Pacific Northwest Weather

[R-Dub]

Currently I am having a THUNDERSNOW SHOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[R-Dub]

NOW THUNDERHAIL!!!!!!!

[R-Dub]

Just took some pics..............

This is the snow that started it all, notice how dark it is................

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golfer96_ ... pg&.src=ph

This is the hail that followed.................

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golfer96_ ... pg&.src=ph

One more pic of the hail.............

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golfer96_ ... pg&.src=ph

Temp dropped from 40 down to 35 degrees in 2 minutes

[R-Dub]

WOW that was a pretty good thundersnow/hail shower!!! Most weather I have seen in a while now Got almost dark as night during it also, exept when the lightning would light things up!!

Now its brighter, but windy. Current temp is 36.8 degrees, Dewpoint is 33.5 degrees.

Hail still covering the landscaping, but has melted off the pavement.

Looks like convergence zone is headed your way Anthony!!!

I'll have another update tonight sometime, be back then.

Hope everyone gets what just happened in my area, or even more!

[W13]

Wow, great pictures, Randy!

Hope you had fun, hopefully some of that is headed my way tonight!

[AnthonyC]

The zone is starting to shift south and there are some mighty dark clouds in the north direction. Should be interesting...I'll keep you updated. Hopefully something happens within the next 30 minutes. Current temperature is 42F with a dewpoint of 39F.

Anthony

[AnthonyC]

The zone is starting to fizzle...but there are more cells coming down the Strait of Juan Defuca so hopefully another, more active zone forms. Only time will tell.

Anthony

[W13]

37 F with a Dew Point of 32 F as of 4:50 PM

Just wondering about where the precip is showing up, not the usual PSCZ if you ask me. Of course, it is probbaly just firing up, but have a look for yourself:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p19r0/si.katx.shtml

[AnthonyC]

Well, nothing happened. The zone fizzled as it shifted south. Partly cloudy skies with a current temp of 39F.

[andrewr]

http://www.summitatsnoqualmie.com/info/winter/cams.asp Looks like some pretty good snow coming down up at Snoqualmie. Hopefully they'll pick up a good couple of inches (or feet would also be nice).

[snow_wizzard]

R-Dub...Your pictures are proof that I was correct in mentioning the "S" word a few days ago! I know that TT will say it's nothing, but the fact is he said just two days ago that to even think of snow was ludicrous. I am on a roll now...the cold low temps and now this!

It sounds like that must have been a fun little storm! It is very hard to say who may see some of the white stuff tonight. As the flow becomes more NW even areas in south King County could see snow by early morning. To say the least this is a very cold airmass. The late afternoon temps are in the upper 30s with a brisk SW wind. For a SW wind to blow that cold that airmass has to be cold! The next two days look really nippy indeed. Not a hint of spring in any sense of the word.

[AnthonyC]

A cold evening...currently 36F at 5:45pm. Unless an active PSCZ forms, expect NO lowland snow. And even if the zone forms, you can only expect a quick dusting and a quick melt. Tomorrow night should be the coldest night of the week...good radiational cooling and very little wind...lows from 25-30F. 500 mb heights start to rise Tuesday with the Rex block. I wouldn't be surprised if Wednesday, Thursday had high temperatures in the low-mid 50s. Next weekend is still up in the air.

Anthony

[W13]

Currently down to 35 F with a Dew Point of 32 F as of 5:47 PM

Now we just need that PSCZ to drop south!

[TT-SEA]

My parents are in town...took the ferry over to Bainbridge and spent the day in Poulsbo.

They could not stop talking about how beautiful it was... both the town and the weather. Until mid-afternoon it was sunny with no wind... so it felt really nice. Trees blooming everywhere... grass is SOOOOOO green. They came from Minnesota where it is VERY brown right now.

They laughed almost to tears when I told them that I had to convince you guys it feels and LOOKS like spring here. I am referring to Snow_Wizzard and Brennan of course. The rest of you embrace both spring and winter.

They are staying over there in a timeshare until Friday.

The ride back to Seattle was fun because the sun was shining on the convergence zone. Just beautiful. A very spring-like sky compared to the stratiform gray of winter.

This weather is normal in Minnesota in April and early May... showers with sun and cool. That is spring to me. And this is it!!!

Get home... look at the ECMWF and no change... show me the arctic air. Its on the East Coast.

Here is Thursday morning...

[TT-SEA]

Wow... NWS forecast sure sounds like winter!! Highs warm to above 50 degrees with lows around 30 degrees. And sunny.

Welcome to spring.

MONDAY...MORNING CLOUDS...BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 40S. LIGHT WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. EAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS AROUND 50. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.

[andycottle]

Randy and all. No exciting weather here at all. Had partly cloudy skies through most of the day, though skies became mostly cloudy by late in the aftenoon into early evening. Only some light sprinkles managed to fall. Having some light sprinkels right as of 6:50pm. My Temp is 37 wtih DP 36 and humidity 96%. PSCZ is also pretty stationary in my area and points Eastward toward Central Cascades.

-- Andy

[andycottle]

Randy...thoes are some good pics you took. From what I saw of your hail, it looked like very small pellets at best. -- Andy

[TT-SEA]

Andy... it looks like you should be under the PSCZ right now. Stange that nothing is happening in Woodinville.

[krysof]

are you talking about Washington state or Oregon?

[TT-SEA]

Most of this thread revolves around the weather in Western Washington... mostly within 50 miles of Seattle except a couple people from Bellingham near the Canadian border.

We are trying to get to our 100th page!!