April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Not ready to mow yet! Did hit 49 though! 

[Phil]

51 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I mowed and BBQ’d! Spring! 46 degrees isn’t quite like 86 degrees but at least it was bright and dry! 

What is that I spy in the background?

Rhymes with red free.

[Anti Marine Layer]

4 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Beautiful afternoon...

 

Leaves getting red like it's fall.

[Phil]

What is that?

[TacomaWaWx]

19 minutes ago, Phil said:

What is that?

Yes wtf is that @MossMan 

[MossMan]

41 minutes ago, Phil said:

What is that I spy in the background?

Rhymes with red free.

It took you way too long to comment, I’m disappointed in you Phil. Also it’s not dead!! All of the branches have new growth popping except for the very top! It’s been resurrected from the dead! It’s a miracle! Hallelujah!! 

[MossMan]

15 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Yes wtf is that @MossMan 

Time to party it up…Lights!!! 

[TacomaWaWx]

Current average temp for the month as of today is 44.7. The average temps for February and March are 42.3 and 45.7…so very chilly first half of the month. Doesn’t look very warm the next week either so April could end up being a pretty cold one.

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, MossMan said:

Time to party it up…Lights!!! 

Lol I didn’t realize that was off your porch. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Full moon on a mostly clear cold night very nice. 

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Full moon on a mostly clear cold night very nice. 

Feels like a late October evening! 

[TT-SEA]

3 hours ago, TacomaWaWx said:

I think tomorrow may end up more active than today. 

Tomorrow we finally push out the cold air mass that came in last weekend and parked itself from WA to MN

The trough moving out will trigger a strong onshore push in the afternoon and a c-zone as well.     One dry day on Sunday and then its just a regular stormy pattern for April and no longer record cold.  

[TacomaWaWx]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Tomorrow we finally push out the cold air mass that came in last weekend and parked itself from WA to MN

The trough moving out will trigger a strong onshore push in the afternoon and a c-zone as well.     One dry day on Sunday and then its just a regular stormy pattern for April and no longer record cold.  

Has been one crazy week that’s for sure. 

[Blizzard777]

Poo Poo point Tiger Mt. was quite active with paraglider’s today. Nice perpetual snow shower up against Mount Rainer as well this afternoon. 

53/34

 

 

[The Blob]

Work snow update

[TT-SEA]

Frogs are back tonight... they have been silent the last few days.     This entire week has felt wrong to me.    Like some would say a 70-degree day in December feels wrong.     I also thought that late June last year felt very wrong.  

[Phil]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Time to party it up…Lights!!! 

Holiday lights?  

[Phil]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Frogs are back tonight... they have been silent the last few days.     This entire week has felt wrong to me.    Like some would say a 70-degree day in December feels wrong.     I also thought that late June last year felt very wrong.  

Those must be hard core frogs. Temps in the 30s.  

https://www.northbendweather.com/WWL-mobile.php

Frogs were chorusing here a few nights ago when it didn’t drop below 70°F. But they stop singing when the temp drops into the 50s. No exceptions.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

Those must be hard core frogs. Temps in the 30s.  

https://www.northbendweather.com/WWL-mobile.php

Frogs were chorusing here a few nights ago when it didn’t drop below 70°F. But they stop singing when the temp drops into the 50s. No exceptions.

The frogs were singing most nights in March with temps below 50.    Our frogs are more hearty.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Frogs are back tonight... they have been silent the last few days.     This entire week has felt wrong to me.    Like some would say a 70-degree day in December feels wrong.     I also thought that late June last year felt very wrong.  

Idk if you saw I mentioned last night the frogs have carried on as usual despite the 18” of snow we’ve had this week. 
 

This does feel very weird, I agree. It’s like mid winter, but the lighting is all wrong. 

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Idk if you saw I mentioned last night the frogs have carried on as usual despite the 18” of snow we’ve had this week. 
 

