April Weather in the Pacific Northwest

[stuffradio]

You know the old saying, April showers bring May flowers. We will get more than showers though.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Low of 30 this morning. 

[TT-SEA]

43 with light rain here... and getting windy.  

 

Looks like it will be snowing here for a couple hours this evening.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

43 with light rain here... and getting windy.  

 

Looks like it will be snowing here for a couple hours this evening.  

 

NWS going for about 1-3" of snow here overnight into the morning. I'd say 1" is a safe bet right now. How much are you guys expecting?

[TT-SEA]

NWS going for about 1-3" of snow here overnight into the morning. I'd say 1" is a safe bet right now. How much are you guys expecting?

 

No idea... I never pay attention to the NWS forecast.    I would rather just look at the same models that they are using.   

 

The c-zone is probably going to slip south over my area between 6-10 p.m. but its always a wild card.   It looks very energetic with such strong flow aloft.   This is system is pretty dry but that does not matter much with very strong lift in the c-zone.    There will be a sharp cut-off on both sides.    I would not rule out 6 inches here if it parks itself over the I-90 corridor.   Or the strong SW flow could keep it just to the north but that is looking more doubtful now based on the ECMWF, WRF, and latest HRRR runs.  

 

Here is the latest HRRR for 8 p.m.  

 

 

 

That is directly over my area.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Happy Easter to everybody!

 

The 00z EURO shows the potential for a Sou'wester next weekend as a deep area of low pressure strengthens as it takes the classic path approaching the PNW coastline. Right now it's showing major category 3 hurricane wind gusts for the southern Oregon coast. We will need to keep a close eye on this because this could be potentially devastating.

 

http://maps1.pivotalweather.com/maps/models/ecmwf/2018040100/168/sfcmslp.conus.png

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I Kandy

[Jesse]

Down to 43 here and overcast. Could be a pretty cool day with precip and a much colder airmass moving in in the early afternoon.

[Farmboy]

It would be nice to have decent weather that lasts for more than just 1 measly day....

[BLI snowman]

It would be nice to have decent weather that lasts for more than just 1 measly day....

Is this your first PNW spring?

[ShawniganLake]

Sunny skies with a low of 41F here this morning.

[Farmboy]

Is this your first PNW spring?

Been here my whole life. And every spring I anxiously await the rain to stop so I can go outside...

[Jesse]

Been here my whole life. And every spring I anxiously await the rain to stop so I can go outside...

You can go outside when it’s raining.

[MossMan]

You can go outside when it’s raining.

You can also go outside when it’s 100 degrees and sunny.

[Farmboy]

You can go outside when it’s raining.

I find it more enjoyable when I'm not trying to protect myself from wind chill/pneumonia/hypothermia with layers of clothing... 70 is more conducive to that than 45...

[Jesse]

You can also go outside when it’s 100 degrees and sunny.

True, and I do. Even without the protection of cooled car seats!

[ShawniganLake]

True, and I do. Even without the protection of cooled car seats!

Gonna have to leave the car at home soon. Gas will be pushing 6 bucks a gallon soon up here.

[MossMan]

True, and I do. Even without the protection of cooled car seats!

Yeah but we sure do hear about it...

[Jesse]

Yeah but we sure do hear about it...

Why would I complain about not having cooled car seats when I didn’t even know about them until last week?

[Winterdog]

I know you have all been waiting for my March stats so here they are: ave temp = 41.8F, 17 days 32F or lower, total precipitation = 6.40”, total snow= 3.0”. Summary = a cool and wet March. I own a Subaru Outback with heated, not cooled seats but with the highly desired “puddle lights”.

[Jesse]

Gonna have to leave the car at home soon. Gas will be pushing 6 bucks a gallon soon up here.

That’s crazy. I just got it for $2.89 a gallon down here.

[VancouverIslandSouth]

Gonna have to leave the car at home soon. Gas will be pushing 6 bucks a gallon soon up here.

 

That's one nice thing about living in the city, I walk to work and live up the street from a grocery store. The models haven't backed down on the rain events this week, looks like an impressive stretch for April. Currently 49F and sunny here, could be some convection this afternoon.

[Phil]

Gonna have to leave the car at home soon. Gas will be pushing 6 bucks a gallon soon up here.

Why the hell is it so expensive up there?

[TT-SEA]

Why the hell is it so expensive up there?

 

Free health care for all. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

You know the old saying, April showers bring May flowers. We will get more than showers though.

 

I thought it was, April showers bring May showers, which bring June showers til the 4th of July.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Free health care for all. 

 

Yep, I've always heard gas is $6-8 a gallon in Europe too. They tax the hell out of it. 

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/221368/gas-prices-around-the-world/

[Winterdog]

Raining it’s butt off here and 40F. Almost an inch already this morning.

Edit: it really never had a butt actually

[ShawniganLake]

Raining it’s butt off here and 40F. Almost an inch already this morning.

Edit: it really never had a butt actually

Radar Looks pretty stationary near you. It’s been totally dry and partly sunny here. 47F. Pretty common with strong onshore winds.

[Phil]

Free health care for all.

Yep, I've always heard gas is $6-8 a gallon in Europe too. They tax the hell out of it.

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/221368/gas-prices-around-the-world/

There has to be some way to circumvent that problem. I’ll bet you there are a slew of gov’t subsidies that could be eliminated, but they’d rather tax the crap out of the working population instead.

[Front Ranger]

I know you have all been waiting for my March stats so here they are: ave temp = 41.8F, 17 days 32F or lower, total precipitation = 6.40”, total snow= 3.0”. Summary = a cool and wet March. I own a Subaru Outback with heated, not cooled seats but with the highly desired “puddle lights”.

 

Your area was the exception. Was a drier than normal month most lowland locations.

 

[TT-SEA]

Your area was the exception. Was a drier than normal month most lowland locations.

 

Last1mPNormWRCC-NW.png

 

 

Yeah... and now its going to rain for 2 weeks straight and probably more.  Which will completely nullify any dry weather in March.     

[Winterdog]

Your area was the exception. Was a drier than normal month most lowland locations.

Yeah, I see Seattle came in at about 65% of normal. A lot of Olympics shadowing this month.

[ShawniganLake]

Your area was the exception. Was a drier than normal month most lowland locations.

 

Last1mPNormWRCC-NW.png

It has been crazy wet in the okanagan.

[MossMan]

Let’s find some Easter eggs!!!

[Phil]

Womp.

 

 

 

[VancouverIslandSouth]

It has been crazy wet in the okanagan.

 

My aunt was saying they still have 2ft of snow at their place sitting on the hillside near Vernon. That area got buried this year

[Phil]

Here comes the head fake. Or, the start of it, expedited by the Niño-esque short term tropical forcing constructively interfering with the downwelling OKW/heat release.

 

 

Complications are afoot, though. Starting in the middle of April the tropical forcing returns to a Niña state, which depending on the amplitude/period of the wave, could significantly dampen the OKW and accelerate the heat release/backcycle.

[Geos]

Down to 39° with moderate rain. Hoping to see some snow tonight.

[MossMan]

Just had a brief snow/hail shower.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3-5" of snow expected in NYC. I see it is currently 27 with light snow in Kansas City, 33 with drizzle in Tulsa,