February 2014 in the PNW

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I think we are about to witness a historical 2 days for some places. I don't give a **** if I get any snow or not. I like just watching this stuff unfold. Go Portland!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

12z nam much further north for weekend.

[Snow]

I just realized the WRF-GFS shows 6 to 13 inches just to 4pm this afternoon. Even more than that after 4pm! Could parts of PDX go over a foot?

[HighlandExperience]

12z nam much further north for weekend.

 

Ya the NAM says we will get something out of this. Just gotta be patient now

 

Unfortunately Vancouver BC still gets screwed mostly.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

-18 in Winthrop. -20 near republic wa.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

I ride and drag race atv's on the Oregon dunes all summer. I would love to see them snow covered. Crazy...

[Deweydog]

Definite flurry in progress here.  Mark the time!

[Snow]

OH MY GOD! Is this for real?

 

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/mm5rt/data/2014020612/images_d3/or_pcp24.24.0000.gif

[luterra]

Highways around Corvallis are looking like Minnesota roads this morning, with drifting snow and wind helping to keep the lanes open.  Everything cancelled except Linn-Benton Community College, where my partner happened to have a workshop today.  I'm currently parked at LBCC watching it snow.  Would say 2" so far.

[st0rmchaser]

I was pretty excited at the prospect of snow but hadn't planned on it all caking on one side of the house. D**n east winds.

[peregrinator]

OH MY GOD! Is this for real?

 

 

 

That's about 0.60" of QPF in Portland for today, which is slightly at the high end of the guidance right now (latest GFS, RGEM, GGEM, and ECMWF looked like 0.35-0.50) but not terribly unreasonable, I think.

[FroYoBro]

Highways around Corvallis are looking like Minnesota roads this morning, with drifting snow and wind helping to keep the lanes open.  Everything cancelled except Linn-Benton Community College, where my partner happened to have a workshop today.  I'm currently parked at LBCC watching it snow.  Would say 2" so far.

You guys are going to get hammered the next few days. Wouldn't be surprised to see a foot of snow for you by Saturday evening. 

[Timmy]

OH MY GOD! Is this for real?

 

 

Ok, I have to admit, I don't  know what the scale is on this map, and never have, "cin"?  is that hundredth of an inch?  

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

OH MY GOD! Is this for real?

 

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/mm5rt/data/2014020612/images_d3/or_pcp24.24.0000.gif

Everthing is real.

[Timmy]

just started to flurry here.

[luterra]

You guys are going to get hammered the next few days. Wouldn't be surprised to see a foot of snow for you by Saturday evening. 

We live at the end of a mile-long unplowed driveway.  Might actually need to chain up the Subaru...

[MossMan]

I think the spot with almost no chance of any snow is Bellingham right now.

 

It will be too warm for snow in MT Vernon north apparently! Currently 10 here, same as what Arlington is reporting. While it is 21 in Lynden, crazy!

[Snow]

Ok, I have to admit, I don't  know what the scale is on this map, and never have, "cin"?  is that hundredth of an inch?  

 

I thought it was centimeters.

[GobBluth]

That band is sticking right along the Columbia river - SW Washington may be the surprising winner...

[luterra]

I thought it was centimeters.

centi-inches, 0.01"

[FroYoBro]

Albany already is in full blown panic mode on the news. 

[Snow]

Albany already is in full blown panic mode on the news. 

 

Yeah that will be PDX this afternoon.

[luvssnow_spokane]

It will be too warm for snow in MT Vernon north apparently! Currently 10 here, same as what Arlington is reporting. While it is 21 in Lynden, crazy!

It was 17 at my house but I drove like 5 miles and it was 21 Sumner and in the Auburn valley area it is 25. Temps can really vary in this area as this is nothing new. Either way, it would all be snow for everyone if we could ever get some fricken moisture. 

[TT-SEA]

72 hour snowfall totals:

 

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/mm5rt/data/current_gfs/images_d2/snow72.72.0000.gif

[Alex_Snakes]

72 hour snowfall totals:

 

 

 

So... nothing for W WA on that run.

