April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[GHweatherChris]

9 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

Not really all that impressive here. Still 50F and the occasional sprinkle. So vastly different even just a couple hundred miles to the south.

A couple hundred miles is a significant difference.

[Front Ranger]

3 hours ago, hawkstwelve said:

Man, two different offers on two different houses and lost out on both of them. I thought we were escaping the crazy housing market just a bit but it's just as bad over here. We went $16k over asking on one house and lost because the other offer went $33k over asking. Just stupid. It's been very stressful and challenging but we are trying to stay positive and keep going. Everything happens for a reason, right? That's what we are telling ourselves.

On a weather note, the same system affecting you guys now will bring wind, rain, and snow to South Dakota Tues-Thurs. It will be good to get more precip as most of SD and especially down into NE are experiencing drought conditions, some more extreme than others. Any little bit helps.

FWIW...I work in real estate and new buyer demand in Denver has started to slow over the past few weeks. And we've been as hot as any market out there.

If interest rates continue to rise, I expect a very different market in a few months.

[Deweydog]

12 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

FWIW...I work in real estate and new buyer demand in Denver has started to slow over the past few weeks. And we've been as hot as any market out there.

If interest rates continue to rise, I expect a very different market in a few months.

Just had a conversation with a friend of mine this weekend who is in the biz and he says the same mini trend has started here in Clark County. He also expects 30 year rates to be around six percent by fall.

[TacomaWaWx]

Up to 0.10” this evening…getting a little breezy. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

It snowed a lot up here in April 2008 and 2011, but I wasn’t living up here then. I drove to Olympia on 4/1/09 and there was snow and rain mix on the drive. Since I’ve lived here we have had sticking snow in April in 2012,15,18,20.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

0.21” now. Temp at 42.9

[MossMan]

33 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Just had a conversation with a friend of mine this weekend who is in the biz and he says the same mini trend has started here in Clark County. He also expects 30 year rates to be around six percent by fall.

It’s over. 

[MossMan]

Windy. 

[Deweydog]

12 minutes ago, MossMan said:

It’s over. 

Never had enough ensemble support from the start.

[SouthHillFrosty]

Pulling an all nighter to get caught up on work and hw. Night shift??

[KingstonWX]

Windy af. Power is out. 

[RentonHill]

3 hours ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Pulling an all nighter to get caught up on work and hw. Night shift??

Just put in a brief night shift to clean up blown trash cans 

[Tyler Mode]

0.41" so far and a peak wind of 26 mph...way better than anything last April.

[TT-SEA]

Nice to see the SEA radar is down on what should be a very active day! 

Classic.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

0.68” at SLE in 6 hours.

[TT-SEA]

Looks like about 1.25 inches here since yesterday afternoon... not that impressive for early April but we should get plenty of downpours over the next 24 hours before it quiets down.

[smerfylicious]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Looks like about 1.25 inches here since yesterday afternoon... not that impressive for early April but we should get plenty of downpours over the next 24 hours before it quiets down.

Who needs radar when you have a forum?

Nice 20mph gusts at my place. Very cozy. Now I must ask for your greenthumbedness...these darn bilberry seeds aren't germinating, any tips?

[TT-SEA]

Just now, smerfylicious said:

Who needs radar when you have a forum?

Nice 20mph gusts at my place. Very cozy. Now I must ask for your greenthumbedness...these darn bilberry seeds aren't germinating, any tips?

Unfortunately.... I have no idea on bilberry seeds.      I can usually answer most gardening questions.    We are waiting until after the middle of the month to start anything in the garden.  

[Front Ranger]

7 hours ago, Deweydog said:

Just had a conversation with a friend of mine this weekend who is in the biz and he says the same mini trend has started here in Clark County. He also expects 30 year rates to be around six percent by fall.

A lot depends on if the Fed actually does what it says it will do to fight inflation. Mortgage rates have already risen way more than most thought they would at this point - it's a shock to the system, but probably mostly in anticipation of further fed rate hikes. 

But yeah, if rates move up another .5% or so, I think we're on the fast track to a correction.

[Jbolin]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Nice to see the SEA radar is down on what should be a very active day! 

Classic.  

Techs have been dispatched and NWS states that they are in comms with techs to figure out a "gameplan". 

 

We'll see what that means later I guess. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 minutes ago, JBolin said:

Techs have been dispatched and NWS states that they are in comms with techs to figure out a "gameplan". 

 

We'll see what that means later I guess. 

Sounds rather serious.

[MossMan]

White deck! 

[TacomaWaWx]

44 here and some sunshine for now. 0.58” this morning and 0.78” for April. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

12 hours ago, hawkstwelve said:

Man, two different offers on two different houses and lost out on both of them. I thought we were escaping the crazy housing market just a bit but it's just as bad over here. We went $16k over asking on one house and lost because the other offer went $33k over asking. Just stupid. It's been very stressful and challenging but we are trying to stay positive and keep going. Everything happens for a reason, right? That's what we are telling ourselves.

