February 2014 in the PNW

[whitechristmas]

Does this arctic talk next weekend involve PDX at all or are we out of the picture? Matt Z. at KGW said March would come in like a lamb. How gross is that?

[TheBigOne]

I'm curious too if there is going to be any seepage into Oregon or if it will just *hang* in Washington.   I hope the Oregon weather dome isn't repaired.

[TheBigOne]

Let's see what this band can do! And next weekend is getting more support which is great! Cold air looks good, We just need mostuire too work with

Have you had any snow days this winter with all this snow?

[Weather101]

Have you had any snow days this winter with all this snow?

December I did. Had 7.5 inches so just stayed home lol! If it snows tonight like it's about too and it gets bad I might again but depends on how much falls from now till the morning

[bainbridgekid]

After getting very light drizzly sleet for the last several hours the flakes have started flying again here with solid light snow.

[Weather101]

After getting very light drizzly sleet for the last several hours the flakes have started flying again here with solid light snow.

I might stay awake for this.. The band extends way out into the ocean.. If it lifts north a bit I could be in for some good snow

[bainbridgekid]

I might stay awake for this.. The band extends way out into the ocean.. If it lifts north a bit I could be in for some good snow

Just went out and cleared a bunch of spots on the car and I'm fully expecting to pick up another inch or two.

 

Snow is picking up here and that batch North of Victoria looks like it means business.

 

Hearing lots of branches cracking.

[Weather101]

Just went out and cleared a bunch of spots on the car and I'm fully expecting to pick up another inch or two.

 

Snow is picking up here and that batch North of Victoria looks like it means business.

 

Hearing lots of branches cracking.

More then a inch I would say!! And yeah wow this looks good! Could last for awhile

 

The band behind pushing in off the water looks like it could drop a lot of snow. Wow

[bainbridgekid]

Winter Storm Warning extended till 4PM tomorrow for 3-5 more inches for Whatcom County

 

Wow.

 

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=WAZ503&warncounty=WAC073&firewxzone=WAZ653&local_place1=&product1=Winter+Storm+Warning#.UwskOktX_Wx

 

Light-moderate snow here with 1/3" new in the last half hour or so.

[Radarwatcher]

Snow starting to fall again in Vancouver. Big returns on the radar. Cold and dew points have stayed the same... Here we go again...

[BLI snowman]

Snow has stopped and there's a mix of sleet and rain here, mostly rain. Hard to tell if it's freezing or not, appears we're at 32 now so we're avoiding any ice accumulation.

[westcoastexpat]

Vancouver area has done really well with this event. About 4-6" for areas along the water and 8-12" at higher elevations. The Canadian model really nailed this event.

 

How has Bellingham done?

[Skagit Weather]

Still 33F here, but all rain. I think I will be optimistic and say I picked up another .25" over night, but it is very hard to tell.

[Brennan]

Vancouver area has done really well with this event. About 4-6" for areas along the water and 8-12" at higher elevations. The Canadian model really nailed this event.

 

How has Bellingham done?

If you would take the time to read a few pages back you’d see updates and totals from some of your Bellingham residents. Most places in Bellingham got between 8-12 inches with some reports exceeding that out in the county. 

 

It’s 30.6*F with sleet/freezing rain and wind beating the hell out of our north facing windows. 

[Brennan]

NWS is VERY dumb in Seattle in how they handle NW interior forecasts.... Especially ZONE. They completely under forecasted snow for Whatcom County most of the week, and now they extend the WSW until this afternoon with another 3-5” of snow. It’s 7:20AM and there’s freezing rain and sleet, NOT snow. 0” of new snow since they reissued the WSW, and that won’t change. 

[Jesse]

Woke up to 38 degrees with a stiff east wind. It was in the mid-upper 40s and drizzling when I went to bed. The "continental seepage" through the Gorge is beginning.

[Jesse]

Next weekend is loaded with potential. Hopefully the 12z ensembles are a tad better than the 06z.

[Tyler Mode]

Ya, I don't remember seeing so many isobars, especially into Montana.  That's pretty insane, especially given the time of the year.

Next weekend is loaded with potential. Hopefully the 12z ensembles are a tad better than the 06z.

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

This is pretty grand...

 

[HighlandExperience]

This is pretty grand...

 

 

 

 

That was posted earlier. Looks nice, however after this last event, don't want to get my hopes up to much. It will be interesting to see what later runs of GEM and EURO show.

[TT-SEA]

Interesting blurb from KOMO:

 

Seattle has had 16 consecutive days of rain through Sunday with No. 17 likely -- although as of 7 a.m., it had been raining for eight consecutive hours in the city but had yet to rain hard enough to measure the minimum 0.01 inches to count as an official rainy day. The record for consecutive days with rain is 33 set in 1953. If we get measurable rain on Tuesday, 18 days would move us into a 4 way tie for 10th-longest streak.

