April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[Meatyorologist]

Down to 35°F now, alongside SeaTac. We don't usually follow toe to toe with the airport for hours on end, because we're a low lying sheltered (relatively) inland valley, while SeaTac is up at 450' next to the Sound. It requires a special set of circumstances to do so; in this case clouds are shrouding my area and preventing things from decoupling, while SeaTac is clearing out better, in the process compensating for its topographic exposure.

[Perturbed Member]

Rain snow mix, 35.6F. Probably just a bit too warm tonight for any accumulation down here but places with even a bit of elevation will probably do pretty well.

[snow_wizard]

Down to 32 already.  Color me totally impressed!  Hopefully this is a pattern we will repeat often over the next year.

[snow_wizard]

32 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Down to 35°F now, alongside SeaTac. We don't usually follow toe to toe with the airport for hours on end, because we're a low lying sheltered (relatively) inland valley, while SeaTac is up at 450' next to the Sound. It requires a special set of circumstances to do so; in this case clouds are shrouding my area and preventing things from decoupling, while SeaTac is clearing out better, in the process compensating for its topographic exposure.

This is a truly special pattern.  SEA is flirting with record lows this early in the evening.

[snow_wizard]

Looks like I've got freezing mins number 50 and 51 with the two for the price of one tonight.

[snow_wizard]

58 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Hanging onto the clouds here. This cold snap has been a bit disappointing in some regards, with clouds shrouding the cooling potential at night, only to be mixed away during the peak heating hours of the day. Much of that is normal meteorology of course, but still, disappointing. Under the clouds SeaTac has flatlined at 36°F so far tonight, same at my location.

Good points, but the cold snap isn't over yet.  Just looking at the 500mb pattern and persistently cold 850s this thing is a beast though.  Finally got a clear night here and the temp is reacting splendidly.

[StruThiO]

It's snowing here

[Meatyorologist]

18 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

Good points, but the cold snap isn't over yet.  Just looking at the 500mb pattern and persistently cold 850s this thing is a beast though.  Finally got a clear night here and the temp is reacting splendidly.

This airmass is about as good as it gets this time of year. Just unlucky so far.

[Meatyorologist]

Down to 33°F. SeaTac fluctuating but briefly hit 33°F as well.

Just one more degree and it'll be the first April freeze at KSEA since 2008. 31°F and it'll be the coldest April temperature recorded since 1976, when the mercury fell to 30°F on the 2nd.

[weatherfan2012]

7 hours ago, Phil said:

At some point we’ll see a +MT/+dAAMt dampen this La Niña background state (which is normal..saw it in both 2011 and 2008, as well) but that process may actually perpetuate the cool pattern in the West as seasonal dynamics/relationships change quickly during the spring.

At the very least, it’s a much healthier and more stable -ENSO regime than last year. Possibly the most impressive since 1999. Going to be tough to climb out of this. And we probably won’t climb out of it...odds of a 3rd year -ENSO are increasing.

Larry Cosgrove has been catching alot of heat from people because he predicting neutral to weak El nino by late summer lol.

[Meatyorologist]

Down to 32°F here, things are freezing up under a starry sky. SeaTac holding at 35°F. They usually don’t decouple until later on anyways, so we’ll see what happens. Clouds are approaching slowly but steadily from the south.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

37F and cloudy.

[snow maniac]

Radar is showing snow, but nothing making to the ground yet. 32 degrees. And icy out.

[Blizzard777]

4 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

Down to 32°F here, things are freezing up under a starry sky. SeaTac holding at 35°F. They usually don’t decouple until later on anyways, so we’ll see what happens. Clouds are approaching slowly but steadily from the south.

Clear skies helped get my temp down to 30* at 2:37am

Clouds rolled in a bit ago and temp now 34*

[T-Town]

37 and frosty here. 

[Everleigh]

It's snowing here in Yelm this morning. Light, but sticking to grass/roof. It got CRAZY yesterday afternoon. Snow, hail, graupel.....Came down fast and heavy for awhile, then....Stopped. lol 

[Blizzard777]

Hmmmmmm……perhaps ? 

[TT-SEA]

The snowpack in the Cascades is at 102% down south now... and over 100% up here as well. 

