PNW February 2022 - Winters Last Stand

[jakerepp]

All of you getting snow right now

[Cascadia_Wx]

Some cruel irony to the fact that a decent shower actually held together and crossed the entire Portland metro area this evening but was a mix at best below 500’

[FroYoBro]

Looks like continental air is finally making it to Pendleton. DP dropping with N winds. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

Anddddddd, we have lift off!!!

[Chewbacca Defense]

2 minutes ago, jakerepp said:

All of you getting snow right now

LOL!  I'm guessing you are in the screw zone.  These events are hard for me up in Bellingham, I just have to keep reminding myself that there have been times where we get the goods and every one else....well except @MossMan ...is in the screw zone.  He is NEVER in the screw zone.  If I could swing it I would definitely be actively trying to become his neighbor!

 

Down to 26.6/DP 9.6

[Blizzard777]

4Runner getting its first snowflakes

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, Jginmartini said:

4Runner getting its first snowflakes

Hasn’t really got going here yet but radars looking really promising.

[TacomaWaWx]

Tonight’s set up is really bizarre. But looks like more people than expected are scoring out of it. 

[LowerGarfield]

5 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

LOL!  I'm guessing you are in the screw zone.  These events are hard for me up in Bellingham, I just have to keep reminding myself that there have been times where we get the goods and every one else....well except @MossMan ...is in the screw zone.  He is NEVER in the screw zone.  If I could swing it I would definitely be actively trying to become his neighbor!

 

Down to 26.6/DP 9.6

Heck I moved FROM Stanwood so I know how you feel. Although south Camano was the big winner this am. I'd rather not live on SC though because it's an hour just to get to I-5 and you lose power every time a light breeze ripples.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Hasn’t really got going here yet but radars looking really promising.

Getting closer... here is I-5 and Hwy 18.

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Very pleased to be going into this with snow. That was the biggest concern. Also pleasantly surprised by the high of 35 today. The airmass isn't really THAT cold yet, and this time of year a couple of sunbreaks can easily pop us into the upper 30s on a day like this. 

[BLI snowman]

12 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Some cruel irony to the fact that a decent shower actually held together and crossed the entire Portland metro area this evening but was a mix at best below 500’

HRRR did a great job depicting that earlier today, right down to the precip type.

[Meatyorologist]

44 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Yeah... it seems to be related to moisture coming in from the east being enhanced by northerly flow through the Sound.     It was drying out well here this afternoon and then it just exploded.    Very unusual way to get snow with an arctic front.  

I've been puzzled all evening about the origin of this precip, but I think this is a good analysis. Moisture retrograding around the low to our east w/ low level convergent arctic outflow between cascade gap outflow and fraser northerlies. Extremely unusual! Sat and radar trying to get something done over the Seattle area now. Would be awesome to get some surprise flakes out of this, just like what the Euro showed. Honestly I thought it was a resolution fluke and that it would stay in the cascades. Not so!

[Weiner Warrior]

Tiny flakes in S Seattle confirmed in Street Light

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Getting closer... here is I-5 and Hwy 18.

 

Snowing at @Jginmartinis place so it’s not far from here 35 with a DP of 26 here. Just very weird to see decent bands of snow coming off the cascades moving SW. 

[Meatyorologist]

5 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Tonight’s set up is really bizarre. But looks like more people than expected are scoring out of it. 

Very bizzare.

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, Meatyorologist said:

I've been puzzled all evening about the origin of this precip, but I think this is a good analysis. Moisture retrograding around the low to our east w/ low level convergent arctic outflow between cascade gap outflow and fraser northerlies. Extremely unusual! Sat and radar trying to get something done over the Seattle area now. Would be awesome to get some surprise flakes out of this, just like what the Euro showed. Honestly I thought it was a resolution fluke and that it would stay in the cascades. Not so!

Jim’s probably going to end up with atleast an inch! Pretty interesting. 

[MossMan]

28.2 degrees. 

[Meatyorologist]

Just now, TacomaWaWx said:

Jim’s probably going to end up with atleast an inch! Pretty interesting. 

Tim will stay below freezing all day tomorrow with deep snowcover and Arctic reinforcement. Jim was borderline at best before his surprise snow, but now it's very possible he does too! Hopefully my area can get some in the coming few hours as the last bit of moisture rotates around the area.

