April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[Phil]

3 minutes ago, nwsnow said:

I'm up to 33.3F and the road slush is quickly melting. HIO just hit 34F and switched back to rain. hmmm.

Looks like the center of the low is gonna pass just south of SLE.

Some modest WAA w/ the approach of the low. Should cease upon its departure to the east.

[Deweydog]

6 minutes ago, nwsnow said:

I'm up to 33.3F and the road slush is quickly melting. HIO just hit 34F and switched back to rain. hmmm.

Looks like the center of the low is gonna pass just south of SLE.

Yeah, we no longer have a mix here but the temp is hanging pretty much frozen, just not freezing.

[Perturbed Member]

Just now, Phil said:

Some modest WAA w/ the approach of the low. Should cease upon its departure to the east.

Yeah, it coincided exactly with the arrival of these heavier echoes. Hopefully the backside of the low and the wraparound later will lead to better accumulation for the whole metro area late tonight or early AM. 

[Perturbed Member]

7 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Yeah, we no longer have a mix here but the temp is hanging pretty much frozen, just not freezing.

3km NAM seems to depict the currently reality decently well. It shows that west vs east snow divide pretty well. 

Looks like we may need to wait until the low passes to get things to cool off a bit more and get some decent wraparound precip early AM. 

[Dave]

12 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Fred had a meltdown a few weeks back after he made what boiled down to one comment in the politics sandbox. A long time member threatened to walk over it which I assume was the trigger to step away.

So he's done with the site for good? I fcuking hate discussing politics. It has caused family members to not talk with one another for years. Everyone has their opinions, but that's all they are. Sometimes it's just best to not get into it, period. That's what I do and I have friends and family on both sides of the spectrum because of it.

[Deweydog]

6 minutes ago, nwsnow said:

3km NAM seems to depict the currently reality decently well. It shows that west vs east snow divide pretty well. 

Looks like we may need to wait until the low passes to get things to cool off a bit more and get some decent wraparound precip early AM. 

With such a delicate setup, any gradients whatsoever will probably kill any kind of snowfall at the lowest levels.

[Deweydog]

2 minutes ago, Dave said:

So he's done with the site for good? I fcuking hate discussing politics. It has caused family members to not talk with one another for years. Everyone has their opinions, but that's all they are. Sometimes it's just best to not get into it, period. That's what I do and I have friends and family on both sides of the spectrum because of it.

He’s still involved at serious arm’s length from what I’ve gathered, but he’s stepped away from the day to day entirely.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

32 minutes ago, nwsnow said:

Yeah, it coincided exactly with the arrival of these heavier echoes. Hopefully the backside of the low and the wraparound later will lead to better accumulation for the whole metro area late tonight or early AM. 

Why does that show a sharp cutoff for the south valley? It's pouring here and has been raining for like 24 hours.

[The Blob]

Still rain here 

[Perturbed Member]

19 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

With such a delicate setup, any gradients whatsoever will probably kill any kind of snowfall at the lowest levels.

Yeah, the WAA with the low coming near pushed me up to 34F and I changed over to mostly rain, now the temp is coming back down to 33.4F and is turning back to mostly snow. Not much margin for error. Still a fascinating event. 

These 3 locations are all within a couple of miles of each other but progressively closer to the coast range, going from HIO to Forest Grove.  Fun to watch the microclimates in action.

 

 

 

[Requiem]

Some of these mesoscales show it well-- scattered snow until the low passes close with heavy rates, and a switchover around 4-ish. Except far west areas which are just getting hammered.

As an addendum I'd imagine 26 will be a mess tomorrow with downed branches if these predictions are remotely true.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Tillamook just switched to snow.

[Perturbed Member]

7 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Why does that show a sharp cutoff for the south valley? It's pouring here and has been raining for like 24 hours.

Its lying, the PDX radar doesn't see very well over EUG unless the echoes are very very tall. The Medford radar is also stupidly located and won't pick this up well either.

[umadbro]

[SilverFallsAndrew]

32 at Tillamook. Down to 41 at Newport with 35mph NW wind.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Howlin’ at the moon.

[TacomaWaWx]

Finally getting some rain here again, 37 with breezy North winds. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

37 at Newport now, NW wind gusting to 40. 

[TacomaWaWx]

[Perturbed Member]

Radar really blowing up now.

[TacomaWaWx]

So far the only stations I can find reporting snow is east of Aberdeen near Chris and Longview. Centralia, Olympia and JBLM are light rain for now. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Rains picking up a bit since the ground is finally starting to get wet. North winds gusting 25-30mph. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Hmmm snow on webcams now as far north as centralia/chehalis despite the rain report on the Nws Obs. Site. 

[Perturbed Member]

Temp finally dropping again, 32.8F and back to all snow and accumulating again on the roads. 

[Requiem]

Sylvan looks like a winter wonderland w snow clearly accumulating on the highway. Areas further east seem to be doing that same interestingly enough.

[Perturbed Member]

32.4F and absolutely vomiting snow and rapidly accumulating on everything. I think this is the main show here.

[Requiem]

Rain-pounding the windows and wind whistling type stormy in Eugene rn, so if it's moisture that's anyone's worry worry not 

[TacomaWaWx]

Can confirm snow as far north as highway 12 per webcams. Wouldn’t be surprised if Olympia switched over soon. 

[TacomaWaWx]

3 minutes ago, nwsnow said:

32.4F and absolutely vomiting snow and rapidly accumulating on everything. I think this is the main show here.

PDX reporting snow!

[umadbro]

2” now. Still dumping.

[TacomaWaWx]

2 minutes ago, umadbro said:

2” now. Still dumping.

Might be the best event of the whole winter for some people down there. 

[Blizzard777]

The Zoo exit and top of Sylvan looks sloppy nice down there 

NW winds gusting to 20 currently here

38*

dp 32-34 around my area 

 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

27 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Rain-pounding the windows and wind whistling type stormy in Eugene rn, so if it's moisture that's anyone's worry worry not 

Yeah here in downtown Springfield/Glenwood/UofO areas it's quite blustery with decent southerly winds. I don't think I've ever been on the northern end of one of these things where people say there can be something called "blowing snow" in Dec-Jan.

[Tyler Mode]

35.7 and dropping...rain/snow mix.

[Tyler Mode]

32.8 now and all snow.

[LowerGarfield]

In Hood River and my wife woke me up to watch the snow fall. Maybe an inch on the hotel deck right now but absolutely dumping wet snow right now. Wish us luck driving home later today.

[FroYoBro]

I just woke up and noticed how quiet it was. It’s snowing, but it looks like I’m already right at the edge of the band on radar. 

[FroYoBro]

I don’t think it’s been snowing for long, but there is already a sloppy dusting on most surfaces. 33 degree snow in mid April. Awesome. 

[umadbro]

[umadbro]

Another heavy band about to rotate through