March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Another snowy morning 5yrs ago today! 

March 8th was kind of the last hurrah.

[MossMan]

2 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Wow much worse than i thought. Yuck.

Barrow, AK might be a better choice to visit! One of the few places that really fascinates me but will likely never make it to.  

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Barrow, AK might be a better choice to visit! One of the few places that really fascinates me but will likely never make it to.  

I’ll never understand this mentality. Especially from someone who seems like they have a lot of disposable income. Make it happen!!

[Randyc321]

2 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I really don’t want to write a manifesto on my preferences every other day, but I love spring and summer. It would just be nice not to sit under a stagnant ridge all warm season and choke on smoke and drought. I’m sure you already know I feel this way. It’s not an unreasonable desire. The 50s and rain all summer thing is just strawman crap  

The upcoming ridge will be fine I’m sure, and despite all the mischaracterizations I will be out enjoying the weather just as much as anyone. It would be nice if it wasn’t a harbinger of our warm season pattern, though. Although judging by how things have gone in recent years, it may be.

But what good does it do you to hate the world because the climate isn't what is used to be?  Maybe a change of locales is in order.

[Front Ranger]

13 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Dustbowl was largely man-made no? 

Not the weather patterns that exacerbated it. Legit drought and heat.

[Cascadia_Wx]

5 minutes ago, Randyc321 said:

But what good does it do you to hate the world because the climate isn't what is used to be?  Maybe a change of locales is in order.

Who said anything about hating the world?

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

3 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Not the weather patterns that exacerbated it. Legit drought and heat.

It was a legit question. I never studied the atmospheric dynamics for that decade. I was just always taught that the rapid defoliation and destruction of the great plains topsoil was the primary cause of the phenomenon. Would be interesting to get more details on the decade.

[Randyc321]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Who said anything about hating the world?

Fair enough.  And further, I would dread the heat you guys get down there too.  You're summer days always outdistance us in that department.  BTW, I wasn't trolling earlier.  If you don't enjoy where you live, it might be time for a change.  Moving can be an awesome experience, regardless of the associated difficulties.  IMO life actually shouldn't be spent in in single area.  Even a move within the same region.  Especially since ours is so diverse. 

[Front Ranger]

4 minutes ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

It was a legit question. I never studied the atmospheric dynamics for that decade. I was just always taught that the rapid defoliation and destruction of the great plains topsoil was the primary cause of the phenomenon. Would be interesting to get more details on the decade.

That was a big part of the dust for sure, but the weather patterns were the driver.

[MossMan]

23 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

March 8th was kind of the last hurrah.

We had another couple inches up here on the 12th! 

[Phishy Wx]

you guys should get ready for BBQ and camping season.  put a fork in her, winter done

[Meatyorologist]

42 minutes ago, westcoastexpat said:

Definitely starting to look like potentially 7+ days of mid to upper 60s are on the table

Ehhhh I was fine with the 2-4 days of 70ish weather. Extending it to a week would be a little much this early, beyond the extent of our usual Spring warm spell.

[MossMan]

20 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I’ll never understand this mentality. Especially from someone who seems like they have a lot of disposable income. Make it happen!!

Disposable income  

Just wait until you have kids!! 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Anyway…here’s the EPS. Pretty nasty for this early. Not a lot I can say to sugarcoat it.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

27 minutes ago, MossMan said:

We had another couple inches up here on the 12th! 

I was in Arizona by then but it was snowing. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

15 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Anyway…here’s the EPS. Pretty nasty for this early. Not a lot I can say to sugarcoat it.

Punishment for our taste of winter.

[Timmy Supercell]

23 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

you guys should get ready for BBQ and camping season.  put a fork in her, winter done

Coming up on 9 t'storm days tonight.. yeah I think she done!

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Punishment for our taste of winter.

Or reward for 2 weeks of much colder than normal weather.    Ebb and flow.  

[bainbridgekid]

24 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Anyway…here’s the EPS. Pretty nasty for this early. Not a lot I can say to sugarcoat it.

We just had two weeks of much colder than normal weather including one of the coldest first weeks of March ever, had multiple minor lowland snow events, TONS of mountain snow AND still have 4 more stormy, cool days with feet of mountain snow to get through before the ridge. A week of nice, sunny, warm weather after that isn't hard to put a positive spin on.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 hour ago, the_convergence_zone said:

The PNW has a pretty awesome climate but the one cool thing we lack is severe thunderstorms. Like one that produces hundreds or thousands of lightning strikes instead of a half dozen. 

That is admittedly one thing about the Southwest that I miss.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Or reward for 2 weeks of much colder than normal weather.    Ebb and flow.  

Haven't you got the memo? Cold spells are the only form of desirable weather and it is only permissible to model ride for cold and snow. Deviation from this rule constitutes trolling.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Haven't you got the memo? Cold spells are the only form of desirable weather and it is only permissible to model ride for cold and snow. Deviation from this rule constitutes trolling.

Right on man!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

55F with some high clouds moving in.

[Omegaraptor]

Beautiful weather today!

[TT-SEA]

Lovely spring day... more sun now with just thin high clouds.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Raw overcast showery day here... Jesse must be envious.

[MossMan]

6 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Lovely spring day... more sun now with just thin high clouds.

Raining here! 

[RaleighHillsRunner]

3 hours ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

No one here is against some rain, but we just went through 5 months of rain. We can handle a week or two of sun. 

Preferably 3 for a nice SB, it can rain for 3 weeks straight after that I don’t care  

[the_convergence_zone]

My honeybees decided it's spring, they are going nuts today. 

[Deweydog]

House got painted today.

Just in time since exterior painting is ill advised with ambient temps above 90.

[MossMan]

20 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

House got painted today.

Just in time since exterior painting is ill advised with ambient temps above 90.

Target move in date going to coincide with the epic all time mega April heatwave that is coming? 

Edited March 8 by MossMan

[TT-SEA]

Here is a new feature by day 12 on the 18Z GFS but guessing will be completely different on the 00Z run.   18Z run is good for ghost chasing... both ways.   Phantom ridges and troughs after day 7.

[Deweydog]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Target move in date going to coincide with the epic all time mega April heatwave that is coming? 

4/26 tentatively and PDX’s record that day is paltry 86 in 2018. We can and should do better.  

[Phishy Wx]

43 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

House got painted today.

Just in time since exterior painting is ill advised with ambient temps above 90.

planting any palms?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

54/29 today. Pretty mild. Sign of things to come. 

[Phishy Wx]

Currently a Sunny and toasty 45 out

[iFred]

4 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I really don’t want to write a manifesto on my preferences every other day, but I love spring and summer. It would just be nice not to sit under a stagnant ridge all warm season and choke on smoke and drought. I’m sure you already know I feel this way. It’s not an unreasonable desire. The 50s and rain all summer thing is just strawman crap  

The upcoming ridge will be fine I’m sure, and despite all the mischaracterizations I will be out enjoying the weather just as much as anyone. It would be nice if it wasn’t a harbinger of our warm season pattern, though. Although judging by how things have gone in recent years, it may be.

Again, once all of the forests burn down then smoke isn't an issue.

[iFred]

53 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

House got painted today.

Just in time since exterior painting is ill advised with ambient temps above 90.

Your new place? Do you guys have an HOA approved list-o-paints or can you spin the wheel and go? How much did it cost?

[TigerWoodsLibido]

11 minutes ago, iFred said:

Again, once all of the forests burn down then smoke isn't an issue.

Can we get a burning tree reaction? Or fire?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Nice GFS run!