April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[Meatyorologist]

42°F at the 2pm update.

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, Meatyorologist said:

42°F at the 2pm update.

Down to 41 here currently. Think we may stay below 45 today…more showers keep rotating in. 

[StruThiO]

6 hours ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

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.

Looking at northern Georgia, somewhere like Ellijay. It's my grandparents decision, not mine. I'm just here to help them move to wherever they pick!

[TacomaWaWx]

Accumulating snowfall in spanaway currently. 

[TacomaWaWx]

JBLM also reporting snow…there are some heavy showers working northward. We will see what happens could get interesting. 

[MossMan]

2 hours ago, Phil said:

Is that a chunk of dead tree under your gas gauge? 
Or a pretzel? 

[TacomaWaWx]

Sky is getting dark here…spanaway had a 10 degree drop in temp with this cell and accumulating snow in 45 minutes down to 33 there. 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Sky is getting dark here…spanaway had a 10 degree drop in temp with this cell and accumulating snow in 45 minutes down to 33 there. 

Just looked up the traffic cams down there... pretty crazy.    Totally different day out here.   Not warm by any means... but much brighter and totally dry. 

 

[SnowySeeker50]

Currently 45F and dark clouds moving in. Family member reporting snow just south in Puyallup.

[Chewbacca Defense]

10 minutes ago, StruThiO said:

Looking at northern Georgia, somewhere like Ellijay. It's my grandparents decision, not mine. I'm just here to help them move to wherever they pick!

North Georgia is nice, Dahlonega and Helen are neat little tourists towns, it should be a little cooler up there in the summer.  If you explore enough off the beaten path you definitely find some "paddle faster, I hear banjos" situations.  

Blairsville is another nice spot, my Aunt and Uncle have a small piece of property there where they park their RV and that is where they spend their summers (their regular house is just south of Atlanta). 

 

Toccoa and Clayton are also nice, I used to go up to Clayton a lot and camp as a kid.  I should qualify, they are nice as far as being beautiful country....as places to live I have no idea.

 

Good luck with your move!!

 

[Meatyorologist]

43°F at SeaTac. Just 65°F off the all time record…

[Phil]

20 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Is that a chunk of dead tree under your gas gauge? 
Or a pretzel? 

Didn’t even see that until you mentioned it.  

It’s a male white pine flower.

[GHweatherChris]

Snowing!!

[GHweatherChris]

48/31 temp spread today, currently 35 and moderate snow!!

[snow_wizard]

This cold snap has officially hit big deal status.  SEA dropped to 33 before midnight last night and tied the record from 1968.  Then they dropped to 32 and tied the record of 32 from 1945 for today.  Nice to see the old records falling instead of recently set ones.  At this point it appears SEA could pull off a 44/32 for the day which is pretty ridiculous.

[snow_wizard]

4 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

48/31 temp spread today, currently 35 and moderate snow!!

So far I'm looking at 46/30, but no snow.  Pretty much all of the snow activity has been south and east of here.  The mountains look like it's December.

[TacomaWaWx]

37 degree rain with a few flakes mixed in. Not what I was hoping for but still plenty of shower activity to come so could see some snow soon. 

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

So far I'm looking at 46/30, but no snow.  Pretty much all of the snow activity has been south and east of here.  The mountains look like it's December.

Trace of snow here yesterday afternoon at 3pm temp dropped 12 degrees. 

[T-Town]

We were maybe half snow for a while here but just lumpy rain now. Down to 38 here. Pretty crazy. 

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Trace of snow here yesterday afternoon at 3pm temp dropped 12 degrees. 

We've had some flakes, a little bit of hail, and some snow pellets in recent days.  All I know is it has been flat out cold.

[snow_wizard]

It appears the next three nights all have a decent shot at dropping to freezing in a lot of areas.  It looks like Friday night will feature the most clearing.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Sunny and mid-40s here at the office in Salem, but looks like 34 and snowing on the Silver Falls cam.

[T-Town]

Fat flakes mixing in again here.  Radar looking pretty good too. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Had to update the snow totals in my signature. Will update the precip total through the end of March later. 

[TacomaWaWx]

3 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Fat flakes mixing in again here.  Radar looking pretty good too. 

HUGE flakes mixing here as well and 36! The next batch of showers to the south could be very interesting. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Changing to snow! About 90% snow. 

[snow_wizard]

The east that has been keeping this area dry has suddenly collapsed.  We shall see what happens.

[Andie]

Hello Snow!!!    Hope all is well with you!  

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Changing to snow! About 90% snow. 

This cold snap has really gotten it's act together.  To me it has a different vibe than either 2008 or 2011.  A very interesting mix of chilly continental and maritime polar air.  Today has literally been a bit colder than normal for December.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, Andie said:

Hello Snow!!!    Hope all is well with you!  

Not too bad.  Certainly enjoying our late cold snap!  Hope all is well with you as well.

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, snow_wizard said:

This cold snap has really gotten it's act together.  To me it has a different vibe than either 2008 or 2011.  A very interesting mix of chilly continental and maritime polar air.  Today has literally been a bit colder than normal for December.

It dumped yesterday too. Radar looks promising for more. It’s also down to 37 from a high of 42. Might have maxed out at 42 today! 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Been relatively quiet here today some widely scattered showers and lots of sunbreaks high of 48 so far looks like PDX will be hitting the low 50s.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

My wife says its dumping snow again up at the house, she just got home and her car is already covered again. lol

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Wow some intense echoes moving onto the Washington Coast... DANG 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

3 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

On March 31st I predicted on community Facebook page that we would see significant snow this week... Had to bump that post today...

Great call!

[TacomaWaWx]

39 now…next shower is already starting so looks very unlikely we get above 42. 42/32 temp spread with rain and snow showers is cold anytime of year but on April 13th WOW! Coldest April day I’ve ever recorded was 45/33 in 2008. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just got heavy shower of some close to marble sized hail a bit ago. Made a few car alarms go off 

48/35 spread today. Down to 45 currently.

[TT-SEA]

32 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Wow some intense echoes moving onto the Washington Coast... DANG 

Appears that cells are now moving northwest from land out into ocean rather than onto the coast.

[Meatyorologist]

Assuming no further warming, today's 44/32 spread ties the record for all time coldest April day at KSEA! Wow!!!

Even crazier, that record of 38°F was set on the fourth of the month in 1975, whereas today's was set on the 13th! This is beyond record breaking, this is literally tying all time cold figures for this time of year.

[Deweydog]

Just made the trip from Oly to home after watching our nephew become a fully-indoctrinated WSP trooper.

Hit four different biblical hailstorms along the way, one of which in Kelso was sending people in all directions, but primarily into the median barrier.