PNW February 2022 - Winters Last Stand

[TacomaWaWx]

3 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Michael Snyder gave Lake Goodwin a mention! 

 

Pretty cool that some people got a decent snow event out of this. Very localized but cool event. 

[Deweydog]

NWS with another interesting take on overnight lows. Has PDX down to 26 tomorrow morning.

[TT-SEA]

There is some activity moving in from the east now as the ECMWF showed.      Hard to tell how significant it is because the SEA radar is down... of course.     Just had some light rain falling while the sun was shining.  

[TT-SEA]

35 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Snow and pollen! When I was inspecting the top of my truck to make sure the carport support did not damage anything when the metal support bent down and broke. No damage but I have pollen accumulation since this morning! 

That snow is not going anywhere now for a few days... and might get a boost on Thursday morning per the ECMWF.

[The Blob]

Snow!!!!

[TT-SEA]

Watching the satellite loop it appears the activity out here is related to the northerly wind and outflow interacting with easterly flow around a weak low over eastern WA.

[MossMan]

Been a lot of February 21st’s that have featured at least some snow on the ground the last several years. And then the year it was in the upper 70’s far from here! 
Currently 38.8 with a DP of 35. 
.53” of snowmelt so far on the day. 
Bottom pic is current as of 2:40pm. 

[TacomaWaWx]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Watching the satellite loop it appears the activity out here is related to the northerly wind and outflow interacting with easterly flow around a weak low over eastern WA.

Wouldn’t be surprised if some places south of Seattle saw some precip drop from NE to SW sometime later today like the euro showed. 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, Dan the Weatherman said:

Do you think the West is going to continue to be as dry as it has been over the last 1 1/2 months, or do you think there will be more storminess and a chance of wetter conditions even into part of California?

I don’t know. But there’s nothing to indicate a stormy pattern will develop in the SW anytime soon. And the seasonal clock is ticking.

[RentonHill]

12 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

There is some activity moving in from the east now as the ECMWF showed.      Hard to tell how significant it is because the SEA radar is down... of course.     Just had some light rain falling while the sun was shining.  

i cant tell whether i'm more excited for these showers moving in from the east that the ECMWF showed or my Dyson V15 thats out for delivery

[TacomaWaWx]

40 with a DP of 30 now. Drier air is definitely moving in. 

[RentonHill]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

40 with a DP of 30 now. Drier air is definitely moving in. 

i think you mean showers from the east

[Deweydog]

KDLS down to 43.

[Deweydog]

15 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

i cant tell whether i'm more excited for these showers moving in from the east that the ECMWF showed or my Dyson V15 thats out for delivery

[TacomaWaWx]

10 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

i think you mean showers from the east

Ehh lol we will see. 

[TT-SEA]

Somehow these showers are just rain here so far... I was expecting at least hail.  

[RentonHill]

i like how the GFS ended

[TT-SEA]

18Z GFS at the end of the run... interesting! 

Seeing lots of crazy solutions probably related to the SSW and how it will play out.  

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, RentonHillTC said:

i like how the GFS ended

Too funny... we literally posted the same map at the same time.   Great minds.   

[BLI snowman]

Hail!

[RentonHill]

1 minute ago, BLI snowman said:

Hail!

Caesar, i hope

[Deweydog]

1 minute ago, BLI snowman said:

Hail!

[MossMan]

6 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Could be slick out on the course. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Not a good day to head over the Blue Mountains from La Grande to Pendleton...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

GFS ensembles are still not great. But the Operational is nice and the GEM and EURO ensembles are a lot better... And it's not like the GFS ensembles are horrible, just a lot of divergent solutions. 

[TT-SEA]

Rain showers have turned to snow showers now... still not sticking but temp is dropping.  

[LowerGarfield]

Finally snowing here and filling up the yards.

[Chewbacca Defense]

Down to 32 here after topping out at 37.  Completely clear out, and the peak wind gust so far at my house is 30 mph.  The lights flickered a little earlier, but that's about it (so far).

[TigerWoodsLibido]

40F with some hail.

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Pics from green mountain looking west at the Olympics.  I live down on that lake. Gives a good look at how close I am to the mountains.  Hood canal in distance.  Just beautiful up here.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Wind just shifted. Was SSW a few mins ago and is now coming from E over the Belknap Gap and down the McKenzie. This is a surprise!!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Hopefully some moisture can get hung up here overnight.

[TacomaWaWx]

3 minutes ago, MR.SNOWMIZER said:

Pics from green mountain looking west at the Olympics.  I live down on that lake. Gives a good look at how close I am to the mountains.  Hood canal in distance.  Just beautiful up here.

Looks like the dusting of snow is gone.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Temp has dropped from 47F to 37F in one hour. This is awesome!!!

[LowerGarfield]

Finally snowing here and filling up the yards.... picking up a bit. Maybe we'll get the snowplows as it is accumulating there now since photo was taken.

[TacomaWaWx]

Will be interesting to see if we can stay at 35 or lower tomorrow. Nws and the euro both going with high temps of 35. 

[MossMan]

36.4 degrees and dropping rapidly. 

DP 32. Snowmelt has pretty much stopped now. 

.60” of snowmelt through the gauge.  
Funny how a marginal situation in late February worked out amazingly while the marginal events in mid December were mostly busts here with maybe a sloppy half inch each time…Even with precip rates similar to this morning. February is just magical. Still about 2-3” of snow on the ground in the unmolested areas. 

[GHweatherChris]

Had heavy hail that switched to snow briefly, nothing right now, temp dropped from 47 to 37 in about 10 minutes!!

 

[MossMan]

Dropping a degree every 10min or so. Down to 35.2

[GHweatherChris]

Moderate snow!!  That escalated quickly!!