[Tyler Mode]

A few time lapse vids of the snow…

https://youtu.be/G76CpJscREE

https://youtu.be/2WBiRjfVSUk

https://youtu.be/SWfAk63P7Nc

[TT-SEA]

11 minutes ago, Tyler Mode said:

A few time lapse vids of the snow…

https://youtu.be/G76CpJscREE

https://youtu.be/2WBiRjfVSUk

https://youtu.be/SWfAk63P7Nc

Really cool to watch the bushes get weighed down with snow and then slowly come back up.     That tree in your yard in the 3rd video looks like it was close to breaking at one point.  

[FroYoBro]

Last night was just a little too warm for snow. Lots of very cold rain showers. 36 degrees. 

[Tyler Mode]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Really cool to watch the bushes get weighed down with snow and then slowly come back up.     That tree in your yard in the 3rd video looks like it was close to breaking at one point.  

I did lose a large branch off of it, you can see it snap around 8 seconds in.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Oh my god. We got buried. 6.5. 4.5” since midnight. 15.4” on the month. 

Edited April 13, 2022 by SilverFallsAndrew

[The Blob]

36 and wet here, no snow.

[TacomaWaWx]

Passed out early last night but we managed to fall to 32 before midnight. So 47/32 yesterday…and now 36 after a low of 32 this morning. 3rd freeze this month and the latest freeze I’ve ever recorded here in April. We only recorded 1 freeze in 2011 on 4/8. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Total snowfall has passed 2016-17.

[Meatyorologist]

SeaTac did indeed briefly touch 32F last night, making for the first April freeze since 2008! We try again tonight.

[TacomaWaWx]

Radar has precip but nothings falling here. Looks like accumulating snowfall stayed in Lewis county overnight. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

14 hours ago, StruThiO said:

That's a great point, thank you. Only problem now is that I've got an appointment at 8am tomorrow morning.. lol.

My family is moving to Georgia in just a couple months, so this was our final winter in the beautiful PNW. After getting completely skunked earlier in the season we had resigned ourselves to no more snow (we are Floridian so we live for the snow). And then this happens. I feel awful for all the animals, though. I also hear local orchards have been impacted, which is horrible.

If you are from Florida, at least you know what you are getting yourself into moving to Georgia.  What part of the state are you moving to?  I grew up in and around Atlanta, and also spent some time in Athens and down near Valdosta.  I moved around ALOT when I lived there.

[MossMan]

Had a low of 31. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Looks like wet snow is falling as far north as tumwater and yelm this morning. Looks like rain in Olympia. Shelton is 34 degrees with snow falling. 

[Randyc321]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Looks like wet snow is falling as far north as tumwater and yelm this morning. Looks like rain in Olympia. Shelton is 34 degrees with snow falling. 

Watching it march North.  We will see what falls here.

[Chewbacca Defense]

Got down to 30 last night, the snow (or even rain for that matter) just cannot seem to make it up here.  It would have been fun to have had April snow, but we had a good blast earlier this winter so I can't really complain.

 

For those who got missed out this past winter and are getting snow now, I leave you this:

 

 

[Kayla]

Had snow falling with a temperature of 6F this morning. Don't think I've ever seen that before in April!

Haven't been above freezing since Sunday afternoon (midnight high of 24F yesterday) and that looks to continue until Saturday afternoon. Decent chance we drop below zero tonight with clearing skies which will cement this cold snap as the season latest for cold on record.

Currently all the way up to 10F!

[MR.SNOWMIZER]

Bremerton touched 28 degrees, i was at 29. Incredible.

[Kayla]

Pony, MT saw 47" of snowfall over 24hrs...just insane! Nearly 4ft of snow not at a ski resort or on a mountain over a 24 hour period is hard for me to comprehend. Although I'm sure @Brian_in_Leavenworth can relate!

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Winter Storm Silas is making an impact!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Had a semi get stuck on the road at the end of my driveway overnight... He's still stuck down there, just went down and took him some coffee, now working on calling his boss to let them know he's alright. He got sent up here to pick something up at the farm at the end of our road and thought he was lost after his GPS went out... Unfortunately when he stopped to get his bearings around 9pm that was around the time it started snowing heavily. He only had about 1/2 of a mile to his destination too... 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

18 minutes ago, Kayla said:

Had snow falling with a temperature of 6F this morning. Don't think I've ever seen that before in April!

Haven't been above freezing since Sunday afternoon (midnight high of 24F yesterday) and that looks to continue until Saturday afternoon. Decent chance we drop below zero tonight with clearing skies which will cement this cold snap as the season latest for cold on record.

Currently all the way up to 10F!

Absolutely wild stuff.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Looks like we got down to 35F. Currently 39F with some light rain.