April Discobs 2025

[Eskimo Joe]

2 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

They have. So far everything looks ok. I'll find out once it warms up how much damage they received. A few miles to my east it never made it below freezing. 

That's good. I love agriculture and April is such a sensitive time of the year for our fruit crops in Maryland.

 

[mappy]

19 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Parkton mesonet site got down to 23! Very similar conditions, cool!

Ug, did your trees already blossom?

Temp dipped down to 23 for a low at my house. 

[wxdude64]

Low was 24.8 here this morning at 6:15 am, sort of a warm outliner for what I'm see around the area (19-22). That 24.8 is not close to a record (20 degrees in 2007), but still chilly. 

[weatherCCB]

Low 27

currently 36,  warming up quickly

[stormy]

21.8 this morning!

All of my blooming peaches, cherries, plums and apples are frozen.

 

[katabatic]

49 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

They have. So far everything looks ok. I'll find out once it warms up how much damage they received. A few miles to my east it never made it below freezing. 

Dangit...I hope they survived. Fingers crossed for ya. 

[frd]

I thought even for March it was very windy. 

 

[WEATHER53]

Low of 29.5 here in Kemp  Mill and Frederick house was at or below freezing from 12:30am  to 7:30am with a low of 26 and 26-28 from 4:30 until 7am

[WEATHER53]

52 for my high 

[87storms]

Finally got a bike ride in over at the 'shed.  Been a while.  Trail was in good shape...dried out nicely...only slightly damp.  The next rainer should continue to help the creek there, which looked like it was still flowing from the last couple events.

[BlizzardNole]

Nice afternoon once we got to the low 50s.  My hydrangeas had started leafing out and those new leaves are dead.  Even my tough butterfly bushes look a little rough

[George BM]

Beautiful tree with vibrant hot pink blossoms IMFY yesterday...

Duller and more orangish/brownish today. RIP

Temps got into the upper 20s.

IAD bottomed out at 26F.

[yoda]

No.  Do not want.  From this morning AFD from LWX 

Through the end of next week upper troughing dominates across the
Mid-Atlantic to Northeast, bringing a series of reinforcing cold
fronts and below normal temperatures to the region. Daytime highs in
the 50s to 60s, with overnight lows in the 30s. While just beyond
the current 7 day forecast, ensemble guidance shows a good chance of
seeing freezing to near freezing temperatures Wednesday night into
Thursday of next week.

[wxdude64]

Low for period was 24.7, which happened around 8 am. Not even close to the record of 14 from 1985, which also had about an inch of snow OTG. I remember we almost hit 90 before the end of that month!! Currently cloudy and 40.9/34.5 at 7:55 am.

[wxdude64]

Made it up to 51.0 just before noon, then it started to rain. Temp down to 47.7/46.1, about 0.10 in the gauge eyeballing it from the window.

[scope1]

Rain has commenced. 

[Interstate]

The radar looks way worse than what it is. I have been under greens most of the day... and nothing

[WVclimo]

Steady light rain all day added up to 0.49”

[southmdwatcher]

Nice soaking rain underway. Hope the folks NW of DC and Baltimore cash in as much as possible.

[GramaxRefugee]

Light rain starting about 8:15

And look at this:

When did we start referring to 2 inches of rain as "showers" ?    (That's like when the guy sprained his back shoveling 4" of "flurries")

 

[MillvilleWx]

4 hours ago, GramaxRefugee said:

Light rain starting about 8:15

And look at this:

When did we start referring to 2 inches of rain as "showers" ?    (That's like when the guy sprained his back shoveling 4" of "flurries")

 

That's a Wx type specification part of the grid process. Since there is TECHNICALLY some minor elevated convective element that would provide some "burst" components, they probably kept it as the output. I personally would've went with just stratiform rain, but that's the difference from forecaster to forecaster. 

[LongRanger]

in weather radar, yellow is the new green

[LongRanger]

Interpreting wx radar after color inflation:
green = partly cloudy,
dark green = cloudy,
yellow = virga,
orange = sprinkles,
red = moderate sprinkles,
purple = light rain,
blinking dark purple = rain,
radar inoperative = rain, sometimes moderate

[GramaxRefugee]

1.24" today. Still lt rn at obs

[87storms]

Peeks of sun here.

[kgottwald]

On 4/10/2025 at 8:04 AM, wxdude64 said:

Low for period was 24.7, which happened around 8 am. Not even close to the record of 14 from 1985, which also had about an inch of snow OTG. I remember we almost hit 90 before the end of that month!! Currently cloudy and 40.9/34.5 at 7:55 am.

That was also the driest April in recorded history; surely the only April since white settlement where the majority of the precipitation was snow! Almost every day was dry, warm and sunny, the pleasantest month for outdoor activities in my lifetime.

[southmdwatcher]

2.62" for the day and 4.62" since April 1st. Crisp and breezy morning.

 

[frd]

Still snowing to our North.    

 

 

 

[MN Transplant]

1 hour ago, frd said:

Still snowing to our North.    

 

 

 

Mostly unimpressive except for two locations and two individual events.  The early-season SE Colorado event and then the absurd Gulf Cost event.

[yoda]

Frost advisory up 

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
217 PM EDT Sat Apr 12 2025

VAZ025>027-029-036-130230-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FR.Y.0001.250413T0600Z-250413T1300Z/
Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah-Page-Nelson-
217 PM EDT Sat Apr 12 2025

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the lower to mid 30s along with light winds
  will result in areas of frost.

* WHERE...Nelson, Page, Shenandoah, Augusta, and Rockingham Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered