February 2021 PacNW Weather Discussion

[TT-SEA]

Shift south!   Too bad it's the jumpy 18Z run.  

[Requiem]

GFS looks good but it's just the GFS.

[Jesse]

1 minute ago, Snowdrift said:

It feels like January is a summer month these days.

Wish we could ever see a summer month that gloomy and rainy!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

14 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

I've come to appreciate dry cold and even run-of-the-mill chill a lot more after the past couple winters. Just having frost lying around and pretending it was a really light arctic front helps moods!

Totally agree. It has been almost non-existent the last two years. And really until early February 18-19 was a complete torch too. 

[RentonHill]

[TacomaWaWx]

Just a shift like 20 miles south maybe makes all the difference there. Don’t have as much faith in the gfs but maybe the euro will come in slightly south too. It’s not over for Portland! 

[mtep]

The little bit of snow that fell a bit ago was so dry that it caused that cool whispy snow dust effect on I5. Didn't accumulate anywhere though. 

[Cloud]

This is a wobbly f’er isn’t it? Models still have zero clue where it wants this thing to go.  

[Deweydog]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Shift south!   Too bad it's the jumpy 18Z run.  

Yeah, the GIF’s paint a nice picture.  Kudos for posting those Renton!

[Kolk1604]

4 minutes ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Yup I did! Sorry I was in a meeting. If we get on the northern side of the low, that would help

Has my attention. We'll see as we get closer. 

[BLI snowman]

48 hour clown range!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just now, mtep said:

The little bit of snow that fell a bit ago was so dry that it caused that cool whispy snow dust effect on I5. Didn't accumulate anywhere though. 

Didn't get anything here. Strictly a hills phenomenon.

Sun is finally out here. Temp 32˚F, DP 15˚F.

[Omegaraptor]

Second low is also farther south on GFS

[snow drift]

2 minutes ago, Jesse said:

Wish we could ever see a summer month that gloomy and rainy!

I have plenty of memories. July 1986 and July of 1993 were similar. You would have loved those two. As far as weather years go, I'll take 1985 for the win.

[RentonHill]

PDX

[MossMan]

I’m okay with this wobble as long as it doesn’t become too much of a southerly trend...Will most likely wobble (a fair amount) back north by showtime! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

18z

12z

[Deweydog]

Just your typical 48 hour snowstorm.

[mtep]

6 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Didn't get anything here. Strictly a hills phenomenon.

Sun is finally out here. Temp 32˚F, DP 15˚F.

Weird! I saw some tiny flakes at Winco about an hour ago, but it was definitely heavier as I got closer to home off the Samish exit. All gone now and it looks like it's shaping up to be a pretty day. 

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, hawkstwelve said:

Total snow through Friday PM...

And PDX'ers were saying there was no way it was going to shift south again, yet here we are.

 

Ugh that’s a terrible map! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 minute ago, hawkstwelve said:

Total snow through Friday PM...

And PDX'ers were saying there was no way it was going to shift south again, yet here we are.

 

I'm in the BLUE!

[RentonHill]

Just now, MossMan said:

I’m okay with this wobble as long as it doesn’t become too much of a southerly trend...Will most likely wobble (a fair amount) back north by showtime! 

It looks like PDX gains two inches for every inch we sacrifice north of Tacoma

[mtep]

3 minutes ago, Acer said:

I’ve never seen frost forecasted in a NWS graphic like this before.  Is this new or have I just missed it?

Just noticed that too and was wondering the same thing.

[Timmy Supercell]

4 minutes ago, Snowdrift said:

I have plenty of memories. July 1986 and July of 1993 were similar. You would have loved those two. As far as weather years go, I'll take 1985 for the win.

A nice compromise would be July 2016 again. The one minus I give that month is the complete absence of t'storms but totally solid weather. April and May blew their load with convection and that was probably a bad thing lol

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, MossMan said:

Ugh that’s a terrible map! 

Lol didn’t most of you guys up north score 12/21 and last winter? 

[Kolk1604]

7 am Saturday

[RentonHill]

Everyone does well by Saturday. 

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

96 hr ALERT

[Timmy]

i was almost hoping the 18z would continue the north trend so i could get some work done and not have my wife asking why i am glued to my phone.  but now i have another 8 hours of this at least.

[BLI snowman]

1 minute ago, hawkstwelve said:

Total snow through Friday PM...

And PDX'ers were saying there was no way it was going to shift south again, yet here we are.

 

 

18z GFS matters not, my friend. 18z Euro will likely hold its ground or shift slightly north. 00z runs will press this knife further.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Wow that is a massive winter storm on Saturday. Crazy snow totals and would be incredible icing in the WV. 

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, RentonHillTC said:

It looks like PDX gains two inches for every inch we sacrifice north of Tacoma

I’m feeling really good about my location at this point. Seems to be a really good place to be not too far north not too far south. 

[Kolk1604]

Just now, Kolk1604 said:

7 am Saturday

lol 6 hours later

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Lol didn’t most of you guys up north score 12/21 and last winter? 

I don’t care about the past when a hopefully snowy future is staring right at me! 

[Timmy]

1 minute ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

96 hr ALERT

can we all just put our preferences aside and lock this one in?

[mtep]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Lol didn’t most of you guys up north score 12/21 and last winter? 

We are a greedy bunch

[Kolk1604]

Also 1 pm Saturday. Looks like it's bringing cold air with it 

[TT-SEA]

PDX goes from about 4 inches on the 12Z run to almost 2 feet on the 18Z run through just Saturday morning!

I would actually pay money to make this happen for the Portland folks! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Snow line pushing south to northern Lane County. lol

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, MossMan said:

I don’t care about the past when a hopefully snowy future is staring right at me! 

I’m pretty sure you’ll score this weekend including Bellingham and southern BC. Probably just going to have to wait for the southerners to have a shot first.