April 2020 Weather discussion for the PNW

[TT-SEA]

Yeah it's the same thing here in the Plains immediately after the snow melts but before the Spring rains hit.

 

I'd say it's much more unusual for the PNW this time of year. There was just another brush fire in PDX like yesterday.

As Jim said... its an unusual pattern for April. That is true.

[MossMan]

This afternoon was the highest north wind event since I have been at my new location. Branches down will require some clean up tomorrow. Nice day though!

[Anti Marine Layer]

Deadly tornadoes in the South this Easter Sunday. Guess I should not be complaining about our gloomy weather.

[Omegaraptor]

Deadly tornadoes in the South this Easter Sunday. Guess I should not be complaining about our gloomy weather.

Your forecast has one day of morning drizzle in it. Other than that it is dry and mostly sunny.

[snow_wizard]

Fun to watch the thermometer falling like a rock tonight.  Every time I Iook it's down at least some.  Currently 42 with the dp still at a very low 25.

[TT-SEA]

Fun to watch the thermometer falling like a rock tonight.  Every time I Iook it's down at least some.  Currently 42 with the dp still at a very low 25.

 

 

It was fun here this morning... temp kept getting warmer every time I checked.   

 

Not sure it will happen again tomorrow.   

[MossMan]

Currently 49 degrees with a R/H of 30%.

[Winterdog]

Goofy reading. 35 here DP 26.

[Blizzard777]

31*

dp 21*

Symphony of birds with clear skies 

[TacomaWaWx]

34 with a DP of 23 this morning. Quite chilly for mid April.

[TacomaWaWx]

Looking back at my records it hasn’t gotten this chilly past April 10th here since 2011. A degree cooler this morning than yesterday morning.

[Tyler Mode]

29.6 for a low this morning. All of this clear weather is making for some nice diurnal ranges that we usually don't get this time of the year.

[El_Nina]

Frosty and 37 here this morning. Dry air.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Got down to 34F, with a DP of 28F there was a frost. 

[Omegaraptor]

HIO frosted this morning with a low of 32.

[TacomaWaWx]

I wish we had more large temp swings more often here...Could end up with a 25-30 degree swing today. Already up to 44 from 34 2 hours ago. The biggest swing I’ve seen in a day personally in Tacoma is a 35 degree change...I know Portland just a few days ago had a 40 degree swing though that’s impressive.

[MossMan]

Was still 48 when I went to bed last night, probably due to the wind that was still going pretty strong. 34 for a low this morning however. Currently 43.

[ShawniganLake]

32 this morning. The air was too dry for much in the way of frost.

[Winterdog]

Was still 48 when I went to bed last night, probably due to the wind that was still going pretty strong. 34 for a low this morning however. Currently 43.

Yeah, I was amazed when you posted that it was 49 at your place last night when it was 35 here.  I ended up with a low of 26.6 and looking for another beautiful day.

[TT-SEA]

Cottonwoods behind our yard are finally leafing out now... a couple weeks behind last year.

 

[El_Nina]

Cottonwoods behind our yard are finally leafing out now... a couple weeks behind last year.

I bet you'd feel differently if they had leafed out a month ago.

[TT-SEA]

I bet you'd feel differently if they had leafed out a month ago.

 

That would be different.  

[Jesse]

Looks like OLM achieved a new late season record low this morning with a low of 23.

 

Low of 31 here, but no frost since the air is so dry. One of my later freezes in memory.

[Jesse]

Euro still paints some precip over the Portland area, especially east county, Wednesday morning. The GFS is dry for the same period.

[TacomaWaWx]

Euro still paints some precip over the Portland area, especially east county, Wednesday morning. The GFS is dry for the same period.

Euro paints 0.4” over us this run...would be greatly appreciated if it verifies. Would be a 19 day dry streak broken if it rains Saturday.

[Jesse]

Euro paints 0.4” over us this run...would be greatly appreciated if it verifies. Would be a 19 day dry streak broken if it rains Saturday.

Yeah. By Saturday and Sunday it has a ULL dropping down over the region and giving us a decent soaking. I won’t buy it until it is within one or two days though.

[TacomaWaWx]

Pretty interesting.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

We are about 9" below normal for rainfall since Jan 1.

[Jesse]

One bright spot. I notice snow pack is still 103% of average in the Mount Hood area and 102% of average in the Willamette Basin this morning. The relatively cool, clear weather with low dewpoints we've seen recently isn't really a prolific snow melting pattern for the mountains.

[BLI snowman]

Looks like OLM achieved a new late season record low this morning with a low of 23.

 

Low of 31 here, but no frost since the air is so dry. One of my later freezes in memory.

 

 

Latest freeze I can remember is 5/18/03.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Pretty interesting.

Didn't realize it was that wet this month in So Cal.

[Front Ranger]

Looks like OLM achieved a new late season record low this morning with a low of 23.

 

Awesome. DEN has a high of 22 so far today...if they stay below 26, that will also set a new late season record.

[ShawniganLake]

Warm out there. Mid 60s here in north Cowichan this afternoon.

[Jesse]

Didn't realize it was that wet this month in So Cal.

You must be somehow missing Mr Marine Layer’s ongoing existential crisis.

[Jesse]

Warm out there. Mid 60s here in north Cowichan this afternoon.

How cold were you this morning?

[ShawniganLake]

32F. 31.6F precisely.

 

The 30F at Shawnigan lake on Sunday was probably as close as we’ll get to record low with this. Record is 28F. Most of the rest of the record lows are in the mid to upper 20s through early May.

[Front Ranger]

Pretty interesting.

 

Western WA has actually run drier overall than western OR over the last month.

 

[TacomaWaWx]

61 with a DP of 15...beautiful day. 27 degree temp swing so far today.

[Omegaraptor]

Looks like 67/32 today at HIO, 35ºF diurnal range.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Got up to 66F. Beautiful day.