PrinceFrederickWx Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 55 minutes ago, Fozz said: This is more or less what a normal April is like. Swinging from 45 and cloudy to 70 or 80+ isn’t unusual. The next week from tomorrow on should be pretty seasonable. Going from borderline record highs at the airports and 90 IMBY, to a high of 45 on the afternoon of April 17th IMBY (while the northern tier gets snow showers) just three days later is not your typical April variance. As Cobalt pointed out earlier, the temperature swings this year have been kind of extreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 54 minutes ago, wxdude64 said: THIS is why the 'I love spring with it's 60's/70's' is so misleading, because averages are just that-averages. You are correct Fozz, this week is exactly what April is, windy warm, cold, warm, windy cold...sun, rain, flurries, sun. The sunny and 60-70 that many crave generally are the 'oddball' days in between systems. Yeah, it seems our best bet for that temperate weather comes in the fall. One of the many reasons I live for that season. October usually doesn't disappoint around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Periods of flurries this afternoon. Impressive cold for mid-April. Definitely enjoying the cool weather after last week's furnace. I thought I'd grown sick of chilly, windy weather, but then last weekend happened and I was reminded I liked that a whole lot less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Freeze Warning just got expanded towards I-95. URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 912 PM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 MDZ011-504-506-VAZ038-050-052-053-055-056-180915- /O.EXA.KLWX.FZ.W.0002.180418T0400Z-180418T1300Z/ Southern Baltimore-Central and Southeast Montgomery- Central and Southeast Howard-Greene-Orange- Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax-Stafford- Spotsylvania- Including the cities of Baltimore, Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Columbia, Ellicott City, Stanardsville, Orange, Gordonsville, Dale City, Manassas, Woodbridge, Lake Ridge, Montclair, Reston, Herndon, Annandale, Centreville, Chantilly, McLean, Franconia, Falmouth, and Fredericksburg 912 PM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect until 9 AM EDT Wednesday. * TEMPERATURES...In the upper 20s to lower 30s. The coldest temperatures will be in rural areas. * IMPACTS...Freezing temperatures may damage or kill sensitive vegetation. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, George BM said: Freeze Warning just got expanded towards I-95. I'm a little surprised that there's a freeze warning for some of the locations. I would think that for some of the areas out west and into PA, this isn't a late or unusual freeze. For the 95 corridor, I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 At 5 am: DCA 37 BWI 34 IAD 32 The local icebox (Fort Meade) is down to 30. Most of Central VA (north of CHO-RIC) has hit freezing. The Shenandoah Valley is flirting with damaging the apple blossoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 32 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 10 minutes ago, arlwx said: At 5 am: DCA 37 BWI 34 IAD 32 The local icebox (Fort Meade) is down to 30. Most of Central VA (north of CHO-RIC) has hit freezing. The Shenandoah Valley is flirting with damaging the apple blossoms. Nam says aother slightly more extensive freeze on Friday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Got down to 30 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Snuck just below freezing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 At least it’ll be sunny today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 28.4F according to nearest PWS here. Calm, brisk. Perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 was down to 30f when I left home this morning. No windshield scrape though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Low around 33. Currently 38. It looks to be a glorious, seasonal spring day today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 IAD bottoms out at 29F... a daily record low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 1 hour ago, George BM said: IAD bottoms out at 29F... a daily record low. Beating 30F in 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Also, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 22 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said: Normal is 67? F this April. Peak nice climo days wasted. Preach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 26 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said: Normal is 67? F this April. Peak nice climo days wasted. Yep. Hit 37 this morning. Bleh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Already 63.4 here at 12:30 pm on a breezy WSW wind. Warm today, back to cool tomorrow, the roller coaster continues........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 For scale, yesterday was a -12 or -14 departure. The torch days last week were +17 to +23 across the airports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Hit 29 for a low around 7:15 in Independent Hill, Prince William Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 51 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said: It has been an odd month. It feels like more of a New England April than what I’m used to here. Of course, this is a traditional battleground month, but I still don’t have the feeling that we’re breaking toward spring as we close it out. I love heat, but I don’t think any of us would prefer another few weeks solidly BN and overcast followed by a flip to drought and torch in May. Interesting pattern we’ve had. We've had a lot of warm Aprils lately, including last year, so a near normal April probably feels chilly to many. I never really thought of it as a reliable month for truly warm, t-shirt weather (though it often comes and goes), but yesterday was a bit too chilly and dreary even for me. At least today is sunny and mild, and the flowers are still in full bloom around here. A few degrees warmer would be ideal for me, but today isn’t too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 April looks good on paper with avg highs rising through the 60s, but those averages come from wild swings. It's hard to believe that we're running only about a degree below normal for the month, but that was skewed by the couple of hot days. Minneapolis is having a ridiculous April -- they have been below average every single day, and are running an incredible -16.1 departure. They've also had 26 inches of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Freaking gorgeous day. IMO cant do much better than what is forecast over the next few days. A bit on the cool side, which is fine with me. Perfection. Won't be too much longer before we will be dying for high temps around 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 55-60 is so much better with sun and no damn wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 10/10 day today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 10 hours ago, WxUSAF said: 55-60 is so much better with sun and no damn wind. Today looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 19 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said: It has been an odd month. It feels like more of a New England April than what I’m used to here. Of course, this is a traditional battleground month, but I still don’t have the feeling that we’re breaking toward spring as we close it out. I love heat, but I don’t think any of us would prefer another few weeks solidly BN and overcast followed by a flip to drought and torch in May. Interesting pattern we’ve had. It’s a weird pattern the last few months- for the most part, we stay cold, but the rare, brief times it flips to warm we immediately go to record territory. Reminds me of December 2013 in that regard. I forgot last April was the 2nd hottest at BWI. Mean reversion and all that. :-( Who wants to bet this weekend will find a way to suck? Based on recent forecast vs. reality I’m going with a high of 50 with 20-25 mph wind gusts. And mostly cloudy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Hooray another freeze watch for tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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