PNW April 2023 Weather Discussion

[Cascadia_Wx]

6 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

95 at Roseburg is a new heat record for the month of April, breaking the previous record of 92.

Please stop reporting inter hourly obs like they are actual temps. Monthly records are a big deal, better to wait for the six hour max report in like ten minutes.

Edited April 28, 2023 by Cascadia_Wx

[Eugene-5SW]

16 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

BOOM! First 90F burger of the year!

 

Here too:

[Omegaraptor]

8 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Please stop reporting inter hourly obs like they are actual temps. Monthly records are a big deal, better to wait for the six hour max report in like ten minutes.

Okay. I will just wait for the max report from here on out before saying anything definitive.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Massive crash for Newport after reaching 77 F earlier this morning. 

[T-Town]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

I should have tried mowing barefoot! 

Rockin the dad shoes and almost tube socks!!

[TigerWoodsLibido]

SE valley with a very warm day.

[Eugene-5SW]

20 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

Okay. I will just wait for the max report from here on out before saying anything definitive.

Looks like the 95º at Roseburg is legit.

[T-Town]

 

[Cascadia_Wx]

For all the “cold” the last 5-6 months we somehow avoided an event that broke widespread all time monthly records. 

[Doinko]

1 hour ago, Eugene-5SW said:

Astoria has been stuck at 84º for over an hour, but can't quite seem to get over the hump to tie their April record of 85º from 4/17/16.

They managed 86 there today between hours.

[Tyler Mode]

First 90 of the year here.

First 80 yesterday.

First 70 Wednesday.

[TT-SEA]

25 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

For all the “cold” the last 5-6 months we somehow avoided an event that broke widespread all time monthly records. 

I would love to have a couple days of all time record cold weather as opposed to 6 months of persistent cold.

[GHweatherChris]

Preliminary high of 86 at KHQM, 89 here, so temps overachieved by 7-9 degrees out this way, that does not bode well for even minor heat waves this summer.

[T-Town]

Forecast verified. 

[Doinko]

Kelso and Aurora hit 91, Hillsboro and Salem hit 90 today. At least it doesn't look hot for the near future. Hopefully we can see some thunderstorms next week

Also a nice note at the end of the Portland AFD

Side note: Today marks the end of my 33-year career in the National
Weather Service, 29 of which have been at the Portland, OR office.
Looking forward to enjoying the retired life. Weishaar

[T-Town]

Yard is green. 

[TT-SEA]

10 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Yard is green. 

Looks great.  Our yard has some large dead spots that are clearly not coming back.    I let it go dormant last summer and got screwed.    Other people let their yards go dormant and it comes back every spring.   Don't get it.

[Eugene-5SW]

15 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Kelso and Aurora hit 91, Hillsboro and Salem hit 90 today. At least it doesn't look hot for the near future. Hopefully we can see some thunderstorms next week

Also a nice note at the end of the Portland AFD

Side note: Today marks the end of my 33-year career in the National
Weather Service, 29 of which have been at the Portland, OR office.
Looking forward to enjoying the retired life. Weishaar

I always liked his AFDs. They seemed more coherent and informative than most. Maybe he can join the forum now that he'll have more free time!

[Cold Snap]

Nice day to cook up some weiners for a bbq!

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

51 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Yard is green. 

Good lord. You water that through summer?

[T-Town]

37 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Looks great.  Our yard has some large dead spots that are clearly not coming back.    I let it go dormant last summer and got screwed.    Other people let their yards go dormant and it comes back every spring.   Don't get it.

It’s an illusion. There are holes everywhere and as soon as the big dry comes it will be a patchwork.  It was neglected for years before we bought the place, and without a sprinkler system it’s gonna be hard for it to really come back. 

[T-Town]

1 minute ago, Port Angeles Foothiller said:

Good lord. You water that through summer?

No. 

[T-Town]

July view. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Currently 69.2˚F after a high of 74.3˚F.

[Omegaraptor]

 

Pretty sunset.

[MossMan]

My grass never goes dormant and I do not water it at all. 

[T-Town]

5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

My grass never goes dormant and I do not water it at all. 

Looks like someone hit the nursery today. 

[MossMan]

3 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Looks like someone hit the nursery today. 

My wife and kids did while I was mowing.

[BLI snowman]

2 hours ago, Tyler Mode said:

First 90 of the year here.

First 80 yesterday.

First 70 Wednesday.

100 tomorrow?

[MossMan]

Lovely evening sky. 
74/43 on the day, currently 57. 

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Lovely evening sky. 
74/43 on the day, currently 57. 

Still 73 in North Bend... light east wind out here.

[Anti Marine Layer]

27 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

100 tomorrow?

Only at Jesse's house. 

[TacomaWx]

79/50 today

[MossMan]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Still 73 in North Bend... light east wind out here.

54 now! 

[The Winter Warlock]

88 in Covington

[icyasf]

Had a high of 88F today. Excited for a sunny but a little bit cooler than today day tomorrow.

[ShawniganLake]

4 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Looks great.  Our yard has some large dead spots that are clearly not coming back.    I let it go dormant last summer and got screwed.    Other people let their yards go dormant and it comes back every spring.   Don't get it.

Anecdotal, but of the dozens of yards I look after, the ones with very silty or sandy soils don’t seem to do well when they go dormant for too long.  Not sure what your soil is like. 

[Skagit Weather]

The microclimates were pretty shocking today. It only got to 64 at my place close to the water while it looks like Marblemount up the Skagit River hit 90-91F with all the down sloping. And where I was near Diablo Lake today at about 1,200' and even further up river it was probably in the upper 60s to low 70s.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Mild night! Only got down to 49.6˚F IMBY (so far).

[TacomaWx]

Low of 52 this morning…haven’t been below 50 in over 48 hours! Quite the early season warm spell. Didn’t hit 80 yesterday probably will be short again today.