This does feel very weird, I agree. It’s like mid winter, but the lighting is all wrong. 

I missed that about the frogs at your house.   That is hilarious.   Its been unusually quiet during the nights here this week.   Next week will be great frog weather... they like rainy nights.

[Phil]

8 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

The frogs were singing most nights in March with temps below 50.    Our frogs are more hearty.   

Swamp frogs are wusses apparently.

[TT-SEA]

I know it will be wrong... but the 00Z GFS shows a rainy pattern for the West that is favorable for drier weather out here.   I actually like the pattern shown on GFS with lows diving to the south which gives us some offshore flow at times.   That set up usually ends up being quite decent up here.   The ECMWF is stronger with the onshore flow and will most likely end up being right.   

Here is Wednesday and Thursday afternoons per the GFS as an example...

[RentonHill]

[TT-SEA]

That trough on Monday and Tuesday is pretty darn cold for April as well.   The 18Z ECMWF showed a bunch of mountain snow early next week.    This will just pad the already above normal snowpack in the Cascades up here.  

 

[Phil]

Guidance nearly unanimous with the -NAO developing during week-2. Haven’t seen a lot of that in April/May over the last decade. I think 2016 and 2012 are the only legitimate ones.

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Tomorrow we finally push out the cold air mass that came in last weekend and parked itself from WA to MN

The trough moving out will trigger a strong onshore push in the afternoon and a c-zone as well.     One dry day on Sunday and then its just a regular stormy pattern for April and no longer record cold.  

Onshore push? How much colder can it get?

[Phil]

-AAM/Niña low frequency state doesn’t want to budge.

 

[Phil]

Important to note that, as beneficial as this pattern has been for OR/NorCal, they still need more. Lots more.

In fact, basically all of the SW US is in trouble.  Need to keep this pattern going for as long as possible.  

[Phil]

There is one green dot in the PNW on the 3-month SPI.

Wanna guess where it is? @TT-SEA

[MossMan]

Midnight moon and clouds! 38. 
 

[MossMan]

31.2 currently. 

[TT-SEA]

8 hours ago, Phil said:

There is one green dot in the PNW on the 3-month SPI.

Wanna guess where it is? @TT-SEA

Most of Western WA and NW OR have been about the same for the last  3 months... generally at or above normal in terms of precip and the mountains have above normal snowpack.    My area has not been much different recently.   SEA, OLM, and HQM are all about 1.50 inches above normal since January 1st.   The central and northern Oregon Cascades are at 109% of normal snowpack now and its about the same up here.     There are no issues up here at all.  

What we really need is a pattern that focuses precip on southern OR and CA.   

[TacomaWaWx]

Got down to 36 here this morning. 

[GHweatherChris]

Frosty here!!

[TacomaWaWx]

Looks like we’ve likely had our final freeze of the season on 4/13. We had 25 total this season. It’s also interesting to note…took us until 12/25 to get our first freeze of the season this year. That was the latest first freeze I’ve recorded. Then we also recorded our latest final freeze of the season as well this year. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Partly sunny and 35, low was 30.

[FroYoBro]

10 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Onshore push? How much colder can it get?

You continue to disappoint me more and more. 

[Randyc321]

11 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Tomorrow we finally push out the cold air mass that came in last weekend and parked itself from WA to MN

The trough moving out will trigger a strong onshore push in the afternoon and a c-zone as well.     One dry day on Sunday and then its just a regular stormy pattern for April and no longer record cold.  

Bring on the downvotes but this sounds good.  I am ready to do some serious gardening.  

#readyforwarm

[Timmy Supercell]

10 hours ago, Phil said:

Important to note that, as beneficial as this pattern has been for OR/NorCal, they still need more. Lots more.

In fact, basically all of the SW US is in trouble.  Need to keep this pattern going for as long as possible.  

Yup. Thanks to Jan/Feb/March snow being worse than 2015; the snowiest April in northwest history didn't even dent the drought.