PNW April 2023 Weather Discussion

[MossMan]

55/41 on the day. Currently 47 and light rain. 

.15” so far on the day, .83” for the month, 15.97” for the year. 

[BLI snowman]

41 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Beautiful memory of my youth. 

 

1958 was a totally snowless year. Although Vertigo was released, so it wasn't all bad.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

9 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

 

1958 was a totally snowless year. Although Vertigo was released, so it wasn't all bad.

Yeah must not have been 1958, maybe January 1959?!

[TT-SEA]

Nice mild evening in the low 50s with the dewpoint not much lower and damp.  Tree leafing kind of weather. 

[Phishy Wx]

grilled out tonight in shirt sleeves!!!

 

currently 51

[Phishy Wx]

turnaround in the forecast.  now looking at 67 on Monday, but less rain too over the next 4 days.  ugh

[BLI snowman]

50 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Yeah must not have been 1958, maybe January 1959?!

Also February 1959! Big one on Valentine's Day that year, which was also Oregon's centennial. 

[Doinko]

14 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Also February 1959! Big one on Valentine's Day that year, which was also Oregon's centennial. 

I didn't realize that 1958/59 had some decent events, I thought it was a dud like the previous one from PDX snow data. That early January airmass looks impressive with good 6" of snow at Hillsboro with that. 

[BLI snowman]

6 minutes ago, Doinko said:

I didn't realize that 1958/59 had some decent events, I thought it was a dud like the previous one from PDX snow data. That early January airmass looks impressive with good 6" of snow at Hillsboro with that. 

That event was one where PDX was fairly out of line with the rest of the area (their east winds really ate into things I would imagine). Most of the metro area had 4-6" with that.

[Meatyorologist]

Tim is winning the late April fight. But will our ecosystem?

[Cascadia_Wx]

9 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Tim is winning the late April fight. But will our ecosystem?

At least there is a decent trough in the mid range. This thing wasn’t even on the radar a week ago. Things can change fast.

[Meatyorologist]

I have this sickening feeling that the cost of gaining our normal summers back may very well be losing FEBRUARY. Just a hunch.

[Meatyorologist]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

At least there is a decent trough in the mid range. This thing wasn’t even on the radar a week ago. Things can change fast.

So we may yet have time to salvage and recover from the broken pieces after that DEVASTATING early week ridge?

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

So we may yet have time to salvage and recover from the broken pieces after that DEVASTATING early week ridge?

One can only hope.

[flya00]

4 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I think he was thinking Phoenix dactylifera, not Phoenix canariensis.

The closest one I've seen was in Rocklin, California. Not too far.

[Cascadia_Wx]

I’m guessing our first official 70 of the season down here will be on April 16th. Exactly a month after our first 60, and two weeks later than average.

[Slushy Inch]

25 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

I have this sickening feeling that the cost of gaining our normal summers back may very well be losing FEBRUARY. Just a hunch.

Getting JAN back?

[Phil]

LR guidance screams MJO phase-8.

D**n good match to composites tuned to seasonality, all things considered.

[Fircrest]

Anybody tired of PNW rain and cold should have been on the SE coast this week. It's been in the 70s and 80s in Charleston, Beaufort and Savannah.  So much history here, really beautiful!

[TT-SEA]

7 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

Tim is winning the late April fight. But will our ecosystem?

Late April?   All I see is a fairly typical short spring warm spike in mid April which may not even happen given how the last attempt failed.   But it would bring all the plant life out in full spring splendor... oh wait I mean destroy our entire ecosystem and lay waste to the entire PNW and kill everything. 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Moist blessings this morning. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Only 0.55” the past 24 hours. Very light rain, very springlike. 

[MossMan]

Currently 47 with very light sprinkles. Breezy as well. 
.08” so far on the day, 1.01” for the month. 

[BLI snowman]

45 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Only 0.55” the past 24 hours. Very light rain, very springlike. 

0.95" up here. Great soaking for April and already tracking around 50% of the monthly average now with 1.75".

[Phishy Wx]

3 hours ago, Fircrest said:

Anybody tired of PNW rain and cold should have been on the SE coast this week. It's been in the 70s and 80s in Charleston, Beaufort and Savannah.  So much history here, really beautiful!

grew up in that area, miss it from time to time.  we have a place on Edisto Beach SC, which is between Savannah and Charleston, not too far from Beaufort.  I'll be there in the Fall in October, some years I go more in August and September too if smoke is bad here

[Phishy Wx]

In SC Beaufort is pronounced Beau like Beauty and in NC (there is a Beaufort NC too) it's pronounced like "Bo" fort

[SilverFallsAndrew]

32 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

0.95" up here. Great soaking for April and already tracking around 50% of the monthly average now with 1.75".

April looking to be on track in the rainfall department. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Up to 1.07" for the current storm system. Really came down at times overnight.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

I got 0.03" from the first wave. Very wet fog/drizzle now. Seems wetter out than I have measured. Hope Sunday takes a different angle. 

[Phil]

It went from 87°F to sleeting here in 14hrs.  Thought it was hail/graupel at first, but nope.

 

[Phil]

4 hours ago, Fircrest said:

Anybody tired of PNW rain and cold should have been on the SE coast this week. It's been in the 70s and 80s in Charleston, Beaufort and Savannah.  So much history here, really beautiful!

Tim will be there shortly.  

[Meatyorologist]

2 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Late April?   All I see is a fairly typical short spring warm spike in mid April which may not even happen given how the last attempt failed.   But it would bring all the plant life out in full spring splendor... oh wait I mean destroy our entire ecosystem and lay waste to the entire PNW and kill everything. 

 

All will be laid to waste. The trees will shrivel into tinder, then to dust. The innocent will starve and fry.

All for a nice weekend on Lake Samammish. I hope you're happy with yourself you sick, disgusting monster.

[Phil]

MJO composites for early late April/early May suggest mid-month warm-up could have some staying power. Phase-1 during that window:

[Phil]

But come summer months the weak 4CH signal is dominating the low pass. Both images from Dr. Roundy’s site.

 

[TT-SEA]

29 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

All will be laid to waste. The trees will shrivel into tinder, then to dust. The innocent will starve and fry.

All for a nice weekend on Lake Samammish. I hope you're happy with yourself you sick, disgusting monster.

So very happy.  

[TT-SEA]

Anyone have an update on lowland snow with the epic tax day trough on the 12Z runs?   

[TT-SEA]

26 minutes ago, Phil said:

But come summer months the weak 4CH signal is dominating the low pass. Both images from Dr. Roundy’s site.

 

So are the colors reversed on these maps and troughing is red?

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Anyone have an update on lowland snow with the epic tax day trough on the 12Z runs?   

Am I in the Pepto???

[ShawniganLake]

36 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

All will be laid to waste. The trees will shrivel into tinder, then to dust. The innocent will starve and fry.

All for a nice weekend on Lake Samammish. I hope you're happy with yourself you sick, disgusting monster.

Lake Day!  

 

 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

Lake Day!  

 

 

Do you have snow maps for that time frame?