April 2024 Weather in the PNW

[TigerWoodsLibido]

56F and mostly cloudy.

[Chewbacca Defense]

15 minutes ago, ShawniganLake said:

The only accumulation we’ve seen here the past couple of days has been pollen.  

Right after my corneal abrasion healed up and I was getting over my sinus infection, I got a face full of pollen while trimming a tree last week.  Almost sent me back to square one thanks to my allergies, but I think I am recovered from that now, just have to limit my time outside while my immune systems settles down.
 

Growing up in Georgia, I am very much accustomed to things being covered in a very thick green film, and when it would rain, puddles would have a thick layer of green on the surface.  When I moved out to the Willamette Valley, then up to Bellingham, I never saw that.  Once in a while you could just barely see a fine dusting of pollen but that's it.

The past couple of years the pollen has been really thick up here, rivaling a "typical" Georgia spring.

[Phishy Wx]

9 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

Right after my corneal abrasion healed up and I was getting over my sinus infection, I got a face full of pollen while trimming a tree last week.  Almost sent me back to square one thanks to my allergies, but I think I am recovered from that now, just have to limit my time outside while my immune systems settles down.
 

Growing up in Georgia, I am very much accustomed to things being covered in a very thick green film, and when it would rain, puddles would have a thick layer of green on the surface.  When I moved out to the Willamette Valley, then up to Bellingham, I never saw that.  Once in a while you could just barely see a fine dusting of pollen but that's it.

The past couple of years the pollen has been really thick up here, rivaling a "typical" Georgia spring.

Loblolly Pine pollen in South Carolina was terrible too.  Everything COATED in florescent yellow for a month every year, usually March

[Chewbacca Defense]

Just now, Phishy Wx said:

Loblolly Pine pollen in South Carolina was terrible too.  Everything COATED in florescent yellow for a month every year, usually March

When I was little I was inside watching Saturday morning cartoons and my mom was outside working in the flower beds.  We had the windows open to air out the house, and my mom started yelling for me.  I ran to the window and she yelled at me to hurry up and close the windows.  I looked up the street and I could see this huge green cloud blowing down the street headed our way, and as the gust wall hit each tree, the tree shook off a bunch of pollen that added to the cloud.  It was pretty wild.

[RentonHill]

Excited to see todays Timelapse from @Blizzard777

[Cold Snap]

1 hour ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

You must be quite high up

It was a heavier shower that dragged the snow level down with it. It was only a few flakes mixing in here and there. I’m only at about 410 feet elevation.

[Phishy Wx]

31 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

When I was little I was inside watching Saturday morning cartoons and my mom was outside working in the flower beds.  We had the windows open to air out the house, and my mom started yelling for me.  I ran to the window and she yelled at me to hurry up and close the windows.  I looked up the street and I could see this huge green cloud blowing down the street headed our way, and as the gust wall hit each tree, the tree shook off a bunch of pollen that added to the cloud.  It was pretty wild.

yup i've seen that too

[Omegaraptor]

Dubai just got 5” of rain in one day!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13314921/amp/dubai-influencers-stranded-flooding-uae-airport.html

[TT-SEA]

1 hour ago, Cold Snap said:

Some flakes mixing in here currently.

Had a hail/graupel shower here a little while ago.   Looks like sun is about to come out again now.

[Blizzard777]

31 minutes ago, RentonHill said:

Excited to see todays Timelapse from @Blizzard777

I’ll take a look and see if anything exciting but currently in Auburn looking a this beautiful storm . Looking north from the Toyota dealership.  Need some new boots on my rig already

2022 and 70k miles on her

[Blizzard777]

Good looking beastie 

Auburn airport 

[Meatyorologist]

17 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

Dubai just got 5” of rain in one day!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13314921/amp/dubai-influencers-stranded-flooding-uae-airport.html

Seattle's done that

[Phil]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

Loblolly Pine pollen in South Carolina was terrible too.  Everything COATED in florescent yellow for a month every year, usually March

Eastern whites doing the same thing here now. Like yellow smoke blowing off the trees. When I get home I’ll take a pic of my car it’s  

[Blizzard777]

Couple fun shots 

touch and goes 

[T-Town]

A few light showers floating around. This morning’s rain didn’t amount to much. Had to get the sprinkler going to get my fertilizer washed into the lawn. 

[Phishy Wx]

LOL

 

 

 

[Phishy Wx]

and so it begins....

 

 

 

[T-Town]

6 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

and so it begins....

 

 

 

No drought in Tacoma. We have the Puget Sound right here so it makes sense. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

13 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

and so it begins....

