April 2025 Pacifc Northwest Weather

[Omegaraptor]

1 hour ago, LowerGarfield said:

Hey that's pretty cool. Often Yreka gets less than Mt Shasta City or Dunsmuir to the south and Ashland to the north. 

It’s just really rainshadowed. Kind of feels a little like a southern version of Wenatchee area or the Okanogan valley with the rugged Klamaths as a backdrop.

Dunsmuir’s a lot more cut off from cold continental air, it’s kind of just Redding but at elevation. Their high upslope precip rates sometimes lead to big dumps of concrete under pretty marginal temps, though.

[GHweatherChris]

5 hours ago, StormchaserChuck1 said:

Actually it could rain 2' in some places over a week. 

Looks like only up to 1.67' is forecasted currently in spots according to that map.

[StormchaserChuck1]

4 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Looks like only up to 1.67' is forecasted currently in spots according to that map.

man.. I was thinking 14" was 2' for some reason. bad thinking day. 

It actually only goes up to 1.25'

[MossMan]

RIP Val Kilmer. 

[GHweatherChris]

39 minutes ago, StormchaserChuck1 said:

man.. I was thinking 14" was 2' for some reason. bad thinking day. 

It actually only goes up to 1.25'

I went with up to 20" for my math, yours seems more in line though.

[Tyler Mode]

Will the Euro or GFS be right for Sunday?  One shows rain first thing, the other not till dinner time/sunset.

[Tyler Mode]

Briefly nice up at Crystal...

[Chewbacca Defense]

Haven't been paying too much attention to the forum the past several days but I was wondering why the March thread got so quiet LOL....I guess its already April.  We've been having pretty nice days up here, decent amount of sun, with very light rain (.02-.03") each night the past couple of nights. 

 

People were posting snow totals for the season, and for me this was an absolute bullsh*t winter.  I think we ended up with about 1"...maybe 1.5". 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Chilly morning across the great NW.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Small tornado hit owasso, ok today. 

[TT-SEA]

2 hours ago, Tyler Mode said:

Will the Euro or GFS be right for Sunday?  One shows rain first thing, the other not till dinner time/sunset.

It will start raining early.    This happens all the time with the models speeding things up as it gets closer.   Happened this past Sunday as well.   

ECMWF is clearly figuring out the GFS has been right all along.

 

[TT-SEA]

12Z ICON now brings the rain in late Saturday and Sunday is an all day soaker.    We might lose Saturday as well since there is another 4 days for timing to continue creeping up.  

[DeepFriedEgg]

The models are looking Jesse-tastic

[Rubus Leucodermis]

0.44" since midnight.

[iFred]

1 hour ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

The models are looking Jesse-tastic

Great for my lawn, garden, and our forests. Probably also portends to a warm and dry May and June as what goes down must come up.

[Edmonds Husky]

1 hour ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

The models are looking Jesse-tastic

I felt like spring would be cooler and wetter than usual this year.

[DareDuck]

11 hours ago, MossMan said:

RIP Val Kilmer. 

Hits home for me. My dad passed away back in November. Just a little older than Val, also had cancer, but it was the pneumonia that got them. **** cancer and **** pneumonia. 

[Cloud]

This is a great start to spring. April is typically the month we see a rapid decrease in precipitation from about 4" now to 2.5" by the end. This will probably to a drier May/June time frame though lol. 

[TT-SEA]

Yuck... spread it out more.   We all know how this works.  Very wet for a long time and then it completely flips to the opposite.   Not a great start to spring in that regard.   Better to have some dry weeks mixed in right now.   We haven't even been close to a dry week... we can barely manage a 2-day break.

[Omegaraptor]

26 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Yuck... spread it out more.   We all know how this works.  Very wet for a long time and then it completely flips to the opposite.   Not a great start to spring in that regard.   Better to have some dry weeks mixed in right now.   We haven't even been close to a dry week... we can barely manage a 2-day break.

Since coming home from college nearly every day down here has had at least some sunshine, even the cooler/showery days.

Ensemble means don't look particularly wet right now, either.

[Deweydog]

We’re FAMOUS!

https://katu.com/news/local/alaska-airlines-flight-757-returns-to-pdx-passengers-and-crew-complain-of-feeling-ill

[TT-SEA]

37 minutes ago, Omegaraptor said:

Since coming home from college nearly every day down here has had at least some sunshine, even the cooler/showery days.

Ensemble means don't look particularly wet right now, either.

Didn't say it was raining all the time.    But the pattern has been persistently wet.  It is what it is and it's probably going to flip and be unusually dry.  I have learned to perversely cheer against my own preferences at this time of year for a greater reward when it matters more.   

[SilverFallsAndrew]

1 hour ago, Cloud said:

This is a great start to spring. April is typically the month we see a rapid decrease in precipitation from about 4" now to 2.5" by the end. This will probably to a drier May/June time frame though lol. 

