April 2024 Weather in the PNW

[iFred]

3 hours ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

Its not even close to the same amount

A bit disappointed he didn't update his "Seansplaining Seattle Weather" podcast last winter.
 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

3 hours ago, Phil said:

You don’t know what the NAO is?

And I’ve linked references to the TNH multiple times. CPC references it as a seasonal/cold season index, but it’s present in some form year round.

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/teledoc/tnh.shtml

Of course I know what NAO stands for, it's actually one of the few I do know. It stands for North American Outflow 

 

[iFred]

3 hours ago, Phil said:

You don’t know what the NAO is?

And I’ve linked references to the TNH multiple times. CPC references it as a seasonal/cold season index, but it’s present in some form year round.

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/teledoc/tnh.shtml

We do this dance multiple times a year. Prognostications filled with an alphabet soup of oscillations and indexes serve to build up a level of mystique with your average "Just give me the 10 day" guy but make you look like a ChatGPT hacculiation of a Holiday Inn Express educated Meatyorologist to anyone with an ERA5 dataset partially downloaded.

[Chewbacca Defense]

.62" this morning, with a total of 1.62" since Wednesday.  I ended up cancelling my yard project, and I am glad I did since we got .76" that day.

Hopefully end if this next week will be good for another attempt.

[High Desert Mat?]

4 hours ago, Phil said:

I’m liking the -NAO signal heading into May, though. Many of the post-niño summers have a period of late-spring blocking, offering a final reprieve before hell starts. Hopefully we can take advantage of that opportunity.

Also would be another sign the system state is far-removed from the +TNH state that has dominated the majority of recent summers.

Ridge bridge? Oh, wrong time of year to root for it. 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

19 hours ago, Blizzard777 said:

Tomorrow we are ground zero for action ! A bit nervous and excited.

 

5 hours ago, Blizzard777 said:

My vehicle awaits the assault from the storms in a bit !!! The action should start in a few hours here in Oklahoma City. Currently very windy !!

Looks like there’s a Tornado Watch for your area. Some huge explosive cells on radar. Good luck and stay safe!

[MV_snow]

5 hours ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

Its not even close to the same amount

Holy crap, I didn’t realize his post got that many reacts. Some must have been done later after I first saw it.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

Rainfall today through 4pm. Only .01” so far at PDX. Hopefully we can get some good showers this evening. 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

1 hour ago, High Desert Mat? said:

Ridge bridge? Oh, wrong time of year to root for it. 

I'm rooting for a huge ridge to be sitting over alaska for most of our Denali climb, May 12th(weather permitting)-the end of the month/start of June. When I did my first Denali expedition back in the early 90s, we got horrible weather for almost the entire 3 week expedition, at one point temperatures were -39F with 80+MPH winds and heavy snow, and we never got a good day of weather to summit Denali, which is why I'm going back with the hope of being successful this time.

I do NOT want to experience horrible weather like that again. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

54F and cloudy in Portland.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

Looks like we might get some snow Monday morning, just need that precip to arrive a couple hours earlier than currently forecast, and we could easily pick up a slushy Inch or two. 41 currently, 46/30 day.

[MossMan]

I’m cold! It needs to warm up a little! 

[LowerGarfield]

Jealous of you all getting rain. Thursday and Today we had almost nothing (.05 on Thur) a Trace today whereas Lewiston had some decent rain with ponding on some of the roads in usual spots. We drove out to Dworshak Reservoir for a hike. This is an Army Corps reservoir which is free to park at. It is near Orofino "The Home of the Maniacs!" Their high school is right next to Idaho's state mental institution. Mascot even looks like a patient and a photo is here: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/feb/04/idaho-house-panel-backs-orofino-maniacs-specialty-/

We decided to turn around about 0.75 miles in or so as the clouds starting looking dark and the trail looked slippery. Still my son and I enjoyed a nice viewpoint of the reservoir on a hillside before turning back. Glad we did because it started raining shortly after we left. Flat Stanley is visiting us from a school in Texas' project. All the other houses are in Texas, OK, or NE so it's nice it got to see the NW and both WA and ID.

[Blizzard777]

That was intense !! Never ever ever experienced that before in my life. It’s still popping off out there but slower right now as the main line has gone through! Tornado off to the east of us.  Very possible my cousin caught it in her picture. It definitely looks like one. Just wow, what a storm

[Frontal Snowsquall]

1 hour ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

54F and cloudy in Portland.

At least there wasn’t much rain for your trip. Were you inside the Convention Center all day or did you have a chance to tour the city?  

[Cascadia_Wx]

Cool, overcast and breezy 54/48 day here. Not much rain though, just some sprinkles at times.

 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

9 minutes ago, Blizzard777 said:

That was intense !! Never ever ever experienced that before in my life. It’s still popping off out there but slower right now as the main line has gone through! Tornado off to the east of us.  Very possible my cousin caught it in her picture. It definitely looks like one. Just wow, what a storm

Wow, glad you were able to get a good even during the night! Was the in the OKC suburbs?

[Blizzard777]

4 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Wow, glad you were able to get a good even during the night! Was the in the OKC suburbs?

Yes, looks like it was beyond the city limits best I could tell. Tornado was on the ground ( according to the weather service) during the time my cousin got the photo.  Sure does look like one in the photo 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Nice wet and active 00z GFS run. Even gives a warm and sunny Friday/Saturday next week as the next ULL winds up offshore and to the south.

