February 2015 PNW Discussion

[DareDuck]

Just started snowing here in Bend. Beginning stick off the roadways. Hopefully wake up to 3-4 inches tomorrow.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just started snowing here in Bend. Beginning stick off the roadways. Hopefully wake up to 3-4 inches tomorrow.

 

Yeah my Dad just text me from Bend and said it was starting to snow. He's heading down to K-Falls tomorrow morning. Hopefully travel conditions are decent in the morning. Not sure why he didn't just go all the way to Klamtucky this afternoon. Old people...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

4 of the 18z ensembles are still below -10C for PDX

[DareDuck]

Yeah my Dad just text me from Bend and said it was starting to snow. He's heading down to K-Falls tomorrow morning. Hopefully travel conditions are decent in the morning. Not sure why he didn't just go all the way to Klamtucky this afternoon. Old people...

I wish him luck. I have to get up at 630 to take my girlfriend to work out in Tumalo. Not so concerned about the snow, but as temps drop the rain from earlier will freeze underneath.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/MT8_Portland_Oregon_USA_ens.png

[TT-SEA]

The next week looks very exciting!

[bainbridgekid]

The next week looks very exciting!

You're coming off like a d*** with all these posts like this, dude.

 

It's been a really, really boring Winter, so it's only natural that people would start tracking and analyzing when the first chance for colder and more active weather in a while showed up in the models inside day 7.

 

It's not like people have been posting ridiculously over-the-top analysis either. Seemed pretty level headed mainly along the lines of "the first mountain snow in a long time and the possibility of lowland snow if everything went right."

 

It's been obvious that things aren't "going right" for several days now and thus there have been barely any posts about it except for your continued posts about how boring the pattern will continue to be.

 

Just stop.

[richard mann]

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Here where I am more south, ….
 
— Central Northern Sierra more ridge-land front type foothills, stronger orographic challenges both West and South facing. i-5 north.jpg
 
.. From about 4:30pm or so through near to 8pm, we had some general instability set up type cumulus, darkening steadily, with gathering increasingly better:  first yielding some virga more still earlier on, before then showing first some, to then increasingly more lightning through to and then more after main sunset, all before finally yielding some amount of more decent strength semi-hail and rain, from maybe 7:30 to 9 pm. 
 
http://classic.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KCAPARAD2
 
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/weather/sat.shtml

[TT-SEA]

You're coming off like a d*** with all these posts like this, dude.

 

It's been a really, really boring Winter, so it's only natural that people would start tracking and analyzing when the first chance for colder and more active weather in a while showed up in the models inside day 7.

 

It's not like people have been posting ridiculously over-the-top analysis either. Seemed pretty level headed mainly along the lines of "the first mountain snow in a long time and the possibility of lowland snow if everything went right."

 

It's been obvious that things aren't "going right" for several days now and thus there have been barely any posts about it except for your continued posts about how boring the pattern will continue to be.

 

Just stop.

I am not even taking about that now... just the lack of anything zonal going into March.

[GHweatherChris]

I am not even taking about that now... just the lack of anything zonal going into March.

BB is right, you know what you are doing.

 

What does it feel like to be "That" guy, I always wondered about how the a******* in high school really felt.

[TT-SEA]

BB is right, you know what you are doing.

 

What does it feel like to be "That" guy, I always wondered about how the a******* in high school really felt.

I wanted something different in March. Active with lots of mountain snow. And then spring in April. This sucks right now.

[GHweatherChris]

I wanted something different in March. Active with lots of mountain snow. And then spring in April. This sucks right now.

We all do, but your posts the last few days reek of d*****.

[stuffradio]

Meteostar doesn't have what it takes to charge. They are postponing until May now.

[HighlandExperience]

Meteostar doesn't have what it takes to charge. They are postponing until May now.

Not enough people are interested in paying

[ShawniganLake]

Strong NE winds up in Whatcom county and the Fraser Valley this evening.  39 mph at Bellingham.  45mph at Abbotsford. 

[TT-SEA]

With strong north winds through the Sound... this area out here is calm.    Live view of North Bend even shows fog tucked in on the south side of Mt Si...

 

http://s16.postimg.org/ph3th20yd/nb40.png

[SilverFallsAndrew]

With the skies clearing I dropped down to 28 this morning. 

