April 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Finally got back from my big retirement/eclipse trip last night, feels great and weird to be retired now! Worked my a*s off from my mid 20s-low 50s, and the last few years I've been working some because I can and not because I need to, but now it's time to relax and retire. And now I have a lot of time for model riding! 

 

Got to see a lot of beautiful redrock canyons and snowy mountains in Utah/Wyoming on this trip. We had pretty great weather the whole time, only got hit by a storm while we were in Wyoming, and saw some epic thunderstorms the night following the eclipse. 

[Cold Snap]

Up to 66 now. Had a low of 34.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

15 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Currently 62 degrees with a DP of 29.

RH is at 27%

The warm dry offshore flow was able to make it to the today. Hoquiam was able to get to 68 like SEA. Down here Astoria and Tillamook made it up to 72. PDX got to 71 for a +8 high departure but well off the record pace of 89 set back 8 years ago. Another beautiful day across the region.

[Meatyorologist]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Not sure there will be much rain in Seattle... maybe none.

I'm more or less focused on the temperature crash. Even if it doesn't rain the evaporative cooling from rain in the vicinity will cool things off quickly and substantially.

[MossMan]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Not sure there will be much rain in Seattle... maybe none.

When do the first drops fly tomorrow? 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

34 minutes ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

Finally got back from my big retirement/eclipse trip last night, feels great and weird to be retired now! Worked my a*s off from my mid 20s-low 50s, and the last few years I've been working some because I can and not because I need to, but now it's time to relax and retire. And now I have a lot of time for model riding! 

 

Got to see a lot of beautiful redrock canyons and snowy mountains in Utah/Wyoming on this trip. We had pretty great weather the whole time, only got hit by a storm while we were in Wyoming, and saw some epic thunderstorms the night following the eclipse. 

Congrats. You made it!

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

54 currently with a 28 dewpoint, 62/24 day which is the same high temp as yesterdays 62/17 day. Every single day when we were gone got down into the 10s or 20s at night, except for April 14th which only got down to 37, and the day with the biggest diurnal spread was April 10th with a 72/16 day.

 

Was looking at our temperature chart on the eclipse day, surprisingly the 26% coverage of the sun back home was enough to make the temperature stop going up, although it never really cooled down. Where we were in Arkansas experienced a 11 degree temp drop.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

Currently 62 degrees with a DP of 29.

RH is at 27%

It has been astoundingly dry the last few days.

[TT-SEA]

28 minutes ago, MossMan said:

When do the first drops fly tomorrow? 

I don't want to be blamed if it comes earlier... but this is what the ECMWF shows at 5 p.m.

[MossMan]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

I don't want to be blamed if it comes earlier... but this is what the ECMWF shows at 5 p.m.

My kids friends B-Day party hangs in the balance, it’s all on you now!

[Anti Marine Layer]

Where is the southerly surge that precedes the onshore push?

[Phishy Wx]

I wish I could retire in my early 50s (two years from now) instead ill probably work another 15-20 years, oof!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

I wish I could retire in my early 50s (two years from now) instead ill probably work another 15-20 years, oof!

My Dad is 72 and still hasn’t retired. He easily could have years ago, but just enjoys staying busy. 

[TT-SEA]

3 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

I'm more or less focused on the temperature crash. Even if it doesn't rain the evaporative cooling from rain in the vicinity will cool things off quickly and substantially.

Yeah... temps are going to crash hard.

[TT-SEA]

Nino not crashing really hard yet.    I am sure its coming though. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

10 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Nino not crashing really hard yet.    I am sure its coming though. 

Or are we gonna have a 2nd year niño split flow hell winter?

[SilverFallsAndrew]

23 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Nino not crashing really hard yet.    I am sure its coming though. 

Probably looking at a moderate Nina according to most global models. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Tim predicted a “very wet” weekend, but aside from some light showers this weekend looks mostly dry. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Gorgeous day. Was up in the Seattle area earlier. Giving my best friend and his wife a ride to Sea-Tac. They will be going to New York and DC this week. Great day to drive up I-5 with the mountains popping. 
 

Had enough time afterward to check out a nice park along the Green River near Kent before heading back south. Temps were in the mid-60s with breezy conditions and very dry air.

