April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[snow_wizard]

I am 101% impressed by this cool period.  Even the "warmer" weather this week is still kicking out -5 and -6 departures.  I ended up with a 53/33 today and it's clear and dropping good tonight as well.  The month to date CF6 chart is looking very impressive for SEA with a lot of big minuses.

[Deweydog]

3 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

I'm betting next winter is a very good one and then a mega dud for 23/24.

[snow_wizard]

Quite impressively it appears another unseasonably cool airmass is set to arrive during the April 26 to 30 period.

[snow_wizard]

12 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

I sure hope.

[smerfylicious]

Snowing on the west side of Tahoe, all through the Sierra Nevadas, and up through the Oregon Cascades. 

Warms the cockles of my heart.

[Deweydog]

Gooberland on the 00z looks nice! And maybe thundery!

[Skagit Weather]

00z Euro has 4 times the precipitation through the end of the month up here as the the GFS. If the GFS verifies this will be one of the driest Aprils I've recorded. If the Euro verifies it will be one of the wetter. Both have been swinging pretty wildly so who knows which will be correct.

[smerfylicious]

Wow it's really coming down in Tahoe City now. A couple hours ago there was nothing but wet pavement.

https://tahoetopia.com/webcam/tahoe-citydowntown-webcam

[smerfylicious]

Just because this watershed is just so important for fire mitigation in California, here's what they're picking up from midnight tonight thru friday:

 

 

[Meatyorologist]

An active day awaits. Everywhere from Fresno up to the border has a shot at some lightning today along the west coast.

[TacomaWaWx]

Low of 43 this morning…one of the warmer mornings this month. 0.13” since midnight and 2.78” so far this month. 

[Phil]

8 hours ago, snow_wizard said:

Quite impressively it appears another unseasonably cool airmass is set to arrive during the April 26 to 30 period.

I’m more skeptical of that one. Tropics + seasonal dynamics would favor a warm-up later this month into early May. But I’ll concede it’s not a long lasting signal and might not happen.

[Phil]

5 hours ago, smerfylicious said:

Wow it's really coming down in Tahoe City now. A couple hours ago there was nothing but wet pavement.

https://tahoetopia.com/webcam/tahoe-citydowntown-webcam

You love to see it.

[Kayla]

Under a Winter Storm Warning here beginning tomorrow morning into Saturday. NWS point forecast shows 8-18" of snow for my rooftop. It's a pretty marginal setup so I wouldn't be surprised if we only end up with 4-6" but up to 18" is also possible if precip rates stay high enough.

Either way,  this system is packing a bunch of moisture (1-1.5" of precip) and the mountains are going to get buried which is great because we are still in severe drought conditions here.

[RentonHill]

Winds a blowin upstairs today

 

 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Partly sunny to mostly cloudy this morning with a low of 43

[Phil]

Last night I had a bad dream that I was watching the local on the 8s and saw 90s and 100s filling up the 7-day. Then wake up pouring sweat and realize it’s because my gf had turned on the plug-in heater and the room was a hotbox. Interesting that’s where my subconscious mind went.  

[MossMan]

Hopefully this PNA spike will translate to some sun and warmth for a least a few days coming up. Been a cold wet month here. 

[Phishy Wx]

just back from TX, Austin and Houston.  Actually was pretty pleasant down there.  low 80s in Austin and yesterday was upper 70s in Houston.  good timing I guess.  Now back to cool and gray

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Models seem to be trending towards more normal spring weather. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

57F and partly cloudy. Up to 4.48" on the month so doing good!!

[Omegaraptor]

Beautiful morning on this Unofficial Random Drug Test Day. Hope we can cook up some instability for thunderstorms later.

[MossMan]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

just back from TX, Austin and Houston.  Actually was pretty pleasant down there.  low 80s in Austin and yesterday was upper 70s in Houston.  good timing I guess.  Now back to cool and gray

Take note @TacomaWaWxthis is the time to vacation in Texas, not during prime time!! 

[Phil]

These guys love their red paintbrush.

 

[BLI snowman]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

These guys love their red paintbrush.

 

Normal in Olympia and warm in Lacey!!!

[Phishy Wx]

14 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Normal in Olympia and warm in Lacey!!!

Hot as balls in Spokane.  per usual for summer

[Cascadia_Wx]

4 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

Hot as balls in Spokane.  per usual for summer

Spokane has one of the cooler summer climates of the inland NW

[Blizzard777]

Sky is bubbling today…going to be a great day ! 
49*

[Anti Marine Layer]

40 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Normal in Olympia and warm in Lacey!!!

In 2010 most of the country roasted and toasted,  but extremely chilly sea surface temperatures caused one of the coolest summers on record for much of the Pacific Coast, including San Diego, which felt more like San Francisco. 

Could we see a repeat this year?

[FroYoBro]

Finally seeing some better conditions for t-storms today or at least some stronger isolated showers. Didn’t really see the sun earlier in the week, but have been getting some sun breaks this past hour. 

[luminen]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

These guys love their red paintbrush.

 

Wow, if that pans out I am glad I won't have to deal with too much heat after moving to the maritimes.

[Phil]

The 12z EPS looks nice. More pacific influence in the pattern. And no death ridges.

[TacomaWaWx]

55 here and some sun breaks. Haven’t had much activity yet. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Up to 56 here with some sunbreaks. Radar is looking somewhat promising 

[TT-SEA]

Pretty nice day... lots of sun breaks and a few showers.   Just had a 2-minute downpour and the sun was coming out again before the rain ended.   Starting to get that lush spring look now particularly when everything is wet and the sun is shining.  The vegetation is progressing nicely again this week... this is favorable weather for that to happen.   

[Meatyorologist]

19 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Pretty nice day... lots of sun breaks and a few showers.   Just had a 2-minute downpour and the sun was coming out again before the rain ended.   Starting to get that lush spring look now particularly when everything is wet and the sun is shining.  The vegetation is progressing nicely again this week... this is favorable weather for that to happen.   

Yep, similar tangible weather (frequent rain, clouds, long sunbreaks in between) but much more typical temperatures, within -5 to -2 of average instead of -12 to -7.

Pretty comfortable out there after nearly two weeks of that!

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Yep, similar tangible weather (frequent rain, clouds, long sunbreaks in between) but much more typical temperatures, within -5 to -2 of average instead of -12 to -7.

Pretty comfortable out there after nearly two weeks of that!

Yeah... its amazing how warm 58 degrees and a little humid feels after the cold and snow/ice pellets/hail of last week.

[Deweydog]

Light rain!

This week has been a convective bust.

[TacomaWaWx]

7 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Light rain!

This week has been a convective bust.

Almost always seems like forecasted convection events bust…and the events that aren’t forecasted end up being the best. Not always but it happens. 

[Deweydog]

Just now, TacomaWaWx said:

Almost always seems like forecasted convection events bust…and the events that aren’t forecasted end up being the best. 

It’s always tough sledding on the west side when potential is extremely dependent on surface-based, cold core stuff. A little better timing and yesterday could have been a real wiener.