[SnowySeeker50]

Would've definitely been helpful if the initial precip wasn't rain. Appears to be wrapping up with a light trace on grassy surfaces and cars.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

This will go down as an impressive late season cold snap.  The coldest air is yet to arrive.  It really began on about Feb 26 with just a one day break.

Yeah, I’m pretty interested in how low temps work out starting tomorrow night. I’m sure the main stations like PDX and SEA will disappoint but other places could put up some decent numbers.

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

This will go down as an impressive late season cold snap.  The coldest air is yet to arrive.  It really began on about Feb 26 with just a one day break.

Final strat warming got us again!    No more SSW wild cards going forward though.   

[Snowlova]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Looks like some more widespread coverage is developing in SW WA and lifting north. We’ve got a few more hours to go. Comical miss here but the night is still early for some of us who haven’t scored yet. 

Just know I'm rooting hard for you

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Yeah, I’m pretty interested in how low temps work out starting tomorrow night. I’m sure the main stations like PDX and SEA will disappoint but other places could put up some decent numbers.

SEA can do ok with legit cold air masses which this will be.  Looks like we will pull in a bit of continental air as well.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

34. Snowing

[MossMan]

PNA might take another dip later in the month…Perhaps a late March 2023 redux! 

[GHweatherChris]

Welp, its over.... very light snow now, measured a trace or so.  Total winter snow fall for here, just gonna say 4", well below the last 10 year average by quite a bit.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

25 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Sticking snow is still being driven by precip rates though.  It’s 35 and raining lightly here just to the north of this webcam. 

Only 33F down here now. Most of our precip came in the form of hail with just a brief bit of snow at the end of it. Still enough to make everything turn white.

[RentonHill]

2 hours ago, MossMan said:

This would be a cool little getaway to have there! 

Lake cav is the GOAT

[SouthHillFrosty]

Just transitioned to actual snow and down to 34. Lightning was 6 miles away according to my weather station!

[snow_wizard]

Just starting here.  Graupel coming down pretty hard.  This shower looks impressive on radar.

[SnowWillarrive]

1 minute ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Just transitioned to actual snow and down to 34. Lightning was 6 miles away according to my weather station!

Moderate snow here now!

[The Winter Warlock]

IT’S A MARCH MIRACLE

 

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Just transitioned to actual snow and down to 34. Lightning was 6 miles away according to my weather station!

Did you see the flash?

[RentonHill]

9 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Final strat warming got us again!    No more SSW wild cards going forward though.   

Ya but the final warning is  just starting

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Moderate snow here now!

Finally!

[TacomaWx]

Really feel like in a couple hours has a good chance for the south sound. Precip forming further south. Looks favorable for Olympia and Tacoma. 

[Snowlova]

[SilverFallsAndrew]

33/30 today. Only 40 at SLE. 

[snow_wizard]

The ground is getting white already.  Looks like a mix of snow and graupel now.  It's supposed to freeze later tonight so this is a good time to get it.

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

Ya but the final warning is  just starting

It was kind of a two step warming like the January one.

[ShawniganLake]

Ended up with a coating of snow as the band rotated by to my south. 
 

 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

It was kind of a two step warming like the January one.

I don't much about it other than SSW events lead to cold here almost every time in recent years.   And you posted a chart a few days ago saying it's safe to say this was the final warming.

[SouthHillFrosty]

9 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Did you see the flash?

No but saw reports of it online 

[SnowWillarrive]

5 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The ground is getting white already.  Looks like a mix of snow and graupel now.  It's supposed to freeze later tonight so this is a good time to get it.

Heaviest snow of this pathetic winter