April 2021 Forecasts and Discussions

[Coquitlam79]

Last shot of rain today and tonight before the spring drought of 2021.

[Hawk]

Those clouds this morning have snow written all over them. PornoMan!!
CatnipMan??

[Monty]

I imagine there will be at least flakes in the air at SFU today.

[Monty]

Seeing a little slushy snow sticking on the highway cams from Central Vancouver Island. Looks like the snow level is around 3-400m around Gold River

[Hawk]

Snow level here started out ~1400 feet

[Hawk]

The question is will it drop with heavier precip?
Upper levels are cold

[Catnip]

Those clouds this morning have snow written all over them. PornoMan!!
CatnipMan??

It does looks a bit sloppy out there.

At least spring weather is on the way next week.

[Hughc0rne]

Light snow reported over Pitt meadows at 1,700ft

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UA /OV CYPK 070007 /TM 1615 /FL017 /TP P28A /RM LGT SN

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Both the GFS and the ECMWF now say Bellingham will see flakes tomorrow morning? Hmmmm…

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[Glacier]

Last I heard the forests in Northern California are at near record dry levels. Already mid summer dryness levels. Their window for rainfall is already closing. We might get their smoke.

Yes, they are very dry (though someone is always experiencing a dry spell in the US given how large and diverse the country is): https://www.drought.gov/current-conditions

It looks like all the precipitation is up the Yukon...

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2015? Putting aside that one august storm.

July, August, and September were wetter than normal in 2015. 2015 was a very active fire season for the Spring, but quickly died down once summer got going. June is really a Spring month in BC since it's so much cooler than July and August.

[tyweather]

10 cm of powder on Cypress so far today. Temps between -1c and -2c.

Record cold temperatures in Alaska this week. Temperatures are down to -40c!

[Typeing3]

At burnaby mountain currently... some flakes mixing in with the heavier showers.

[Pomoman]

Yup can confirm we have been seeing wet snow mixed in with rain all morning long. A bit less so now. Pretty much what I had called for yesterday. No way I’ll have accumulations. That said I’m curious about tonight if it will changeover completely to wet snow. Then I might have a chance.

[Coquitlam79]

Looking at the CPC the 6-10 and the 8-14 day it's looking warm and dry as far as the eye can see after today's rain and the cold nights this weekend. This long range forecast looks like April 2004 and even a bit like last year which we saw a very dry April.

[Monty]

Some mixed rain and snow on the drive home this evening but it was mostly above 1000ft. 3.6C rain here now with over 10mm today.