February 2014 in the PNW

[TT-SEA]

It's regrettably hard to measure snow when it comes in sideways all day. If I knew how to upload a video to this site from my iPhone, I'd show a 10-second clip of the blizzard conditions we had to endure in Battle Ground much of Thursday. As the precip enters a lull, I'd go with 6" of snow (estimated) with a high temp of 20F (not estimated).

 

Copy it to your computer... then upload to youtube.

[Snow]

OOZ NAM Saturday 4am will not back off.

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nam/00/nam_namer_036_10m_wnd_precip_l.gif

[Weather101]

What a boring week and weekend for us up here...

[Perturbed Member]

00NAM seems a bit heavier with precip on the next system but trended slightly south. I don't care much about the NAM though. Will wait for GFS and Euro, especially Euro. 00z RPM as well. RPM did reasonably well with today's system. 

[Skagit Weather]

I am not seeing any pictures!!! They are the only way it looks like I will be able to get my snow fix or my cold fix. Another day above freezing as Skagit County was basically the only county in the state above freezing today. I guess just north enough to escape the clouds and south enough to stay out of the Fraser outflow. My only hope is for possibly some snow with the transition on Monday, but it looks like that is a long shot. No subfreezing highs for the event and it looks like with clouds tonight I will not get a low below 19F. Obviously this winter did not favor NW WA unless we get another arctic blast which seems very unlikely. Portland has been screwed so many times that it is great to see them get buried with snow.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The NAM bullseye's my location. 850mb temps stay below freezing and that low just stays to the SW throwing up moisture!

[epiceast]

Snow at Snoqualamie pass, and radar filling in over seattle metro area. Half an inch here we go?

[TT-SEA]

Snow at Snoqualamie pass, and radar filling in over seattle metro area. Half an inch here we go?

 

I saw the Cascades getting a little hazy before dark.

 

I just checked... absolutely nothing falling here.   

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

It looks like the 00z nam gives us some snow sat night sunday morning. Still offshore flow, 850's around -5 or 6.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

A few flakes in the air here again at work.

[HighlandExperience]

Snow at Snoqualamie pass, and radar filling in over seattle metro area. Half an inch here we go?

 

time for our 15 mins of fame

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Some brief clearing here. Temp has dipped to 16.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Some brief clearing here. Temp has dipped to 16.

How much you have?

[Skagit Weather]

Pretty amazing time-lapse I found on the Fox 12 website. I agree that it almost does look like it could be somewhere in the Midwest with the dry blowing snow.

 

http://www.kptv.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9813500

[Snowman5678]

Saw an insane 2 snowflakes in downtown Redmond this afternoon. 25 for a high here after a low of 9.

[TT-SEA]

I saw another flake when I turned on the outside light!!  

 

Floating lightly to the ground.

 

Told my son to get out there and play in it.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

How much you have?

 

Only 2.5" today. I was between the heavy southern and northern bands. 5" total on the ground though because I got some on Tuesday heading into this cold air.

[TT-SEA]

Pretty amazing time-lapse I found on the Fox 12 website. I agree that it almost does look like it could be somewhere in the Midwest with the dry blowing snow.

 

http://www.kptv.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9813500

 

I kept thinking there was going to be a crash at any second.    I realize it was sped up... but that is a lot of lane changing in bad conditions!  

[epiceast]

Did the our low already turn into a wave? I don't understand why precip is lifting North and not East at all.

[snow maniac]

starting to see a few snowflakes now. very light

[TT-SEA]

Did the our low already turn into a wave? I don't understand why precip is lifting North and not East at all.

 

Run the ECMWF precip loop... its all there.

 

Also... watch this loop if you want to know what will be happening tonight.

 

http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/HRRR/jsloopLocalDiskDateDomainZip.cgi?dsKeys=hrrr_jet:&runTime=2014020700&plotName=1ref_t1sfc&fcstInc=60&numFcsts=16&model=hrrr&ptitle=HRRR%20Model%20Fields%20-%20Experimental&maxFcstLen=15&fcstStrLen=-1&resizePlot=1&domain=t1

[Skagit Weather]

I kept thinking there was going to be a crash at any second.    I realize it was sped up... but that is a lot of lane changing in bad conditions!  

