PNW April 2023 Weather Discussion

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, Deweydog said:

I wouldn’t say we were metal per se. Pretty diverse, or probably more like erratic. One of the songs we’re recording is almost straight up rock/pop tune our lead guitarist wrote in high school. The singer and I make fun of it merciless to this day but it’s fun AF to play.

For some reason I imagine something like Faith No More.

Angel Dust is one of the most underrated albums of the 90s.

[Cold Snap]

Made it down to 34 this morning. 50/34 for the day so far.

[Cloud]

Break out your shorts. 
guts feeling says it’s coming

[Deweydog]

3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

For some reason I imagine something like Faith No More.

Angel Dust is one of the most underrated albums of the 90s.

They were a big influence for me. AIC and Soundgarden were my biggest overall I’d say when it comes to my formative years. Matt Cameron is one of the best mood drummers of all time and was all about the song. Stuart Copeland was also a biggie for me but some of his polyrhythmic stuff was way above my pay grade. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

I am one of the biggest weenies on here... and this is a true weenie post.

It'll give me a chance to tend to the lawn and yard then I feel like it'll go back to cooler and average precip from there. Then a warm but not overly hot summer, but still very dry from Jun-Oct.

[T-Town]

Sunny and 51 with puffy clouds all around. 

[DareDuck]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

I am one of the biggest weenies on here... and this is a true weenie post.

See you think I’m related to him or agree with him on everything. I don’t, I agree that it is probably worrying about something we don’t need to yet. I’m cool with some warm days so long as our next cool stretch isn’t November. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 minutes ago, DareDuck said:

See you think I’m related to him or agree with him on everything. I don’t, I agree that it is probably worrying about something we don’t need to yet. I’m cool with some warm days so long as our next cool stretch isn’t November. 

Well I did pretty much say the same thing

[Cascadia_Wx]

The fat, sprawling 500mb ridge over the west pattern is just ugly to me. I prefer a little more room for variability at 500mb. If that makes me a weenie then so be it. Obviously everyone here has patterns they don’t like. 

That said, the last few Euro runs looked pretty different, so we will see this shift around a lot before the models settle on something. That’s always to be expected at this range.

Edited April 19, 2023 by Cascadia_Wx

[the_convergence_zone]

46 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Made it down to 34 this morning. 50/34 for the day so far.

38.8 F this morning. One of these days is going to be my last sub-40 degree morning before fall. Possibly tomorrow, otherwise early next week before the warm spell will be the last one. Definitely done with frost now. 

[DareDuck]

11 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Well I did pretty much say the same thing

I did like that post. Definitely agree that 7-10 days of warmth is ok, 70-100 straight? No thanks 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Looks like the 12z EPS DOES show some sort of cool down in the long range.

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, Cloud said:

Break out your shorts. 
guts feeling says it’s coming

can't wait

 

[Cascadia_Wx]

2 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

can't wait

 

No more worries about smoke, fires and oof?

[Phishy Wx]

5 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

No more worries about smoke, fires and oof?

I need a break from gloom, as long as it's not straight into summer with no return I'm fine with a little warmth 

[Doinko]

Hailing heavily

[Front Ranger]

3 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

I need a break from gloom, as long as it's not straight into summer with no return I'm fine with a little warmth 

Tim is missing out on a gorgeous spring afternoon.

[Phishy Wx]

unfortunately it's cloudy and graupel'y over here today.  46 at 3pm

[Winterdog]

Just had a very nice clap of thunder here.  Looks like it was from a small cell just to my north.  50 and partly sunny

[TT-SEA]

Hopping for a Wednesday evening... everywhere is packed.   

[Phishy Wx]

5 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Hopping for a Wednesday evening... everywhere is packed.   

Shem Creek?

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Phishy Wx said:

Shem Creek?

Yep

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

Shem Creek?

This area is a boater's paradise. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Everything is packed… Sounds like a place I would avoid… As I head to Chicago in a few days.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

4 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Everything is packed… Sounds like a place I would avoid… As I head to Chicago in a few days.

Good to see you this afternoon man. Have fun in the Windy City.

[Phishy Wx]

9 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

This area is a boater's paradise. 

Kinda a touristy area,  I prefer West Ashley side of Charleston to Mt Pleasant but both are nice

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

The fat, sprawling 500mb ridge over the west pattern is just ugly to me. I prefer a little more room for variability at 500mb. If that makes me a weenie then so be it. Obviously everyone here has patterns they don’t like. 

That said, the last few Euro runs looked pretty different, so we will see this shift around a lot before the models settle on something. That’s always to be expected at this range.

I get it.

Here is my ugly pattern... this just annoys  me unless it's in December and snowing.  This crap in the spring brings out my inner weenie.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Phishy Wx said:

Kinda a touristy area,  I prefer West Ashley side of Charleston to Mt Pleasant but both are nice

I mean the entire Charleston area.  

[Anti Marine Layer]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I get it.

Here is my ugly pattern... this just annoys  me unless it's in December and snowing.  This crap in the spring brings out my inner weenie.

That's a day ago.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

I mean the entire Charleston area.  

Charleston is still the only place I've ever set foot in the Atlantic Ocean at. Was a crazy trip. Tulsa, St. Louis, Louisville, Knoxville, Asheville, Charleston, Savannah, Tallahassee, Mobile, Biloxi, Shreveport, Dallas, and then back to Tulsa.

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, ML Loather said:

That's a day ago.

Yep.    Our trip was inadvertently perfectly timed.

[Anti Marine Layer]

4 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Yep.    Our trip was inadvertently perfectly timed.

It has big trough over the East Coast too.

[Ken in Wood Village]

I just had a shower with some small hail come through my area. I saw a flash of lightning the a big bang of thunder. The lightning doesn't show up on my lightning detector so it must of been cloud to cloud lightning. 

[Anti Marine Layer]

2 hours ago, Cloud said:

Break out your shorts. 
guts feeling says it’s coming

[Cascadia_Wx]

Interestingly the 18z GFS is back to showing a solution more like earlier Euro runs, with regard to warm spell progression.

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, ML Loather said:

It has big trough over the East Coast too.

Doesn't matter here.   It was 80 degrees today and didn't see a single cloud all day.   

[BLI snowman]

33 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Everything is packed… Sounds like a place I would avoid… As I head to Chicago in a few days.

I hear the South Side is pretty deserted.

[Anti Marine Layer]

2 hours ago, Cloud said:

Break out your shorts. 
guts feeling says it’s coming

That's for those who have not already been wearing shorts in 45 F.

[Phishy Wx]

Heavy Graupel/Hail Shower in progress.  45

[BLI snowman]

10 minutes ago, ML Loather said:

That's for those who have not already been wearing shorts in 45 F.

I wear shorts in the 45-55 range a lot. No biggie unless you're an absolutely massive wuss.