April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[FroYoBro]

6 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Here we go!

 

Definitely not snow here yet. I do see chunks mixing in though! 36.8 now.

[smerfylicious]

Too bad we don't have people in Klamath Falls. I bet they'd be getting some pretty good pictures about now

[Timmy]

1 minute ago, Deweydog said:

Hillsboro and Scapppoooossse now reporting SNOW.

My ring cam confirms

[GobBluth]

They're having issues getting the point forecasts to match the advisories.

[Perturbed Member]

33.5F and sticking to everything but the road. 

[GHweatherChris]

Green on radar is actually spreading north, might be some hope....

[The Blob]

Still rain here

[Perturbed Member]

32.8F, roads starting to turn white. I won't be able to sleep much tonight. 

[The Blob]

1 minute ago, nwsnow said:

32.8F, roads starting to turn white. I won't be able to sleep much tonight. 

Are you in the west hills?

[LowerGarfield]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

Spokane is gunna get hosed on one of the rarer events in some time.  Lol, par for the course in the desert over here. oof

How rare is snow in Spokane this time of year? You guys seem to get a lot.

[GHweatherChris]

Good precip echoes are only 15 miles away by the way of the crow and slowly shifting north, fingers crossed!

[Perturbed Member]

2 minutes ago, The Blob said:

Are you in the west hills?

250 ft, far west metro. Several miles west of HIO. Areas closer to the coast range are faring pretty well with this event so far even without great elevation. 

Places are gradually changing over from west to east though. 

You can see it is sticking nicely all the way down to low elevations up against the eastern slopes of the coast range. 

[joelgombiner]

[TacomaWaWx]

2 minutes ago, joelgombiner said:

April 2022 is a month we will be talking about for a long time.

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

April 2022 is a month we will be talking about for a long time.

ya, no

 

[Requiem]

Can confirm apparently snowing at my house and sticking on everything but the roads. 

[snow_wizard]

The 0z GFS is a bit more continental this week than previous runs.  Somewhat higher max temps but colder mins.  Still some fine tuning to be done for what will be a cold week.

Looking at the current 500mb maps it's pretty plain to see this would be a major cold event in the winter.  I doubt that April 2008 ever had this look at the 500mb level.  2011 may have.

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, GHweatherChris said:

ya, no

 

Ok. 

[snow_wizard]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

April 2022 is a month we will be talking about for a long time.

Especially in Portland, but even places that don't see a lot of snow are going to have notable cold for a sustained period.

Tomorrow will be a brisk N wind / crisp kind of day for the Seattle area.

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Ok. 

sorry, my backyard for me dictates how I discuss this month.

[RentonHill]

32 and snowing in twisp. 35 and not snowing in Renton. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Just now, GHweatherChris said:

sorry, my backyard for me dictates how I discuss this month.

Lol, I understand your view on things, the PNW in general though…yes it will be something to remember. 

[snow_wizard]

Just now, RentonHillTC said:

32 and snowing in twisp. 35 and not snowing in Renton. 

It always snows in Twisp.

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Lol, I understand your view on things, the PNW in general though…yes it will be something to remember. 

nothing has happened yet, btw I am trying to reverse psychology this so let me be 

 

[joelgombiner]

this would have been incredible in January or February

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

sorry, my backyard for me dictates how I discuss this month.

You might get a good dose of snow there.  Harder call than places SE of you.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 minute ago, joelgombiner said:

this would have been incredible in January or February... It's what many of the long-range models were showing last Fall... just came through a little late... 

It was pretty incredible further north. Got down to -15˚C at YVR.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, joelgombiner said:

this would have been incredible in January or February... It's what many of the long-range models were showing last Fall... just came through a little late... 

We got nailed in December / early Jan though.  I think the next 12 months are going to be talked about a for a long time.  With the flop of the potential El Nino we should be good to go for some serious cold shots at times this year and into next year.

[MossMan]

Nothing like blooming trees with snow on them! Good night everyone! 

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

You might get a good dose of snow there.  Harder call than places SE of you.

The main precip shield is just south of Olympia now…only about 15-20 miles south of here. We will see not counting on it but some wrap around moisture is possible. 37 now DP 33 so pretty close to cold enough.

[snow_wizard]

1 minute ago, hawkstwelve said:

I know it's been all about the surface details lately, and rightfully so, but dang... This is a pretty nice looking 500mb pattern.

Really happy this appears to be working out for PDX folks.

That is drop dead gorgeous.  Weather pornography.  

[thickhog]

Raining very hard. I’ll believe it’s gonna snow when I see it with my own lifeless eyes.

[Omegaraptor]

4 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

We got nailed in December / early Jan though.  I think the next 12 months are going to be talked about a for a long time.  With the flop of the potential El Nino we should be good to go for some serious cold shots at times this year and into next year.

I feel like the next couple years are going to produce some December 1972 level monster cold wave across the West. Maybe even better... January 1937 / 1949 moonshot?

Lots of extremely amplified / anomalous patterns over the last couple years, in both cold and heat. I'm not just talking about the PNW here either. Eventually it's going to line up just right in midwinter. Think mid-1930s.

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, snow_wizard said:

That is drop dead gorgeous.  Weather pornography.  

Basically an April arctic blast. 

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, snow_wizard said:

That is drop dead gorgeous.  Weather pornography.  

Check out the 00z Canadian. More lowland snow opportunities later this week, verbatim.

Then a strong low with a tight pressure gradient plows into Vancouver island.

[snow_wizard]

2 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

I feel like the next couple years are going to produce some December 1972 level monster cold wave across the West. Maybe even better.

Lots of extremes over the last couple years, in both cold and heat. Eventually it's going to line up just right in midwinter. Think mid-1930s.

Yup.  We are in a very good mode right now.

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, Omegaraptor said:

I feel like the next couple years are going to produce some December 1972 level monster cold wave across the West. Maybe even better.

Lots of extremes over the last couple years, in both cold and heat. Eventually it's going to line up just right in midwinter. Think mid-1930s.

Pretty insane we had a high temp of 24 here in December…coldest day in 30 years and then hit 106 the hottest day ever 6 months earlier all in the same year. Lytton BC hit 120 and a high temp of -5 (I think) in the same year nuts stuff! 

[Phil]

Deform band incoming.

Euro nailed the position of it to within 50 miles, several days in advance. Kudos to the people who programmed that model. Top notch.

[Omegaraptor]

I'm not going to go to the assumption that this exact pattern would have produced some massive 18-24 inch historical snowstorm had it been January... but the number of things that had to line up to produce what is going on isn't exactly dissimilar.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Night shift assemble!!!!