April 2024 Weather in the PNW

[Tanis Leach]

The mountain yesterday.

 

Meadows did get Vista and Cascade open since visibility wasnt horrid. Winds were atrocious up above 6100 feet (like 40+ mph), but below that was some fresh powder (about 2"). I heard Shooting Star the winds weren't as bad but I didn't get over there because I'm a teal skier. 

[ShawniganLake]

Just 0.02” of rain today.  Sun breaks and a cool breeze most of the day. 

[MossMan]

I SO love our partially covered deck…Pouring rain…Who cares! 

[Frontal Snowsquall]

On 4/27/2024 at 9:40 AM, TT-SEA said:

Don't think that Friday forecast is going to work out.  

Good call, precipitation now in the forecast from Thursday to Saturday.

[ShawniganLake]

2 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Just telling you what the doctor said when reviewing the x-ray and MRI images.   I have never had any knee issues... now I will be dealing with this for the rest of my life because it will never be the same.  

It was from a height about 4 feet and stool was starting to tip over.  

It looked like this one... top step is at about 48 inches.   I didn't feel like it was a big deal when I jumped.  

I would imagine you can do plenty of damage to a healthy knee falling from 4feet.  Dr Phil, may not have realized you were 4 feet high. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Breezy and on the cool side today with widely scattered showers and sunbreaks. Had a couple brief moderate to heavy showers at points. 55/48 spread.

Edited April 29 by Cascadia_Wx

[HuskyMaestro]

22 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I SO love our partially covered deck…Pouring rain…Who cares! 

Polar bear!

[Chewbacca Defense]

2 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Just telling you what the doctor said when reviewing the x-ray and MRI images.   I have never had any knee issues... now I will be dealing with this for the rest of my life because it will never be the same.  

It was from a height about 4 feet and stool was starting to tip over.  

It looked like this one... top step is at about 48 inches.   I didn't feel like it was a big deal when I jumped.  

It couldn't have been that bad....I mean if you took a misstep off your roof from 200 feet up while working on the weather station attached to your chimney.....*maybe*

[Chewbacca Defense]

Added another .42" so far today, so that puts me up over 2" since Wednesday.

[MossMan]

.23” so far on the day. 41 degrees. 

[Tanis Leach]

1 hour ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

Good call, precipitation now in the forecast from Thursday to Saturday.

In all fairness, the Euro ensambles were very uncertain, with more than 60% of members showing rain for Friday (I'm using that as the comparison, since I've paid more attention to it). 

68 also seems a little aggressive. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

1 hour ago, MossMan said:

I SO love our partially covered deck…Pouring rain…Who cares! 

Nice setup!

[Cold Snap]

4 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

More scenes from North Bend... some videos on FB are pretty funny.  People are just so confused.   

Even made it on the Seattle Times.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/4-zebras-loose-near-eastbound-i-90-by-north-bend/

[Phishy Wx]

4 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Our waitress tonight moved to Charleston from Denver.   She did not have good things to say about July and August here.  

having grown up in it, locals there are use to it but it still sucks in the dog days of summer.  having been on the west coast in CA and WA for the past 15 years I can't tolerate it anymore and go home to visit between October and April.  Having said that, my wife wants to move back to the southeast soon.  I'm trying to at least convince her the Appalachians over the coast, we'll see

[Meatyorologist]

Kind of sucks that next weekend's trough appears to be trending towards sliding into OR/CA entirely. Before it looked like it would at least send a deformation band into the Seattle area, now it appears we will remain under weak ridging.

[Cascadia_Wx]

21 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said:

Kind of sucks that next weekend's trough appears to be trending towards sliding into OR/CA entirely. Before it looked like it would at least send a deformation band into the Seattle area, now it appears we will remain under weak ridging.

Models have kind of been all over the place with that setup. I’d say a few more days before the dust settles.

[Cascadia_Wx]

00z GFS goes absolutely feral with the ridging next weekend. Ensembles look more reasonable though.

[MossMan]

Down to 39 degrees and pouring! 

[Cascadia_Wx]

Nice to see the Euro stick to its guns with regard to the setup later this week.

[Meatyorologist]

That system Wednesday night has hardly wavered across guidance and continues to look like a regional soaker...the second in a week. Pretty surprising considering how poorly put-together of a system it is. Just lots of near-saturated air and a barely defined low.

[Meatyorologist]

This spinny low thing is pretty well defined. Nice rain event on tap tonight for Everett south. Pretty undermodeled.

