February 2021 Forecasts and Discussions

[Roberts Creeker]

Where's my snow??? Just drizzling here and Snowfall warning is still up.

+3.0 somehow I doubt it's going to snow.

[Monty]

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.

I remember. Decent little cold snap. Nice modified arctic front

[South Island]

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

All those events delivered something to the region but I was talking about significant accumulations of 4 inches plus region wide.

[Typeing3]

In the past few years, most major cities across the PNW have had a top tier (in the top 10) snowstorm in their respective recorded history's.

Portland (January 2017)
Eugene (February 2019)
Salem (February 2014)
Medford (January 2017)
Victoria (February 2019)
Seattle (February 2021)

Vancouver or Abbotsford? Nope.

[Typeing3]

I remember. Decent little cold snap. Nice modified arctic front

I believe 850s dropped lower with that event than what we just saw this past week.

[Typeing3]

All those events delivered something to the region but I was talking about significant accumulations of 4 inches plus region wide.

Feb 2019 and 2017. Both recent regionwide 4"+ snowfalls.

[South Island]

Feb 2019 and 2017. Both recent regionwide 4"+ snowfalls.

I believe some of Portland got shafted during feb 2019 and don’t believe there was a true regional event in 2017.

Regardless I was just trying to point out this was not a run of the mill event for places south of the LM.

[Typeing3]

I believe some of Portland got shafted during feb 2019 and don’t believe there was a true regional event in 2017.

You were saying Bellingham to Portland for this event qualified as regional. Feb 2017 and 2019 were Olympia to Vancouver events. Same thing really... minus one area.

[Monty]

I believe 850s dropped lower with that event than what we just saw this past week.

Where did they end up with this week. -12C

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

In the past few years, most major cities across the PNW have had a top tier (in the top 10) snowstorm in their respective recorded history's.

Portland (January 2017)
Eugene (February 2019)
Salem (February 2014)
Medford (January 2017)
Victoria (February 2019)
Seattle (February 2021)

Vancouver or Abbotsford? Nope.

Seattle scored big in Feb. 2019, too. It was their second snowiest February on record.

[Canada Goose]

Current temperatures...

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[SouthHillFrosty]

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?

January 2020 was great for north of Everett . Seatac didn't even get an inch. This storm had 6 plus inches from Bellingham to Portland. I thought Vancouver got at least five inches but I was misspoken.

[Typeing3]

January 2020 was great for Everett North. Seatac didn't even get an inch. This storm had 6 plus inches from Bellingham to Portland. I thought Vancouver got at least five inches but I was misspoken.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Dang. I thought y'all would have done way better.

[Typeing3]

Where did they end up with this week. -12C

I'm actually not sure. Though I'm pretty sure they struggled to get much last -10c (think they got closer to -13/14c in Nov 2014).

Lower level cold (surface and 925mb) was probably more more significant from an anomaly standpoint with this past event.