March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Phil]

5 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

The winter of 1879-80 was an equally ridgy period for the southeast US. Then you have its inverse in 1861-62 out here. The more and more I read about it, the more and more it seems that the 19th century was a time period of midlatitude extremes overall. Or perhaps I am simply acknowledging the extremes you'd expect to see out of an entire century of weather across a whole continent.

Definitely more temperature variability out here in the summers back in the 19th century.

Lows in the 40s/50s weren’t all that rare out here in July, now it’s a struggle to drop below 70°F at night. Diurnal swings were much larger too, even had some days with highs ~ 100°F and lows in the upper 50s! Unfathomable anything like that could occur today..air-masses must have been significantly drier back then.

There were still nasty stretches with lows in the mid/upper 70s and highs in the 90s like today, but it wasn’t a permanent feature like it is in modern summers. Would last a week then abate for a week, etc.

[Phil]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

WxBell has added the ECMWF AIFS. Runs 4X/day and goes out to 360hrs. Interested to see how it performs compared to the operational ECMWF HRES and EPS.

 

[Phil]

 

 

 

[Timmy Supercell]

10 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Are you allergic?

I don't do anything in particular to avoid getting stung, and it's been over 20 years since my last sting (honeybee, so not bad at all, wasp stings are much more painful).

Not allergic fortunately. I mean, I still do basic things during that window of time, just maybe not weed eating or jogging between those handful of hours in the warmer seasons. 

[TT-SEA]

6 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

The EPS seems more inclined to retrograde the ridge a bit after day 10.  More into what I like to call the cold night spot.

I understand the analysis but I have never heard you use that term before... are you cheating on us with another weather forum? 

[ShawniganLake]

Some wet snow mixed into the rain the past few hours.  35F.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like we hit 29 this morning, SLE hit 28. 

Our mean temp the first week of March was 32. 

[umadbro]

Next weekend sure is looking fantastic. Looks like a round of golf is in order. Got one in two weekends ago. It was incredible. (My golf game wasn’t). Baseball and golf season is here!

[TT-SEA]

33 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Some wet snow mixed into the rain the past few hours.  35F.  

Quite the temperature gradient today...

[Cascadia_Wx]

Ended up falling to a low of 29 here. 3rd consecutive low in the 20s, not bad for March.

34 now with high clouds moving in.

[MossMan]

The heatwave overnight did a number to my snow. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Quite the temperature gradient today...

54 in Seattle, 56 in Salem. SHOCKING

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

54 in Seattle, 56 in Salem. SHOCKING

No... talking about @ShawniganLake seeing snow right now with the Seattle area heading to the mid 50s.   That is a decent gradient.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

No... talking about @ShawniganLake seeing snow right now with the Seattle area heading to the mid 50s.   That is a decent gradient.  

Ahhhh I C. That is true.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

24 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Quite the temperature gradient today...

Maybe @TigerWoodsLibido can eke out an early 60 burger and get a head start on the torching.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Light snow and 34 when I left for work a bit ago

[ShawniganLake]

9 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Ahhhh I C. That is true.

Probably end up around 40 for a high. 
 

Rain looks less snowy and more drizzly now though. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

It's coming.

 

[TT-SEA]

11 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

It's coming.

 

40s and sunny with dry air won't do much damage to the snowpack in the Cascades.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Day 9 of snow cover. The rain should take care of it this weekend. 

[Deweydog]

1 hour ago, umadbro said:

Next weekend sure is looking fantastic. Looks like a round of golf is in order. Got one in two weekends ago. It was incredible. (My golf game wasn’t). Baseball and golf season is here!

The shitter is the fact I suspect most public golf courses and youth baseball programs will be shutting down by next weekend due to the dangerous heat conditions and widespread smoke. We just can’t find that happy medium.

[Cascadia_Wx]

9 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

The shitter is the fact I suspect most public golf courses and youth baseball programs will be shutting down by next weekend due to the dangerous heat conditions and widespread smoke. We just can’t find that happy medium.

I get that creating strawmen is a big part of what you do for a living, but no one is paying you here. Well maybe someone is.

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I get that creating strawmen is a big part of what you do for a living, but no one is paying you here. Well maybe someone is.

You just make yourself an easy target with the moral crusading stuff and preference shaming.  

[bainbridgekid]

23 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

40s and sunny with dry air won't do much damage to the snowpack in the Cascades.  

Agreed. The mountain melt off is being vastly overplayed IMO.  Especially since they'll get like two feet this weekend and early next week before the ridge builds in. 50 and sunny with dry air and not much wind doesn't have a big impact on the snowpack.

 

[Randyc321]

10 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

ECMWF is really warm for sure.

Perfect timing for our trip to the coast.  Going to Moclips and doing some hikes in Quinault that week.

[TT-SEA]

At least in the mid range... the GFS is caving to the ECMWF/EPS with a more solid ridge.     

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Randyc321 said:

Perfect timing for our trip to the coast.  Going to Moclips and doing some hikes in Quinault that week.

That is really perfect timing... the coast might be as warm or warmer than the Seattle area.  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Doing everything i can to try and make this trip happen to valdez, They look to get crushed in that area with storm after storm. Should be fun. About 4-5 days should do it and be enough time to avoid the heat wave here.

[TT-SEA]

12Z GEM is the same... much stronger ridge next weekend compared to its 00Z run.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

This ridge looks pretty run of the mill. I’m not freaking out. 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Doing everything i can to try and make this trip happen to valdez, They look to get crushed in that area with storm after storm. Should be fun. About 4-5 days should do it and be enough time to avoid the heat wave here.

You better post lots of pics... have never had someone on here go to Valdez.    Do you fly to Anchorage and then take little float plane to Valdez?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

You better post lots of pics... have never had someone on here go to Valdez.    Do you fly to Anchorage and then take little float plane to Valdez?

I’ve seen pictures of Valdez and it looks like a pretty horrible town. 

[MossMan]

21 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

Agreed. The mountain melt off is being vastly overplayed IMO.  Especially since they'll get like two feet this weekend and early next week before the ridge builds in. 50 and sunny with dry air and not much wind doesn't have a big impact on the snowpack.

 

1st shade of blue!! 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

7 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I’ve seen pictures of Valdez and it looks like a pretty horrible town. 

Fly to Anchorage and get a airbnb near valdez. 6hr drive. 

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Fly to Anchorage and get a airbnb near valdez. 6hr drive. 

Nice.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

1st shade of blue!! 

Lmao. If we are taking this incredible terrain bleed at face value I am in the DARK maroon. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

6 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Fly to Anchorage and get a airbnb near valdez. 6hr drive. 

Beautiful surroundings, but the town itself

is a dump. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

36 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

This ridge looks pretty run of the mill. I’m not freaking out. 

I think it would really give ShawniganPr*ck and Co some good material if we actually were. Pull your weight!

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS goes back to troughing after 300 hours.    

[Rubus Leucodermis]

The Alaska town I'd like to visit sometime is Whittier. Access is via a shared road/rail tunnel. Most of the town lives in a single multistory building.