[Cloud]

SE Asia is dealing with some exceptional summertime heat at the moment. Today was the 6th straight days of triple digits with heat index ranging from 110-115F since I’ve been here. Prolonged activities between 10am until sunset are non-existence. Even the locals are complaining. I’m here for 4 more weeks.

[Ray]

6 hours ago, Cloud said:

SE Asia is dealing with some exceptional summertime heat at the moment. Today was the 6th straight days of triple digits with heat index ranging from 110-115F since I’ve been here. Prolonged activities between 10am until sunset are non-existence. Even the locals are complaining. I’m here for 4 more weeks.

I have a dear friend there. She says this is as bad as she can remember. It has been above normal for weeks now. 

[TT-SEA]

29 minutes ago, Ray said:

I have a dear friend there. She says this is as bad as she can remember. It has been above normal for weeks now. 

Probably related to the much warmer than normal water there.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Probably related to the much warmer than normal water there.

Oh you are an expert on SE Asia's climate now! 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Rained lightly all night. It's a wet world out there. 

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Oh you are an expert on SE Asia's climate now! 

Just a guess!   Feel pretty good about it though.   

[the_convergence_zone]

Quite the wet trend on the 00Z EPS. Wipes out most of the warmth that was expected in about a week. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Just a guess!   Feel pretty good about it though.   

I hope we have a prolific monsoon season in south Asia. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, the_convergence_zone said:

Quite the wet trend on the 00Z EPS. Wipes out most of the warmth that was expected in about a week. 

This only takes us through the first week of May, but so good to see this and the plentiful moisture where they need it MOST. The Southern PLAINZ.

[ShawniganLake]

14 hours ago, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

I'm rooting for a huge ridge to be sitting over alaska for most of our Denali climb, May 12th(weather permitting)-the end of the month/start of June. When I did my first Denali expedition back in the early 90s, we got horrible weather for almost the entire 3 week expedition, at one point temperatures were -39F with 80+MPH winds and heavy snow, and we never got a good day of weather to summit Denali, which is why I'm going back with the hope of being successful this time.

I do NOT want to experience horrible weather like that again. 

Surprised you couldn’t make the summit.  Phil did it with -40F and 81+mph winds while he was still recovering from Covid 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I've heard a lot of people die climbing Mt. MCKINLEY.

[BLI snowman]

30 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I've heard a lot of people die climbing Mt. MCKINLEY.

The BARROW to MCKINLEY hike is one of my very favorite, Andrew.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, BLI snowman said:

The BARROW to MCKINLEY hike is one of my very favorite, Andrew.

At least there is AMPLE daylight in the summer months. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

That trough next weekend is now diving into California on the GFS. What a BLESSING for them. 

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

48 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I've heard a lot of people die climbing Mt. MCKINLEY.

Yeah, as with any 20k+ summit. Although most the time people die, they are likely inexperienced and made a poor decision to keep pushing despite the forecast inclement weather, or one of their group members die because of bad crevasse rescue techniques. But occasionally an experienced mountaineer will get unlucky and die in an Avalanche, there's only so much precaution you can take to avoid that.

 

Denali(or Mckinley, I personally don't support changing mountains names, but I think Denali is a much better name than McKinley) hasn't become the sh1tshow that everest has yet, but as with any one of the 7 continental summits, there are too many inexperienced people who pay their way to the top. It's pretty crazy what goes on at Mount everest now, it's just a mountain of trash and rich inexperienced tourists.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Just now, Sunriver Snow Zone said:

Yeah, as with any 20k+ summit. Although most the time people die, they are likely inexperienced and made a poor decision to keep pushing despite the forecast inclement weather, or one of their group members die because of bad crevasse rescue techniques. But occasionally an experienced mountaineer will get unlucky and die in an Avalanche, there's only so much precaution you can take to avoid that.

 

Denali(or Mckinley, I personally don't support changing mountains names, but I think Denali is a much better name than McKinley) hasn't become the sh1tshow that everest has yet, but as with any one of the 7 continental summits, there are too many inexperienced people who pay their way to the top. It's pretty crazy what goes on at Mount everest now, it's just a mountain of trash and rich inexperienced tourists.

It's amazing to me the people I hear about who try to climb Everest.

I hiked up South Sister from Green Lakes and Broken Top from Green Lakes, when I was a teenager. That's enough for me. I might do it again when my kids are in their teens. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

51 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

That trough next weekend is now diving into California on the GFS. What a BLESSING for them. 

ENSEMBLES show it moving in more quickly up here.

[Cascadia_Wx]

33 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

It's amazing to me the people I hear about who try to climb Everest.

I hiked up South Sister from Green Lakes and Broken Top from Green Lakes, when I was a teenager. That's enough for me. I might do it again when my kids are in their teens. 

Did you ever climb St Helens, Andrew?

[Phil]

2 hours ago, ShawniganLake said:

Surprised you couldn’t make the summit.  Phil did it with -40F and 81+mph winds while he was still recovering from Covid 

I was also barefoot, wearing only boxers and a wife beater shirt.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

8 minutes ago, Phil said:

I was also barefoot, wearing only boxers and a wife beater shirt.

You only had a tank top on in -96 wind chills? WOW!

[Anti Marine Layer]

39 minutes ago, Phil said:

I was also barefoot, wearing only boxers and a wife beater shirt.

Pictures?