March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

So we shouldn't root for what makes us PNW'ers cold and wet in the winter, because we might be anlittle warmer and dryer in the summer?

 

Wet in the winter and dry in the summer will cause much less drought here than avg in winter, avg in summer.

Wet in the winter and unusually dry in the summer has caused lots of problems in recent years on this side of the mountains in terms of tree health.   I don't think average in the winter and average in the summer causes major drought issues.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

43 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Wet in the winter and unusually dry in the summer has caused lots of problems in recent years on this side of the mountains in terms of tree health.   I don't think average in the winter and average in the summer causes major drought issues.

True. Although I meant to say dry in winter, avg in summer, said avg twice by accident.

My intended point was that our summers are already dry, our winters aren't. A below average winter will cause a much larger deficit on the water year than a below avg summer. This doesn't mean that I root for dry summers, I love it anytime it rains in summer, but I'd choose an avg winter over an avg summer.

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

If anything the axisymmetric components of this niña transition are worse for North America in terms of heat/drought than early the 2020s. Don’t think there will be any “blue” colors anywhere on JJA CONUS temperature maps this summer, not even in the PNW.

People living in the Midwest and Plains should be in panic mode. That area looks like ground zero for hellfire (shifted a bit from 2021 & 2022 but same general theme).

[TT-SEA]

15 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

True. Although I meant to say dry in winter, avg in summer, said avg twice by accident.

My intended point was that our summers are already dry, our winters aren't. A below average winter will cause a much larger deficit on the water year than a below avg summer. This doesn't mean that I root for dry summers, I love it anytime it rains in summer, but I'd choose an avg winter over an avg summer.

They makes sense.   The difference between average and dry in the summer is minor in terms of annual precip.  

[Phishy Wx]

NWS Blend for Eclipse

 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

15 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

NWS Blend for Eclipse

 

Missouri is looking good!

[ShawniganLake]

51 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Is that an actual picture of mossman on his jetski in eastern Washington?   Wasn’t expecting the flow.  Very nice.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

28 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

NWS Blend for Eclipse

 

Feeling less bummed about not being able to make it to Texas for this one.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Special day 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like a dynamic April on the way. 

[Cold Snap]

Actually managed to get a freeze this morning with a low of 32.

[TT-SEA]

27 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Looks like a dynamic April on the way. 

Or just a normal April.   Probably less dynamic than recent Aprils.

[MossMan]

1 hour ago, ShawniganLake said:

Is that an actual picture of mossman on his jetski in eastern Washington?   Wasn’t expecting the flow.  Very nice.  

Close! Not quite as flowy, and a bit more grey! But I do still have a head of hair!! 

[Cascadia_Wx]

44 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Looks like a dynamic April on the way. 

Hoping for as much stale warmth as climatologically possible, personally.

[MossMan]

Patio furniture alert ! 

[Phil]

3 hours ago, ShawniganLake said:

Is that an actual picture of mossman on his jetski in eastern Washington?   Wasn’t expecting the flow.  Very nice.  

Nah, Mossman wears black-frame glasses. Like the hybrid offspring of Jesse’s hipster glasses and Tim’s Harry Potter glasses.

[Tanis Leach]

Today's Meadows day (#2)

Firm to start, then softened up nicely. 

First time up Vista today, and in my top 4 runs in Oregon (Hoodoo Over Easy and Bachelor Leeway and Wynoga Way to White Bark are the other 3). Whopee should be a blue (final pic) I hate my anxiety (triggered during Whopee) I'm in the hospital for a friend now as he crashed during my last run. At least Meadows has one on site that has our needs (stitches). 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Ended up with a 65/39 spread here. Blue skies with scattered cumulus, then more high clouds moving in later in the afternoon. Beautiful day.

NW wind has picked up a bit this early evening. Down to 59 currently.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Got a nice walk in at the Washougal waterfront this afternoon. Temps were around 63-64 there. Cottonwoods by the Columbia are starting to leaf out now, pretty much on time.