On a weather note, the same system affecting you guys now will bring wind, rain, and snow to South Dakota Tues-Thurs. It will be good to get more precip as most of SD and especially down into NE are experiencing drought conditions, some more extreme than others. Any little bit helps.

That sucks, I kinda figured it would be a little easier for you there.  A friend of mine is trying to buy in the Mt. Vernon area, and said it has been rough.  After a few years of chomping at the bit to get out of our house, if for no other reason than because it is way too much house for empty nesters (5 bedroom 2.5 bath 2,900 sq ft) my wife and I have had a change of heart.  Because of where our jobs have gone (both working from home now), it turns out this house is perfect.  5 bedrooms also equals 3 bedrooms and 2 offices! 

That said, the location still sucks, and as urban sprawl starts to envelop us, it will only get worse.  For Tim and other folks familiar with the area, there are 2 condo/apartment complexes being built in the neighborhoods by the Britton Rd fire station, and they are starting on a high density housing development at the corner of Dewey and Mt. Baker Highway, and they are working on permits for housing on the north side of Mt Baker highway between Gundie's and the Britton Road intersection (that's a new one).

Here is a handy sight to see what all is going on:  https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/4a5d623abf744511ae43c71f4579d121

I am glad for now that we are not venturing into the home buying fray, but the rate things are being built up around here, that may change....

[Blizzard777]

44*  with lots of blue overhead 

Winds gusting to 33 

Storm total .71 and .56 since midnight 

[TacomaWaWx]

17 minutes ago, Jginmartini said:

44*  with lots of blue overhead 

Winds gusting to 33 

Storm total .71 and .56 since midnight 

Sun disappeared quickly here. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Still pretty early in the day…but it’s already our wettest April day since 4/14/18 when we had 1.37” of rain. Wind hasn’t been too crazy yet…hopefully we can get some good thunderstorm activity. 

[MossMan]

Currently 36.

.29” of melted precip through the gauge so far. 

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Currently 36.

.29” of melted precip through the gauge so far. 

That was hail right? 

[T-Town]

22 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

That sucks, I kinda figured it would be a little easier for you there.  A friend of mine is trying to buy in the Mt. Vernon area, and said it has been rough.  After a few years of chomping at the bit to get out of our house, if for no other reason than because it is way too much house for empty nesters (5 bedroom 2.5 bath 2,900 sq ft) my wife and I have had a change of heart.  Because of where our jobs have gone (both working from home now), it turns out this house is perfect.  5 bedrooms also equals 3 bedrooms and 2 offices! 

That said, the location still sucks, and as urban sprawl starts to envelop us, it will only get worse.  For Tim and other folks familiar with the area, there are 2 condo/apartment complexes being built in the neighborhoods by the Britton Rd fire station, and they are starting on a high density housing development at the corner of Dewey and Mt. Baker Highway, and they are working on permits for housing on the north side of Mt Baker highway between Gundie's and the Britton Road intersection (that's a new one).

Here is a handy sight to see what all is going on:  https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/4a5d623abf744511ae43c71f4579d121

I am glad for now that we are not venturing into the home buying fray, but the rate things are being built up around here, that may change....

We tried to downsize in our move to Tacoma but ended up upsizing based on what was available in a move in ready state. It’s actually worked out well because when the kids come to visit there is enough room for everyone to have their space. It will eventually be more house and yard than we want to maintain but for now it’s all good. 

[MossMan]

6 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

That was hail right? 

Yep! 

[LowerGarfield]

Stormy day ahead for EWA. Possibly up to 60mph west winds for my location. Tomorrow is supposed to have high winds to a lesser degree as well.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Salem with almost an inch with this system. Not bad. Was absolutely pouring when I left for work. Near an inch since midnight. 

[Blizzard777]

Hail 

43*

[ShawniganLake]

2.08” of rain here through this morning.  It was absolutely pouring around midnight last night.   Just had a shower pass through with some frozen stuff mixed in. 

[MossMan]

An already interesting day is going to be even more so I have a feeling…Turbulent looking sky currently at work. 

[MossMan]

Power surging at work, the internet and phones did not like that. 

[Meatyorologist]

30 minutes ago, Eujunga said:

0.62" storm total with gusty winds that scattered deck chairs around and drove me into a quieter room at 3 a.m. to sleep.

The big picture is still dry, but at least this April is already more than twice as wet as April 2021, so I'm not complaining.

For once, a storm has exceeded NWS QPF amounts. Doesn't happen often!

For once this wet season it’s a strong system with excellent jet support. Pretty lacking since 2012.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Looking juicy over Idaho.

[MossMan]

Looks like a chunk without power due west of me, and looking through my office window it seems like there is weather going on over there. I am proud of myself for remembering how to correctly reset our very finicky server at work to get us back online!