 

Time for some drier weather!      Better get going... we are home Wednesday.  

[westcoastexpat]

If you would take the time to read a few pages back you’d see updates and totals from some of your Bellingham residents. Most places in Bellingham got between 8-12 inches with some reports exceeding that out in the county. 

 

It’s 30.6*F with sleet/freezing rain and wind beating the hell out of our north facing windows. 

 

Is it really necessary to say the bolded section? So much attitude, wow.

 

I did see a few pages back, but it's the next morning and radar returns looked very good in Bellingham, so places where it was falling as snow should have picked up quite a bit since those posts a "few pages back." 

[HighlandExperience]

Interesting blurb from KOMO:

 

Seattle has had 16 consecutive days of rain through Sunday with No. 17 likely -- although as of 7 a.m., it had been raining for eight consecutive hours in the city but had yet to rain hard enough to measure the minimum 0.01 inches to count as an official rainy day. .  

 

I guess mother nature is keeping score of all those dry days we had for weeks at a time.

[TT-SEA]

I guess mother nature is keeping score of all those dry days we had for weeks at a time.

 

Yep... it has to balance out at some point.    Looking at the mountains now you would thinks its been an incredible winter... when in fact we made up for all that dry weather in just 10 days.   

[Guest Monty67]

3 inches of new snow here since midnight. 30f and snowing steady. Total depth is probably 12-13" now. Since EC ended their snowfall warning yesterday evening it has snowed 5" here. They just re issued it for amounts up to 6" today. ......... A little late I would say.

[HighlandExperience]

Yep... it has to balance out at some point.    Looking at the mountains now you would thinks its been an incredible winter when in fact we made up for all that dry weather in just 10 days.   

 

Ya it is crazy. While you were gone, Snoqualmie pass closed a couple of times. This has been the best skiing all season. I expect March to be a block buster for skiing and boarding.

[Parksvillewx]

Woke up to heavy snow falling and about 3" on the ground.  I'm glad Im getting something out of this.

[TT-SEA]

Ya it is crazy. While you were gone, Snoqualmie pass closed a couple of times. This has been the best skiing all season. I expect March to be a block buster for skiing and boarding.

I told my wife when it was so nice in November when we originally planned to go that February will now end up being a good time to be gone.

[Weather101]

32F and snowing picked up another inch!!

 

Snowfall warning up here.

2-6 inches more expected today now!

[Canadian guy]

Very frustrating weekend here in Victoria at sea level. It basically snowed all Saturday and Sunday with nothing more than a trace to show for it.  I woke up this morning to finally see at least an inch.  Elevation was key in this event around this area.   

[Weather101]

Very frustrating weekend here in Victoria at sea level. It basically snowed all Saturday and Sunday with nothing more than a trace to show for it. I woke up this morning to finally see at least an inch. Elevation was key in this event around this area.

Sea level here in Vancouver BC all together so far 7 inches

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

This could end up being the best snow fall up north in over ten years. Awesome.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

This could end up being the best snow fall up north in over ten years. Awesome.

The Seattle area will get hit sooner or later.

[HighlandExperience]

The Seattle area will get hit sooner or later.

 

 WRF shows it getting chilly again by Saturday at least. Will see...

[westcoastexpat]

This could end up being the best snow fall up north in over ten years. Awesome.

 

I'm not sure about that. December 2008 didn't have the discrepancy across the region. Even within the north, if you're close to sea level you don't have any snow at all. In '08 pretty much everyone in metro Vancouver had 12" fall

[BLI snowman]

NWS is VERY dumb in Seattle in how they handle NW interior forecasts.... Especially ZONE. They completely under forecasted snow for Whatcom County most of the week, and now they extend the WSW until this afternoon with another 3-5” of snow. It’s 7:20AM and there’s freezing rain and sleet, NOT snow. 0” of new snow since they reissued the WSW, and that won’t change. 

 

Yeah, kiss of death right there. Hard to believe they didn't see the PL/ZR transition occurring, soundings showed it being a pretty good possibility.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

 WRF shows it getting chilly again by Saturday at least. Will see...

I have a very good feeling we will get hit in march.

[Jesse]

12z backed off a lot on the cold next weekend compared to the 00z. Let the roller coaster begin.

 

I will be near Long Beach next weekend helping the Washington Trails Association build a new board walk. Could be a decent setup for snowfall out that way if things trend colder again.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Yeah, kiss of death right there. Hard to believe they didn't see the PL/ZR transition occurring, soundings showed it being a pretty good possibility.

It just seems like the NWS have lost there touch. I think a lot of the same people still work there also. The discussions used to be very good and now they are lame.

[Jesse]

Down to 37 out here, DP 34. Temp has been dropping all morning. The air east of the cascades is progged to be at it's coldest tonight into tomorrow. Will be interesting to see what kind of precip type we get overnight.