March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Tyler Mode]

If you're on Weatherbell...and 12z models are coming in earlier, at least the Euro

[Snownerd3000]

What a depressing map

[Phishy Wx]

probably close to 3" total yesterday + overnight.

 

Currently Freezing Fog and 24

[TT-SEA]

20 minutes ago, Tyler Mode said:

If you're on Weatherbell...and 12z models are coming in earlier, at least the Euro

Crazy... 12Z ECMWF is already done.

That will offset the hour we lose this weekend.  

[snow_wizard]

32 at 10:00 am in March.  Brrrrr.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

32 at 10:00 am in March.  Brrrrr.

38 with brilliant sun out here.  

[Front Ranger]

3 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

33 and snowing in Roseburg. Looks like @Front Rangers family could be getting snow in myrtle creek. 

Sounds like they picked up three more inches. Just enough elevation to benefit from this pattern.

[ShawniganLake]

42 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

It dropped to -20 in Prince George this morning.  100% impressive.

Close to the record from 1951.  Too bad this worked out nothing like 1951 on the coast. 

[Front Ranger]

31 minutes ago, Snownerd3000 said:

What a depressing map

For DEN...

Dec: +6.2

Jan: -3.5

Feb: +4.9

Overall: +2.5 

So we fared better than most! But overall, frequent torching and so far, below average snowfall - basically what I expected.

If we get a huge storm or two in the next month or so, snowfall could still end up decent...but I'd much rather have it concentrated during the Nov-Feb period.

[snow_wizard]

The 12z ECMWF only has one above normal min for SEA over the next 10 days.  I'm really liking this.

[snow_wizard]

19 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Close to the record from 1951.  Too bad this worked out nothing like 1951 on the coast. 

This has some 1951 aspects to it.

[snow_wizard]

21 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

For DEN...

Dec: +6.2

Jan: -3.5

Feb: +4.9

Overall: +2.5 

So we fared better than most! But overall, frequent torching and so far, below average snowfall - basically what I expected.

If we get a huge storm or two in the next month or so, snowfall could still end up decent...but I'd much rather have it concentrated during the Nov-Feb period.

I was very impressed to see Cle Elum averaged 25.9 in January which was 2 degrees below the all time normal.  The cold air damming after the big cold wave really helped them.

Over here the month was ok for the average, but warmer than the old normal.

[T-Town]

2 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

Really weird.  No solar storms, no huge news stories, none of the usual suspects.  Could be a cyber attack.

As a long time IT infrastructure guy I can tell you that sometimes stuff just breaks and most of these outages are the result of a well intentioned system change that results in unintended consequences. 

[ShawniganLake]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

This has some 1951 aspects to it.

Perhaps farther south.  It was 21/14 with 12” of snow at Abbotsford on this day in 1951.  There was a legitimate arctic airmass across the south coast of BC for most of the first 10 Days of March that year. 

[SnowWillarrive]

17 minutes ago, T-Town said:

As a long time IT infrastructure guy I can tell you that sometimes stuff just breaks and most of these outages are the result of a well intentioned system change that results in unintended consequences. 

The Houthis took it out. 

[snow_wizard]

18 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Perhaps farther south.  It was 21/14 with 12” of snow at Abbotsford on this day in 1951.  There was a legitimate arctic airmass across the south coast of BC for most of the first 10 Days of March that year. 

I was just saying some aspects of the general pattern.  Obviously the details were much different.  This time the trough was just a bit further west initially.

[snow_wizard]

1 hour ago, Snownerd3000 said:

What a depressing map

I really doubt MN torched in 1887-88.  We had the epic January cold wave that winter which should have hit there as well.  I think 1888-89 was the turd burger.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

Inject this into my veins.

[BLI snowman]

6 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I really doubt MN torched in 1887-88.  We had the epic January cold wave that winter which should have hit there as well.  I think 1888-89 was the turd burger.

1877-78 is what Ry Guy meant to say. 1888 was insanely cold from coast to coast.

[BLI snowman]

So it seems like with this week virtually everyone in the I-5 corridor has now avoided a goose egg this winter, save perhaps for some sea level locales near the Sound. 

Good work guys!! 

[Timmy]

3 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

So it seems like with this week virtually everyone in the I-5 corridor has now avoided a goose egg this winter, save perhaps for some sea level locales near the Sound. 

Good work guys!! 

Job well done, I’ll mostly clock out now until November!

[SouthHillFrosty]

13 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

So it seems like with this week virtually everyone in the I-5 corridor has now avoided a goose egg this winter, save perhaps for some sea level locales near the Sound. 

Good work guys!! 

[TT-SEA]

A more clear sign of retrogression on the EPS.  

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Anybody else not have anything last night? Springfield barely even had any brief snow in the air during this stretch.

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Anybody else not have anything? Springfield barely even had any brief snow in the air during this stretch.

You were literally reporting falling and sticking snow one night.

[Cascadia_Wx]

On 3/2/2024 at 12:55 AM, TigerWoodsLibido said:

34F with some snow.

 

On 3/2/2024 at 1:00 AM, TigerWoodsLibido said:

 

 

On 3/2/2024 at 1:01 AM, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Huge aggregate flakes!!

 

On 3/2/2024 at 1:31 AM, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Beautiful snowfall. Wow.

 

On 3/2/2024 at 2:45 AM, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Dumping snow again. Beautiful in the lights.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Unfortunate to have had only 1.5” in the last 2 years and more ice accumulation in a single event rather than this.

If it doesn’t accumulate on the roads it doesn’t count right? We haven’t had that happen since Dec 2021 overnight and it melted during the day.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

27 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

A more clear sign of retrogression on the EPS.  

See I’m down with this. 

[the_convergence_zone]

27 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

A more clear sign of retrogression on the EPS.  

Looks like it is being undercut by the STJ at the end. Gotta keep the California Niño gravy train going. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Anybody got ideas as to how to get rid of sugar ants throughout the house?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Unfortunate to have had only 1.5” in the last 2 years and more ice accumulation in a single event rather than this.

If it doesn’t accumulate on the roads it doesn’t count right? We haven’t had that happen since Dec 2021 overnight and it melted during the day.

When measuring snowfall I have never considered if it is sticking on the roads. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Anybody got ideas as to how to get rid of sugar ants throughout the house?

Probably an arctic blast? 

[TT-SEA]

Beautiful day.

[the_convergence_zone]

3 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Anybody got ideas as to how to get rid of sugar ants throughout the house?

Terro liquid traps. 

[Deweydog]

4 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Anybody got ideas as to how to get rid of sugar ants throughout the house?

The whole house?

[Front Ranger]

42 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

So it seems like with this week virtually everyone in the I-5 corridor has now avoided a goose egg this winter, save perhaps for some sea level locales near the Sound. 

Good work guys!! 

.3" for SEA last night! They avoid a snowless winter, and make it eight in a row with official snowfall (longest streak on record is 12, from 1970-1982). Also 13 of the last 14.

For comparison, from 1982-1992 they had three snowless winters. Even the vaunted 1950s managed two in six years.

And of course, we don't have official records from 1996-2005, but there were likely at least a couple in there.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 minute ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Terro liquid traps. 

I have several of those in the house so hopefully they work eventually.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Just now, Deweydog said:

The whole house?

Yeah, they were even crawling on me when I woke up.

[Deweydog]

1 minute ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Yeah, they were even crawling on me when I woke up.

Have you found any trails?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Yeah, they were even crawling on me when I woke up.

Not good