PNW February 2022 - Winters Last Stand

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

1.60” now. Think we will be breaking a daily rainfall record for February today.  It’s dumping out here on the peninsula. 2.5” in 24 hours in Tacoma and 53 degrees. 

SEA is at 1.77 inches for the day as of noon... and 4.12 inches for February.       About 12 times as much rain now as compared to the driest February ever in 1993.    

[Meatyorologist]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

That’s a pretty nice signal for it. I’m content with winter but can always go for more. 

Apparently Vancouver WA had a string of consecutive subfreezing highs once in mid-March... Maybe those conditions repeat themselves. No idea. But it's possible. We're at the right latitude. Just need to get the right airmass and the right mesoscale features. 2002 had the latter but not the former.

[Deweydog]

Main band has shifted north. All is right with the hand-wringing world.

[TacomaWaWx]

6 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

SEA is at 1.77 inches for the day as of noon... and 4.12 inches for February.       About 12 times as much rain now as compared to the driest February ever in 1993.    

Today is easily going to be the wettest day of the winter…and maybe even the wettest day since December 20th 2019.

[GHweatherChris]

16 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Today is easily going to be the wettest day of the winter…and maybe even the wettest day since December 20th 2019.

1/6 out this way would like to have a word with you.

[BLI snowman]

17 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Main band has shifted north. All is right with the hand-wringing world.

Summer is looking pretty serious again all of a sudden....

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, GHweatherChris said:

1/5-1/6 out this way would like to have a word with you.

Just 1.92” that day here. Easily going to go over 2” today. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, GHweatherChris said:

1/6 out this way would like to have a word with you.

1/6 out here also would like to speak with him.   

[Deweydog]

What’s everyone doing for the last day of meteor winter?

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

1/6 out here also would like to speak with him.   

I should’ve stated HERE lol. We haven’t gone over 2” for a day yet here this winter. 

[TacomaWaWx]

2 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

What’s everyone doing for the last day of meteor winter?

Working in a flooded crawlspace hanging insulation on heat lines. It’s a fun time. 

[MWG]

Currently 65F mostly cloudy and looks like we won't see rain till Wednesday.

 

[Prairiedog]

1.13" since midnight.  I'm about 25 miles SE of PDX.  Pretty quiet out right now.   Very heavy rain about two hours ago.  Picked up almost .8" of that total from 9am-11.  57f

[ShawniganLake]

28 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

What’s everyone doing for the last day of meteor winter?

At home with sick kids  

[Phishy Wx]

28 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

What’s everyone doing for the last day of meteor winter?

BBQing 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

29 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

What’s everyone doing for the last day of meteor winter?

Watching college basketball.

[ShawniganLake]

Only 0.3” here today. Storm total is 2.8” though, so not bad. 

[Requiem]

33 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

What’s everyone doing for the last day of meteor winter?

Homework 

[jcmcgaffey]

30 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Working in a flooded crawlspace hanging insulation on heat lines. It’s a fun time. 

You aren’t working at my place in Seattle are you:).  Currently have insulators under my flooded crawl space doing the same thing:)

[TacomaWaWx]

4 minutes ago, jcmcgaffey said:

You aren’t working at my place in Seattle are you:).  Currently have insulators under my flooded crawl space doing the same thing:)

Lol no I’m out in kitsap county. 

[The Blob]

48 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

What’s everyone doing for the last day of meteor winter?

Tending to my tomatoe plants

[MossMan]

1.00” on the day so far, 3.22” for the month, 10.40” for the year. 
46 and raining with heavy smoke mixed in to the point where it’s giving me a migraine. I think the tree farm just to my south is having a huge burn. Not a great day for it as it’s just hanging low and not moving. And here is my backyard snow pile situation! 

[MossMan]

55 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

What’s everyone doing for the last day of meteor winter?

Watching the last of my snow melt and breathing in heavy smoke from a big slash burn. So just getting geared up for summer! 

[FroYoBro]

I got water on me today. 

[MossMan]

It’s like August but with wet pavement! 

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, 1000'NorthBend said:

I think we'll beat it. I recorded 4.5" on 1/6/22 and we're already at 3.05" so far today. Should be an impressive 2-day total, adding in yesterday's 1.90". 

Serious question... are we getting close to 80 inches of rain in the beginning of September?     

Need more rain.   There is no way we are ready our 6 weeks of dry weather this summer.   

[TT-SEA]

Just now, MossMan said:

It’s like August but with wet pavement! 

We stopped for gas in Marysville on Saturday and the air smelled like a campfire and it was very hazy.    It was like that from Everett all the way to Mt. Vernon and seemed really strange but we had no idea about the source.    I am guessing it was the same thing.

[TT-SEA]

13 minutes ago, 1000'NorthBend said:

Approaching 84" of rain since September 1st, as follows:

09/2021: 8.21"
10/2021: 12.56"
11/2021: 23.25"
12/2021: 13.60"
01/2022: 15.86"
02/2022: 10.15"+

Wow!     Closing in on our annual average in just 6 months.    It is about as wet as it gets around here.

[TT-SEA]

SEA is 2.13 inches for the day now and just about 4.50 inches on the month.   Now at 120% of normal for February.

[Cascadia_Wx]

The whole region did just get done with about a month and a half of mostly dry weather during our wettest season important to keep context in mind 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

The whole region did just get done with about a month and a half of mostly dry weather during our wettest season important to keep context in mind 

Good point. Drove into Salem to pick up

some stuff for the baby and it’s monsoon like out there. Also I think Tim is in need of a Valium. I think he likes rain now!

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

The whole region did just get done with about a month and a half of mostly dry weather during our wettest season important to keep context in mind 

For most of western WA... that dry period did not even come close to wiping out the surplus for the water year.   SEA is getting close to the point now where it would not have to rain much between now and October 1st to still end up with a normal water year.  That is impressive. 

It really felt like a dry period was coming by early January because it had been so wet that it was not sustainable.  And of course we have offset that entire dry period statistically just since Saturday.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Good point. Drove into Salem to pick up

some stuff for the baby and it’s monsoon like out there. Also I think Tim is in need of a Valium. I think he likes rain now!

I really do love events like this one.     

[Cascadia_Wx]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Good point. Drove into Salem to pick up

some stuff for the baby and it’s monsoon like out there. Also I think Tim is in need of a Valium. I think he likes rain now!

Rain has tapered off here but looks like another shot moving in soon up to 57 degrees 

[TT-SEA]

[TT-SEA]

Temp has shot up to 55 in North Bend in the last hour after staying in the low to mid 40s for the past couple of days.

[MWG]

Leaving February with a bang 72F at the moment. 

[Blizzard777]

54*

Rain rates fluctuating between 13—28 today. Total for today this far is 2.10 with storm total now at 3.48 (start of precipitation according to weather machine….2/26 at 3:21).

Pump under house is busy!!! 

[TT-SEA]

This is awesome... wish we could do this every month.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1.96” today . Our average February rainfall is 9” though. We won’t be close this year.