[Meatyorologist]

Heavy rain has quickly cooled things off to the dewpoint here in Lake City. 41/40 spread, with the sound of pouring water outside and radar continuing to fill in further. Feels like Christmas. Keep it comin', baby, keep it green into August!

[TT-SEA]

06Z ECMWF shows significantly more afternoon sun for the Seattle area the next 4 days compared to this past weekend (06Z run only goes through Thursday afternoon).

Also shows the system tomorrow and now the system on Thursday coming in to the south mainly through Oregon.   The Tuesday system trended south a couple days ago in the models and now Thursday is trending the same way.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Wet morning 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

That system early next week takes a great track for significant snow in south central Oregon. 

[ShawniganLake]

Clear skies. 34 and frosty here.  

[Rubus Leucodermis]

New snow on the canyon rim above Boston Bar this morning.

[MossMan]

Had a low of 37. Currently 38 and cloudy. 
.01” so far on the day, 4.02” for the month. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

13 hours ago, TT-SEA said:

Our waitress tonight moved to Charleston from Denver.   She did not have good things to say about July and August here.  

Yeah, July and August in that part of the country is beyond brutal, and I'm sure it is a shock for someone from Denver.  You hope for a sea breeze or some thunderstorms in the afternoon, you *usually* get one or the other but if you don't...ugh.  And inland you obviously don't get the sea breeze, so you just suffer.

I almost drowned as a toddler, so it took me a looong time to learn how to swim, but once I did (I was 7 or  8 I think) I lived in the pool in the summer time.  When I worked agriculture in the summers as a teenager, I stayed with my half brother's dad, and he had a pool, and that was the first place we went after working outside all day.

[SnowWillarrive]

Lovely morning. 

[MossMan]

4 minutes ago, SnowWillarrive said:

Lovely morning. 

Indeed! 

[Phishy Wx]

Heading to the airport in a few min for a biz trip to LA until Thursday.

 

Lol suppose to be in the 40s here with Thunderstorms today and a chance of Snow Showers tonight and Tuesday night

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Coquihalla Summit is partially closed this morning.

[Phishy Wx]

17 minutes ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

Yeah, July and August in that part of the country is beyond brutal, and I'm sure it is a shock for someone from Denver.  You hope for a sea breeze or some thunderstorms in the afternoon, you *usually* get one or the other but if you don't...ugh.  And inland you obviously don't get the sea breeze, so you just suffer.

I almost drowned as a toddler, so it took me a looong time to learn how to swim, but once I did (I was 7 or  8 I think) I lived in the pool in the summer time.  When I worked agriculture in the summers as a teenager, I stayed with my half brother's dad, and he had a pool, and that was the first place we went after working outside all day.

Pool is a requirement if/when we move back. preferably already installed, but if not, enough land to put one in thats private and not viewable to the neighbors. wife is already searching zillow, oof

 

[Blizzard777]

Been a crazy two days in tornado country !  Watches and warnings galore! Sad thing is these storms keep showing up right at dusk and into the night

Hopefully this week we’re able to hit some of these storms on the road during daylight hours! Here’s a couple pictures from last night in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The cell in the background was percolating, but never dropped a tornado. It’s been a fun experience thus far regardless. Tons of lightning 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

3 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

Pool is a requirement if/when we move back. preferably already installed, but if not, enough land to put one in thats private and not viewable to the neighbors. wife is already searching zillow, oof

 

I heard conservatives are flocking to SC, they even have real estate companies catering to this niche. Sounds like you’ll really fit in. 

[MossMan]

19 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I heard conservatives are flocking to SC, they even have real estate companies catering to this niche. Sounds like you’ll really fit in. 

Yeah I heard that Texas and Florida are now completely saturated with people due to the big migration from the blue states…It’s now SC’s turn! 
Back to the weather…It’s cold still! 39 degrees! 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

29 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

Pool is a requirement if/when we move back. preferably already installed, but if not, enough land to put one in thats private and not viewable to the neighbors. wife is already searching zillow, oof

 

Boone, NC has a pretty nice climate.

[Sunriver Snow Zone]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

That system early next week takes a great track for significant snow in south central Oregon. 

06z GFS gave me almost a foot of snow with it, and 00z gem gave me 8 inches! This has serious potential for us! 

 

We might be in for a record late season storm!!

[bainbridgekid]

Positive splat test on the way to work this morning in Lynnwood. Latest I've ever seen snow in the lowlands.