[DareDuck]

Woke up to about 4 inches in SW Bend, took advantage of the upslope flow. Redmond got nothing and NE Bend had an inch or two.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Woke up to about 4 inches in SW Bend, took advantage of the upslope flow. Redmond got nothing and NE Bend had an inch or two.

 

Looks like snow all the way down to K-Falls. I hope my Dad waits a couple hours before heading out.

[DareDuck]

Looks like snow all the way down to K-Falls. I hope my Dad waits a couple hours before heading out.

Roads weren't too bad, but I drove north towards Redmond where there is less snow. Could be a slow go heading south though.

[TT-SEA]

Woke up to about 4 inches in SW Bend, took advantage of the upslope flow. Redmond got nothing and NE Bend had an inch or two.

 

 

Pics?

[DareDuck]

Pics?

When I take the dog out to play in the snow I will.

[stuffradio]

It got down to at least 29 here. This is clearly Global warming.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just got a text from my Dad. He said 4" at his hotel in Bend. 

[TT-SEA]

Roads should clear up pretty fast with sunshine in Bend...

 

http://s8.postimg.org/du7e7fndx/bend.jpg

[Jesse]

First half of March is looking warm and ridgy.

 

I feel like I remember someone predicting that a week or so ago when the forum was being swept by the winds of change.

[Jesse]

PDX should make another run at 60 today.

[Sometimesdylan]

Looking colder up here for the first part of march... I feel like the potential is there for somebody.... but this winter has shown me that I'm kind of an unwavering optimist.

[Brennan]

NE winds ripped through here last night and are easing off a lot today. Not cold at all though.

[Brennan]

I think Mt Baker's 21 inch base at the end of February is the most ridiculous stat of all... and with absolutely no snow in the forecast over the next two weeks really, they might just have to shut down early and disregard any possibility or recovering late.

[HighlandExperience]

First half of March is looking warm and ridgy.

 

I feel like I remember someone predicting that a week or so ago when the forum was being swept by the winds of change.

Warm and ridgy is the new default.

[Skagit Weather]

I think Mt Baker's 21 inch base at the end of February is the most ridiculous stat of all... and with absolutely no snow in the forecast over the next two weeks really, they might just have to shut down early and disregard any possibility or recovering late.

 

Yeah, I know they are trying to stay open to keep their name alive, but I wonder if it would just be more economical to close down the few lifts they are operating.

[HighlandExperience]

Yeah, I know they are trying to stay open to keep their name alive, but I wonder if it would just be more economical to close down the few lifts they are operating.

I think they are hoping for a late March early April miracle

[DareDuck]

Why does my picture end up sideways even though I didn't take it that way? I tried turning it vertically on my phone, but it was still sideways here.

[richard mann]

Can you post it irrespective. ? .. I've got tools that can flip it.

 

— If you find that you can, send it to me via PM. And I'll send it back to you adjusted. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I'm up on table rock. Cold and 4 in of new snow

[Abbotsford_wx]

It got down to at least 29 here. This is clearly Global warming.

 

Clearly(?)

 

A bit of a non-sequiter, don't you think? It has been single digits at this time of year.

 

Sorry, I just don't get the point of these comments (you made a similar comment the other day). Either intended to spark debate or something else...

[Deweydog]

First half of March is looking warm and ridgy.

 

I feel like I remember someone predicting that a week or so ago when the forum was being swept by the winds of change.

 

Sometimes things defy logic and just work out!  Anything to help bridge the gap between when it can get fairly pleasant and when it should get fairly pleasant is AOK!  

 

You're a god D**n genius, Gump!  Your curmudgeony mojo is working!

[TT-SEA]

Sometimes things defy logic and just work out! Anything to help bridge the gap between when it can get fairly pleasant and when it should get fairly pleasant is AOK!

 

You're a god D**n genius, Gump! Your curmudgeony mojo is working!

I was thinking the exact same thing... bridging that gap.

[bainbridgekid]

I was thinking the exact same thing... bridging that gap.

Still hoping for a rainy March so we can get a better April/May?

 

I know you want snow in the Mountains, but this Winter certainly seems like an example of how "the other shoe must drop" theory of climate is largely BS.