[TT-SEA]

3 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Tim predicted a “very wet” weekend, but aside from some light showers this weekend looks mostly dry. 

I actually said one GFS run from days ago looked very wet down there because it showed rain all day on both Saturday and Sunday.  It was an accurate statement on that specific run then and still is accurate when referring to that specific run.  It was not a prediction.   That specific run did not verify. 

[Phil]

8 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Nino not crashing really hard yet.    I am sure its coming though. 

Yeah, major switch in winds coming up both in tropics and NH-extratropics. Will cool ENSO and NPAC waters.

[Phil]

14 hours ago, Meatyorologist said:

Or maybe by force of habit it LOCKS IN PERMANENTLY 

You bastard.

[Phil]

I can’t believe how quiet the nights are out here. You can hear a pin drop. So different from back home where the distant sound of traffic on I-495 fills the air.

[TT-SEA]

Crazy day... a gusty east wind becoming a gusty SW wind by 5 p.m.    And sunny for a good part of the day with a front early this evening but then the sun is back out by sunset.

[MossMan]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Crazy day... a gusty east wind becoming a gusty SW wind by 5 p.m.    And sunny for a good part of the day with a front early this evening but then the sun is back out by sunset.

Winds are howling here currently! 
53 degrees, DP 26, RH 35%! Pretty rare to have such a stretch of this dry warm air in April! 

[T-Town]

3 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Winds are howling here currently! 
53 degrees, DP 26, RH 35%! Pretty rare to have such a stretch of this dry warm air in April! 

Dead calm here but already up to 54. 

[T-Town]

11 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

My Dad is 72 and still hasn’t retired. He easily could have years ago, but just enjoys staying busy. 

Im 62 in a couple months and planning to go to 65. I could probably retire and make my money last but it’s a surprisingly difficult decision (for me anyway) to stop the income and start drawing on my 401k. 

[MossMan]

39 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Im 62 in a couple months and planning to go to 65. I could probably retire and make my money last but it’s a surprisingly difficult decision (for me anyway) to stop the income and start drawing on my 401k. 

I’m 47…Don’t think there will be such a thing as a retirement age by the time I get into my 60’s. 
Still hoping for that elusive January 1950 redux at some point before I’m dead however! 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

50 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Winds are howling here currently! 
53 degrees, DP 26, RH 35%! Pretty rare to have such a stretch of this dry warm air in April! 

It’s due to the cool/cold air heading east of the Cascades/Rockies. I love this pattern in April because it produces strong east winds and sunshine all the way out to the beaches!  
 

 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

17 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Im 62 in a couple months and planning to go to 65. I could probably retire and make my money last but it’s a surprisingly difficult decision (for me anyway) to stop the income and start drawing on my 401k. 

I think that’s part of it too. My step mom is retired (but works part time), my dad has a great income, and almost no debt, and is already drawing limited social security on top of it. He enjoys his work and doesn’t really have any post retirement goals. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

@Front Ranger how much snow you get?

[Front Ranger]

5 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

@Front Ranger how much snow you get?

6"

Over 60" for the season now, essentially average. 

[T-Town]

62 already here. Was 47 at 7 am. 

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

6"

Over 60" for the season now, essentially average. 

And cause the postponement of the Mariners-Rockies game.    

When it's snowing in Denver in the spring it's usually really nice here.

[TT-SEA]

12Z GFS holding off any return to rain (after the front today) until Thursday now and then goes back to a fairly quiet pattern after a couple days.   Not seeing any real signs of a major pattern change.   Generally a variable pattern with plenty of nice days mixed in and not real wet overall.

[TT-SEA]

12Z GEM is also much less troughy later in the run than its 00Z run.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Temperature really spiking this morning. Already up to 61˚F after a morning low of 38.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

0.5F departure at SLE This month.

[TT-SEA]

1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Temperature really spiking this morning. Already up to 61˚F after a morning low of 38.

65 in North Bend after a mild low of 54.   

Midnight low incoming.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

65 in North Bend after a mild low of 54.   

Midnight low incoming.

Pretty obvious who decoupled last night and who didn’t!