April 2024 Weather in the PNW

[BLI snowman]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Cedar Breaks, UT 

Was going to go up there this same week last year but the road was actually still closed due to 2022-23's snow-e-ness.

[BLI snowman]

Speaking of seeing America, I visited the ghost town of Picher, OK on the back end of my eclipse trip. Really fascinating story there, with the lead/zinc mining deposits there creating an environmental catastrophe, and then sadly a devastating EF-4 tornado in 2008 pretty much finished them off. You can still see the giant chat piles from the road hanging over most of the former building sites.

 

Edited April 12 by BLI snowman

[Frontal Snowsquall]

1 hour ago, Blizzard777 said:

This doesn’t happen very often, but just arrived in Portland with blue skies above and slightly raining

The best of both worlds, rain and sunny blue skies! You gonna be here all weekend? 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

29 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Speaking of seeing America, I visited the ghost town of Picher, OK on the back end of my eclipse trip. Really fascinating story there, with the lead/zinc mining deposits there creating an environmental catastrophe, and then sadly a devastating EF-4 tornado in 2008 pretty much finished them off. You can still see the giant chat piles from the road hanging over most of the former building sites.

 

State football champs in 1984. The Gorilla statue still stands!  

[Deweydog]

40 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Speaking of seeing America, I visited the ghost town of Picher, OK on the back end of my eclipse trip. Really fascinating story there, with the lead/zinc mining deposits there creating an environmental catastrophe, and then sadly a devastating EF-4 tornado in 2008 pretty much finished them off. You can still see the giant chat piles from the road hanging over most of the former building sites.

 

No In and Out I’m guessing?

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just browsing the 12z Euro, it seemed slightly more palatable than the atrocious 00z run.

[Phil]

Praise El Niño.  

 

[Cascadia_Wx]

9 minutes ago, Phil said:

Praise El Niño.  

 

Both El Niño and La Niña are good. Global warming is the true enemy.

[Anti Marine Layer]

25 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Both El Niño and La Niña are good. Global warming is the true enemy.

Marine layer is my number one enemy. 

[TT-SEA]

Someone is trying way too hard. 

[Phishy Wx]

30 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

Marine layer is my number one enemy. 

June Gloom the Worst!

[Anti Marine Layer]

It's time to annoy someone in Bend who sympthasizes with someone in Camas.

This thread is sacred to him.

[Cascadia_Wx]

11 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

June Gloom the Worst!

I hear the deep marine layers can get pretty bad out in Spokane.

Edited April 12 by Cascadia_Wx

[Meatyorologist]

Annoying last minute trend to send this week's clipping trough into BC. Given their snowpack situation though it's probably for the best. I think someone said the other day that the snowpack situation there is the worst in recorded history? I had no idea. Canada has seriously torched this winter.

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Annoying last minute trend to send this week's clipping trough into BC. Given their snowpack situation though it's probably for the best. I think someone said the other day that the snowpack situation there is the worst in recorded history? I had no idea. Canada has seriously torched this winter.

The main issue up there was that storm track has been focused to the south since the beginning of the year sending most of the action into CA.    

[Frontal Snowsquall]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

Praise El Niño.  

 

And no more drought. Just some small areas in the north and south with abnormally dry conditions.

[Phishy Wx]

50 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

I hear the deep marine layers can get pretty bad out in Spokane.

they were bad when we lived in Santa Cruz and sometimes Long Beach

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 hour ago, Meatyorologist said:

Annoying last minute trend to send this week's clipping trough into BC. Given their snowpack situation though it's probably for the best. I think someone said the other day that the snowpack situation there is the worst in recorded history? I had no idea. Canada has seriously torched this winter.

Canada has an all-time warm winter any time California gets some storms. No big deal. At least it’s been nice here!

Edited April 12 by Cascadia_Wx

[Cascadia_Wx]

4 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Always. But I like the landscape of America. 

