Spring 2016 thread (Northern Hemisphere) (climate, snowing, warmest, average)
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It's 33.3°F (0.7°C) right now and snowing. Our high today was 37.6°F (3.1°C) before the snow, but even so, we're running well below average and the meteorologists weren't joking about today's round of tripe. The current prediction is 1-3" (3-8 cm) today and tomorrow. And not only are we seeing snow, but the forecast low tonight is a fail whale 18°F (-8°C).
There are assorted downgrades in the extended forecast, too. Forecasts past 5 days are of course highly unreliable, but they at least give a general impression of what the weather is going to be like. AccuWeather's forecast goes out to 6 July, and even though our average high on 6 July is 83°F (28°C), the warmest temperature in the whole bloody forecast is 78°F (26°C).
Our total monthly rainfall is at 0.37". And yet, somehow, almost every day has had a trace amount of rain and/or snow. If it's going to precipitate, it should actually precipitate. I'm sick of our method of raining in the winter months (used liberally) where it can rain all day and add up to 0.1" (2.5 mm). It should rain for an hour, bring us half an inch (13 mm), and then stop. And it should do this twice a week during our growing season so that the plants can turn green and then maintain that colour. Not this "oh, I guess I'll rain a tenth of an inch in this area, but spread it out across the whole day" nonsense.
Band of rain moving through...I think there may have been sleet mixed in.
Wouldn't be sleet.. I'm surprised how many areas are reporting these pellets today. Guess its an April thing while it's below freezing aloft. There was a discussion on it I posted here.
Take a look at the sounding over you for 5pm which would relate to 4-5pm observations.
1. It's below freezing from 3500' all the way up so there is no warm layer for precip to melt then refreeze into sleet.
2. That's you down there looking up into the atmosphere. lol
3. There's only a small layer of moisture and why it was only light (should of been). When you see the dewpoint and temp line come together that = clouds and/or moisture. So Pilots would see this and fly above 6000 in clear dry air and below them would be the clouds with maybe a thin band above them at 15,000 feet as the line come together a bit here.
4. On the right is the text data for it. -2.7C at 4500'(850mb)
5. Reason why it was rain with maybe graupel or hail mixed in is because there wasn't enough time for all the precip to melt so some made it to the surface as frozen pellets.
6. I don't even think it was snow at 4000 feet because it wasn't cold enough or in the snow growth zone? Probably why we are seeing graupel reports out there.
The wind has been relentless here the past few days.
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The Daily Weather Fail - 08.04.2016
Our high today was 37.6°F (3.1°C) before the snow, but even so, we're running well below average and the meteorologists weren't joking about today's round of tripe. The current prediction is 1-3" (3-8 cm) today and tomorrow. And not only are we seeing snow, but the forecast low tonight is a fail whale 18°F (-8°C). 
