March 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Amazingly, this just happened:

Actual snow sticking on the ground in March! First time ever since moving to the West Coast.

Sun has since come out and melted it, of course. But it did momentarily stick.

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Looks like the 925 falls just after 1am when precip actually rolls in. 

There is just not much precip at all... but it does show some over King County early tomorrow morning.

 

[snow_wizard]

The 18z ECMWF has legit snow here early Saturday night and Sunday night.  I have little doubt anything that falls between 6z and 15z this weekend and early next week will be snow.  Just have to wait and see if precip actually falls in that time frame.

[TT-SEA]

The Monday system just zips through Oregon on the 18Z ECMWF.     Seems to be the default lately.  

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

The 18z ECMWF has legit snow here early Saturday night and Sunday night.  I have little doubt anything that falls between 6z and 15z this weekend and early next week will be snow.  Just have to wait and see if precip actually falls in that time frame.

About half of that falls between 1-7 p.m. tomorrow with a strong south wind and 925 temps around 0C.    I am skeptical about that.

[CliffMassYelledAtMe]

Snapped this photo this morning of PooPoo Point in Issaquah. Thought it was interesting that the snowline was higher on the ridges than on the lower spots. There was this wave effect across the mountains there on both sides of the valley. Not sure what would cause it but super fascinating. Figure it's some kind of cold sink, but wasn't quite sure of the dynamics behind vertical cold damning or whatever over such a small scale. It really shows how fine the line between accumulating snow and cold rain is right now.

[snow_wizard]

ECMWF is way too far south with the system early next week for Seattle.  The consolation prize is it pulls some good north winds down Puget Sound and probably some Canadian air.

[snow_wizard]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

About half of that falls between 1-7 p.m. tomorrow with a strong south wind and 925 temps around 0C.    I am skeptical about that.

The Sunday night one is totally legit.  That looks like our best shot.

[TT-SEA]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

The Sunday night one is totally legit.  That looks like our best shot.

Agreed.  

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 hours ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Currently raining with occasional flakes here at 600+ feet. 

Went for a walk up the ridge behind my house. Encountered heavy snow falling around 1500-1600 feet of elevation. Probably about 12 inches of new snow right around 1900 feet. 

SnowHasArrived

[MWG]

Breezy

[snow_wizard]

The inch of snow the ECMWF shows tonight could happen.  It comes at the coldest possible time and the airmass looks cold enough.  I'm just skeptical of the moisture on that one.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

6 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Agreed.  

Kuchera for that time frame (cm):

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, MWG said:

Breezy

50?  Eeeew!

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Kuchera for that time frame (cm):

That's the NAM.  We were talking about the ECMWF.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

The inch of snow the ECMWF shows tonight could happen.  It comes at the coldest possible time and the airmass looks cold enough.  I'm just skeptical of the moisture on that one.

NAM 3km shows something, too.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

That's the NAM.  We were talking about the ECMWF.

Less terrain bleed on the NAM 3km. I find it useful as a sanity check on the Euro's snow maps when temps are marginal.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Alpine meadows near Lake Tahoe had a gust of 171 mph with sustained 124! 8600ft ridge. Wow that is cat 5

[Snownerd3000]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Alpine meadows near Lake Tahoe had a gust of 171 mph with sustained 124! 8600ft ridge. Wow that is cat 5

That's what I'm talking about. 

[SnowWillarrive]

7 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The inch of snow the ECMWF shows tonight could happen.  It comes at the coldest possible time and the airmass looks cold enough.  I'm just skeptical of the moisture on that one.

For once I’d like to be surprised. I just don’t trust the Euro anymore this season. 

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Kuchera for that time frame (cm):

We were actually talking about the Sunday night period being the best chance.    That map ends at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

[TT-SEA]

9 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

The inch of snow the ECMWF shows tonight could happen.  It comes at the coldest possible time and the airmass looks cold enough.  I'm just skeptical of the moisture on that one.

You mean early tomorrow morning?   

[Hawksfan2008]

Lots of uncertainty still with the Monday system. 

[Meatyorologist]

Not a single weather model has the current low under handle. Some are too strong, some too weak. Most are behind in timing by a few hours. Nowcast kind of night ahead (though I don't think there is any alternative during marginal setups.)

[Cold Snap]

Low of 33 here this morning. Just missed out on a freeze. Had a high of 42.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

37 for a high and 32 low, currently 34. Solid winter day and about 16 degrees below normal high

[MWG]

37 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

50?  Eeeew!

We actually ended today with 52F 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

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[Port Angeles Foothiller]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

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[MR.SNOWMIZER]

1 minute ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

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I bought 50 coins in 2015 for 20k. Still have 43 coins. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Wow looks like some warm air moved into Andrew's area, silver creek falls is 36 degrees at 1700ft

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Got some clearing here and temp is dropping fast. 32.1 degrees. 

[DeepFriedEgg]

17 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

I bought 50 coins in 2015 for 20k. Still have 43 coins. 

Millionaire!

[the_convergence_zone]

1 hour ago, CliffMassYelledAtMe said:

Snapped this photo this morning of PooPoo Point in Issaquah. Thought it was interesting that the snowline was higher on the ridges than on the lower spots. There was this wave effect across the mountains there on both sides of the valley. Not sure what would cause it but super fascinating. Figure it's some kind of cold sink, but wasn't quite sure of the dynamics behind vertical cold damning or whatever over such a small scale. It really shows how fine the line between accumulating snow and cold rain is right now.

Tiger Mountain has crazy microclimates. The snow level always seems to be lower on the east side and in some of the interior low spots. The west side never gets as much snow. If you’re hiking it you’ll always find more snow on the Preston trail behind Tiger 1 than elsewhere despite the elevation being the same or lower there than some of the other spots. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

3 minutes ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

Millionaire!

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[DeepFriedEgg]

4 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

TAXES!

Good ol' uncle sam

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, the_convergence_zone said:

Tiger Mountain has crazy microclimates. The snow level always seems to be lower on the east side and in some of the interior low spots. The west side never gets as much snow. If you’re hiking it you’ll always find more snow on the Preston trail behind Tiger 1 than elsewhere despite the elevation being the same or lower there than some of the other spots. 

You sound like a complete outsider who knows nothing about this region and climate and should move away.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

You sound like a complete outsider who knows nothing about this region and climate and should move away.

Why would you say that??

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Why would you say that??

He said he was looking forward to spring and moving the clocks ahead and someone said maybe he should move.    No idea why they would say that. 

[TT-SEA]

The NAM just does not like King County.