February 2026 Weather in the PNW

[Vince Vance]

5 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

I will never know that feeling in my entire life.

Could happen… December 1972 here in Cedar Hills just north of Beaverton we had 10 days straight of below zero highs. Only a few inches of snow but it stuck around for the duration. As good as it gets around this area.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

23 minutes ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

Hmm not sure what there is to be excited about below 1500’?

Mountains.

[umadbro]

25 minutes ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

Hmm not sure what there is to be excited about below 1500’?

It's still two weeks out.

 

February 

[Low Dew point]

10 hours ago, Edmonds Husky said:

False spring is over, six more weeks of winter. Just as Punxsutawney Phil predicted.

So we will see.  I have tulips up, The blueberry buds look plump, even the lavender is sprouting.  Keeping a close eye on the strawberry pots. I am a couple of weeks late with a final pruning the grapes, but I have been remiss. Neighbors grass is looking juicy, and the frogs are hornier than Ron Jeremy, to quote Sublime.  50/50 on whether I hope it's a false Spring.  Would love a good snow, but I'm ok if it keeps proceeding towards an early spring.  You might as well enjoy what you have been blessed with.

[Low Dew point]

6 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

I will never know that feeling in my entire life.

Go sneak in to the Costco freezer, strip down and cover yourself with rock salt.  Goal acheived!

[SeattleMarineLayerFan]

Everyone quit the forums just as the runs started getting good again. Sad.

Hopefully the activity picks up again by the end of week.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

2 minutes ago, SeattleMarineLayerFan said:

Everyone quit the forums just as the runs started getting good enough. Sad.

Hopefully the activity picks up again by the end of week.

Maybe people nope-ing out on what's been a historic dud so far will help our chances somehow?

[AndreSunshine]

7 hours ago, SeattleMarineLayerFan said:

Everyone quit the forums just as the runs started getting good again. Sad.

Hopefully the activity picks up again by the end of week.

What? The forecast models look boring. Progressive pattern with quick passing troughs with no real cold air to tap into. 

[MWG]

This week temps will be in the 60's while last year 

[Andstorm]

44 minutes ago, AndreSunshine said:

What? The forecast models look boring. Progressive pattern with quick passing troughs with no real cold air to tap into. 

I think the hope is that a tamped-down Pacific, coupled with the aftereffects of this week's polar vortex disruption, will give us a better setup for cold by the middle of the month. Also, the early forecasts for the PV show a much broader cold outbreak than the previous one, which didn't really touch the western half of the US. But I would agree that as of now, the forecast patterns favor cooler weather with snow levels fluctuating between 1500 and 3000 feet.   

[ShawniganLake]

Looks a bit like December with that ridge setting up way west around mid month. 
 

 

[MossMan]

It’s coming this time. 

[MossMan]

And we did…And a whole lot more by the time it all melted off in later March. 

[Lynnwoodweather]

6 minutes ago, MossMan said:

It’s coming this time. 

Still not falling for it.

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, Lynnwoodweather said:

Still not falling for it.

I am!

[Andstorm]

32 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Looks a bit like December with that ridge setting up way west around mid month. 
 

 

Yeah that ridge will have to move east if we're going to have any chance of action in the lowlands. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

29 minutes ago, MossMan said:

It’s coming this time. 

[AndreSunshine]

40 minutes ago, Andstorm said:

I think the hope is that a tamped-down Pacific, coupled with the aftereffects of this week's polar vortex disruption, will give us a better setup for cold by the middle of the month. Also, the early forecasts for the PV show a much broader cold outbreak than the previous one, which didn't really touch the western half of the US. But I would agree that as of now, the forecast patterns favor cooler weather with snow levels fluctuating between 1500 and 3000 feet.   

I mean, most of us would take this given the pathetic snow depth in the cascades.

[ShawniganLake]

Last year on February 3rd.   

 

[BLI snowman]

Likely a preview of what Ski Bowl's average winter will look like in the 2050s

 

 

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Last year on February 3rd.   

 

This was my memory! 

[MikeInEverett]

51 minutes ago, MossMan said:

It’s coming this time. 

I feel like we should have the odds on our side at least, it would be hard to believe having this much -PNA in one winter with absolutely nothing to show for it. Even a marginal 1-2" overnight kind of event would make me happy at this point.

[SouthHillFrosty]

What’s the high temp for today? Should Seatac hit 60? 

[Phishy Wx]

19 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Likely a preview of what Ski Bowl's average winter will look like in the 2050s

 

 

I heard they're considering moving their operations to South Carolina

[DeepFriedEgg]

35 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Likely a preview of what Ski Bowl's average winter will look like in the 2050s

 

 

Downright depressing up there my goodness. Any precedent for this?

[selkirks]

2 minutes ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

Downright depressing up there my goodness. Any precedent for this?

04-05, 14-15, and the first couple months of 23-24. 

[umadbro]

11 minutes ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

Downright depressing up there my goodness. Any precedent for this?

You genuinely think this is a first for the mountains?

[DeepFriedEgg]

3 minutes ago, umadbro said:

You genuinely think this is a first for the mountains?

No I just wanted to know the other times it’s been that bad this late. It’s probably more common than I was thinking lol. Skibowl vs timberline. I’m not a skier

Probably up there for a neutral/nina

[MossMan]

The roads were not too warm one year ago today. 

[fubario]

18 hours ago, Phil said:

Wavelengths and seasonality in spatiotemporal responses to external forcing are different in Feb than Dec. So it won’t be a repeat of Dec.

But it doesn’t look like much of an arctic setup either, the forcing for wave amplification has largely passed by the time this cycle of E-Hem forcing gets started.

There is no way you typed this word in the first time and didn't get the squiggly red line underneath it 

[BLI snowman]

40 minutes ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

Downright depressing up there my goodness. Any precedent for this?

1977 and 1981 were still slightly lower at this point in the Mt. Hood basin.

No chance of a May like 1977 happening again in the foreseeable future, unfortunately 

[MossMan]

18 hours ago, Phil said:

Wavelengths and seasonality in spatiotemporal responses to external forcing are different in Feb than Dec. So it won’t be a repeat of Dec.

But it doesn’t look like much of an arctic setup either, the forcing for wave amplification has largely passed by the time this cycle of E-Hem forcing gets started.

 

[ShawniganLake]

18 hours ago, Phil said:

Wavelengths and seasonality in spatiotemporal responses to external forcing are different in Feb than Dec. So it won’t be a repeat of Dec.

But it doesn’t look like much of an arctic setup either, the forcing for wave amplification has largely passed by the time this cycle of E-Hem forcing gets started.

 

17 minutes ago, fubario said:

There is no way you typed this word in the first time and didn't get the squiggly red line underneath it 

 

[ShawniganLake]

I’ll try to curb my enthusiasm 

 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

Looks familiar.

[Phishy Wx]

lol

[MossMan]

It’s coming. 

[Slushy Inch]

[Slushy Inch]

[ShawniganLake]

For January in BC.  Abbotsford was +2.9F.  Victoria was +1.6F.   Using 1991-2020 averages.