 

 

 

Did we ever really come out of the last drought?

[TT-SEA]

Spectacular colder than normal afternoon!

[RentonHill]

26 minutes ago, T-Town said:

No drought in Tacoma. We have the Puget Sound right here so it makes sense. 

no grant funds for you! or me  

[TT-SEA]

30 minutes ago, T-Town said:

No drought in Tacoma. We have the Puget Sound right here so it makes sense. 

Seattle won't have any water supply issues.  Chester Morse Reservoir is at 100%.   Which probably happens even when precip is way below normal because we have so much cushion and outflow can easily be managed.  Controlling the level so water doesn’t top the dam is the goal there.  

[Phishy Wx]

Graupel-y snow shower

46

[TT-SEA]

Here is the historical average level of Chester Morse Reservoir compared to the current year.  It doesn't change much in any season.

[MossMan]

3 hours ago, Blizzard777 said:

I’ll take a look and see if anything exciting but currently in Auburn looking a this beautiful storm . Looking north from the Toyota dealership.  Need some new boots on my rig already

2022 and 70k miles on her

I need to drive more/take more vacations as I am only at 44k on my 2020! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 hours ago, Omegaraptor said:

Dubai just got 5” of rain in one day!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13314921/amp/dubai-influencers-stranded-flooding-uae-airport.html

Cloud seeding operation gone wrong... Or right...

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/dubai-grinds-to-standstill-as-cloud-seeding-worsens-flooding/

https://graziamagazine.com/me/articles/cloud-seeding-uae/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR04sSPgO72eSgksN3ifcljECdY5Jn0cW_0UsnThTTTFNwdJSFxtPVQxLAE_aem_AXNvNK0j13dDFxkgRh779Kt4Y9rcAwmhR97AAu87ezWi0TKj2wXYr88x_vXB1VFcwJJvqSYbBwMJJZRcD3zXr7hT

[Blizzard777]

35 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I need to drive more/take more vacations as I am only at 44k on my 2020! 

Lol, yes….being retired or taking more vacations time helps in putting the miles on these machines.  As long as I have energy I’m staying away from the house and exploring before my body says otherwise. Every day counts as I know life can slam you quickly !!!  This is also great way to deal with being divorced ! 
 

[Phil]

Almost 2 years worth of rain in Dubai today.

Imagine if North Bend saw 200” of rain in a day.

 

[T-Town]

Some good clouds this evening. 

[Phil]

3 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

LOL

 

 

 

Lmaoooooo. I’ll cut off my left pinkie with a butter knife if that happens. 

[Meatyorologist]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

Lmaoooooo. I’ll cut off my left pinkie with a butter knife if that happens. 

Quite the escalation there!

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Phil said:

Almost 2 years worth of rain in Dubai today.

Imagine if North Bend saw 200” of rain in a day.

 

The scaling does not work like that.  

[Phil]

6 hours ago, Phishy Wx said:

Spokane since January

Temps:

Jan: -1.8

Feb: +3.2

March: +2.0

April to date: +4.9

 

Precip:

Jan: +.11, Snow -2.7

Feb: +.59, Snow -2.9

March: -.85 Snow: -0.5

April to date: -.22 Snow: +0.4

 

yeah is been pretty warm so far in 2024. trending drier into spring and less snow than normal in Q1.

 

In Summary for 2024 to date

Temp +2.1

Precip: -.37

Snow: -5.7

when you only average around 16" of precip a year, anything negative makes a big difference in water table and usage/restrictions 

I remember when everyone was telling me Feb would be colder than average because it’s Feb.

Turns out it’s tough to beat niño climo.

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

The scaling does not work like that.  

I’m kidding, dude.  

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Phil said:

I remember when everyone was telling me Feb would be colder than average because it’s Feb.

Turns out it’s tough to beat niño climo.

We had a +1 departure in February. Hardly a torch. 

[Blizzard777]

5 hours ago, RentonHill said:

Excited to see todays Timelapse from @Blizzard777

As T-Town mentioned not and exciting day in the South Sound but here’s the Timelapse regardless.  They are always fascinating to watch 

https://video.nest.com/clip/a49f673ffd5c4cc29e807e5e7b804cee.mp4

 

[Blizzard777]

One last shot from that earlier storm drifting off into the Cascades. I’m overlooking Auburn in this photo 

[LowerGarfield]

Today was about 50F here.

[Cascadia_Wx]

What a beautiful evening out there. I’m curious about frost chances tonight.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Cascadia_Wx said:

What a beautiful evening out there. I’m curious about frost chances tonight.

Pretty solid cloud deck here.