 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

[Deweydog]

SUNSET ALERT

[Cascadia_Wx]

Gorgeous sunset from Rocky Butte. Was a little chilly on top with the breeze and temps in the mid 50s.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Really gorgeous sunset from mt bachelor's webcam, I'm sure everyone in the willamette valley got quite the sunset too , because most of the upper clouds were that way. 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

3 hours ago, Tanis Leach said:

Today's Meadows day (#2)

Firm to start, then softened up nicely. 

First time up Vista today, and in my top 4 runs in Oregon (Hoodoo Over Easy and Bachelor Leeway and Wynoga Way to White Bark are the other 3). Whopee should be a blue (final pic) I hate my anxiety (triggered during Whopee) I'm in the hospital for a friend now as he crashed during my last run. At least Meadows has one on site that has our needs (stitches). 

Beautiful bluebird day, hope ya had fun! 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 hour ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

No text in that post. Cut straight to the morel of the story, in other words.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

I hope everyone had a great Holy Saturday! A high of 67 today at PDX. Highs should be around the same for Easter and then things warm up into the 70s Monday and Tuesday. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is near!  

[Cold Snap]

One of my friends from Arizona has come back to visit this weekend and we are out sitting by the fire pit and despite the fire pit being pretty warm and keeping me warm. He says that he is cold and he’s in a thick jacket and sweatpants and I’m in a sweatshirt and shorts and I was getting kinda hot so I turned the fire down and he said not to because he was cold. It is 39 degrees but I think it feels pretty nice out here right now especially by the fire pit.

[Meatyorologist]

7 hours ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Yum!

[Phil]

39 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

One of my friends from Arizona has come back to visit this weekend and we are out sitting by the fire pit and despite the fire pit being pretty warm and keeping me warm. He says that he is cold and he’s in a thick jacket and sweatpants and I’m in a sweatshirt and shorts and I was getting kinda hot so I turned the fire down and he said not to because he was cold. It is 39 degrees but I think it feels pretty nice out here right now especially by the fire pit.

Are you time traveling?  

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

14.9 currently with the sun rising which is probably the low of the day, 49/23 day yesterday.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Really frosty morning! Thats frost in the 2nd picture, not snow!

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

NWS blend for the eclipse, has trended worse for Missouri and Illinois. I've practically given up on Texas which is a real bummer.

[MossMan]

37 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

NWS blend for the eclipse, has trended worse for Missouri and Illinois. I've practically given up on Texas which is a real bummer.

The eclipse sure did pick the wrong time of the year to do its thing. 

[MossMan]

Frosty roof again. Low of 33. Currently 35. 
Happy Easter! 

[BLI snowman]

Classic spring crash coming on Wednesday.  Been awhile since we've seen a really dynamic spring with lots of warm up/cool down theatrics. Lately it's been stuck pattern followed by stuck pattern. 

[Doinko]

Nice morning, got all the way down to 36. Last warm stretch we had a 78/50 day so it's nice to see something more reasonable.

[Doinko]

11 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Classic spring crash coming on Wednesday.  Been awhile since we've seen a really dynamic spring with lots of warm up/cool down theatrics. Lately it's been stuck pattern followed by stuck pattern. 

Hopefully we can see more thunderstorm days this spring, here we've already have had two this year (Jan 24th and Mar 27th). There were some nice ones last year in May and September

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Cloudy this morning. 

[Deweydog]

Awfully dry out this morning for egg hunts but a traffic cam tour indicates MOST people are pressing on anyway. The resiliency of PNW’erners knows no bounds!

[TT-SEA]

10 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Awfully dry out this morning for egg hunts but a traffic cam tour indicates MOST people are pressing on anyway. The resiliency of PNW’erners knows no bounds!

It's horrible.  We desperately need it to never stop raining per climo.   No blessings today.