PNW April 2023 Weather Discussion

[MossMan]

47 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

06z GFS is a dream. Multiple rounds of strong, WHET thunderstorms. Beautiful lightning displays without the fire danger, as well as warm, pleasant afternoons.

Probably my favorite warm season pattern aside from outright troughing and unseasonably cool weather.

I share your enthusiasm about T-Storms…However this forum member strongly disagrees. 

[iFred]

[AlTahoe]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

I share your enthusiasm about T-Storms…However this forum member strongly disagrees. 

The only time mine is allowed on the bed is during thunderstorms. He didn't mind them until we had a strike hit a tree in my yard while we were on the porch. Now he wants nothing to do with them. 

[AlTahoe]

11 hours ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

76/44 day here. Warmest of the year so far by several degrees. Lots of hazy white skies and high clouds.

Is that about as big of a spread your area can get? 32F spread is pretty good temp spread. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Looks like a pretty good signal against a summer-long torchfest for BC and NW WA. A bit less solid for the rest of the PNW, though still a decent one.

 

[MossMan]

Not a great picture but the hills around Wenatchee are very green now! 
Currently 65 over here. Was 42 and foggy when I left Stanwood this morning. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Clear and sunny since daybreak here.

[Cold Snap]

Currently 59.7 after a low of 45. Might hit 70 IMBY today. If it doesn’t happen today it will definitely happen tomorrow and Saturday.

[Slushy Inch]

5 am thunderstorm outbreak. I love the instability we are seeing in the models.

[Omegaraptor]

Corvallis already up to 71. Actually even ahead of Roseburg currently.

Brookings is doing the Brookings thing.

[TT-SEA]

12Z ECMWF is progressively wet next week... all the models have definitely shifted away from a second ridge.

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, Slushy Inch said:

5 am thunderstorm outbreak. I love the instability we are seeing in the models.

Perfect set up for convection next week with SE flow aloft and a deep trough offshore.  

[Cold Snap]

Saw a friends Snapchat story who lives in Ashland, OR and it was of a fire that appears to be burning in the hills.

[Omegaraptor]

Best westside convection setup since 2019 coming up?

[Phishy Wx]

wonder what ChatGPT thinks about this place?

[TT-SEA]

10 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

Saw a friends Snapchat story who lives in Ashland, OR and it was of a fire that appears to be burning in the hills.

Must be a dormant grass fire or something because it's been insanely wet down there.   If the forest starts burning on one of the first sunny days in April after all this wet weather then there is literally no hope. 

[Slushy Inch]

850s bounce back on EPS after Monday. Not as troughy/cool as OP in the mid-long range. Longer that CA trough stays put the better.

[Omegaraptor]

49 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Must be a dormant grass fire or something because it's been insanely wet down there.   If the forest starts burning on one of the first sunny days in April after all this wet weather then there is literally no hope. 

Medford has actually been running drier than average MTD.

Very different climate down there than even Eugene. Small brush fires aren't too unusual down there in these conditions.

[Cold Snap]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Must be a dormant grass fire or something because it's been insanely wet down there.   If the forest starts burning on one of the first sunny days in April after all this wet weather then there is literally no hope. 

He said he thinks it’s a controlled fire though he’s not 100% sure. Hopefully this isn’t a sign of what’s to come.

[Cold Snap]

1 hour ago, Omegaraptor said:

Best westside convection setup since 2019 coming up?

Is this looking better than the setup last June? I think it was the first few days of it.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I saw a lot of burning in the foothills of Clark county flying into PDX. 

[MossMan]

Saw burning in Wenatchee today as well. 

[TT-SEA]

Up too 73 in North Bend now.  

[Deweydog]

I burned my tongue on my chai tea latte this morning.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Where's Jim?

[Anti Marine Layer]

2 hours ago, Slushy Inch said:

850s bounce back on EPS after Monday. Not as troughy/cool as OP in the mid-long range. Longer that CA trough stays put the better.

Record cold May for California on the way

[TT-SEA]

32 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

Where's Jim?

He take the spring and early summer off almost every year.   Then usually comes back in July to start ramping up for winter.  

[TacomaWx]

67/50 today so far after a 67/42 day yesterday. 

[MossMan]

Definitely had positive splats today!! 

Edited April 27, 2023 by MossMan

[Doinko]

80 at PDX

[TT-SEA]

10 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

No idea what is wrong with the ECMWF... but it only shows 61 at SEA today (yesterday was 67) and Sunday is actually a little warmer after the marine push.     And 68 tomorrow?    All time April record?   

It seems like its cold bias is actually getting worse.  

67 for a high at SEA today... but might end up at 68 for an official high.   So the ECMWF from just a few hours ago was at least 6 degrees too cold for today.   You can pretty much count on it being 5 degrees too cold or more on sunny days from now until October.  At least its consistent.

[Cold Snap]

66.7 currently. Made it to 67 today which is actually a degree cooler than yesterday. First 70 and possibly first 80 is going to happen tomorrow IMBY.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

 

Glorious today!

[GHweatherChris]

Overachieved here today, got up to 74, KHQM got up to 70.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Beautiful day today. Warmest day of the year so far and I was able to finish the yardwork.

Watching all 4 sports.

NFL draft

NBA playoffs

NHL playoffs

MLB regular season

[SunAndSnow]

80/47 today. Everything is blooming. 

[NWbyNW]

The sky looks exceedingly brown and orange to the north and toward the Cascades.  Is that smog?  None of the air pollution monitors show poor quality air.  

[NWbyNW]

Topped out at 63F at my place today.  This morning was foggy but it is clear and all blue sky around.  Notably brown looking air towards the north and Cascade crest.  Not sure what that is about.  Air quality is supposedly great right now. 

[MossMan]

9 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

The sky looks exceedingly brown and orange to the north and toward the Cascades.  Is that smog?  None of the air pollution monitors show poor quality air.  

The sky was very milky in Wenatchee today, could have been the prescribed burns going on? Not sure. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

66˚F for a high today here. Warmest so far, but tomorrow should be warmer.