At least your sheep will get to see you sooner. They’re not gonna feed themselves. Unless you’ve trained them to, which would be really impressive. You should start a YouTube channel or something about how to breed self-feeding sheep in that case. I’d be seriously impressed Andrew.

[TT-SEA]

Someone is sure anxious.  

[Meatyorologist]

28 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Canada has an all-time warm winter any time California gets some storms. No big deal. At least it’s been nice here!

To be fair, California absolutely needed these last couple years. They were in a really bad way as recently as Fall 2021.

[Meatyorologist]

Klamath Falls is going to have a very interesting Saturday night. Bands of thundersnow out of the northeast. Can't say that's a common weather occurence in the PNW.

[Cascadia_Wx]

43 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

To be fair, California absolutely needed these last couple years. They were in a really bad way as recently as Fall 2021.

I was being slightly sarcastic. Clearly there is more to the warm winter and record low snowpack in Canada than the storm track going into CA.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Monday and Tuesday went from showery to just a sprinkle chance now for PDX as the moisture doesn’t make it south. Looking dry through next week and maybe beyond.

[Blizzard777]

6 hours ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

The best of both worlds, rain and sunny blue skies! You gonna be here all weekend? 

Yes,  gorgeous day as well.  
Grandson time as well as some work. Best of both worlds again

[Phishy Wx]

My maples are LEAFING OUT!!!

 

early

[TigerWoodsLibido]

63F with the occasional shower.

[T-Town]

11 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

Yes,  gorgeous day as well.  
Grandson time as well as some work. Best of both worlds again

Work?  Are you no longer living my retirement dream?  I don’t recall signing off.  

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 hour ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Monday and Tuesday went from showery to just a sprinkle chance now for PDX as the moisture doesn’t make it south. Looking dry through next week and maybe beyond.

Really hoping the wildfires start up soon

[T-Town]

Nice day. 

[TT-SEA]

5 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Nice day. 

Just beautiful.    That is my kind of scene. 

[Groundhog]

4 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

Annoying last minute trend to send this week's clipping trough into BC. Given their snowpack situation though it's probably for the best. I think someone said the other day that the snowpack situation there is the worst in recorded history? I had no idea. Canada has seriously torched this winter.

Three important rules, especially when explicitly stating or indirectly insinuating climate change: 1. Context; 2. Context; 3. Context. “Recorded History” in this case is 1970. Granted there weren’t 5.5 million people in this province in the Roman and Medieval Warm Periods, but I doubt it’s “record setting” for this interglacial period, especially with those two comparatively recent warm periods. 

[Groundhog]

Had some serious torching that didn’t have ensemble support in the models. The kids sure found it exciting. 

[Front Ranger]

5 hours ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

And no more drought. Just some small areas in the north and south with abnormally dry conditions.

Literally the least droughty CA has ever been on those maps, at least that I've seen.

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, Groundhog said:

Had some serious torching that didn’t have ensemble support in the models. The kids sure found it exciting. 

I too enjoy my nachos well done.

[Cascadia_Wx]

God, another “surprise” 70 at PDX today. We’re already racking them up and it’s not even mid April  

[TT-SEA]

If it was 40 degrees with hail showers at PDX today the planet would still be warming at the same rate.   

[GHweatherChris]

1 hour ago, Groundhog said:

Had some serious torching that didn’t have ensemble support in the models. The kids sure found it exciting. 

Either someone forgot to check or there was an amazing piece of slow roasted meat on that pan they we will never get to see.

[GHweatherChris]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

If it was 40 degrees with hail showers at PDX today the planet would still be warming at the same rate.   

And if we all wake up tomorrow you will still be a doosh bag, nothing but mockery and back handed comments from you as of late, but yet of course, you don't do those things at all...... hmmmmm......

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, GHweatherChris said:

And if we all wake up tomorrow you will still be a doosh bag, nothing but mockery and back handed comments from you as of late, but yet of course, you don't do those things at all...... hmmmmm......

Ohh... did you miss all the back-handed comments for which I am returning the favor?   I will 100% participate... given its the person who dishes it out like no other.