April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[Deweydog]

18 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

It was like that in Cannon Beach that year when I lived a block from the ocean but that's normal for them. Interesting it was like that elsewhere.

Still trying to make sense of how we ended up with almost five inches and CB got zilch???

[Cascadia_Wx]

Hit 45 again today. The lull in precip over the afternoon allowed today to get about as “warm” as yesterday despite the slow start.

Still a couple inches of snow around on the grass and roof and other spots though. We will probably hold onto some snowcover into the night which is pretty unfathomable for 4/11

Edited April 12, 2022 by Cascadia_Wx

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Sunny and up to 37. Still haven’t passed the 4am high of 38.

[TacomaWaWx]

4 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Hit 45 again today. The lull in precip over the afternoon allowed today to get about as “warm” as yesterday despite the slow start.

Still a couple inches of snow around on the grass and roofs and other spots though. We will probably hold onto some snowcover into the night which is pretty unfathomable for 4/11

I remember us thinking the March 2020 event was insane for that late in the season…this is a whole extra level of crazy. 

[TacomaWaWx]

51/37 here today…just 0.02” this morning. Winters still not done yet wouldn’t be surprised if we see some more lowland snow over the next couple nights. 

[Omegaraptor]

Looks like a high of 50 at Corvallis today. Overperformed a bit. We ended up with some frozen stuff around 10 AM, but it fell fast and didn't feel soft like snow. Probably graupel.

Meanwhile Medford is at 35 now... looks like the northerlies finally broke the Siskiyous as well with 36 at Montague. Looks like Sunriver didn't break freezing, and Brookings has not broken out of the 40s as of right now.

[Deweydog]

PDX is a hot mess!

[Meatyorologist]

13 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I am hearing from my friend up north that the Kelso/Longview area is pretty much a war zone of downed trees. I’m guessing that is pretty widespread especially in the areas with 5+ inch totals 

This was an awesome and historic event to witness, but the last 18 months really haven’t been too kind to the local vegetation 

Friend of my mom's down there lost power. A substantial storm

[T-Town]

Nice evening.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

51 at PDX! Oh well, still a nice departure.

[jakeinthevalley]

53 minutes ago, OysterPrintout said:

on one hand I don't miss the calling for genocide of his political opponents and posting youtube videos about chemtrails set to bad 90's graphics but on the other hand

Not to be a "bleeding heart," far from it, but a forum like this might be a positive form of therapy and outlet.

As I have worked through some of my own demons, I simply have ignored most of his "contributions" and learned to not take them personal.

Just a thought

[The Blob]

I took a nap and woke up to sun...

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Airmass will be colder tomorrow!

[MossMan]

53/31 on the day. Currently mostly cloudy and 46. 

[OysterPrintout]

Just now, jakeinthevalley said:

Not to be a "bleeding heart," far from it, but a forum like this might be a positive form of therapy and outlet.

As I have worked through some of my own demons, I simply have ignored most of his "contributions" and learned to not take them personal.

Just a thought

it's not a bad thought, even some folks on here pretty well say as much for themselves. Don't really want to have this evolve into further discussion or do some armchair psychology but it didn't seem like this was a healthy place for him or for the folks he lashed out at.

[Requiem]

Apparently my neighborhood is an absolute mess tonight-- trees and branches down, roads blocked, lines down. Cost of this absolutely incredible late season event-- also have heard several other areas took a similar beating. Has been an absolute pleasure tracking this event, I think the lower stakes made it drastically more tolerable than this past December.

[The Swamp]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

New EPS weeklies are out.

Temp anomalies over the next 46 days are a dream come true. Cold across most of the CONUS, and warmer than average up in NE Canada. What’s the last time that happened?

A dream come true for who?  That map is just gross.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

24 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

I remember us thinking the March 2020 event was insane for that late in the season…this is a whole extra level of crazy. 

How familiar are you with 3/22/2012? It really doesn’t get much more impressive than that. That was pretty widespread to, from south of Eugene to the south PDX metro. 6-10” in Eugene, several inches in the Salem area. We had 20” up here. I believe it was the latest sub 40 on record at Eugene.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

We would have easily hit the low to mid 40s in this airmass today, but we kept solid cloud cover until around 5p. 

[TacomaWaWx]

7 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

How familiar are you with 3/22/2012? It really doesn’t get much more impressive than that. That was pretty widespread to, from south of Eugene to the south PDX metro. 6-10” in Eugene, several inches in the Salem area. We had 20” up here. I believe it was the latest sub 40 on record at Eugene.

I don’t remember it happening as a kid but I remember you guys mentioning it a bunch. I just remember how crazy everyone thought march 2020 was at the time and then here we are 2 years later with a much more impressive event. Almost a full month later and many places actually got more snow than that event. 

