February 2021 Forecasts and Discussions

[Radar]

The entire state of Texas is covered in snow. Almost the same as BC

[PortKells]

They are important when they show #climo.

Hold on a minute...

I’ll give you this EPS was a small step back. None of us should be too confident more than 150 hours out though.

[Typeing3]

I mean how widespread the snow was. Not often is there a system that hits Portland, Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver.

Jan 2020
Feb 2019
Feb 2018
Dec 2017
Feb 2017
Dec 2016
Nov 2014
Feb 2014
Dec 2013
....I can go further back if you want.

Did all four cities not get at least a trace of snow from these events? Snow may be widespread but it doesn't mean it's rare or memorable for certain cities.

[Radar]

They are important when they show #climo.

Hold on a minute...

Looks nice in Texas

[Typeing3]

So... If Texas can get anomalous events to this magnitude, why can't we?
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[Monty]

It's certainly possible. But I'm just learning to stop getting my hopes up in this climate.

I’m honestly staggered how poorly the LM did with this entire event. I feel for you guys. It sucks.

[Nimbus2]

I’m honestly staggered how poorly the LM did with this entire event. I feel for you guys. It sucks.

Seems to me that the HRDPS did the best job in forecasting amounts on Vancouver Island and the LM, mind you that was only 48 hours ahead of the onset.

[Nimbus2]

Ended up with close to 25 cm here all tolled since Friday night. Over to cold rain now.

[Monty]

Seems to me that the HRDPS did the best job in forecasting amounts on Vancouver Island and the LM, mind you that was only 48 hours ahead of the onset.

I really like the hrdps, obviously for short term stuff. I think it missed last night though. I thought it had a pretty good swath of snow over the LM

[Typeing3]

At this point, I'd rather winter '14-15 over this one.

Arctic front on Nov 28, 2014 was very dynamic if any of you guys remember that one... dropped temps from 12/13c in the afternoon to -5c by morning with snow (about 5-6cm) for a couple hours, followed by a couple clear subfreezing days.

[South Island]

Jan 2020
Feb 2019
Feb 2018
Dec 2017
Feb 2017
Dec 2016
Nov 2014
Feb 2014
Dec 2013
....I can go further back if you want.

Did all four cities not get at least a trace of snow from these events? Snow may be widespread but it doesn't mean it's rare or memorable for certain cities.

I disagree...although the LM did not do well it’s It’s not often that a single event delivers 4-12 inches of snow from Portland to Bellingham (along with Victoria and the east side of the island).

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Yup. It was actually really close to something memorable and possibly historic. So close but another fail.

January 2020 was also close to being something way better than what actually verified. Its tough when we are so close to something memorable and it falls apart on us.

Jan 2020 was better than this time. Not as much snow for me, but nobody north of Seattle really got screwed and it had colder temperatures and dry, squeaky snow.

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

This has be one the more memorable Portland to Vancouver snow. Even if it wasn't that uniform, everybody still got something.

Some people up this way didn’t even get 10 cm. Was not a very memorable event for them.

How did you feel about January 2020?

[Storm]

I really like the hrdps, obviously for short term stuff. I think it missed last night though. I thought it had a pretty good swath of snow over the LM

ICON did the best for the entire event from start to finish, even for last night was showing pure rain where the other models were throwing inches of snow around..

[Typeing3]

I disagree...although the LM did not do well it’s It’s not often that a single event delivers 4-12 inches of snow from Portland to Bellingham (along with Victoria and the east side of the island).

Were there no events in the months I listed above that met that criteria?