March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[TT-SEA]

14 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Did you hear the Ducks won today? Dana Altman now 8-0 in first round games as ducks coach. Tried to find the Husky game, but didn't see it on tonight. 

I am also a Coug parent Andrew.   

[TT-SEA]

Goofy GFS... 40 inches of snow in the Twin Cities over next 8 days.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

 

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I am also a Coug parent Andrew.   

Same here, I'm a Coug dad. Me, my wife and my son went to OSU, daughter/other son to Washington state, both my parents went to Montana ST, so those are all the teams I root for.

[DeepFriedEgg]

Samford vs Kansas. Clean block wtf. Kansas bailed out.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

I am also a Coug parent Andrew.   

Not something I'd admit in public, but be you man. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Winter is over. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

@Cascadia_Wx you won March Madness today!

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, SilverFallsAndrew said:

@Cascadia_Wx you won March Madness today!

I…have no idea what’s going on.

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I…have no idea what’s going on.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Ended up with a 60/49 day here. Partly to mostly cloudy and mildish. Tomorrow looks similar, although we may finally get some actual rain starting later tomorrow evening.

[Meatyorologist]

I'm feeling cool April vibes this year. They usually come in chunks w/ -PDO regimes like the one we're in. Chances are next Spring will also be cool w/ this impending Niña potentially still breathing by then. After that it could be another 2-3 in the next half decade or so before April troughing goes into remission once more.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Meatyorologist said:

I'm feeling cool April vibes this year. They usually come in chunks w/ -PDO regimes like the one we're in. Chances are next Spring will also be cool w/ this impending Niña potentially still breathing by then. After that it could be another 2-3 in the next half decade or so before April troughing goes into remission once more.

Wouldn't that be such a blessing. 

[Meatyorologist]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Wouldn't that be such a blessing. 

Love cool Aprils. Usually sunny and Spring-y with lots of fun convection. Speaking of, the next couple weeks would be a killer thunderstorm setup for the PNW in July, specifically given the pattern over western North America.

[Phil]

Entire household has been coughing for a few months now so decided to look in the ductwork.

Oh.    My.    Fooking.    God.

Yes, that is all mold. Underside of every vent in the house is smothered in it. Must be in the HVAC system. Can’t believe I’ve been breathing this shit in for god knows how long.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

4 minutes ago, Phil said:

Entire household has been coughing for a few months now so decided to look in the ductwork.

Oh.    My.    Fooking.    God.

Yes, that is all mold. Underside of every vent in the house is smothered in it. Must be in the HVAC system. Can’t believe I’ve been breathing this in for god knows how long.

Stop complaining, us west coasters have entire walls, windows, ceilings, air ducts, COVERED in an inch thick of mold, but you don't hear us complaining. Put on a mask and cheer up.

[Meatyorologist]

5 minutes ago, Phil said:

Entire household has been coughing for a few months now so decided to look in the ductwork.

Oh.    My.    Fooking.    God.

Yes, that is all mold. Underside of every vent in the house is smothered in it. Must be in the HVAC system. Can’t believe I’ve been breathing this shit in for god knows how long.

eeewwwwwwwwww!!

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

32 currently which is the low of the day, 33 was our morning low and our high was 58. Hopefully we have some snow on the way at some point next week, winter is NOT over @SilverFallsAndrew!

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

eeewwwwwwwwww!!

I bet it’s coating the ducts throughout the house. Shone a flashlight up some of the vents and it’s all up in there.

As if that weren’t enough, I discovered our AC is leaking refrigerant while investigating the above.  

Fuuuuck this is going to be expensive.

[Deweydog]

44 minutes ago, Phil said:

Entire household has been coughing for a few months now so decided to look in the ductwork.

Oh.    My.    Fooking.    God.

Yes, that is all mold. Underside of every vent in the house is smothered in it. Must be in the HVAC system. Can’t believe I’ve been breathing this in for god knows how long.