[TT-SEA]

12Z Canadian on board for another major snow event down in Oregon tomorrow afternoon and night.

 

This is Saturday at 4 a.m. (with precip totals from 4 p.m. tomorrow through 4 a.m. Saturday):

 

http://weather.gc.ca/data/model_forecast/colour_images/12_054_G1_north@america@zoomout_I_4PAN_CLASSIC@012_048.jpg

[TT-SEA]

Still dry on Sunday up here on the 12Z Canadian:

 

http://weather.gc.ca/data/model_forecast/colour_images/12_054_G1_north@america@zoomout_I_4PAN_CLASSIC@012_084.jpg

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Like I said, this could be a historical event unfolding for our friends to the south. I would bet money we get in on the fun sometime in the next few days.

[TT-SEA]

Like I said, this could be a historical event unfolding for our friends to the south. I would bet money we get in on the fun sometime in the next few days.

 

 

I don't think we get in on anything close to the fun they are going to be having down there.     

 

Interesting side note... SEA has been at 22 degrees with a dewpoint below zero with every single hourly reading since late yesterday evening.   

[HighlandExperience]

Like I said, this could be a historical event unfolding for our friends to the south. I would bet money we get in on the fun sometime in the next few days.

 

I am happy for our friends to the south, but it would be quite sad if we got nothing up here. I hope the NAM was not over doing the precip for us. Sitting on partly sunny skies in the buisness district of Seattle. Hard to believe that Portland is getting blasted while we bask in this nice Minnesota weather.

[luminen]

Exactly two months ago was Eugene's first day of snowfall. Interesting how they both occurred on the 6th of the month.

 

The flakes are pretty small here. Accumulation outside my window is 1-2" still...so not too much activity.

[Jesse]

15 degrees with blowing and drifting snow here.

 

I may not make it out of the teens today. With 4-6 inches of snow. Pretty much a dream come true.

[FroYoBro]

PDX down to 21 at 9 am. Definitely could see a high at 25 or below 

[Deweydog]

PDX down to 21 at 9 am. Definitely could see a high at 25 or below 

 

I was just looking at that and thinking that if they can get precip going, they may have trouble reaching 23 today.  That would be huge.  First sub 24 high since January 1996???  Stay tuned!

[Jesse]

I was just looking at that and thinking that if they can get precip going, they may have trouble reaching 23 today.  That would be huge.  First sub 24 high since January 1996???  Stay tuned!

 

I'm hoping they can pop into the teens sometime between now and midnight too.

[Jesse]

Looks like Clark County is actually the big winner so far. Snow band just to the north of PDX.

 

Maybe a half inch out here so far. Hard to tell with it blowing around so much.

[Deweydog]

I'm hoping they can pop into the teens sometime between now and midnight too.

 

I would imagine they will if the precip is as heavy as it should be, although they've already cooked off some of the wet bulb potential.  DP up to a sub-tropical 9 degrees.  

[Deweydog]

Looks like Clark County is actually the big winner so far. Snow band just to the north of PDX.

 

Maybe a half inch out here so far. Hard to tell with it blowing around so much.

 

We're right on the periphery of it.  Getting white and dusty here.  

[Jesse]

I would imagine they will if the precip is as heavy as it should be, although they've already cooked off some of the wet bulb potential. DP up to a sub-tropical 9 degrees.

There will be a continuous supply of cold and dry air coming out of the Gorge. I think it's possible. Precip just needs to get its act together. Too bad that snow band over Clark County isn't 10 miles further south.

[Deweydog]

There will be a continuous supply of cold and dry air coming out of the Gorge. I think it's possible. Precip just needs to get its act together. Too bad that snow band over Clark County isn't 10 miles further south.

 

I would imagine the band setting up shop where it is might have something to do with the gorge, but then again it extends well offshore.  Pretty goofy looking.