Very close to snow here a couple of times, the trough axis is just a little to far south, but overall it looks to remain chilly, active, and with mountain snow at times. It's really the best thing we could ask for. Great TRENDS.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Saturday looks like a nice day out here in the LILAC CITY. I think I'll hit up opening weekend for the Spokane baseball team. 

[Deweydog]

18 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Saturday looks like a nice day out here in the LILAC CITY. I think I'll hit up opening weekend for the Spokane baseball team. 

Chiefs are in the first round of the playoffs and look SOLID.

[Edmonds Husky]

1 hour ago, Cloud said:

This is a great start to spring. April is typically the month we see a rapid decrease in precipitation from about 4" now to 2.5" by the end. This will probably to a drier May/June time frame though lol. 

Yeesh. I don't mind some rain once in a while but I need the sun. Hopefully things trend drier for mid month

[ClarkCountyChill]

46 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Very close to snow here a couple of times, the trough axis is just a little to far south, but overall it looks to remain chilly, active, and with mountain snow at times. It's really the best thing we could ask for. Great TRENDS.

Seems to make sense that the other shoe would drop at some point, after a sunny, dry January, then 70s in February, and 80s in March. Just gotta hope this lasts as long as possible before the torching inevitably returns.

[Doom Buster]

4 hours ago, DeepFriedEgg said:

The models are looking Jesse-tastic

Cascadia Chilly, Clark!

[Doom Buster]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Yuck... spread it out more.   We all know how this works.  Very wet for a long time and then it completely flips to the opposite.   Not a great start to spring in that regard.   Better to have some dry weeks mixed in right now.   We haven't even been close to a dry week... we can barely manage a 2-day break.

That 6 week stretch Jan/first half of February has come home to roost.

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

30 minutes ago, Edmonds Husky said:

Yeesh. I don't mind some rain once in a while but I need the sun. Hopefully things trend drier for mid month

July 5th. Until then expect wet.

[TT-SEA]

15 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

That 6 week stretch Jan/first half of February has come home to roost.

Yep.   If the cycle continues we should be rewarded again soon.

[Phishy Wx]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

We’re FAMOUS!

https://katu.com/news/local/alaska-airlines-flight-757-returns-to-pdx-passengers-and-crew-complain-of-feeling-ill

was probably someone who ate taco bell before the flight

[DareDuck]

40 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

That 6 week stretch Jan/first half of February has come home to roost.

Right. The shoe doesn’t have to drop. A lot of people called for a cloudy cool early spring after one of the sunniest winters. Upcoming pattern doesn’t seem too bad. Alternating 2-4 day periods of dry and wet. 

[ClarkCountyChill]

16 minutes ago, DareDuck said:

Right. The shoe doesn’t have to drop. A lot of people called for a cloudy cool early spring after one of the sunniest winters. Upcoming pattern doesn’t seem too bad. Alternating 2-4 day periods of dry and wet. 

Yeah. Seems like pretty typical first half of April stuff honestly. 

[Deweydog]

43 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

was probably someone who ate taco bell before the flight

Smelled like burnt hair, but I only noticed it for about a minute or so right after takeoff. I remember thinking it was gonna be rather unpleasant if it stuck around for the whole flight. Apparently it was much worse at the back of the plane. Or excuse me, the AFT section.

Had quite an escort to the gate…

[TT-SEA]

51 minutes ago, DareDuck said:

Right. The shoe doesn’t have to drop. A lot of people called for a cloudy cool early spring after one of the sunniest winters. Upcoming pattern doesn’t seem too bad. Alternating 2-4 day periods of dry and wet. 

Pretty typical overall for this week given the break we have coming.   But SEA has had only 1 day with 0.00 in the last 25 days.    That is persistently wet and troughy.   I have a sense the other shoe will drop eventually and certain people will not like it. 

[TT-SEA]

Ironically North Bend has managed 2 days with 0.00 in the last 25 days which is twice as good as SEA!

[BLI snowman]

24 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Pretty typical overall for this week given the break we have coming.   But SEA has had only 1 day with 0.00 in the last 25 days.    That is persistently wet and troughy.   I have a sense the other shoe will drop eventually and certain people will not like it. 

12 of the past 14 months have been drier than average at SEA. I have a sense the other shoe will drop eventually and certain people will not like it. 

[Low Dew point]

From my perspective the weather has been fairly nice the last week or so.  We have had plenty of cloud breaks and bits of sun, even on days with rain. Starting to see much more color on the forest.  The alders are leafing out after dropping their tassels and the maples are about ready to blow up too.  I see my young birches and Japanese maples coming around nicely as well.  In the berry patch the Marion’s are branching out, the blueberries are leafing out, the new strawberries are thriving and the grapes are about to put on leaves for the year.  I’m happy with Spring so far this year.  I expected worse. 

[TT-SEA]

23 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

12 of the past 14 months have been drier than average at SEA. I have a sense the other shoe will drop eventually and certain people will not like it. 

Nah.    Probably not until next fall and winter... if even then with ENSO neutral.    And precip totals aren't that indicative of persistence of rain.