PNW April 2023 Weather Discussion

[NWbyNW]

Things are brewing to the east and south.  Wow.  Those dark clouds are right over downtown Everett and the port. 

[Omegaraptor]

522 thickness reaching down to Lake Tahoe tomorrow

[NWbyNW]

On an unrelated note, I want to thank everyone for my first win in reputation points ever here on the forums!  I find it fitting and an honor to have won on April 1st. ;D  Lol! I have come in second and third many times, but never first. Thank you everyone.  Have a superb Sunday! 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just had an epic hail/graupel shower here. Pouring from the sky, turned the ground white in just a few minutes. Also dropped the temp to 38 degrees which is now the low for the day so far.

[Cascadia_Wx]

21 minutes ago, Tyler Mode said:

Just wrapped up a heavy hail/snow shower as the temp dropped to 37 degrees, in afternoon, in April.

What’s next, a big snow event in April? Lol. Wait that just happened last year.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Absurdly cold high of just 43 this afternoon, which is actually colder than anything I recorded last April in terms of highs. Looks like PDX had a record Min/Max of 46 assuming they don’t get a 7pm sunbreak that bumps them to 50. Old record was 48 set in 2003.

[Tyler Mode]

Typically April 1st is the peak of the snow pack...we are adding quite a bit today...this image from Crater Lake.

[Anti Marine Layer]

53 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

If we get half of this it would be nice, but we could be making up some of our deficits in the coming weeks. 

Portland deficit is only -0.96, but Downtown LA has more rain since October 1

[SilverFallsAndrew]

19 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Absurdly cold high of just 43 this afternoon, which is actually colder than anything I recorded last April in terms of highs. Looks like PDX had a record Min/Max of 46 assuming they don’t get a 7pm sunbreak that bumps them to 50. Old record was 48 set in 2003.

Looks like the high of 46 today at SLE broke the record of 47 set in 1982. 

[Ken in Wood Village]

Just had a lot of hail it's coming down lightly but it's grapple now.

[Doinko]

The GRAF gives a bit of snow to Portland overnight. HRRR has a decent amount farther south

 

[LowerGarfield]

3 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Just came over the pass... it was beautiful up there with some sun and snow on the trees and the road was totally dry.   It looked like a white out up there when I checked before leaving Pullman 5 hours ago. Smooth sailing for us.  Are you waiting for tomorrow to go back?   Should be fine during the day no matter what it does tonight.  

We're going back tomorrow but that was planned. When we lived in Stanwood, I had to drive once to then Safeco Field because Everett had a farmers market and Lynnwood TC had no parking. GPS routed me past Woodland Park Zoo and we made it to the parking lot an hour late. Traffic coming back that day was terrible  (1 hour to get to I-5 with street closures for a midweek game) so I swore I'd never ever drive to the ballpark.

We took light rail today from Angle Lake and SeaTac coming back. So much easier. But I didn't want to drive back or even halfway after dealing with game traffic or having to park there. Hoping to stop at a breakfast place in ellensburh for lunch and catch good weather over the pass.

Glad the weather cleared up on I-90. Pullman might get some snow tomorrow. Sad you're missing it?

We had a few light sprinkles at the ballpark but nothing steady. Thank God for terrace club and shelter from the cold wind. Kids area was a bit too cold with the breeze but not bad. Crazy M's for messing up a 1-2-3 double play in the tenth but that's for the sports thread.

[bainbridgekid]

Came home from skiing to the aftermath of a massive hailstorm about an inch deep. 

[Winterdog]

Snowing here and 35F.  

[Cold Snap]

Some nice cloud formations as I took the dog for a walk. Some very dark clouds to my west now that seem to be heading this way.

[Tyler Mode]

Today's my high of 43.1 set a MONTHLY record low high temperature.

This beats out 43.2 set just last year on the 12th.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Just got another hail shower.

Thankfully, it should start drying out in a few hours, so my perfect, stellar record of never seeing sticking snow IMBY on or after March 1st seems safe for another year.

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

Just had a lot of hail it's coming down lightly but it's grapple now.

Grappling with grauppel 

[Cold Snap]

Crazy with how dark it already is outside IMBY that the sun doesn’t set for another half an hour.

[Cold Snap]

And the fact I can’t see across the valley anymore means it’s probably about to start dumping hail here.

[Cold Snap]

Sun hasn’t even set and the streetlights are already on. Starting to rain here. Currently 38.4.

[MWG]

Some light snow only sticking to some surfaces. 36F

[the_convergence_zone]

I saw snowflakes down to 600’ this morning while running in Issaquah. Accumulating above 1200’. Impressive for April. 
 

 

[Cold Snap]

And snow on April 2nd! Wonder if I will get anything measurable.

[MossMan]

Ominous skies and 35 degrees. 

[Blizzard777]

Same story down at Lincoln City Or. except you get to watch the storms roll in from a distance!  Some fun formations today with hail galore!   Fun weather day

[ShawniganLake]

Decent hail storm late this afternoon 

[Cold Snap]

Already a nice dusting on the ground.

[Weiner Warrior]

Currently all snow in bellevue

[Ken in Wood Village]

I'm outside and saw a flash of lightning and heard thunder. My lightning detector shows it was 5.4 miles away. 

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

Radar is looking pretty d*mn good. This might get interesting here in the next hour. 

[Phil]

5 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Looks like 1 completely dry day now on the 18z GFS. lol

Poor Tim.  

3 hours ago, MossMan said:

All of that going to the World Series talk got to their heads. 

Yankees > Mariners forever and always.

3 hours ago, Omegaraptor said:

 

Looks like the worm is turning down south.

For like 1 week, then it’s back to the ULL party.

[LowerGarfield]

Looks like rain, maybe chunky in SeaTac but hard to tell and nothing hitting the ground.

[Ken in Wood Village]

Just now, Ken in Wood Village said:

I'm outside and saw a flash of lightning and heard thunder. My lightning detector shows it was 5.4 miles away. 

Two lightning strikes. I thought I saw one earlier but a plane was going bye and I couldn't hear the thunder because of the noise the plane was making. 

[Cold Snap]

The April blessings continue! Just measured 1/4”! More snow than in January IMBY.

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

Just now, Cold Snap said:

The April blessings continue! Just measured 1/4”! More snow than in January IMBY.

Pretty cool you had snow last month and this month. Have to get up at 4:30 for work tomorrow morning but there’s a chance we could get some snow here tonight as well. Might have a hard time sticking though. Currently 39 here with light precipitation starting moving in from the north. 

[Blizzard777]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

Radar is looking pretty d*mn good. This might get interesting here in the next hour. 

Internet sucking at my hotel room….graphics not downloading  ! 
Unable to load radars unless I go stand by my car outside

 

[KeyPeninsula_Wx]

Just now, Blizzard777 said:

Internet sucking at my hotel room….graphics not downloading  ! 
Unable to load radars unless I go stand by my car outside

 

I’ll keep you updated on the south sound fun tonight! Will probably atleast get some more snowflakes but getting accumulation will be hard unless it comes down heavy. 

[Phil]

2nd video is nuts. Darwin award!

 

[Blizzard777]

3 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

I’ll keep you updated on the south sound fun tonight! Will probably atleast get some more snowflakes but getting accumulation will be hard unless it comes down heavy. 

Thanks, 

My nest cam is showing a still shot of something dark coming in from the north! Looks cool