April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[Perturbed Member]

35.6F, all snow now. Can't hear the rain anymore and big wet flakes. 

[FroYoBro]

Just now, nwsnow said:

35.6F, all snow now. Can't hear the rain anymore and big wet flakes. 

Wow. You're actually going to get hammered tonight. 

[Perturbed Member]

00z GFS, that precip rate....

[Phil]

28 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

It seems like extremes are becoming more common.    I still can't wrap my head around what happened last June.   This is the flip side of that... although less extreme.

The 1930s/40s also had a lot of extremes. IMO the current regime is most reminiscent of the late 1940s, if there’s any possible comparison out there.

[Phishy Wx]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Nope.   Might even buy a rental house or condo down here.   Make some money and have a getaway place.  Isle of Palms is simply a lovely place and a sure rental market.  Probably similar to the Georgia Islands you love so much.   At least until the next Hugo hits.   But what the hell... why not?   That might not happen for another 50-100 years and I won't be here to see it happen. 

Charleston is just a great city.    So relaxed and friendly and warm.  

most of family is from there, we have a condo in Edisto Beach south of Charleston.  Headed to a wedding near there Memorial Day weekend.  love it, but hate the summer humidity.  we usually go back in mid/late October and it's nice if you can avoid Tropical weather.

[MossMan]

[snow_wizard]

Another big surprise tonight is the temp has been falling steadily here with only light precip falling.  Maybe we can eek out something here yet.

[Phil]

1 minute ago, Phishy Wx said:

most of family is from there, we have a condo in Edisto Beach south of Charleston.  Headed to a wedding near there Memorial Day weekend.  love it, but hate the summer humidity.  we usually go back in mid/late October and it's nice if you can avoid Tropical weather.

In coastal GA the humidity hangs around well into October. Dewpoints in the mid-70s can occur even into November.

Have always assumed it’s similar in coastal SC, but perhaps not.

[Shawn]

Just switched over to snow here. 35.4 

[Phil]

3 minutes ago, MossMan said:

That is hella awesome.

[MWG]

Well I just hope we get something down south.

[Perturbed Member]

6 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

Wow. You're actually going to get hammered tonight. 

Certainly looking very promising. Your temp still dropping steadily? I'm hoping the low won't come in far enough north to screw over southern areas. 

[FroYoBro]

1 minute ago, nwsnow said:

Certainly looking very promising. Your temp still dropping steadily? I'm hoping the low won't come in far enough north to screw over southern areas. 

Yep, actually dropping faster now. It will be very close, but it's April, so it's ok if it doesn't work out. 

[Deweydog]

1 minute ago, nwsnow said:

Certainly looking very promising. Your temp still dropping steadily? I'm hoping the low won't come in far enough north to screw over southern areas. 

The east slopes with any kind of elevation are absolutely in the bullseye with this. 

[Phishy Wx]

Spokane is gunna get hosed on one of the rarer events in some time.  Lol, par for the course in the desert over here. oof

[Skagit Weather]

Looks like reports of heavy snow on I-5 near Stanwood. Not quite sea level there, but only a couple hundred feet.

[MossMan]

So do I add this current snow total to the winter of 2021/2022 or do I get an early jump on the 2022/2023 totals? 

[OysterPrintout]

Went for a walk but as expected still currently all rain here. Cold out tho. Model after model spitting out huge snow totals has real June "no way we can hit 116 degree" vibes

[NWbyNW]

Pretty cool radar.  Here are some pics!  No snow or rain here at sea level. 

 

 

[Perturbed Member]

1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

The east slopes with any kind of elevation are absolutely in the bullseye with this. 

Cold air damming and upsloping?

I'm several miles west of HIO which is still all rain, I'm not too far from the eastern slopes of the coast range but my elevation is low ~250 ft.  I'm currently 1-2F cooler than most of HIO. 35.0F and all snow here. 

I'd imagine places like Forest Grove, especially 500 ft+ and Banks are gonna do very well tonight. 

[GHweatherChris]

yep, its over.  oh well.

[Deweydog]

4 minutes ago, nwsnow said:

Cold air damming and upsloping?

I'm several miles west of HIO which is still all rain, I'm not too far from the eastern slopes of the coast range but my elevation is low ~250 ft.  I'm currently 1-2F cooler than most of HIO. 35.0F and all snow here. 

I'd imagine places like Forest Grove, especially 500 ft+ and Banks are gonna do very well tonight. 

Yeah, the upslope with the maturing surface low will be a nice enhancer for what will be an event very dependent on precip intensity. No way we’ll see the uniformity the models show, but there should be some 6+ inch spots. 

[MossMan]

I knew there was a reason I was stalling to take the Christmas lights off the trees…

[GHweatherChris]

No northern movement of the main precip shield like I was hoping for, bummer.

[TacomaWaWx]

Light rain now in Tacoma and 38 degrees. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

43F with some rain.

[Omegaraptor]

40 minutes ago, Phil said:

The 1930s/40s also had a lot of extremes. IMO the current regime is most reminiscent of the late 1940s, if there’s any possible comparison out there.

January 1949?

I can pull out monthly obs from eastern Oregon, Nevada and Utah that month that could pass for January in interior Alaska.

[Phil]

Snow reports popping up in/near Portland.

[Perturbed Member]

34.2F and dumping, starting to stick to things! Its actually happening. Totally crazy event!

[Requiem]

Snow already outlying parts of the metro area...goddamn this is exciting!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Winds are still out of the south here. Wonder if it'll shift to westerly?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The precip shield is a little further south than I would have expected. 

[GHweatherChris]

Not loving the snizzle we are getting currently.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Here we go!

 

[GobBluth]

Is Nelsen on vacation? This seems the type of crazy event he would have tweeted about.

[Deweydog]

Radar suggests a Newport landfall.

Posts suggest Chris is NOT happy about it.

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, GobBluth said:

Is Nelsen on vacation? This seems the type of crazy event he would have tweeted about.

Once he pulls his forks out he cannot comment on any snow events again until the next season. 

[OysterPrintout]

Still all rain here, chunky rain if you squint with the right kind of eyes 

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

Radar suggests a Newport landfall.

Posts suggest Chris is NOT happy about it.

It's all good really, this would have been a nice treat though.

[Deweydog]

Hillsboro and Scapppoooossse now reporting SNOW.