April Discobs 2025

[wxdude64]

1 hour ago, konksw said:

 I’m honestly not sure what late April is supposed to feel like. While trending warmer, spring has always been super swingy so the averages we arrive at are from half the days feeling like early march and the other half like Memorial Day weekend. 

True, looking back at my records I have 5 50 degree or greater nights and 5 30 degree or lower nights for this date!

[dailylurker]

Beautiful day. The dry weather has been great for business. It's nice seeing the Euro bringing about an inch of rain across the area on Saturday. 

[WxUSAF]

36 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

Beautiful day. The dry weather has been great for business. It's nice seeing the Euro bringing about an inch of rain across the area on Saturday. 

1”? Looks more like about 0.2” averages across the LWX zone…

[dailylurker]

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

1”? Looks more like about 0.2” averages across the LWX zone…

Yeah. Looks like it went poof faster than a snowstorm 3 days out. I'm sure it will just end up cloudy and windy. Looks dry after that for the rest of April. I wonder when the water restrictions will start. 

[BlizzardNole]

I know the drought is a big problem but man what a gorgeous day today and looking good tomorrow and Thursday.  Sitting on the deck is so nice -- except for the light to moderate maple seed squalls lol

Saw first hummingbird today

[JenkinsJinkies]

41 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

Yeah. Looks like it went poof faster than a snowstorm 3 days out. I'm sure it will just end up cloudy and windy. Looks dry after that for the rest of April. I wonder when the water restrictions will start. 

Every time there's a big rain in the forecast it gets walked back to practically nothing in the days leading up to it, every time....

What went wrong with our advertised wet pattern? Is it something with the ENSO state? Will it ever properly rain again?

[George BM]

I can still faintly see light in the western sky after 9pm! Long days are upon us.

[CAPE]

1 hour ago, George BM said:

I can still faintly see light in the western sky after 9pm! Long days are upon us.

The long hot days will drag on seemingly forever, before our brief respite of shorter days and longer nights return once again. Life in the subtropics of the MA.

[Stormchaserchuck1]

4 hours ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

What went wrong with our advertised wet pattern? Is it something with the ENSO state? Will it ever properly rain again?

We are in more of a La Nina pattern right now. This started in May 2024. A good indicator is the ENSO subsurface, when there is below average water at -200m (the thermocline), below Nino 3/3.4, that translates to more of a La Nina pattern. Right now the indicator is weakish La Nina, where it's been for 14 months.  The long term Hadley Cell state in the Pacific Ocean is also La Ninaish.