[Meatyorologist]

As for Thursday's system, the westward trend on the GFS is very real and very significant. Caving to the Euro...again.... Could mean for more snow in the region if this trend continues. As @MR.SNOWMIZER said earlier, with Arctic air comes unexpected surprises; especially when liquid precip errors of 0.1" can mean an unexpected 0.5-2" of snowfall!

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, Meatyorologist said:

Tim will stay below freezing all day tomorrow with deep snowcover and Arctic reinforcement. Jim was borderline at best before his surprise snow, but now it's very possible he does too! Hopefully my area can get some in the coming few hours as the last bit of moisture rotates around the area.

Very surprised at how healthy the radar looks south of Seattle, normally you’d figure this type of set up would be pretty anemic. 

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Jim’s probably going to end up with atleast an inch! Pretty interesting. 

Looks like I'm over an inch now.  Nice surprise snowfall!

[The Winter Warlock]

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

Looks like I'm over an inch now.  Nice surprise snowfall!

Looks like the heaviest precip is NE of here over in federal way Des Moines area. 

[RentonHill]

Had 5 minutes of catching snow flakes with my son under the streetlight before bed. And that’s all I could ever ask for with this one. A+

[Deweydog]

Just now, RentonHillTC said:

Had 5 minutes of catching snow flakes with my son under the streetlight before bed. And that’s all I could ever ask for with this one. A+

Did you vacuum them up when you were done?

[RentonHill]

Just now, Deweydog said:

Did you vacuum them up when you were done?

Bruh UPS guy showed up and parked in front of our house. Wife and I were like ohhhh it’s time!!! And then he left after about 5 minutes. We got a message saying our package was damaged and delayed several days and sorry for the inconvenience. 

[SouthHillFrosty]

7 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Looks like the heaviest precip is NE of here over in federal way Des Moines area. 

Currently under that rn. Big flakes but sticking 

[Deweydog]

4 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

Bruh UPS guy showed up and parked in front of our house. Wife and I were like ohhhh it’s time!!! And then he left after about 5 minutes. We got a message saying our package was damaged and delayed several days and sorry for the inconvenience. 

That’s just plain mean. He knew exactly what he was doing.

[TacomaWaWx]

Winter weather advisory for some places in the EPSL. 

[Blizzard777]

23 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Hasn’t really got going here yet but radars looking really promising.

I’m just enjoying with drink in hand.  Streetlamp looks lovely tonight  

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, Jginmartini said:

I’m just enjoying with drink in hand.  Streetlamp looks lovely tonight  

Looked like theres some snow on the ground at the highway 18 I-5 junction in federal way. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

35F and cloudy. I doubt we get much colder than this.

[Geos]

Light snow in Woodinville and towards Snohomish.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Kind of a meh GFS run.

[TacomaWaWx]

Looks like a pretty good band of snow in the sea tac area too. Snowing there. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Classic March anafront in lala land. Nice to see. 

[SnowySeeker50]

Got a good dusting on cars and now back to flurries. Looks like most precipitation is northeast of me.

[jakerepp]

34.5.

KOMO radar showing a cell sliding down towards me, but it isn't picked up by UW radar. Hopefully we can squeeze a few flakes out before I go to sleep. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Down to 30 under mostly clear skies. Will be interesting to see how low we go by morning. Either way, probably an 11:59p low tomorrow. HRRR has dewpoints falling to around 10F here by 7am tomorrow, the 3K NAM has it closer to 0, not sure which one is usually more accurate as it is not something I typically follow. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Dewpoint now down to -1 at Spokane. 

 

[Geos]

Snowing hard enough in Bothell to stick on cars.

[seattleweatherguy]

I got snow in my area as well. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

27 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Kind of a meh GFS run.

Brings some good rains to Oregon before day 10 and there is a decent late season Arctic airmass moving though the Columbia basin and Gorge at hour 12 

[Skier B]

33 in Burien with moderate snow.  Solid dusting!

[TacomaWaWx]

Just light snow right now but definitely not flurries anymore. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GFS ensembles appear to be improved. 

[yellowstone]

Wow. That went from nothing to flurries to full on snow in North Seattle fast!  Light dusting on everything already. Nice surprise. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Because winter has been over for a while for folks below 1000' (Except Mossman and flurries notwithstanding.), it's never to early to look ahead. 

[MossMan]

27.8.