[Blizzard777]

Snow with rain at 47*

Kind of a crazy looking shower caught my attention.  Actually flurries of snowflakes fell….then rain, then back to snow.   Weird and fun

[TacomaWaWx]

3 minutes ago, Jginmartini said:

Snow with rain at 47*

Kind of a crazy looking shower caught my attention.  Actually flurries of snowflakes fell….then rain, then back to snow.   Weird and fun

Wasn’t looking at the radar looks pretty decent. 46 and dry here. 

[SnowySeeker50]

Currently 46F and dry but this has decided to show up.

[Deweydog]

Breeze picked up after the sun came out. Lots of blowing and drifting now taking place, however that MAY be cherry blossoms.

Edited April 12, 2022 by Deweydog

[BLI snowman]

35 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

How familiar are you with 3/22/2012? It really doesn’t get much more impressive than that. That was pretty widespread to, from south of Eugene to the south PDX metro. 6-10” in Eugene, several inches in the Salem area. We had 20” up here. I believe it was the latest sub 40 on record at Eugene.

That one extended to SW WA as well, up to Lewis County I believe. My folks in Clark County picked up about 3" as the band shifted north on the night of the 21st-22nd. Most of Eugene's snow had fallen on the morning of the 21st.

[SnowySeeker50]

It rained, then hail, and now graupel.

[thickhog]

1 hour ago, OysterPrintout said:

on one hand I don't miss the calling for genocide of his political opponents and posting youtube videos about chemtrails set to bad 90's graphics but on the other hand

Whoa, wth happened lol

[SnowySeeker50]

[Meatyorologist]

New snowpack in the Sierras won't fix this drought, but it will allow for some insurance into the Summer. If the torching can be somewhat withheld, the fire situation may not be so bad.

[Meatyorologist]

The 18z GFS also wants to give Seattle's April low record a run for its money. Cloudcover is a bit much, so this is probably overdone. Though if things do clear up, the airmass overhead will be very cold, and sfc pressure gradients will be offshore, so cooling potential is high.

[Cascadia_Wx]

33 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

That one extended to SW WA as well, up to Lewis County I believe. My folks in Clark County picked up about 3" as the band shifted north on the night of the 21st-22nd. Most of Eugene's snow had fallen on the morning of the 21st.

PDX also recorded its latest sub-40 high in record on 3/21/12 i believe 

[Meatyorologist]

Actually, just going by raw GFS output, each of the overnight low temperature records at KSEA out to the 18th will be threatened.

Today's 36°F at SeaTac won't be a record, since the record low for April 11th is 34°F, set in... 2021?!

SeaTac went 30 years without setting or tying an April low temperature record until it reached 34°F a year ago today. After going 30 years without doing so, KSEA may set/tie an April low temperature record in two consecutive years. Wild.

[Deweydog]

4 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Actually, just going by raw GFS output, each of the overnight low temperature records at KSEA out to the 18th will be threatened.

Today's 36°F at SeaTac won't be a record, since the record low for April 11th is 34°F, set in... 2021?!

SeaTac went 45 years without setting or tying an April low temperature record until it reached 34°F a year ago today. After going 45 years without doing so, KSEA may set/tie an April low temperature record in two consecutive years. Wild.

 

[VancouverIslandSouth]

This looks like it's about to really get rolling, then April sun angles kick in. Very impressive blizzard over in ND / MB, 20~30" of blowing snow.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Made it up to 47 here with those late afternoon sunbreaks for a 47/32 spread today, 4.1” of snow.
 

Crazy PDX hit 51 after what it was like this morning but late August sun angles will do that 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, The Swamp said:

A dream come true for who?  That map is just gross.

For the biosphere. And humanity in general.

[NWbyNW]

Nice evening sky, fresh snow in the mountains. 

[GHweatherChris]

What is up with the highlighted Longtimer boxes around some those of us aged veterans of the forum, kinda annoying.  Also why is there a 925 temp map with crayons on our posts, on PC anyways?  Mobile doesn't show the map but the box is there.

Edited April 12, 2022 by GHweatherChris

[Omegaraptor]

23 minutes ago, Phil said:

For the biosphere. And humanity in general.

I don’t know man... orange on the map means boat trips.

[Skagit Weather]

1 hour ago, Meatyorologist said:

Actually, just going by raw GFS output, each of the overnight low temperature records at KSEA out to the 18th will be threatened.

Today's 36°F at SeaTac won't be a record, since the record low for April 11th is 34°F, set in... 2021?!

SeaTac went 30 years without setting or tying an April low temperature record until it reached 34°F a year ago today. After going 30 years without doing so, KSEA may set/tie an April low temperature record in two consecutive years. Wild.

Yeah, I think the 3km NAM looks more realistic for the coming days. Mostly has temps in the mid 30s with maybe the outlying areas near KSEA approaching freezing Wed-Fri mornings. But who knows, this event still probably has some surprises in store.

My April record low is 28.8F from April 10, 2010 and I find it hard to imagine I'll end up hitting that in the next couple days, but if gradients relax and the skies stay clear it's possible. In the last 10 years I've had 7 April freezes and I haven't had one yet (although today's 32.1F was about as close as it gets) so hopefully I'll pick up a couple.