Yeah, pretty dangerous conditions as the 15 car fatal crash earlier illustrated. You know, I was just looking at the stats for the board and you have posted 106 times today which makes up almost 13% of all the posts on here. Not complaining or even meant to be negative. I was just amazed that you were able to post that many times and how quickly they have been buried by the other twenty pages today.

 

Edit: Sorry, 107 times

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Larger flakes here now.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

EUG reporting freezing rain and 23.

 

SLE down to 21 with Lgt Snow.

[HighlandExperience]

Larger flakes here now.

 

Surprised nothing is falling here. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

If skies clear late tonight it is going to get COLD.

[epiceast]

Run the ECMWF precip loop... its all there.

 

Also... watch this loop if you want to know what will be happening tonight.

 

http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/HRRR/jsloopLocalDiskDateDomainZip.cgi?dsKeys=hrrr_jet:&runTime=2014020700&plotName=1ref_t1sfc&fcstInc=60&numFcsts=16&model=hrrr&ptitle=HRRR%20Model%20Fields%20-%20Experimental&maxFcstLen=15&fcstStrLen=-1&resizePlot=1&domain=t1

Doesn't look right at all for Eastern WA. The baroclinic band over there has gotten almost as strong as it was over Vancouver this morning.

http://images.wsdot.wa.gov/sc/082VC03475.jpg

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Doesn't look right at all for Eastern WA. The baroclinic band over there has gotten almost as strong as it was over Vancouver this morning.

Are you back in eastern Wa?

[TT-SEA]

Yeah, pretty dangerous conditions as the 15 car fatal crash earlier illustrated. You know, I was just looking at the stats for the board and you have posted 106 times today which makes up almost 13% of all the posts on here. Not complaining or even meant to be negative. I was just amazed that you were able to post that many times and how quickly they have been buried by the other twenty pages today.

 

Edit: Sorry, 107 times

 

 

It was a fun event to follow.    I was testing software today... working from home.    Need breaks to keep me entertained but still working now.     Lots of breaks today with the weather being so active.  

[epiceast]

Are you back in eastern Wa?

No i'm still living in Seattle. I have a couple more quarters of school left and I don't know where I'm moving after that.

[luvssnow_spokane]

I am glad to report light snow is falling here in Bonney lake.

[GHweatherChris]

Well I am glad to report that its down to 21 here, mostly clear sky and not one flake, whoopty doo.

 

However, I threw some water on our driveway around 6 and its frozen solid already, my daughter is ice skating with her my little ponies now.  

 

Had to get creative.

[HighlandExperience]

I am glad to report light snow is falling here in Bonney lake.

 

Very light snow falling here. I guess I will have to take it. 

[TT-SEA]

Well I am glad to report that its down to 21 here, mostly clear sky and not one flake, whoopty doo.

 

However, I threw some water on our driveway around 6 and its frozen solid already, my daughter is ice skating with her my little ponies now.  

 

Had to get creative.

 

 

That is funny.

[GHweatherChris]

That is funny.

Dire situation called for dire measures.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Well I am glad to report that its down to 21 here, mostly clear sky and not one flake, whoopty doo.

 

However, I threw some water on our driveway around 6 and its frozen solid already, my daughter is ice skating with her my little ponies now.  

 

Had to get creative.

That reminds me of when I was a kid me and my brother would pour water where the mail lady stopped on our hill so we could watch here peel out.

[epiceast]

GFS is running. Better trend north & deeper

[GHweatherChris]

That reminds me of when I was a kid me and my brother would pour water where the mail lady stopped on our hill so we could watch here peel out.

I am still holding out hope for tomorrow night for an inch or two, if the 00z GFS shows something tonight like the 18z did and the Euro can somehow show something then we may be in business.

 

I will say though, the Euro showed 1/2-1 inch for here tonight and the radar echoes have not been anywhere near me and its mostly clear out.  So I am not so sure how confident I am with any model for tomorrows situation.

[TT-SEA]

Dewey has 67 posts today!   You know it was a good weather day when that happens.  

[GHweatherChris]

Dewey has 67 posts today!   You know it was a good weather day when that happens.  

Yea, but you have 782 total and most are for no reason. LOL  

Sorry Tim.

Couldn't resist!