Sh*t… Not even three months in and POTY honors are already a lock.  Congrats.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

4 hours ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

F**k the Ducks, worst team in any sport. Go Washington state, every beaver fan needs to root for them! Only team that didn't abandon the pac12, wsu needs to prove that the remaining PAC2 did not deserve to be abandoned!

Well y’all will get the bag that the Pac has made you so far going 4-0 to begin the tournament.

[ShawniganLake]

2 hours ago, Phil said:

Entire household has been coughing for a few months now so decided to look in the ductwork.

Oh.    My.    Fooking.    God.

Yes, that is all mold. Underside of every vent in the house is smothered in it. Must be in the HVAC system. Can’t believe I’ve been breathing this in for god knows how long.

#swamplife

[Phil]

6 hours ago, GHweatherChris said:

Hey all, just wanted to remind you all to take care of your self everyday.  We had the biggest scare of our lives on Tuesday morning, we thought I was having a heart attack, heart rate approaching 200 bpm, heavy breathing, chest pain... it ended up not being one after a 911 call, ambulance ride and hours of tests in the ER.  Apparently my body has been fighting some stuff since I got over covid in February that I was not aware of and the previous day I had a stomach bug that severely dehydrated me even though I was pounding water to offset it, all that along with life stress and work stress caught up with me and I had a major anxiety attack that mimicked a heart attack, plus I have a little pneumonia going on as well that i was not aware of.  I am on a massive load of antibiotics and on a get as much rest as possible regime through the weeken.  It was scary, my wife and daughter handled everything like champions, but god D**n, I was so effing scared.

Be awesome  weirdos, today was a nice day of drizzle and temps in the 50's.

Yikes just saw this. Glad you’re up and kicking, man! Sending u healing vibes.  

[Phil]

I had an anxiety attack sitting in class many years back. Most random thing ever, one minute I was fine, the next my heart is beating out of my chest, my extremities are numb, and I’m pouring sweat like Niagara Falls. For no reason at all. Has never happened before or since.

Truly thought I was dying, but didn’t want to embarrass myself so I just laid my head down on the desk and accepted my fate. After a few minutes it stopped, thank god. But I was absolutely drenched in sweat, clothes soaked through. I’m sure everyone there thought I was a heroin addict in need of a fix.  

[TT-SEA]

7 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Not something I'd admit in public, but be you man. 

Mocking other people's kids... classy move.   

[Chewbacca Defense]

8 hours ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

 

Same here, I'm a Coug dad. Me, my wife and my son went to OSU, daughter/other son to Washington state, both my parents went to Montana ST, so those are all the teams I root for.

Go CATS Go!  My son graduated from MSU, 4th generation (or maybe 5th) on my wife's side of the family.  His Great Grandfather got a Civil Engineering degree after serving as a B17 pilot in WW2 then went on to take over the family ranch.  His bail stacks were always very precise LOL.  His brother was a Rhodes Scholar from there. 

My wife grew up in Corvallis and her mom did all her post grad work at OSU, and growing up in Georgia, I am a big UGA fan.  My brother graduated from Clemson, so I like to root for them as well.

I don't have any skin in the game in Washington, but following my tendency to align with the ag oriented school, I prefer WSU over UW.

[Front Ranger]

4 hours ago, Phil said:

I had an anxiety attack sitting in class many years back. Most random thing ever, one minute I was fine, the next my heart is beating out of my chest, my extremities are numb, and I’m pouring sweat like Niagara Falls. For no reason at all. Has never happened before or since.

Truly thought I was dying, but didn’t want to embarrass myself so I just laid my head down on the desk and accepted my fate. After a few minutes it stopped, thank god. But I was absolutely drenched in sweat, clothes soaked through. I’m sure everyone there thought I was a heroin addict in need of a fix.  

I had the same thing happen twice in my life, except both times I ended up passing out briefly. The first time was junior year of high school, I ended up waking up face down on the classroom floor with the teacher shaking me. A bit mortifying and definitely scary.

