April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[Omegaraptor]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

That’s a lot of rain in eastern Oregon. Lowest soil moisture seems to be centered on Crook and Grant counties which luckily also gets the most precip.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

20 minutes ago, Phil said:

New EPS weeklies.  

Oh yeah? 

 

[BLI snowman]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

Light rain here downtown!

Downtown Hockinson?

[BLI snowman]

24 minutes ago, Phil said:

New EPS weeklies.  

Ridge bridge?

[Phishy Wx]

26 minutes ago, Phil said:

New EPS weeklies.  

[RentonHill]

3 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

 

[Phil]

10 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Oh yeah? 

Very dominant low pass signal. Through D46:

[RentonHill]

3 minutes ago, Phil said:

Very dominant low pass signal. Through D46:

I thought we need Alaska to be warm

[BLI snowman]

5 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

I thought we need Alaska to be warm

Very different dynamic in the summer when our cold anomalies are generally derived from broader features on the Pacific side, rather than from stout mid-latitude amplification and continental air. In the summer there is a positive correlation between a cool PNW and a cool Alaska.

 

[snow drift]

14 minutes ago, Phil said:

Very dominant low pass signal. Through D46:

Looks like standard spring around here. Nothing Earth shattering that I can see. We earn consistently warm weather up this way.

[Deweydog]

32 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Downtown Hockinson?

 

[Meatyorologist]

11 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Very different dynamic in the summer when our cold anomalies are generally derived from broader features on the Pacific side, rather than from stout mid-latitude amplification and continental air. In the summer there is a positive correlation between a cool PNW and a cool Alaska.

 

I think Renton is referencing a particular conversation from last Fall...

[snow drift]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

 

The bustling metropolis....

[Phil]

21 minutes ago, RentonHillTC said:

I thought we need Alaska to be warm

Lol. Not in the warm season.

The Pacific is the “cool” air source now. In January it’s a warm advection source, which I’m sure you’re all aware of…cringe

[TacomaWaWx]

4 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

I think Renton is referencing a particular conversation from last Fall...

he’s just here for the GIFS

[Deweydog]

Prayers for Jared if the Euroofus is right.

[RentonHill]

6 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

he’s just here for the GIFS

i promise some of them will actually be weather maps

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, RentonHillTC said:

i promise some of them will actually be weather maps

I’d be disappointed if it was only weather maps! 

[ShawniganLake]

Some decent rain showers rolling thru here.  24th day with measurable precip in April.  Up to about 5.2”

[BLI snowman]

15 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

 

Hasn't changed a bit! Just been ravaged by a degree and a half or so of climate warming.

[Deweydog]

3 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Hasn't changed a bit! Just been ravaged by a degree and a half or so of climate warming.

I guarantee none of the corn-fed white boys in that photo are worried about third runways.

[Phil]

50 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Prayers for Jared if the Euroofus is right.

Taking one for the team.

[Omegaraptor]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

Very dominant low pass signal. Through D46:

Very warm in the SW. Could be a gradient situation this summer?

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

Lol. Not in the warm season.

The Pacific is the “cool” air source now. In January it’s a warm advection source, which I’m sure you’re all aware of…cringe

Yep, the ocean is now colder than the land. Lots of cold, unstable MP floods us in the spring and early summer. May 1955, May 1975, and May 2011 were all colder than average. The saga continues this year. Maybe we'll follow 2008 instead.

[Phil]

26 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

Very warm in the SW. Could be a gradient situation this summer?

Suspect the 4CH will be monstrous again this summer. However it doesn’t always affect the PNW region.

Both 2011 and 2012 had behemoth 4CHs, but they were centered farther S/E. Decent chance that is the case this year, as well. The -ENSO low pass signal appears very stubborn, and the tendency under that (plus descending westerly shear/warm IO) is for a stronger NPAC/Aleutian High, which tends to keep the 4CH influence at bay in the PNW region.

[TacomaWaWx]

57/39 today. 

[TT-SEA]

57 here as well... no rain today.   At least not yet.    Pleasant afternoon with a fair amount of sunshine.

[Phil]

You guys pulling off highs in the 50s like it’s nothing.

We had a top-10 cold upper level airmass today and still made it into the 60s somehow.

[ShawniganLake]

4 minutes ago, Phil said:

You guys pulling off highs in the 50s like it’s nothing.

We had a top-10 cold upper level airmass today and still made it into the 60s somehow.

I think I’ve only cracked 60 twice this year so far.  63F is the high water mark for the year to date. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, snow drift said:

Yep, the ocean is now colder than the land. Lots of cold, unstable MP floods us in the spring and early summer. May 1955, May 1975, and May 2011 were all colder than average. The saga continues this year. Maybe we'll follow 2008 instead.

A cold Pacific ain't terrific.

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

I think I’ve only cracked 60 twice this year so far.  63F is the high water mark for the year to date. 

North Bend has been 60+ on 15 days so far this year... and 70+ on 3 days.     The high water mark is currently 75 on 4/7.

[Omegaraptor]

13 minutes ago, Phil said:

You guys pulling off highs in the 50s like it’s nothing.

We had a top-10 cold upper level airmass today and still made it into the 60s somehow.

Your latitude matches Sacramento/Bay Area.

Portland, OR matches central Maine.

[Anti Marine Layer]

11 minutes ago, Phil said:

You guys pulling off highs in the 50s like it’s nothing.

We had a top-10 cold upper level airmass today and still made it into the 60s somehow.

Typically cold upper level airmasses warm up the beaches here as they destroy the inversion. 

[TT-SEA]

12 minutes ago, Phil said:

You guys pulling off highs in the 50s like it’s nothing.

We had a top-10 cold upper level airmass today and still made it into the 60s somehow.

Average high right now is just barely above 60 in Seattle.

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

You guys pulling off highs in the 50s like it’s nothing.

We had a top-10 cold upper level airmass today and still made it into the 60s somehow.

We have highs in the 50s every June. Happens in warm and cold Junes.

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

A cold Pacific ain't terrific.

La niña continues to strengthen. Lame

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

57 here as well... no rain today.   At least not yet.    Pleasant afternoon with a fair amount of sunshine.

We start out sunny, but convection always builds, and we turn cloudy in the afternoon. February featured more sunshine than this month.

[TacomaWaWx]

11 minutes ago, snow drift said:

La niña continues to strengthen. Lame

It’s worked out pretty well for snow atleast the last couple winters here. 15.5” in 20-21 and 11.3” in 21-22. Will be interesting to see how next winter plays out. Pretty rare to get 6+ inches of snow 3 winters in a row…but then again triple dip Nina’s are rare too. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

20 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

HDR.

Gesundheit

[SilverFallsAndrew]

We hit 75 earlier this month. 
 

48/36 today with 0.14” in the bucket. 

Edited April 29, 2022 by SilverFallsAndrew