[TT-SEA]

On 3/20/2024 at 3:07 PM, bainbridgekid said:

Huge increase in mountain snowfall this weekend on the 18z GFS. Shows over 2 feet for Snoqualmie and Stevens just through Sunday night.

 

This sure fell apart... here is total snow now per the ECMWF over the weekend through Monday.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

10 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Not something I'd admit in public, but be you man. 

Why does it matter what college his kids go to? "Kids are resilient", they'll be fine no matter where they are. 

 

On 3/16/2024 at 8:02 PM, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Kids are resilient. 

 

[MossMan]

Update from my uncle in Minnesota. 

[bainbridgekid]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

This sure fell apart... here is total snow now per the ECMWF over the weekend through Monday.

Yeah. Each run just slashed totals from the last. Pretty pathetic.

Now just hoping it'll be dry enough this weekend for decent skiing despite temps in the mid 30's. Euro and GFS are both pretty dry during the day both days.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

32 and cloudy currently, low of 27.

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, bainbridgekid said:

Yeah. Each run just slashed totals from the last. Pretty pathetic.

Now just hoping it'll be dry enough this week for decent skiing despite temps in the mid 30's. Euro and GFS are both pretty dry during the day both days.

Tracking anything of interest has felt like sort of an exercise in futility the last several days. Everything has been falling apart as it approaches verification time with some days trending several degrees warmer just 48 hours out or so.

[snow_wizard]

This pattern is just an absolute turd sandwich.  Now the warm mins are keeping the daily averages above normal and the mountains continue to hemorrhage snow pack.

 

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Update from my uncle in Minnesota. 

Just based on those pics, I'd guess he got a nice 9-10" dump there.

[Front Ranger]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

This pattern is just an absolute turd sandwich.  Now the warm mins are keeping the daily averages above normal and the mountains continue to hemorrhage snow pack.

SEA clinging desperately to a negative monthly departure!

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

This pattern is just an absolute turd sandwich.  Now the warm mins are keeping the daily averages above normal and the mountains continue to hemorrhage snow pack.

 

Way better than freezing cold nights damaging the blooming trees.   This is climo.  

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looks like a +4 departure at PDX on Wednesday and a +8 departure yesterday. This is after four days in a row of departures of +10 or greater. They are now running +1.5 for the month as the comparatively meek negative departures the first week of the month have been completely erased.

Edited March 22 by Cascadia_Wx

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looks like a +4 departure at PDX on Wednesday and a +8 departure yesterday. This is after four days in a row of departures of +10 or greater. They are now running +1.5 for the month as the comparatively meek negative departures the first week of the month have been completely erased.

Looking pretty likely we pull off the first warm Feb/March combo since 2016 this year.

Edited March 22 by Cascadia_Wx

[Frontal Snowsquall]

14 hours ago, GHweatherChris said:

Hey all, just wanted to remind you all to take care of your self everyday.  We had the biggest scare of our lives on Tuesday morning, we thought I was having a heart attack, heart rate approaching 200 bpm, heavy breathing, chest pain... it ended up not being one after a 911 call, ambulance ride and hours of tests in the ER.  Apparently my body has been fighting some stuff since I got over covid in February that I was not aware of and the previous day I had a stomach bug that severely dehydrated me even though I was pounding water to offset it, all that along with life stress and work stress caught up with me and I had a major anxiety attack that mimicked a heart attack, plus I have a little pneumonia going on as well that i was not aware of.  I am on a massive load of antibiotics and on a get as much rest as possible regime through the weeken.  It was scary, my wife and daughter handled everything like champions, but god D**n, I was so effing scared.

Be awesome  weirdos, today was a nice day of drizzle and temps in the 50's.

My condolences Chris. I’m glad you are better now!

[Doinko]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Update from my uncle in Minnesota. 

This isn't even the main wave too, just a smaller system before I think!